Possible to get server version from hardware?

mikekgr · July 11, 2019, 3:18pm

Dear Sirs,
does anybody know if I can get the Blynk Server version from my hardware (ESP8266) or from the Android Blynk app ?

Thanks and Best Regards,
Mike Kranidis

marvin7 · July 11, 2019, 3:30pm

I don’t think this info is shared with either nodes or app. Theoretically If you really need it, you could run a simple blynk client on server machine and send it back to server where it can be shared with other nodes.

mikekgr · July 11, 2019, 3:45pm

Dear @marvin7 thanks for your reply.
I have a local server and although is not vital, it will be helpful to have the server version. I am not sure that I understood your workaround, but it’s not important as I am looking for a native support on this, if this exist…

Best Regards,
Mike Kranidis

marvin7 · July 11, 2019, 6:44pm

My workaround is based on a simple Blynk script, running on the same machine as the server does, which will be able to query for, and send the server version TO the server. A kind of “circle”, but if it would be important…? Just pointing to a possible solution No other I’m aware of.

Blynk_Coeur · July 11, 2019, 10:20pm

Hi Mike,

Why don’t you hard code it?
Maybe it is possible to include command line in the batch and upload to IFTT ?

echo Server latest version on folder is %latestjar%
“Blynk Server 0.41.8-SNAPSHOT successfully started.”

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/orangefiltersky/b016c5d191aa30e68e40

do_not_disturb_mode.bat

@echo off
echo Do Not Disturb Mode for Gaming/Application
echo ------------------------------------------
echo.
echo Invoking WebRequest to IFTTT for Launch Recipe
powershell -Command "& {Invoke-WebRequest https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/{event_name}/with/key/{super_secret_key} >$null}"
echo Success
echo Launching Application... (Please do not close this Command Prompt Window)
Start /wait "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\dota 2 beta\game\bin\win64\dota2.exe"
echo Invoking WebRequest to IFTTT for Close Recipe

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Alexis

mikekgr · July 12, 2019, 7:09am

Thanks a lot Alexis !
( Although I am using Linux OS … )

Blynk_Coeur · July 12, 2019, 7:12am

I think you have a batch file to start blynk server ?

mikekgr · July 12, 2019, 7:14am

I use systemd on Linux ( Ubuntu ) to start / auto start the Blynk server

Blynk_Coeur · July 12, 2019, 7:16am

can you implement a cmd line like under windows system ?

Blynk_Coeur · July 12, 2019, 7:21am

may be that can help, I never use linux

mikekgr · July 13, 2019, 4:50am

Dear friend thanks for your effort to help me and sorry for my late answer.
I know Linux and I can handle this situation, no problem.
Not to forget to say, that originally my questions was for a native way to get the version of the running Blynk Server thought…

Best Regards,
Mike Kranidis

Gunner · July 13, 2019, 7:15am

I recall trying a few times before… I don’t think there is any “native” way built into the libraries to do it.

I wonder if a script could pull something usable from this command, or somthing similar, and transfer it to a string for display?

Blynk_Coeur · July 13, 2019, 7:31am

With Windows 10 you can use PowerShell to upload any results to widget.
BTW , I don’t how to make it work under Linux.