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RE: [ECS] Oh, another issue Michael David Mon, 14 Jun 1999 12:36:35 -0400

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Hi Mark!

I'm not sure whether you want me to explain what I am trying to accomplish -
or - what isn't working, so I'll do both.  :)

I use the relays in the redacs to pick the zone(s) throughout the house
where audio announcements are heard.  So, I have events that close the
necessary relays before speaking, and then opens them after speaking.  Now
that speaking is a background task, the relay's close and then immediately
open, before the phrase is even spoken.
So, after I close the relays, I need to test the state of voice-interface-c
to see if it is "Busy" so I can keep the relays closed until the state goes
back to "idle."
Now, often, I close the relays speak a few separate phrases, then I open the
relays.  Because of this, I would prefer it if voice-interface-c's state
would remain "Busy" while there are phrases waiting in the queue to be
spoken.  If voice-interface-c's state goes back to operational immediately
after speaking the first phrase, the relays will then open, and the
remaining phrases will be unheard.
In a nutshell, what I am looking for is this:  I would like
voice-interface-c's state to be "Busy" while it is speaking/playing, and
remain "Busy" while there are items queued to be spoken/played.  Conversely,
I would like its state to be "idle" when it is at rest.
I thought you had added this capability after I sent you a message with a
similar request, when you first announced ECS 4.1. I also noticed in ECS.HTM
that "Busy" now appears to be a valid state of voice-interface-c.  However,
when I enter this line in the event editor:
If voice-interface-c is busy
I get this error:
ERROR:"busy" is not a valid selection.

I hope all that made sense. If not, let me know, and I'll try again.  :)

Cheers!

Michael David
michael@michaeldavid.com

















-----Original Message-----
From:	Mark Gilmore [mailto:omnip@usit.net]
Sent:	Monday, June 14, 1999 7:41 AM
To:	ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject:	Re: [ECS] Oh, another issue

Please explain further.

Michael David wrote:
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> Hi Mark!
>
> Just ran across another issue:  "Busy" does not appear to be a valid state
> of voice-interface-c.  And, oh boy, I need that to test to get my speaker
> relays to slooooooooow down.  :)
>
> Oh, I'm running this ECS version:  06/12/99 08:02p 697,344 ECS.EXE.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Michael David
> michael@michaeldavid.com

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

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