Re: Home Control Assistant

[Martin <>]

Kevin,

No, I don't want to suspend  the schedule. I want to read the current
on/off/dim value for each unit from the current schedule in order to
restore each unit to the setting i would have had if nothing had
happened in the interem.

I don't want to save off the on/off/dim value before turning them on
at 100, and restore that, % because that value, per the example in the
last posting, might not be the same as the intended value per the
schedule at that time.

Martin


On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 06:17:05 GMT, Kevin <Spiritbranson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Martin <> wrote in news:1jmo32llu582r059vbhghbpffcc8737hri@xxxxxxx:
>
>> Kevin,
>>
>> I'm using one schedule. What I want to do is have some of the lights
>> turn on from a remote and then return them to their settings _per the
>> schedule_ with the other remote button.
>>
>> For example, let's say the following actions take place:
>>
>> - Lights in question dim to 70% at 10:30 PM
>> - Hit remote ON button at 10:57 PM to turn lights on
>> - Next schedule entry is dim to 40% at 11:00
>> - Hit remote OFF button at 11:02 to return to the schedule
>>
>> The problem is, if I programatically save off the dim values at the
>> time the ON button press is received, at 11:02 when the OFF is
>> received and the setting restored, the lights will be returned to 70%,
>> instead of dimmed to 40% per the schedule.
>>
>> So the question is, how do I read the scheduled (as opposed to actual)
>> off/on/dim value for a particular unit?
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:45:43 GMT, Kevin <Spiritbranson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Martin <> wrote in news:a5kj32lrk5m7hjpbhshv7kuo7j618uohah@xxxxxxx:
>>>
>>>> I'm using Home Control Assistant 6 and would like to create a script
>>>> to turn certain lights on in response to a keychain remote ON when
>>>> coming home and then return the lights to their settings according
>>>> to the current schedule via a keychain remote OFF once in the house.
>>>> Although the program could get the settings (on/off/dim level), save
>>>> them and then restore the values in response to the OFF, the
>>>> schedule settings could have changed between the keychain remote ON
>>>> and OFF...
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas about how to read the current settings of devices in the
>>>> current schedule?
>>>>
>>>
>>>Martin,
>>>         I also use Home control assistant 6. I have several
>>>         questions. How
>>>many different schedules do you use and what is used to change these
>>>schedules. In response to your question, depending how the schedules
>>>are changed. You can use the flag values to report the different
>>>schedules and conditions. Then write a program that checks the flag
>>>values and responds accordingly.
>>
>
>The question is Martin, In your scenario, The light in question will dim
>to 40% at 11Pm. Or do you want to suspend the schedule until you press
>the "off" button? and then have it dim to 40%. I think I have an idea
>what you want it to do. I just need to know if after you press the "on"
>button, do you want the schedule to suspend until you press off and then
>execute the current schedule?