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Re: [ECS] Question About Light Control Using ECS Mark Gilmore Tue, 29 Aug 2000 15:07:37 -0400

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Hi Kevin,
The "Is NOW" operators used in these Events detect
a transition to the desired State (e.g. "When Daytime
becomes false, then ...").
"Is NOW" can be interpreted as "becomes".
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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
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> Kevin Trainor wrote:
> 
> I have downloaded a trial copy of ECS.  As a proof of concept, I am
> trying to duplicate the light control system that I am currently using
> that is based upon the CM11A and ActiveHome.  When I look at the
> default light control event coding that installs with ECS, I am a bit
> confused about how it works.  The "Outside Lights" and "Inside Lights"
> events both appear to send an ON command or an OFF command to their
> respective list of lights on every ECS pass.  I'm wondering if this is
> standard coding practice for light control or not.  Does this cause a
> steady stream of commands to be sent to the PLC interface?  Or, are
> they intercepted somewhere and not transmitted because they are
> redundant?
> 
> With my current CM11A/ActiveHome setup, I find that I often need to
> code repetitive ON commands in order to make sure that certain lights
> in my house do indeed turn on.  Is this coding technique simply an
> elegant way of dealing with that problem?  If so, doesn't this
> techniqe pollute the circuit with a lot of unnecessary commands?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help.  I know that this is a simple
> matter.  But, I am just not figuring it out on my own.
> 
> Kevin

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