command does work with mqtt topic, works without

sorry to bring up another one of these 😅 i have a command i want to run

nircmd setdisplay monitor:0 1920 1080 32

nircmd setdisplay monitor:0 1920 1080 32

it runs fine like that, but i want the last 3 arguments to change so i tried to set it up as an mqtt action topic the command is

nircmd setdisplay monitor:0

nircmd setdisplay monitor:0

and the mqtt action is

action: mqtt.publish
metadata: {}
data:
  evaluate_payload: false
  qos: 0
  topic: homeassistant/button/PC/SetResolution/action
  payload: "\"1920 1080 32\""

action: mqtt.publish
metadata: {}
data:
  evaluate_payload: false
  qos: 0
  topic: homeassistant/button/PC/SetResolution/action
  payload: "\"1920 1080 32\""

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HASS.Agent Helper•2mo ago

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EllieOP•2mo ago

hass agent seems to be recieving the command, i get the following error in logs https://dpaste.com/F93G39K27 adding the exe or specifying the file path (which is C:\Windows\nircmd.exe) doesnt change anything only time it works is if i skip the action topic and put the whole command in hass agent

Amadeo•2mo ago

nircmd.exe

this exe is directly in C:\Windows?

EllieOP•5w ago

yes sorry idk how it took me so long to see this 😅 it just happened to me again with another powershell command the following payload with an empty command in Hass Agent does not work

action: mqtt.publish
metadata: {}
data:
  evaluate_payload: false
  qos: 0
  retain: false
  topic: homeassistant/button/PC/StopProcess/action
  payload: "\"Stop-Process -Name powershell_ise -Force\""

action: mqtt.publish
metadata: {}
data:
  evaluate_payload: false
  qos: 0
  retain: false
  topic: homeassistant/button/PC/StopProcess/action
  payload: "\"Stop-Process -Name powershell_ise -Force\""

but setting the command in Hass Agent to

Stop-Process -Name powershell_ise -Force

Stop-Process -Name powershell_ise -Force

and just hitting the button entity for the command in HA does work i just picked powershell ise for testing purposes

Amadeo•5w ago

commands do not support payload parameters

DrR0x•5w ago

powershell commands?

Amadeo•5w ago

oh, you're rigt to be specific powershell commands with command in configuration (instead of path to ps1 script)

DrR0x•5w ago

was not trying to mean that, but sure 😂 So powershell commands don't allow for payloads, but a script path and then payload does work?

Amadeo•5w ago

yeah

DrR0x•5w ago

Docs note im gonna forget, but ill just search the server for messages with docs so this'll do as a reminder

EllieOP•4w ago

gotcha. im assuming this is a security thing? but youre also saying paths to ps1 script do support payload parameters?

Amadeo•4w ago

im assuming this is a security thing?

I'll be honest with you, that's how it's been from the start 😄 (the original hass.agent)

paths to ps1 script do support payload parameters?

ya, if you put a ps1 script instead of command then you can get parms in code example:

$wshell = New-Object -ComObject Wscript.Shell
$wshell.Popup("runs " + $PsBoundParameters.Values + $args,1,"Done",0x1)

$wshell = New-Object -ComObject Wscript.Shell
$wshell.Popup("runs " + $PsBoundParameters.Values + $args,1,"Done",0x1)

will give you popup with parms that were provided via payload

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