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Re: [ECS] 4.1 upload Mark Gilmore Sat, 29 May 1999 16:26:51 -0700

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That "reset" is a bug Mark - I'm fixing it now.

Mark Sekelsky wrote:
> 
> Bill,
> 
> My guess is that you will need to use the new "Busy/VC" (or whatever the
> syntax is).  It would seem like "Working" goes through it's "wait phase" but
> that ECS resets the T/F statement right after it begins playing the message.
> Since I don't toggle the speakers I don't ever notice that my sate gets
> changed before a message is finished playing.  Alternatively, if there were
> a Play/new/W that would work, but I don't think that exists.
> 
> Mark S
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Walters [mailto:wtwalters@home.com]
> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 1999 3:28 PM
> To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> Subject: Re: [ECS] 4.1 upload
> 
> Mark Sekelsky,
> 
> Here's my phone "playback" event:
> 
> |Event: Playback Messages               Called ?:No
> |
> |       If         ACE-Speak New Msgs  Is Now     True
> |       Then       Intercom            Set        High
> |       Then       Working             Set        Speak/W
> |       Then       Speak-Messages      Set        Play/New
> |       Then       Intercom            Set        Low
> |       Then       Count_Total phn msg Set        0
> |       Then       ACE-Speak New Msgs  Set        False
> |       Then       Event-Exit          Set        True
> 
> Here's the event I used to play messages by setting a true/false switch
> with ACE invert operator.  What I get is the intercom activates, I hear
> the message "Working", then the intercom shuts off.  I never hear any
> phone messages.
> 
> Bill Walters
> 
> Mark Sekelsky wrote:
> >
> > Bill,
> >
> > I don't use intercoms or switched speakers, I just have a speaker at every
> > house level that is always "on."  The way I do my messages is by setting
> the
> > state of an appliance type item to "on" (since I started using ACE I could
> > really change these to True/False items).  It looks like this:
> >
> > |       IF              Phone: Play All     Is Now     On
> > |       Then            Play messages       Set        Play->VC
> > |       Then            Phone: Play All     Set        Off
> >
> > "Play messages" is my speak-messages item.  Whether you do it with an
> > appliance type item or a T/F item you could use the state of that to set
> > your switch.
> >
> > Mark S
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Walters [mailto:wtwalters@home.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 1999 5:20 PM
> > To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> > Subject: Re: [ECS] 4.1 upload
> >
> > Mark (Sekelsky);
> >
> > Hi!  Just started working with ECS 4.1 last night late; Mark G. did
> > conversion for me on .CFG file, found I needed to go back on all .TXT
> > files that are spoken and change "Speak" to "Speak/W" but other than
> > that, just about 100%!
> >
> > I've a question for you on "Speak-Messages"....  Do you use an intercom
> > or any other switched device for speaking your phone messages?
> >
> > I "thought" I could add in a new event to take care of my intercom
> > switching (Intercom is a PD-40 digital output with "High" = "turn the
> > intercom on" & "low" = "turn the intercom off"):
> >
> > Event:Intercom Control        Called?:No
> >
> > If        Speak-Messages      Is Not Now        Idle
> > Then      Intercom            Set               High
> >
> > Else If   Speak-Messages      Is Now            Idle
> > Then      Intercom            Set               Low
> >
> > Thought this would "do it" but alas; examining "Speak-Messages", the
> > state doesn't seem to change from "idle".
> >
> > Wonder how you're handling it?
> >
> > Bill Walters

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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
omnip@usit.net
http://www.usit.com/omnip

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