Re: HomeSeer Pro-100 is not a mini-ITX ;-) Re: Mini-ITX PC's a the future of HA (was Re: X-10 Mister House Motion sensor problems)

["Josepi" <J.R.M.@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanx for the info!

Would that built in programmable ramp be settable to ramp for an hour?  Not
that I get up to go to work anymore. but that was the speed. 0-100% in 1
hour...LOL

It is typically better (well mostly but I can't think of an exception right
now) to let the lower level devices do as many smarts as possible. Sometimes
control is needed in the middle of a loop and it it needs an abort method
from the control processor.



"Marc_F_Hult"  wrote in message
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On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:22:26 -0500, "Josepi" <J.R.M.@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
in message  <fUJ5p.17639$kr5.9759@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

>I used recursion in my dawn lamp for morning wakeup alarms. I used a 300
>watt halogen conditionaled to go on only work mornings.
>
>The code called itself recursively every three minutes and brightened the
>lamp about 3% each time until over 97%. It was easier than attempting to
>write in flags in the system I was using. If a manual "lamp off" was sent
>from another controller (sick day) the recursion was aborted and
>terminated.

Ok. So "recursive" but not "recursive looping".

Yes, if you want to use the computer CPU to perform this function, HS will
let you do it, both through scripts and through HS-managed (not
hardware-based) built-in code for X-10.

Note though that most/many modern HA lighting devices provide hardware-based
ramping of output level. This is more robust with less overhead that having
the CPU/mpu track and control ramping for many devices. A single command to
the device sets the ramp rate and a subsequent single command begins the
process. The (eg) light switch itself takes care of making it happen.

>I need a new system to begin my home automation for the new house, when I
>get time. So far the X10 units have become very unreliable with a co-gen I
>am running.

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HTH ... Marc



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>"Marc_F_Hult"  wrote in message
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>Yes it can " do conditional processing"  and "conditional event
>initiation".
>But as understand the conventional use of the term "recursion", one either
>uses recursion or a (eg: DO) loop. If for some reason one absolutely needed
>a
>"recursive looping code" (IOW, recursion within a loop?), one could write
>it
>as a script.  Can you give an actual example of where "recursive looping
>code" would be needed or desirable?
>
>Yes one can incorporate one's own code in a variety ways.
>
>But no, it doesn't have "the usually dumb macro intelligence level" if I
>understand what you mean by "dumb"
>
>... Marc