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Hi,
I am just getting started with PH (finally). I have 6 x-10 light switches and would like to turn all of them on from a single trigger event. Doing this for one was easy.
What is the best way to handle all 6? Can the ph formulas handle this, or do I need to write a script?
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Just create a macro that turns each on and call that macro from whatever trigger you create. Or you could use formulas in the trigger that would turn on each. There are no groups in X-10.
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How would the formula look to do more than one ph_xxx function call?
On the subject of macros, I tried using the script runner to write a javascript function to make 6 calls to ph_x10btn for the 6 devices, with some delay in between, and i could not get it to run. I know javascript, and vb script, but am not clear on how to apply this into an executable script within powerhome. Can someone please point me in the right direction for this?
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Everything I do with PH is done from within so I can’t help you on script. But again what I would do is create a macro that does X10 ons for the devices I want on. If you were doing it from the trigger itself then you would do multiple PH_X10BTN using a plus sign between them followed by a plus 1.
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Thanks. It was easy to get this to work with the macros.
In your description of the single formula approach, "you would do multiple PH_X10BTN using a plus sign between them followed by a plus 1.", what is the +1 for, and is it needed between each command?
Thanks for taking the time for all of these questions.
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In the Boolean field of a trigger 1 would satisfy it and 0 will not. Without the 1 it will default to 0. It should be the final in the string.
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