Posted: October 18 2003 at 17:22 | IP Logged

Is there a way to create virtual devices (i.e. be able to treat the system volume as a dimmable device and have it show up, say, in the X-10 status window)?

Posted: October 20 2003 at 09:49 | IP Logged

Tony,

Should be able to do it, although not automatically.

I would create a new macro that accepts a parameter and use that to set to always set the system volume.  You would call this new macro with ph_macroparm.  In this macro, I would update a virtual X-10 device with whatever setting is requested.  You would only have a resolution of 0 to 100 however.  As long as you always call this macro, that would handle changing the volume from within PowerHome.

Next I would create a trigger that is fired when the virtual device is changed.  This trigger would call the Set System Volume function directly (you wouldnt want to set the Virtual X-10 twice).  Now the volume can be changed from within the X-10 status window.

The last thing I would possibly do is create a timed event that is fired every 10 seconds, etc. that checks the current System Volume and updates the Virtual X-10 appropriately in case the volume is changed outside of PowerHome.

Messy...but should work for you.

Dave.