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Re: Re: HomeSeer Events



darrenp_lock wrote:
> Hi James,
>
> I have discovered that HS Events will not 'fire' for xAP Device Value
> changes only Device Status changes. Is this expected behaviour?
>
For anything other than state (on/off) devices this is expected.
> The problem with triggering on Device Status Change is that HS does
> not allow me to perform a comparative test of the device value i.e.
> Temperature Reading. For example, I cannot build a conditional event
> that allows me to check the current reading and the time of day and
> then decide to turn the Heating On or Off. I am assuming that I will
> have to trigger a script to do this for me?
I'll see what can be done to use device values more.  There were
limitations in HS1 that forced things the way they are now so it may now
be possible to improve things. For now though scripts are the way forward.
James




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