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patrickm
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Has anyone figured out a way to read the valve status byte within Powerhome? I have not had great reliability with the PLC timer and EZRain. I would like to be able to verify that the valve has changed state from within Powerhome but there does not seem to be a way to read the valve status byte. If ph_insteonraw could return the actual insteon ack cmd1 and cmd2 values, full control of EZRain would be possible. Any ideas?
Patrick
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Patrick,
I have searched the code high and low and can find no way that this info can be obtained with .10. I don't know how I missed providing a hook for this type of info, but apparently I did.
Not to worry though. Ive placed a hook in the code for this and have created a new ph_insteonwithret function that will return the value in CMD2. It will be available in the next beta.
Dave.
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patrickm
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Thanks very much for adding that insteon command. I have noticed while getting the EZRain module up and running that insteon broadcast messages are not showing up in the log. Is it possible to use them as a trigger for powerhome?
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Hello Dave! I have upgraded to version .11 and would love to get PowerHome to control my EZRain. Any hints on how to get this going? I only have 4 zones wired up and I'm just using KPL buttons to run the zones now.
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twomble,
I am configuring my program and valve times with the Simplehomenet config utility and just starting a program with PH. The command I'm using is: ph_insteon ("RAIN 01",66,0), 0). That starts Program 1.
I've been working with Dave for the past couple of days and he's putting in some hooks to be able to trigger off valve changes and other EZrain commands.
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Twomble,
Very soon! I thought I had all the necessary changes for .11 but Ive been working with ginigma and found out I missed a couple of details.
Not to worry, .12 will be out soon with this and other bug fixes.
Dave.
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All,
The attached zip file can be extracted and the two internal files can be executed in the PowerHome Multi-Editor (SQL mode...shift-F5) to bring the latest alpha (phalpha8.zip) up to date so the EZRain and other SimpleHomeNet products will be supported.
In the triggers screen, you should now be able to fire triggers off of Insteon Broadcast commands and Insteon Direct ACK commands.
Let me know how it works and if you have any problems.
Thanks,
Dave.
***Edit...See the post below for an alternative method that works.
Edited by dhoward - August 06 2007 at 20:24
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all_id_data.sql executed properly.
But I got this error:
Invalid Direct SQL Code -131
SQLSTATE = 37000
[Sybase][ODBC Driver][Adaptive Server Anywhere]Syntax error or access violation: near ';' in ...from dropdowns[;] ...
after executing dropdowns.sql
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Well, I checked this out and it's not going to work. The dropdowns table is protected from changes so the scripts will not work.
As an alternative method, download the new, default ph10395.db database file from here: http://www.power-home.com/download/ph10395.zip and copy it into your database directory overwriting the existing file. Shutdown PowerHome and run the Database Upgrade Utility and rebuild your existing database. When done, it will have the latest changes for both all_id_data and dropdowns. Restart PowerHome and you should be good to test.
Dave.
Edited by dhoward - August 06 2007 at 20:23
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