Re: Need help with Active Home macro

["Occupant" <occupant@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Jack Ak" <akjack@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Occupant" <occupant@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > I have a closet light that the family is constantly forgetting to turn off.
> > It is wired thru an X10 LM465 lamp module(G8).
> >
> > I tried, and failed, to get Active Home 1.42 to automatically turn the
> > light off 10 minutes after the on command.  My thought was to have
> > a macro trigger on the G8-on command and then send the G8-off
> > command 10 minutes later.  However AH will not accept both a macro
> > and a device with the same house&unit code.  I also couldn't figure
> > out how to get one macro to trigger a different macro.
> >
>
> ActiveHome Macros will accept house/unit codes without a physical module
> set to the same address.  You can create a Virtual Wiring macro that has
> On or Off events for any house/unit address.
>
> Here are a few lines illustrating the use of Virtual Macro at address N16
> to control appliance modules on addresses P9 and P10.  N16 can be switched
> Off or On using any X10 controller or timer events in ActiveHome.
> The delay times are H:MM, so 0:10 would be a valid delay time.
>
> You could put a motion sensor in the closet set to a Virtual address
> and have the light turn off 10 minutes after motion detection.
>
> N16 Off: 01d8
>  Delay 0:00, 1 element
>   P9 Off
>  Delay 2:30, 1 element
>   P10 Off
> N16 On: 01e2
>  Delay 0:00, 1 element
>   P9 On
>  Delay 1:00, 1 element
>   P10 On
>

Thanks for the response Jack.  This looks like it should do what
I need.  How do I access the VM code in AH?.  All I can find
is the visual interface with it's icons.

Oscar