Re: Light switch status

["Martyn Wendon" <martynwendon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cheers Mal, I'll modify my set up to send group instead of unit
numbers.

Martyn

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mal Lansell" <mal@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Light switch status


> Martyn Wendon wrote:
>> None of the HomeEasy kit supports "status" so if a
lightswitch is
>> controlled
>> locally the PC doesn't know that fact and this is presenting me
with some
>> challenges, particularly as if I send an "On" command to
a lightswitch
>> that
>> is already on, it goes into a dimming cycle....
>>
> You can get around the dimming cycle thing by having the PC send
"group"
> on/off commands to the device, rather than the usual unit code.  It's
> the kind of command sent by the keyfob controllers - you'll notice
that
> repeated on commands from one of those doesn't start the cycle.
>
> This is something we support in xPL - I can't speak for other HA
> software though.
>
> Mal
> www.xplmonkey.com
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