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Re: Active Home macro trouble



"David White" <whitedavidp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Joe J. wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We recently moved and I'm feeling a little stupid because I can't get two
>> fast-macros to work.  I'm trying to turn 3 appliance modules on at dusk
>> and off at 1am.
>> I've gone to new fast macro setup and dragged the 3 modules into it and
>> I've turned them on.  I then have gone to that module, in this case A4,
>> virtual wiring and put in the on time for dusk.
>> I did the same for the second macro for off.  Dragged the 3 modules in,
>> turned them off and set the time on the virtual wiring mod.  Down loaded
>> timers and macros to the unit but nothing happens.
>> All 3 of them work individually if I program each module separately.
>> I've gone through the Help section of Active Home dealing with macros and
>> I seem to be doing everything correctly.
>>
>> TIA,
>> Joe
> Joe,
>
> This sounds about right to me. I do something very similar. However, I do
> have a slight delay programmed in between each unit being
> activated/deactivated. You might try putting in a 1 minute delay and see
> what happens.

It starting working and the only thing I can figure out is that I had two
modules with the same housecode.  One in the macro, the other out.  Once I
deleted the one outside the macro, everything starting working OK.
Joe




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