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I am working with a PowerHome2 installation that is an upgrade from PowerHome v1.xx ? I find Macro Syntax Errors when ever a macro is executed. In the event log I see that after every line. In the old version I was told to issue a "Wait" command after every line and I am wondering if the wait command is no longer required or supported in PowerHome2.
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2 issues.. 1 I don’t know why you where told about a wait command after every line. 1st I would get rid of that and secondly there is a known problem with syntax error messages being generated. Just go to Setup – Logs and uncheck Formula Error.
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Thanks Pete,
In some of the macros the wait is used for timing. One macro fires when the garage door remote is used:
10 ; Insteon ; garage lights ; fast on
20 ; wait ; & nbsp; ; ; ; 10
30 ; Insteon ; Mud Room Lights; fast on ;
40 ; wait ; & nbsp; ; ; ; 20
50 ; Insteon ; Hall lights ; fast on ;
60 ; wait ; & nbsp; ; ; ; 300
70 ; Insteon ; garage lights ; off ;
80 ; wait ; & nbsp; ; ; ; 120
90 ; Insteon ; Mud Room Lights; off ;
I have deselected the "Formula Error" check box in Setup - Logs but it still logged the macro errors when it ran the "perimeter lighting off" macro this morning. I did a re-initiate and will wait for the next macro to fire to see if it logs the formula errors again.
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Yes, you do have to re-init when you make a change to Setup. What I do for a long wait is create a Timed Event to occur rather than leaving a macro queued up. I don’t know if internally that is beneficial or not but rather an old programming habit. The syntax error seems to pop up with Insteon commands and not all of them.
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Thanks, that did the trick
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Curious,
Would it be best practice to "Download Full" whenever making changes to links? If so should it be cleared first? How about re-initiate.. should that be done as well? I found some broken links today after clearing all link problems and verifying them yesterday. I had done a full download yesterday prior to completing all my link corrections. Just wondering if the broken link today was due to old data in the plm or a device.
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The only time I do a download to the PLM is when I do a hard reset because of a hung PLM. I doubt the broken link was because of the download. Maybe Lee can shed some light on it.
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You do not need to do a PH Reinit when links are added/deleted/changed. PowerHome keeps track of link record locations so in theory it is not necessary to do a full device link database replace when doing link record maintenance. Updating a single link record is obviously faster than rewriting perhaps dozens of link records. I don't rewrite the entire device link database unless I have had to reset the device or find the device link database is in question for some reason. This is one of those items you get to decide what works best in your environment.
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