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RE: [ECS] Another beginif question Kevin Keast Sat, 25 Nov 2000 21:39:52 -0500

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Hi Joe,

You are correct.  I wasn't not reading your code correctly and wrote my
reply hastily.  One thing I would note with this code is that if you turned
any of your lights off using an x-10 command the system would turn them
right back on if your conditions were all true.

Sorry about confusing you more than you probably were.

Kevin

-----Original Message-----
From:	Joseph LaFerla [mailto:jlafe@ntnet.nt.ca]
Sent:	Tuesday, November 21, 2000 11:05 PM
To:	ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject:	RE: [ECS] Another beginif question

Why would it send continuous commands?  I thought that by putting "if the
light is off, turn it on" would only turn it on if it was off.  I am
obviously missing something here.  What I am trying to do is that if a light
is turned off by another section of code somewhere else it would be turned
on again.  Using IS NOW negates that, if I understand how it works.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Keast [mailto:libertyc@prodigy.net]
Sent: November 21, 2000 8:45 PM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: RE: [ECS] Another beginif question


The BeginIf applies to the ands as well.

But in your code you need to be careful:

The code you have below could continuously send ON commands to your lights.
ECS will check these conditions every event pass and act accordingly.  You
may have to break this code up into segments using IS NOW

For Example

BeginIF Evening is now true
And at home is true
And awake is true
And dusk is true........

The prevents sending continuous commands to lights- a bad thing for your X10
system.  With the above code you would need to do other instances keying of
when at home, awake, and dusk change to true using IS NOW.  There may be a
more efficient way and if there is you will probably see it posted.

Good Luck

Kevin

-----Original Message-----
From:	Joseph LaFerla [mailto:jlafe@ntnet.nt.ca]
Sent:	Tuesday, November 21, 2000 8:05 PM
To:	Ecs-List (E-mail)
Subject:	[ECS] Another beginif question

Hi all

I have another beginif question and I apologize right away if it has been
asked before!

I have the following code:

BEGINIF    Evening                 Is         True
And        At home                 Is         True
And        Awake                   Is         True
And        Dusk                    Is         True
If         Living room floor lamp  Is         Off
Then       Living room floor lamp  Set        On
If         Fireplace track light   Is         Off
Then       Fireplace track light   Set        On
If         Stereo track light      Is         Off
Then       Stereo track light      Set        On
ENDIF

The idea is that I want to code the following.  I want to turn on or off
lights depending on evening, at home, awake and dusk all being true.  Does
the beginif at the beginning incorporate the "ands" or not or does a beginif
stand on its own?

Thanks in advance.

Joe

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