HAI and two rooms connected programming question

[heffneil]

Guys I have two rooms of loads for one real room. It has more than 8 switches in total. Anyway I have a 6 button room controller in each room and would like the butons on each to affect both buttons. I programmed the typical when Room 1 Scene A then Room 2 Scene A. But when I program when Room 2 Scene A then Room 1 Scene A it created a loop which keeps going and going. I guess I could add an if or if not but is that the best way to handle this?

Thanks!

Neil

 

[InspiredTim]

What lighting system are you using?


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[heffneil]

Oh I am sorry I am using HLC (UPB). Thanks!

 

[InspiredTim]

Maybe try it with a flag command. When room 1 scene A turn on flag A. When flag A on turn on room 1 and 2 scene A.

Never used hlc. I know that with UPB I just created links and have the same link on both modules turn on scene A.


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[heffneil]

I could open upstart and start meddling with that but I was hoping to just program something in the Omnipro.

 

[Desert_AIP]

Instead of an in room scene controller, you could configure one or more of them as room controllers.
But that will only turn the "rooms" all on and all off.

Your best bet is to tweak it in UPStart to get the exact behavior you want.
You should only have to change the links sent by the room/scene controllers.

 

[JonW]

I do this with program code in the OmniPro. The only real downside is that the lights don't react at the exact same time as they would if you linked them through Upstart. The delay is very small though and if your lights dim up/down when they come on, you'd likely not notice the delay.

Below is a sample of what I use.

14. WHEN Kitchen Wall Controller ON
THEN Dining Room Overhead ON
THEN Dining Room Overhead Bar Remote ON

15. WHEN Kitchen Wall Controller OFF
THEN Dining Room Overhead OFF
THEN Dining Room Overhead Bar Remote OFF
16. WHEN Kitchen Wall Controller SCENE D [RM2-D (UPB LINK 12 ON)]
THEN Dining Room Overhead ON

 

[heffneil]

I don't follow that. Maybe I am just out of it right now but I don't see how that works. I am trying to have two rooms make each other the same scene. Problem is that it becomes an endless loop?
weird.

Thanks,

Neil

 

[JonW]

The dining room lights are a separate room from the kitchen, so the on/off in the kitchen is what triggers the dining room. You could do it with wall controllers in each room if you want.

A better way might be to use UpStart though. Each switch has more links available than what HAI uses, so you can code the switches in each room to directly respond to not only their own room links, but the links of the other rooms. This would also make the response quicker than using logic in HAI.

 

[heffneil]

These two rooms are actually the same rooms. There are just more loads in the room than HLC will allow.