Posted: June 18 2004 at 20:28 | IP Logged

How do I use the filter of event log to see only the "Incoming" or the lines for a peticular device id (IE; C(2))     ????

The only disappointment that I have had since trying Powerhome, is that I Don't seem to get enough free time to read all of the help documentation command by command or  learn how to use the VAST number of commands and functions that Powerhome has to offer!! I know that powerhome includes some decent documentation, but has too few examples of short macros to perform basic tasks. This forum has and will continue to help me understand how to put the right commands and functions together to accomplish a basic tasks and macros........  Please keep the posts and examples coming!!

Is it possible to print to a document a list of the macros that dave or anyone else using powerhome already has created (kind of a code sharing thing) to help people like me learn the use of the macro commands and functions easier?? I would share my macro code in return!! it would surely help the common users like myself to be able to utilize the enormous features and commands that powerhome offers.

Posted: June 18 2004 at 23:23 | IP Logged

Nick,

One simple way to filter the eventlog is based upon the "type" column.  If you open the eventlog and click on the filter button, you'll see the "Specify Filter" window.  On the right, you'll see a list of the available columns.  The "type" column is a numeric indicator of the type of eventlog message.  Each type of message has a unique number assigned to it.  You can figure out the number for each type by looking in the Explorer under Setup->Preferences.  The eventlog types are in order top to bottom, left to right starting with 0.  "Startup" is 0, "IR In" is 1, "IR Out" is 2, etc.  You asked about incoming X-10 and this is type 3.  If you were to set the filter to "type = 3" without the quotes, you will see only the events for incoming X-10. 

You could further refine this by adding additional criteria.  Each controller has a slightly different way of displaying the text of the event, so you'll have to look at your particular data to see how to proceed.  But an example would be to use a wildcard search such as "event like '%C15%'".  You could combine this statement with an "and" or you could combine with an "or".  To get just the incoming X10 events for C15 use:

type = 3 and event like '%C15%'

The filter syntax is heavily steeped in SQL so any knowledge in this area would be helpful.

If anyone would like to contribute any macros, WSH, or other techniques, I will be more than happy to compile them into a reference that I can make available to all.

Also, if anyone has any ideas for simple tasks but no idea where to start, just post a message and I'll be more than happy to help out.

Dave.