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RE: [ECS] ECS Timer Mark Sekelsky Sun, 18 Apr 1999 15:11:35 -0500

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I don't have a JDS but I would think that the use of a timer is ECS
dependant and would have nothing to do with JDS.  How do you execute the
timer in your event?  Does the timer/start/stop?

Regarding sunset.  First create a Sunset item.  Mine is:

|Item:Time: Sunset 	Type:Sunset-Time 	Acc:User/User
| Initial State:Calculate	 Backup:No
| Latitude :41
| Longitude :88
| Time Zone :Central

Then create an item such as "Early Evening" like this:

|Item:Time: Early evening        Type:State-Holder
Acc:User/User
|Initial State:(None)                 Backup:No
|Sub-Type     :Sunrise-Time

Create an event that will execute everyday.  I'll assume you have an item
"time."

If	Time		Is Now 	12:01 AM
Then    Time: Sunset     Set       		 Calculate
Then 	Early evening	Set		Time: Sunset
Then 	Early evening	Subtract	60

Assuming that the event calculates Time: Sunet to be 6:00 PM, Early evening
will be set to 5:00 PM.

Mark S



-----Original Message-----
From: Robert L. Petrovic [mailto:rlpetrovic@ameritech.net]
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 1999 2:40 PM
To: Mark Gilmore
Subject: [ECS] ECS Timer


Mark:

I am using the JDS TimeCommander for my interface.  Whenever I use a timer,
even one of your generic ones, ECS will count down the timer but won't act
on the Item or Event that is using the timer.  What am I doing wrong ??
Another problem I have is that I can't seem to use the 0% for lighting.  I
can only use ON, OFF or a percentage ON.  Is this a hangup with
TimeCommander ??

Also, could you explain to me one more time how I can have an Event follow
Sunset.  For instance, if I want an event to always happen an hour before
Sunset.

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