Re: Re: xPL newbie (still!) needs help with xPL_HomeVision (detecting variable chang

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

Hi Andy

I *think* after changing the Exclude file you need to restart
xPL-HVISION...??? have you tried that ????........

Frank


----- Original Message -----
From: "fondlezz" <amkilgore@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 6:15 PM
Subject: [ukha_xpl] Re: xPL newbie (still!) needs help with xPL_HomeVision
(detecting variable chang


> Hi Frank,
>
> Thanks for the reply...
> I have removed the variable's corresponding entry from HVExclude.hvx
> and will try removing the "CURRENT = " when I (finally) get
home.
>
> However my main concern is that xPL_HomeVision doesn't seem to detect
> the variable update until I do a manual resync.
>
> Thanks,
> Andy.
>
> --- In ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx, "Frank Mc Alinden"
<frankmc@i...> wrote:
> > Hi Andy
> >
> >         Remove the current value from the input condition so that
the
> > Determinator will only look for the type.... ie variable... and
variable
> > number... (name).......From memory you must delete the variable
from the
> > your HVExclude.hvx file.......
> > Hope that makes some sense...
> > Frank
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "fondlezz" <amkilgore@n...>
> > To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 5:59 PM
> > Subject: [ukha_xpl] xPL newbie (still!) needs help with
xPL_HomeVision
> > (detecting variable change)..
> >
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Last night I sat down and decided to try this whole xPL
thing again.
> > > Now either it's got more idiot-proof or I've got wiser - I'm
guessing
> > > the former.
> > >
> > > Anyway, as a simple test I wanted to create a determiator
that would
> > > detect whenever a particular periodic event fired (every
minute) and
> > > display a message on my Squeezebox. And, lo and behold, it
worked!!!
> > >
> > > OK, next step - the periodic event increments a variable so
I scrapped
> > > my initial determiator and put together a new one pretty
much similar
> > > to the first but with a "variable" condition
rather than a "periodic".
> > >
> > > First question:
> > > What kind of expressions can I do with CURRENT=...?
> > > Is it just = or can I use <, > etc...?
> > > Can I use the * wildcard...? e.g. "CURRENT = *"
> > >
> > > Regardless of this, the determinator never fires.
> > > I started xPL_HomeVision with /debug, switched views and
"watched"
> > > what was happening. I could see the periodic event firing
but nothing
> > > for the variable. However, when I did a "Resync"
xPL_HomeVision
> > > noticed that the variable had changed. Is this the way it
should
> be...?
> > >
> > > Is there anything I need to enable in the HV software other
than
> > > DDE...? (I noticed various reporting options but none of
these are
> > > enabled).
> > >
> > > Last thing: even when I do the manual resync, the
determinator doesn't
> > > fire - not sure why this is.
> > >
> > > Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> > >
> > > Many thanks,
> > > Andy.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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