PC Access script inquiry

[techrecruit1]

I ended up going ahead and installing a 15a relay switch for my outdoor landscape lights and enrolled the switch and I can switch the lights off/on with my iphone and also with Windows Media Center but for some reason if I write a script in PC Access to trigger the switch it just won't actually turn the lights off or on. But if I look at my control panel is says the lights are on but they're not.

I've tried dumbing it down to a simple to when a door becomes unread and the condition is dark it sets the outdoor lights on but the lights never actually come on but when i look at H@me on my iphone it says their own. The confusing thing is that i can control the lights manually with my phone or on my computer but can't write a command to schedule it on/off.

Any suggestions?

 

[Brian Yokum]

Please post the programming lines you are using. Also, if you are using an "IF DARK" condition make sure that the time is set in the controller and that the current time is between sunset and sunrise when you test it. To try something simple, just do:

WHEN Front Door NOT READY
THEN Outdoor Lts ON

or

TIMED SUNSET MTWTFSS
THEN Outdoor Lts ON

 

[techrecruit1]

Thanks Brian,

I wrote this script and still having the same problem.
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When Front Entry Way Door to Foyer NOT READY
AND IF DARK
THEN Dock and Stairway Lights ON FOR 5 MINUTES
THEN Front Yard Landscape Lights ON FOR 5 MINUTES
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I just ran this test and the front yard landscape lights came on for 5 minutes and no light from the dock/stairway. Although when I look at what's going on in the house on my computer and phone it says the dock/stairway and also front yard landscape lights are on for 5 minutes. So it's like it thinks their on but they're not.

I can go into the software on my phone or through pc access and manually turn them on and they go on and off as I choose and from the hard switch down in the garage they function normally.

 

[Brian Yokum]

What type of lighting are you using (I assume UPB)? Was is the lighting format set to for that house code (UPB or HAI Lighting)? What are the unit numbers for these lights? What version of PC Access are you using and what version firmware is in the controller? If you reverse the order of the "THEN"s does the other light now work? Do they behave the same if you just turn them on indefinitely rather than for 5 minutes? If you remove the "AND IF DARK" is the behavior the same?

 

[techrecruit1]

Yes I'm pretty sure it's all UPB lighting. In regards to the lighting format when I use PCaccess and look under units it has everything listed as HAI Lighting.
The unit #'s for the rear lights that the scripts won't control is #57 is labeled as Dock Lights is RM8 then under that I have #58 which is labeled Dock/Stairway lights RM8-2. I basically have the dock lights tied into the stairway lights so the one switch controls them both.

I've tried reversing the "THEN's" and also just doing the rear lights only being triggered by a specific time or door made "NOT READY" and nothing. The only reason I usually throw in another ACTION is to see if it's sending the commands or not and it seems to be.

The strange thing about it is that the system will list them as ON after the command has executed. And it also baffles me that I can control and send commands from my phone and PCaccess to turn them off and on so I know they get commands. Also the 15a relay switch that controls those rear dock/stairway lights was installed the same time I installed my front landscape lights and put a 15a switch on them and they tend to listen to the commands that the system sends.

I'm using 3.3 PCaccess and 3.2b for my OmniPro II

 

[Brian Yokum]

I believe your problem is being caused by having the Dock Lights on address 57, which is reserved for the HLC Room Controller for Room 8. If you have not set up your UPB devices to use the HAI Lighting Control (HLC) room allocations, the format for these units should be set to UPB and not HAI Lighting. Please refer to your controller manuals or the HAI Knowledgebase http://kb.homeauto.com for a description of HAI Lighting Control.