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           | Posted: January 18 2015 at 11:03 | IP Logged
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Hi - So I was thinking - I have some events that I want to execute, or not, based on a rough feel of outside temperature.  I know it's possible to write code to pick the current temperature off the Internet and write it to a file, and I -think- it's possible for PH to read a variable from a file.  Before I re-invent the wheel, does anyone have anything like this working - or have any pointers?
 
 Thanks!
 /j
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           | Posted: January 18 2015 at 15:50 | IP Logged
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I'm not doing anything like this now, but, you could easily add a macro with a Case function looking at temperature, or, apparent temperature. Then, just add a Timed Event to call it occasionally.
 
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           | Posted: January 18 2015 at 15:57 | IP Logged
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actually, I figured it out - thanks though.
 
 (perl + ph_readfile)
 
 took like 15 minutes total.
 
 POWERHOME RULES!
 
 (so the electric heater in my laundry room turns on on laundry day, but only on COLD laundry days :-) )
  Edited by jeffw_00 - January 18 2015 at 16:02
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