How do I view the value of a counter on my Elk or in ElkRP?

[Quixote_1]

Hi,
This is probably painfully obvious, but I can't seem to find where I would be able to see what my counters are set to. Can someone guide me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance

 

[wuench]

Hi,
This is probably painfully obvious, but I can't seem to find where I would be able to see what my counters are set to. Can someone guide me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance

AFAIK the values are only viewable via the RS232 protocol.

 

[Quixote_1]

Thanks,

I found one way that is OK, but not super.

I create a text that contains the counter value and send it to the keypad when a task is triggered.

Anyone else have any good ideas?

 

[electron]

Only other way is to request the counter value via the M1 ASCII command.

 

[42etus]

This rule displays the value of COUNTER 2 on my keypad when ever F4 is pressed

WHENEVER F4 KEY ON ANY KEYPAD ACTIVATES
THEN DISPLAY "Furnace "% CTR2 %"^M^J" IN (Area 1) FOR 30 SECONDS, [*] CLEARS

Another rule resets the counter to zero once a day.

 

[Quixote_1]

This rule displays the value of COUNTER 2 on my keypad when ever F4 is pressed

WHENEVER F4 KEY ON ANY KEYPAD ACTIVATES
THEN DISPLAY "Furnace "% CTR2 %"^M^J" IN (Area 1) FOR 30 SECONDS, [*] CLEARS

Another rule resets the counter to zero once a day.

Thanks guys,

42etus: That's pretty much the same rule that I set up. I was hoping for a way to check it in ElkRP, but it's not the end of the world that I can't. The other option I would have liked is the ability to use the voice to tell me the count.

In the meantime I have set up the Elk Girder plug-in to check it and then announce it with text-to-speech. I was hoping to avoid the use of an HA PC, but it's still a good solution.