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Newbie help
A.J. Griglak
Mon, 10 Jan 2000 21:23:02 -0500

Mon, 10 Jan 2000 21:23:02 -0500

OK, I've been a casual lurker for like a year, and just finally moved into
my new house and fired up ECS for the first time.  I've read through all the
help files and the web site, and I still struggled to get my items and
events working properly.

For my first event, I would like to hit a X-10 button (A-7) after I climb
into bed and have the bedroom light (controlled from a wall switch 2031) dim
10% less every 2 minutes, till it hits like 12%.  Then, at 80 minutes, have
the light dim to 0%, so that if I'm still awake and watching TV, I could hit
any X-10 button to reduce the sleep timer by 30 minutes.  When 90 minutes is
reached, the light is switched off, the TV is switched off, and all lights
in the house are switched off.  The event that I've programmed isn't quite
working like that, and I would like a little help in refining it.  I've
included a Asleep flag for future use - I would like to have a motion
detector on the way to the kitchen to light the fridge raids at midnight
(only if the asleep flag is true)

Here is what I've got - after like a week of tweaking  ;-)  I can't seem to
get the lamp dimming every 2 minutes like I wanted, so I just set one dim to
24%.  It also isn't too accurate - I set the dim to 24%, and it goes to 0% -
not sure why.  I included the "Bedroom Lights Set On" because I've noticed
that ECS isn't aware when the 2031 is manually turned on.  Also, the All
Lights Off isn't working correctly - not sure why.  I used the BeginIf/EndIf
because without them, I would get Transmission overload errors.

If I could get a push in the right direction, I think I would be able to
handle the other stuff I wish to accomplish.

Thanks in advance!!
-=A.J.

|Event: Sleep    Called ?:No
| BEGINIF A-Button  Is Now  7/Off
| Then Sleep Timer  Set  Start
| Do Bedroom Lights  Set  On
| Do Asleep Set  True
| ENDIF
|
| BEGINIF Sleep Timer  Is Now  2
| Do Bedroom Lights  Set  24%
| ENDIF
|
| BEGINIF Sleep Timer  Is Now  80
| Do Bedroom Lights  Set  0%
| ENDIF
|
| BEGINIF Sleep Timer  Is GT Now 90
| Do Bedroom TV  Set  Off
| Do Bedroom Lights  Set  Off
| Do Sleep Timer  Set  Stop
| Do Sleep Timer  Set  0
| Do PLC-Command A  Set  All Lights Off
| Do PLC-Command B  Set  All Lights Off
| ENDIF
|
| BEGINIF Sleep Timer  Is GT  60
| And Sign of Life  Is Now  True
| Do Sleep Timer  Subtract 30
| Do Bedroom Lights  Set  24%
| ENDIF
|
|

OK, I've been a casual lurker for like a year, and just finally moved into my new house and fired up ECS for the first time. I've read through all the help files and the web site, and I still struggled to get my items and events working properly.

For my first event, I would like to hit a X-10 button (A-7) after I climb into bed and have the bedroom light (controlled from a wall switch 2031) dim 10% less every 2 minutes, till it hits like 12%. Then, at 80 minutes, have the light dim to 0%, so that if I'm still awake and watching TV, I could hit any X-10 button to reduce the sleep timer by 30 minutes. When 90 minutes is reached, the light is switched off, the TV is switched off, and all lights in the house are switched off. The event that I've programmed isn't quite working like that, and I would like a little help in refining it. I've included a Asleep flag for future use - I would like to have a motion detector on the way to the kitchen to light the fridge raids at midnight (only if the asleep flag is true)

Here is what I've got - after like a week of tweaking ;-) I can't seem to get the lamp dimming every 2 minutes like I wanted, so I just set one dim to 24%. It also isn't too accurate - I set the dim to 24%, and it goes to 0% - not sure why. I included the "Bedroom Lights Set On" because I've noticed that ECS isn't aware when the 2031 is manually turned on. Also, the All Lights Off isn't working correctly - not sure why. I used the BeginIf/EndIf because without them, I would get Transmission overload errors.

If I could get a push in the right direction, I think I would be able to handle the other stuff I wish to accomplish.

Thanks in advance!!

-=A.J.