device.status() gives sometimes a weird reply

[grosjo]

calling d.status() returns sometimes some weird answer (protocol 3.4)

my code:

    d=tinytuya.Device(dev[1],dev[2],dev[3])        // dev[] include the ID/key/ip of the device                     
    d.set_socketRetryLimit(2)                                   
    d.set_socketTimeout(2)                                       
    d.set_sendWait(1)                                                                                             
    d.set_dpsUsed({"1": None})                                                                                    
    d.set_version(3.4)                                                                                            
    data = d.status()                                                                                             

[jasonacox]

That's correct, especially if you are just monitoring for status changes. The device will not always send back the full DPS payload so you need to expect that you may not get every DPS every time. You need to add error handling to your python script to handle that. The code snip you sent doesn't seem to be the full code (monitor.py?).

[grosjo]

This is the complete code

ct = datetime.now()                                                                                               
print("Current time = ",ct.strftime("%H %M"))                                                                     
                                                                                                                  
ch = int(ct.strftime("%H"))                                                                                       
cm = ct.strftime("%M")                                                                                            
chh = int(ct.strftime("%H")) + float(ct.strftime("%M"))/60.0                                                      
                                                                                                                  
print("Current hour = ",chh) 

for dev in (devices):                                                                                 
                                                                                                      
  print("\nTesting ",dev[0]," Day time = ",dev[4]," Night time = ",dev[5])                            
                                                                                                      
  tobe = False                                                                                        
  if((chh > dev[5]) or (chh < dev[4])):                                                               
    tobe = True                                                                                       
  try:                                                                                                            
    d=tinytuya.Device(dev[1],dev[2],dev[3])                                                                       
    d.set_socketRetryLimit(2)                                      # set retry count limit [default 5]            
    d.set_socketTimeout(2)                                         # set connection timeout in seconds [default 5]
    d.set_sendWait(1)                                                                                             
    d.set_dpsUsed({"1": None})                                                                                    
    d.set_version(3.4)                                                                                            
                                                                                                                  
    data = d.status()                                                                                             
    print(data)                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                  
    asis = data['dps'][dev[6]]
    print("To be = ",tobe," As is =",asis)
                                                                                                                  
    if(asis != tobe):
      print("Switching ",dev[0])                                                                                  
      d.set_value(dev[6],tobe)                                                                                    
  except:                                                                                                         
    print("Error connecting ",dev[0])                                                                             
                                                                                                                  
print("Done")  

[jasonacox]

Possibly try something like this:

from datetime import datetime
import tinytuya

ct = datetime.now()                                                                                               
print("Current time = ", ct.strftime("%H %M"))                                                                     
                                                                                                                  
ch = int(ct.strftime("%H"))                                                                                       
cm = ct.strftime("%M")                                                                                            
chh = int(ct.strftime("%H")) + float(ct.strftime("%M")) / 60.0                                                      
                                                                                                                  
print("Current hour = ", chh) 

for dev in devices:                                                                                 
                                                                                                      
    print("\nTesting ", dev[0], " Day time = ", dev[4], " Night time = ", dev[5])                            
                                                                                                      
    tobe = False                                                                                        
    if (chh > dev[5]) or (chh < dev[4]):                                                               
        tobe = True                                                                                       
    try:                                                                                                            
        d = tinytuya.Device(dev[1], dev[2], dev[3])                                                                       
        d.set_socketRetryLimit(2)  # set retry count limit [default 5]            
        d.set_socketTimeout(2)     # set connection timeout in seconds [default 5]
        d.set_sendWait(1)                                                                                             
        d.set_dpsUsed({"1": None})                                                                                    
        d.set_version(3.4)                                                                                            
                                                                                                                  
        data = d.status()                                                                                             
        print(data)                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                  
        # Check if 'dps' exists and contains the required key
        if 'dps' in data and dev[6] in data['dps']:
            asis = data['dps'][dev[6]]
            print("To be = ", tobe, " As is =", asis)

            if asis != tobe:
                print("Switching ", dev[0])                                                                                  
                d.set_value(dev[6], tobe)
        else:
            print(f"DPS data missing or key {dev[6]} not found for device {dev[0]}")
    except Exception as e:                                                                                                         
        print(f"Error connecting to {dev[0]}: {e}")                                                                             
                                                                                                                  
print("Done")