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jpcurcio
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Hi all...
New Insteon user here (with past experience with X10). My system currently consists of a KPL, one CL, about 8 SL dimmers, a couple SL relays (for fluorescents), and a PLC. I downloaded PowerHome on Friday and spent the weekend playing around... I've gotten to the point where I understand the basics.
One of my first successes was linking the bathroom vanity light (switch not near the door) to the fluorescent switch (by the door). Rather than just hard-link these two at the switch level, I created the PLC group to do this. My next step is to determine the time of day so I can control the brightness level of this light.
For my question, I'll define the following:
SL1: SwitchLinc relay at bathroom door, wired to fluorescent
SL2: SwitchLinc dimmer across the room, wired to incandescent vanity lights.
What I want to do:
From 10:00pm to 6:00am, a keypress on SL1 should:
1. Turn on lights hooked to SL2 at reduced brightness
2. If possible, not turn on fluorescent light hooked to SL1.
All other times, a keypress on SL1 should
1. Turn on lights hooked to SL2 at full brightness
2. Turn on fluorescent light hooked to SL1
Questions:
1. Is this possible (especially not turning on the fluorescent light at night)?
2. What is the best approach here? My challenge (that I can't figure out on my own) is how to get the time into the equation; do I use a global variable in conjunction with a macro? Do I use a script?
Thanks all for any help you can give...
-JPC
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There is a specific function to get the time. I'm at work, so can't look at it exactly. Click on HELP at the top and you can see all the various functions availalbe.
I use this in a couple of macros I have. As to not turning on the load on SL1, the only way would be to have NO load there adn use an inline linc to control the actual light. The local load will always turn on when you press the "on" side of the switch. You could have your macro turn it right back off, but that will add lots of wear and tear on the bulb.
Edited by cmhardwick - April 02 2007 at 13:42
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cmhardwick wrote:
There is a specific function to get the time. I'm at work, so can't look at it exactly. Click on HELP at the top and you can see all the various functions availalbe.
I use this in a couple of macros I have. As to not turning on the load on SL1, the only way would be to have NO load there adn use an inline linc to control the actual light. The local load will always turn on when you press the "on" side of the switch. You could have your macro turn it right back off, but that will add lots of wear and tear on the bulb. |
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Thanks for the reply...
I thought about not connecting the load on this switch in order to make sure that the fluorescent doesn't come on, but I really don't want to do that because it does shed light in the shower, which the vanity lights don't do too well. I'll think about using an inline linc... since the fluorescent is a recessed fixture, it may be simple to do.
As for the macro, I know that I have to fool around with it a bit to become comfortable with it, but I really have little idea where to start. Any sample code (or an outline of what to do) would be greatly appreciated!
-JPC
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hour( now() ) > 16 or hour( now() ) < 8
will return a TRUE or FALSE depending on the actual time of day at the moment. The 8 and 16 are times of day in 24 hour format.
The instruction as listed will be TRUE after 16:00 up untill 8:00 the next day.
Edited by wasdvd - April 02 2007 at 16:57
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