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The "Insteon Device Change" trigger has been very useful for me to keep my touchscreens in-synch with my Insteon light status (no matter how the light change occured).
I have not made much use of DirectIn/Out or GroupIn/Out, because they have limitations depending upon how the light change was initated (locally or remotely).
The additional triggers I could make use of would be "Insteon Level Change" (triggers when the device is brightened or dimmed either locally or remotely) and "Insteon Status Change" (triggers when the device is "full on, 255/255" or "full off, 0/255". The caveat here is that 0/255 would mean OFF rather than DIMMED (I reported this as a bug a while back, but Dave said this was by design; X10 carry over).
While these items can be figured out via ph_getinsteonstat(), the new triggers would add a new level of trigger granularity that would make a buch of my macros much less complex.
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Steve,
I can look into the additional triggers but I need to be careful not to add too many different checks otherwise speed may become an issue.
Not sure if Ive documented it elsewhere, but the new Insteon Device Chg trigger includes addtional supporting info in the TEMP variables that may assist you in your efforts (most triggers include addl info in the TEMP vars).
Below is the data that is contained in the TEMP vars for the Insteon Device Chg trigger:
Code:
TEMP1 ID of Trigger
TEMP2 0
TEMP3 Insteon CMD 2
TEMP4 Type of trigger
1 = Direct Command from PH PLC
2 = Group Cleanup from PH PLC
3 = Group Broadcast from PH PLC
4 = Direct Command from device
5 = Group Broadcast from device
6 = Group Cleanup from device
TEMP5 The address of the sending device
TEMP6 20 = Direct type command
21 = Broadcast type command
TEMP7 The address of the receiving device
TEMP8 The Group number for group type commands, 1 otherwise
TEMP9 Insteon CMD 1
TEMP10 ID of Receiving device
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You can effectively get your "Level Change" trigger by using the "Insteon Device Chg" trigger with [Any] group and [Any] command and then placing this formula in the "Boolean" field:
case([TEMP9] when 21,22,24 then 1 else 0)
This will only allow the trigger to fire when a dim, bright, or stop manual change command affects the desired device. You could then create multiple "Insteon Device Chg" triggers with appropriate formulas in the "Boolean" field all executing different macros to pick up some granularity.
Dave.
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Dave,
With this additional TEMP VARIABLE info, I have what I need to write better triggers!!!!
Request for new triggers is WITHDRAWN.
Thanks
Steve
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