Re: cm11a, instant on, delayed off

[Charles Sullivan <cwsulliv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 06 May 2005 11:33:02 -0700, bcboy wrote:

> Is it possible with a cm11a to set up a macro that has both an instant
> and a delayed function, e.g. turn a light on and 10 minutes later turn
> it off?
>
> I don't see an obvious way to do this in the protocol or heyu docs.
> Each macro has a single delay field, followed by a list of devices and
> functions to execute after the delay. I tried specifying two initiators
> on the same device code, executing two macros. This doesn't work. It
> only finds the first matching initiator.
>
> The only other thing that comes to mind is issuing the second macro
> from the first macro. Does the cm11a allow this? So the first macro
> would be "turn the light on now, and send the code for macro 2". And
> macro 2 would be "wait 10 minutes and turn the light off".

It's not documented, but it can be done in heyu. See:
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/heyu_users/message/695>

Regards,
Charles Sullivan