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ibengal
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I managed to get the insteon switch and usb controller working where now I can do simple control from the pc which is the first test.
I would like to send a message (from another PC) that tells the switch to turn on to a specific level (80% for example). I was looking at the varaibles but got a little lost.
any help is greatly appreaciated. So far I really like the application.
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TonyNo
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What kind of message? You could use email, the web server in PH and the built-in web pages, or you could set up TCP sockets and use that.
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ibengal
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I will be using xlobby as my main interface so I will use some of Manny's tips to get the communication. I am just not sure what the formula should read (Manny's example used x10).
I also can use girder in case it helps.
Itai
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I use this setup. When I get home (hopefully not in the wee hours this time) an example of what I'm using. You want to go FROM xLobby TO PowerHome, correct?
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Ok, in XLobby, create an event for what you want to do, of course and link it to a button. Mine happen to be lightbulbs  (you can see a screenshot of my automation page on the XLobby forum here http://www.xlobby.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4733
The event (in my case AntBdrmOn) turns the overhead light in one of my bedrooms on, full (I have another that turns it off, the only difference being ioff and 0 in the parameters below)
Under the event, I have a command .. execute file (under OS)
download and install the phsscmd.exe to your XLobby PC.
Make sure SocketServer is running in PH. Edit the phsscmd.ini file to match the parameters of you PH machine (IP Address, Port, UserID and Password you set in PH)
The Execute File parameters are,
File - C:\Program Files\PHSSCMD\phsscmd.exe (this may vary on your PC)
Arguments - ph_insteon("Antique Bedroom",ion,255) where "Antique Bedroom" is the device name in PH (Case sensitive, I believe), ion is the ON command and 255 is the level, in this case full. To set it to 80%, you'd multiply 255*.8 getting 204 for the level.
If you want to use a specific ramprate other than "instant", you'll need to create groups in your PLC with the rates and control the group. The command for that is ph_insteonrawgroup("INSTEON",212,ion,255) where "INSTEON" is the PLC name, 212 is the group, ion and 255 are the same as the ph_insteon above.
I hope this helps you!
Edited by cmhardwick - March 28 2007 at 20:40
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