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jeremybe
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Hi - I have a trigger that fires when a Global Variable "Light_Status" is changed - This trigger is supposed to update the PLC GROUP "KEYPAD LIGHT B" and turn on/off my KPL light - Using the formula below, whenever this Macro is executed my PLC goes into a loop and winds up hanging - Any ideas?
if("Light_Status" ="Off",ph_insteongroupcu ("KEYPAD LIGHT B","KEYPAD",ioff),ph_insteongroupcu ("KEYPAD LIGHT B","KEYPAD",ion))
Is there any other way to do this? Help would be apprecaited!
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We need to see what the trigger looks like too. My guess is since your updating the KPL light with a PLC group the trigger is firing again causing the loop. To update the light on my KPL's I'm sending a direct command to the KPL's, not by a PLC group.
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I'm trying to copy what you've done for your KPL status - Your Some Light on - How do you set up a trigger to watch the PLC group for a change? I have the following trigger set up tp launch a macro:
Trigger ID: Somelighton
Action Type: Macro
Action:LIGHTON
Action Style: Immediate
Staus: Active
Trigger Type: Insteon Device Chg
Trigger ID: POWERLINC
Trigger ID Number: 253 (MY PLC GROUP NUMBER)
Trigger Value: ON
Boolean: 1
I thought that the Trigger ID number would be My PLC group, but opviously I'm wrong and the PLC grousp do not show up under the Trigger ID...
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Attached is my SomeLightOn trigger. You will need to change it to match your group number of 253. When this trigger fires it runs a macro that sets the global var LightStatus to On.
2007-04-29_142455_SomeLightOnTrigger.sql.txt
Save the attached file and rename it by removing the .txt at the end of it. Then you can import it in PowerHome and make the changes needed for your config.
Edited by twomble - April 29 2007 at 14:27
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This next file is the trigger that watches the global var Light Status and runs the macro that updates the KPL light. Again you will need to save the file and rename it by removing the .txt at the end. Once imported you can make the changes needed for your config.
2007-04-29_143110_WatchLightStatVar.sql.txt
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jeremybe
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Thanks - I imported the triggers - I'm still not sure where I'm supposed to subsitute the PLC group - Also - SO taht I understand, what does "case([TEMP4] when 1,3,4,5 then 1 else 0)" do?
Thanks for your help...
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Honestly, I don't remember the details on the case statement. It has something to do with how the ON command was sent. Such as a Preset dim, brighten command, and so on. I'm sure Dave or someone can explain it in more detail.
Anyway... I have one more trigger to show you and my macros that all the triggers run. This is the trigger that fires when an OFF signal is detected. You will need to change this for your specific lights.
2007-04-29_174908_SomeLightOffTrigger.sql.txt
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This is the macro that checks the status of all my lights. I have not upgraded to PowerHome 10 so I'm not yet using the new ph_getinsteonlevelrt function. The order of the devices being checked doesn't really matter, but I did arrange it to first check what I felt were the most likly lights to still be on. The way this "If" statement works it will exit as soon as it finds one of the lights on (no need to keep checking the others once you find one on).
2007-04-29_175347_GetLightStatus.sql.txt
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This is the macro that sets the global var Light Status to on.
2007-04-29_175806_SetLightStatus.sql.txt
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This is the macro that updates the light on the KPL's.
2007-04-29_175932_UpdateKPLight.sql.txt
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That should do it for you. In your configuration you have fewer lights so it should run faster than mine and if you update the code to use the new ph_getinsteonlevelrt function it will be very accurate. The best part about doing it this way is if you ever get "out of sync" simply turning on or off one of the lights will get everything synced up again.
I'm sure some of my code is a bit on the sloppy side and could be improved, but it does work very well the way it is.
Good luck with doing this the "Tim" way... 
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Tim-
I cant thank you enough - Its working perfectly now - I couldn't figure out how to fire a trigger when any on in the PLC group is received - I wound up setting up 3 triggers - 1 for each of the lights in my basement - I tried eveyrthing I coudl think of but I cant see how to determine if there was a change in the PLC groups light status - Once again thank you - My sleepless nights are over :)
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