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Re: [ECS] Problem with Backup States Mark Gilmore Tue, 16 Feb 1999 09:04:59 -0800

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Ingo,
ECS.BK stores backup states, as it would not be
practical to update ECS.CFG every state change.
I just tested backup on a lamp: Set it to ON,
exited, re-started - worked OK. Then repeated
with a settng of 48% - still worked fine.
So it looks like an Event is resetting your
light at startup, OR perhaps a PLC-COMMAND
or PLC-BUTTON Item is set for backup (which would
not make sense, but could cause such a problem).

Ingo Dean wrote:
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> Mark,
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> I thought that when I set the "Backup" to Yes on an Item, that ECS
> actually writes a new copy of ECS.cfg every time that the state changes
> to update that value.  I have several Light items that I has set to
> Backup:Yes, but ECS.cfg never gets updated.
> 
> Or does it work differently? (ECS.bk seems to get updated every time, do
> you use that instead of the Initial State field in ECS.cfg?).
> 
> Seperately, my "MBR Light" never comes on correctly after an ECS
> restart.  Even though the item is set to Backup:Yes and ECS does show it
> to be at 42%, the lamp is always off after a restart.  This happened
> even in version 3.4
> 
> Oh, even though I'm running version 4.0.018, the first line of my
> ECS.cfg states 3.4.026
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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
omnip@usit.net
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