Re: Need help with Active Home macro

["Jack Ak" <akjack@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"Occupant" <occupant@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:zbudnYH4r6yO_T7fRVn-oA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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