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Re: [ECS] why won't my lights go off? Bill Walters Sun, 23 Jan 2000 01:59:41 -0600

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No problem at all AJ, that's what this group is all about...... No such
thing as a trivial question.

As far as BEGINIF stuff,  well, I'm a little slow.....  I prefer to code an
event so it will work (mind NEVER do the first time!) and when I get it
working 100%, THEN if I want to, I'll go back and re-code to make it more
"elegant" (hmm, but seems like I never do that, oh well)......

Most "logical" of programming in ECS I've ever seen is Garnet Bailey's stuff
in the ECS archives.... Some of the things he did, waaaayyyyy back in ECS 3
days (even before?), well, I can always learn something from looking at both
his examples, and Mark G's examples......

Welcome to the crowd!

Bill


----- Original Message -----
From: A.J. Griglak <aj@griglak.com>
To: <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 10:09 PM
Subject: RE: [ECS] why won't my lights go off?


> Yep, Bill... that did it - thanks!  I'm sorry if this seems trivial to
> everyone, but every time I go to set up an event, I get stuck like this,
so
> hopefully this will help with all my events.  ;-)  It's been a while since
I
> did this kind of crap in college (Fortran and Pascal  hee hee)  It seems
> like every time I get stuck, I just change everything to BEGINIF's ;-)
>
> Thanks again
>
> -=A.J.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Walters [mailto:wtwalters@home.com]
> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 8:58 PM
> To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> Subject: Re: [ECS] why won't my lights go off?
>
>
> AJ,
>
> Hmm,,, well, it might have to do with your BEGINIF statement.
> I prefer "brute-force" method.....
>
> Remember
>
> Why not structure it like this?
>
> If         front porch motion          Is Now      On
> And     Daytime                         Is               False
> Then    Front Porch Lights         Set             On
> Then    Front Porch timer           Set             10
>
> Else If  front porch motion          Is Now       On
> And     Daytime                         Is                True
> Then    A/V - Stereo                  Set             Off
>
> If          Front Porch timer          Is Now        0
> Then     Front Porch Lights        Set               Off
> Then     Event-Exit                     Set               True
>
>
> You don't say what kind of device is setting your "front porch motion"
item
> ON...  Just to make sure that there isn't "random" motion that keeps
kicking
> this device on (thereby re-setting the Front Porch timer to 10), I'd
create
> an item in one of my Group screens to monitor the state of this item.....
> just while "debugging".
>
> Bill Walters
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: A.J. Griglak <aj@griglak.com>
> To: <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 5:03 PM
> Subject: [ECS] why won't my lights go off?
>
>
> > They come on OK, the stereo turns off OK during the day, the timer is
> > working right, yet when it gets to 0, the lights stay on...  anyone?
> >
> > -=A.J.
> >
> >
> > BEGINIF    Daytime              Is         False
> > And        front porch motion   Is Now     On
> > Then       Front Porch Lights   Set        On
> > Then       Front Porch timer    Set        10
> >
> > IF         Front Porch timer    Is Now     0
> > Then       Front Porch Lights   Set        Off
> >
> > If         Front Porch timer    Is         0
> > Then       Event-Exit           Set        True
> > ENDIF
> >
> > BEGINIF    Daytime              Is         True
> > If         front porch motion   Is Now     On
> > Then       A/V - Stereo         Set        Off
> > ENDIF
> >
>

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