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Re: [ECS] 4.1 upload Don Sun, 30 May 1999 17:31:33 -0700

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Bill;
 Care to share some of your events?
Don
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Bill Walters <wtwalters@home.com>
To: <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 1999 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [ECS] 4.1 upload


> Mark,
> 
> Downloaded "ECSU" and applied it.
> 
> Using the following event to "speak" my phone messages:
> 
> 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
> 
> and have written the following uncalled event to handle speaker
> switching:
> 
> If      Speak-Messages    Is Now    Busy/VC
> Then    Intercom          Set       High
> 
> Else If Speak-Messages    Is Now    Idle
> Then    Intercom          Set       Low
> 
> 
> I can watch the status of "speak-messages" item (which is Speak-Messages
> Type) during playback in a "Group" screen and I never see it change. 
> However, the intercom relay works OK and in fact, is controlling the
> relay when triggered from an event, so I'll be agle to go in and remove
> all the places in my events where I trigger Intercom "High" and "Low".
> 
> However, if at the ECS console, I enter the "Message" screen and click
> on an individual message, the intercom relay does not trigger.  Is there
> an inherent difference in how messages are played back if using a mouse
> at the Message screen and setting the state of "Speak-Messages" to Play?
> 
> I don't use the ECS console in the daily use around here as you know,
> but others might and I'm wondering if the above describes how you expect
> ECS to be functioning.  If not, there's a bug, if so, then there's not a
> bug... ;<}}}
> 
> And oh, by the way, I set up a new ACE page with all the various
> "buttons" for message control (cancel/delete/skip/backspace, etc) all
> work SUPER!!!   GREAT JOB MARK!  WAY TO GOOOOO!!!! 
> 
> Bill Walters
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> Mark Gilmore wrote:
> > 
> > Uploading fix now (for Speak-Message "Busy")
> > --
> > Mark Gilmore
> > Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
> > omnip@usit.net
> > http://www.usit.com/omnip
> 

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