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phil13
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Is there a way to make a trigger on x10 (IN and OUT) status change ?
I've a infrared detector at night send an X10 ON order each time it detect something. Each time i'm detected, a timeout is initialize to 5 minutes. After 5 minutes without detection, the light is switch off.
In the same time, at each detection, powerhome announce the light switch on (and the alarm if it is activated).
If i stay outside in front of the detector, Powerhome doesn't stop to announce the detection ....
So i'd like to speak only when status change from X to ON.
I've tried when i receive A1ON to do a jump with
if(ph_getx10stat( 'A', 1 )=2,999,1) but it doesn't work, the status has already change before the call of the macro ...
philippe
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Phillipe,
Ive looked at the code and thought long and hard on this. You're right, there is no good way to check if something is already on. With the way PowerHome is currently written, it wont be easy to check for the status change, but I see value in the request so Im putting it on the todo list.
In the meantime, to work around your problem, you'll need to use a global variable (or a virtual X-10 house/unit) as a flag to track if the real unit is already on. Initially set the global variable and A1 both to off. Then in the macro that is called when you receive the A1 ON, check the global variable and if its off, set it on and have PowerHome do the announcement. Similarly, you'll need a macro for the A1 OFF so you can set the global to OFF if it is ON.
I know it's a workaround, but should take care of you until I can get the status change triggers in.
Dave.
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Dave,
I've tried today this solution.
That's works but it is rather "heavy" (i'm not sure it is the good sentence).
As i can also switch on/off my light with powerhome interface, i have also to add a macro for X10 OUT A1 ON and one another for X10 OUT A1 OFF.
So to do a trigger on status change i need 1 virtual device, 4 triggers and 4 macros.
And i have 6 detectors ...
I suppose it is not a problem to have many items in database but it is not easy to input it inside.
So is there a way to code the solution for 1 unit and duplicate it for the 5 others ?
Thanks
And have an merry christmas.
Philippe
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Philippe,
To do what you want, you would need a minimum of the 4 triggers (1 each for X-10 OUT A1 OFF, X-10 OUT A1 ON, X-10 IN A1 OFF, and X-10 IN A1 ON) and 1 virtual device to track the change state. You could have a macro per trigger, but you could also get by with just a single macro and pass parameters from the trigger (or the macro could be written to perform actions solely upon the ID of the trigger which is in the [TEMP1] variable).
As far as many items in the database, that wont hurt at all. It's why I wrote PowerHome using a high-performance standalone SQL database engine. Since the tables are well indexed, you could literally have hundreds upon hundreds of triggers and macros without any performance degradation  .
Now as far as duplicating, that should be relatively easy as well. For triggers, just right-click on a trigger and select "Duplicate" from the popup menu. It will create a new trigger with an incremented ID. For macros, do the same from the "Macros" screen (not the "Macro Detail" screen). Right-click, and select "Duplicate" from the popup menu. While this may not save a lot of typing for triggers, it can have enormous savings for macros, especially if they are long.
Sorry this response is coming so late and hope you had a Merry Christmas as well.
Dave.
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