Hello All,

I'm using the new 4.2 release and am having a problem that I can't figure out.  I know
that the IS NOW operator has undergone some minor changes and wonder if it is somehow
involved here.  I created a new EVENT that tells my kids when to head off to bed (they
think it's fun).  The scripting for the EVENT is given below followed by a description
of the problem:

IF          DAY                    IS            SUNDAY
OR        DAY                    IS            MONDAY
OR        DAY                    IS            TUESDAY
OR        DAY                    IS            WEDNEDSAY
OR        DAY                    IS            THURSDAY
AND      TIME                   IS NOW   9:30 PM
THEN    BEDTIME MSG    SET         SPEAK->VC
THEN    KIDS LIGHT         SET          40%

IF          DAY                    IS            FRIDAY
OR        DAY                    IS            SATURDAY
AND      TIME                   IS NOW   10:00 PM
THEN    BEDTIME MSG    SET         SPEAK->VC
THEN    KIDS LIGHT         SET          40%

IF         TIME                    IS NOW    10:30 PM
THEN    KIDS LIGHT         SET          OFF

The EVENT first checks to see if it's a school night.  I could have created a new ITEM
that defines a school night but the above method was a quick attempt.  Anyway, if it's
a school night the kids get sent to bed at 9:30 via a spoken message and their bedroom
light is turned on to dim (I used 40%).  If it's not a school night the kids get sent
to bed at 10:00 PM.  Finally the bedroom light gets turned off at 10:30 regardless of
it being a school night or not.

The event was first saved to ECS.CFG on a SATURDAY at appx 8:00 PM.  As expected the
event sent the kids to bed at 10:00 PM.  However, at midnight (changing from SATURDAY
to SUNDAY) the event began streaming the "go to bed" message endlessly until overflowing
the speech que.  So I edited the event by placing semicolons in front of each instruction
line to "rem out" the instructions, saved and then re-started ECS.  ESC started normally,
then after about ten seconds began spewing out the "go to bed" message again.  My solution
was to delete the EVENT completely which stopped the message stream.  Can anyone (Mark)
shed some light on what is happening (likely a problem with the structure of my code).

Therefore, I have changed the EVENT as follows and it seems to be working so far...

; Check to see if its a schoolnight...;

BEGINIF    Time                 Is Now     9:30 PM
If                Day                  Is           Sunday
Or              Day                  Is           Monday
Or              Day                  Is           Tuesday
Or              Day                  Is           Wednesday
Or              Day                  Is           Thursday
Then          Bedtime Msg    Set         Speak->VC
Then          Kids Light         Set         60%
ENDIF

; If not, check to see if it's not a school night ;

BEGINIF    Time                 Is Now     10:00 PM
If               Day                  Is             Friday
Or             Day                  Is             Saturday
Then         Bedtime Msg     Set          Speak->VC
ENDIF

; Turn the light off at 10:30 PM  ;

IF         TIME                    IS NOW    10:30 PM
THEN    KIDS LIGHT         SET          OFF

Thanks any help that can be shed on this mystery.  I will know if the modified EVENT
works tonight at the stroke of midnight.

Todd A. Theisen