Posted: April 10 2004 at 19:06 | IP Logged

Dave.... it would be a nice feature for PH to have a active or inactive period defined for each x10 device defined, so it would be possible to control certain lites and such ONLY during a period of time. Such as "only at darkness" or from start time to end time. I have indoor lites that come on via motion sensor, but I dont want them to come on during daylight hours. Just a suggestion. 

also is there any way to "reset" a x10 device to return to it's PREVIOUS x10stat known state (on,off,or dimmed) after a device has been controlled by some other means thru PH. IE: lite is dimmed,motion sensor triggers a lite 'ON' command and have the lite return to the DIMMED state???

Posted: April 10 2004 at 23:48 | IP Logged

If I may jump in, I do similar things using variables (flags) to enable and disable devices based on many things, one of which is time. The only hang-up is that you need a macro for each device. You could also add this logic to a trigger that controls the device.

Having this built-in is not necessary, but, may be helpful to some.

You could also add a line to a macro that is triggered by a motion sensor to save the previous state and restore it when the timed period is over.

Let me know if you would like an example.

Posted: April 10 2004 at 23:55 | IP Logged

Tony.... thanks for the info.....

I will try to "reset" the current status as you suggest.....

can you give me some examples of how I would enable/disable switched lights from 7 am until 7pm daily?? I can turn them off and on within those times but how do I disable the devices from being controlled??

Posted: April 11 2004 at 11:00 | IP Logged

As I have assumed from your comments, this would only work on items controlled by PH (not directly as with a switch).

Create a new Global, say, LightEnable.  You would then create a macro, or, timed event to set/clear this flag, then, add a line to check this before you turn it on in a macro, or, trigger.

Timed Event
at 7am, clear flag (LightEnable=0)
at 7pm, set flag (LightEnable=1)

Old Light Macro
Light On

New Light Macro
if( {LightEnable} = 1, 1, 999)
Light On

For a trigger, simply add this to the Boolean column...

if( {LightEnable} = 1, 1, 0)

Posted: April 14 2004 at 14:20 | IP Logged

Nick,

Tony is right on the money.  I do this the same way myself.  Typically any type of light or device that has "special" considerations (on only at certain times, days, etc), I create a macro for "ON" and "OFF", etc.  I then put my special condition checks within the macro (check for a certain time, day, value of global variable, etc).  Then anytime that I want to send an "ON" or "OFF" command, I only do so through the macro.

Let me know if you have any other questions ,

Dave.