Finished a first version with basic outputs

.vscode/settings.json

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+{
+    "python.analysis.extraPaths": [
+        "./alert-scheduler/src"
+    ]
+}

alert-scheduler/config/runCfg.json

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             "jobType": "cyclic",
             "jobFunction": "output_alerts",
             "dtTimeDelta": {
-                "seconds": 5
+                "seconds": 10
             }
         },
         {

alert-scheduler/src/__init__.py

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+import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
+from alert import Alert
+
+#alerts : Alert = [Alert("JUST A TEST1"),Alert("JUST A TEST2")]
+alerts : Alert = []
+
+client = mqtt.Client(mqtt.CallbackAPIVersion.VERSION2)
+
+client.connect("192.168.178.36",1884,keepalive=60)
+client.publish("watchdog/alerts/status","Watchdog-Alerts starting up...")

alert-scheduler/src/alert.py

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+
+class Alert():
+    message = ""
+
+    def __init__(self,message) -> None:
+        self.message = message
+
+    

alert-scheduler/src/globals.py

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-alerts = []

alert-scheduler/src/output_alerts.py

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-from globals import alerts
+from __init__ import alerts, client
+from alert import Alert
+import json
 
 class outputAlerts:
 
     alert_index = 0
-    alerts = []
+    alerts :Alert = []
+
+    AWTRIX_NOTIFY = "awtrix/notify"
+    DURATION = 5
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.alert_index = 0
         self._get_alerts()
 
     def print_next(self):
-        pass
+        
+        if len(self.alerts) < self.alert_index + 1:
+            self._get_alerts()
+            self.alert_index = 0
+
+        if len(self.alerts) == 0:
+            self._display_all_ok()
+        else:
+            self._display_next()
+            
+    def _display_next(self):                
+        alert : Alert
+        alert = self.alerts[self.alert_index]
+        message = {
+              "text": alert.message,
+              "repeat": 1,
+              #"rainbow": True,
+              #"duration": self.DURATION            
+        }
+        self.alert_index += 1
+        self._send_message(message)        
+
+    def _display_all_ok(self):
+        message = {
+              "text": "Smarthome is all OK!",
+              "repeat": 1,
+              #"rainbow": True,
+              #"duration": self.DURATION            
+        }
+        self._send_message(message)
+
+    def _send_message(self,message):
+        if not client.is_connected():        
+            client.connect("192.168.178.36",1884,keepalive=60)
+        client.publish(self.AWTRIX_NOTIFY,json.dumps(message))
 
     def _get_alerts(self):
         self.alerts = alerts.copy()

alert-scheduler/src/update_alerts.py

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-from globals import alerts
+from __init__ import alerts
 
 class updateAlerts: