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fasttimes
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I have a ceiling fan connected to an insteon switch (non-dimmmer) and want to create a macro to toggle the current status. Is this possible?
I also want to create a button on the control center that will have an on/off position (down for on, up for off, or using colors instead). I also want the button to reflect the status of the device if the fan is turned on from the switch or another insteon device.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
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Sure! You can do it on one line with a formula in a macro...
case( ph_getinsteonstat( "FAN" ) when 1 then ph_insteon( "FAN", ifaston, 0) when 2 then ph_insteon( "FAN", ifastoff, 0) )
I don't have on/off Insteon devices, so I'm guessing at faston and off.
For the on/off in the CC, there is a reply in a thread you started here, and also good info here, too.
Edited by TonyNo - April 22 2006 at 18:21
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fasttimes
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Tony,
Thanks for the reply. That formula works nicely.
Is there a way I can modify that so I can create my own formula and use it everywhere in PH?
For example, I could call something like
myToggle("FAN")
if I had something like the following below?
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Function myToggle(ItemID as String)
return
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case( ph_getinsteonstat( ItemID ) when 1 then ph_insteon( ItemID, ifaston, 0) when 2 then ph_insteon( ItemID, ifastoff, 0) )
)
End Function
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TonyNo
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I think the only way to do that would be in a macro that can receive parameters. You would then call it via ph_macroparm(). I do this in my announcement macro.
Your TOGGLE macro would be...
case( ph_getinsteonstat( "[TEMP1]" ) when 1 then ph_insteon( "[TEMP1]", ifaston, 0) when 2 then ph_insteon( "[TEMP1]", ifastoff, 0) )
And you would call it with...
ph_macroparm ( "TOGGLE", "FAN", 0, 0, 0, 0 )
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How do I "create" this macro?
When I paste
case( ph_getinsteonstat( "[TEMP1]" ) when 1 then ph_insteon( "[TEMP1]", ifaston, 0) when 2 then ph_insteon( "[TEMP1]", ifastoff, 0) )
into the formula column of the macro, it evaluates to <nothing>.
When I am creating this macro, what is the "command type"?
Thanks
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Correct. That is because TEMP1 is nul. It will only evaluate properly when called with ph_macroparm.
Command type is formula.
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Just a slight correction I need to make...
The ph_macroparm function passes the parameters using the LOCAL variables instead of the TEMP variables.
So the macro line shoule look like:
case( ph_getinsteonstat( "[LOCAL1]" ) when 1 then ph_insteon( "[LOCAL1]", ifaston, 0) when 2 then ph_insteon( "[LOCAL1]", ifastoff, 0) )
Hope this helps,
Dave.
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Doh!  I need to pay more attention to detail!
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Happens to the best of us  .
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