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The SetObjectState method changes the state of objects.

Method call syntaxSyntax for method invocation:

function SetObjectState(objtype : String, id : String, state : String)

Method arguments:

1. objtype – Required is a required argument. The It corresponds to the type of system object, the object whose state is to be changed. It takes the following values:  Type – String, range – existing object types.
2. id – Required argument. Identification number of the object of the type set in the objtype parameter. It takes the following values:  Type – String, range – existing object identification numbers of the specified type.
3. state – Required argument. The state to switch the object to. It takes the following values:  Type – String, range – available states of the object.

Usage examples

1. state of which you want to change. Possible values: String type, range is limited by object types registered in the system.
2. id is a required argument. It corresponds to the identification (registration) number of the object specified by the objtype argument. Possible values: String type, the range is limited by the identification numbers of objects of the specified type registered in the system.
3. state is a required argument. It corresponds to the state to which you want to switch the object. Possible values: String type, range is limited by the states available for this object.

Example. Check if camera Example. Check if Camera 1 is armed every hour. If Camera camera 1 is disarmed, arm it.

if (Event.SourceType == "TIMER" && Event.SourceId == "1" && Event.Action == "TRIGGER")
{
 if (GetObjectState("CAM", "1") == "DISARMED")
 {
 SetObjectState("CAM", "1", "ARMED");
 }
}

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