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Re: [ECS] Stumped on Event Mark Gilmore Sun, 21 Nov 1999 14:55:00 -0500

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Todd,
When an OR condition is processed, ALL AND/OR conditionals
above it are considered independent of it (and any following
conditionals).

This would do what you want:
BEGINIF	DAY                    IS            SUNDAY
OR        DAY                    IS            MONDAY
OR        DAY                    IS            TUESDAY
OR        DAY                    IS            WEDNEDSAY
OR        DAY                    IS            THURSDAY
IF      TIME                   IS NOW   9:30 PM
THEN    BEDTIME MSG    SET         SPEAK->VC
THEN    KIDS LIGHT         SET          40%
ENDIF

> Todd A. Theisen wrote:
> 
> 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
> 

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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://www.usit.com/omnip
423-745-0026

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