Re: xPL cm11 Service

["Frank Mc Alinden" <frankmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi John

Thanks for clearing that up....


> You could create a determinator with two input conditions:
> Time > 8PM and Time < 8AM.
> That way the determinator would only run between 8PM and 8AM

Oh ... i didnt realise this...just had a look ....handy ;-)

Thanks
Frank


----- Original Message -----
From: "John B" <home-automation@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 8:26 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_xpl] xPL cm11 Service


> Hi guys,
>
>> Removed the execution times from the determinator and added a
>> event that called the determinator. This turned on the light.
>> :)
>
> Glad you've got it sorted.
>
> The time input conditions are more suited to when a determinator is
> being triggered by an incoming xPL message.
>
> E.g. suppose you had a PIR movement sensor that send out an xPL
trigger
> message each time it sensed movement.
> You could create a determinator with two input conditions:
> Time > 8PM and Time < 8AM.
> That way the determinator would only run between 8PM and 8AM.
>
> But if the only thing that is going to trigger your determinator is a
> timed event, then there's no need to have any input conditions.
> Hope that clarifies things.
>
>> Now three questions
>> 1) Why does the event scheduled for 19:31 actually start at
>> 19:31:40 (40 seconds later)?
>
> At the moment the timer resolution is only accurate to within the
chosen
> minute.
> So the event could run any time between 19:31:00 and 19:31:59.
> This is something that has been on my "Wouldn't it be nice
if..." list
> for a while now, so I'll try and take a look at it over the weekend
and
> see if we can improve the accuracy.
>
>> 2) Why does the event not retain the "End Time"
>> 3) How do I use the "End Time"
>
> If you only want an event to fire once (e.g. every day at 8PM) then
your
> start and end times will be the same, and essentially the end time is
> never used.
>
> However, suppose you wanted an event to fire at 30 minute intervals
> between 6PM and 9PM, then you would set your start time to 6PM and
your
> end time to 9PM, and set your interval to 30.
> The event would then execute at 6.00, 6.30, 7.00, 7.30, 8.00, 8.30 and
> 9.00.
>
> So the end time is used when you want your event to run regularly
during
> a specific time period.
> For example, every 30 minutes I run an event that logs temperature
> values to a database, so I set the start time to 00:01 and the end
time
> to 23:59, and the interval to 30.
> The result is that the event runs every 30 minutes, all day.
>
> HTH,
>
> John
>
>
>
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