dBeau
Active Member
I've been playing with logic diagrams lately trying to do a thermostat setback. Now that it's done Im pretty happy with the way it came out and how easy it was to make it happen.
Two thing's I've noticed that were a bit odd. It seems there is no way to directly specify a time interval. I wanted to say that between the hours of 9pm and 5am the "setback" scene should be active (as long as a car is in the right garage stall (dont ask) and the house is occupied). The timer object seems like it could do the job but it isnt easily configurable by the user. To get the start time right I ended up using a TimeBlock and an EQ Block with the EQ block specifying the start time and an OffDelay block specifying the duration of the setback. But this led to the second problem. There seems to be no easy (end user) way to set the time in the EQ block. I tried using a variable thinking it might show up in the web browser. Unless I am missing something it doesnt.
So now I am asking how to get a time from the "end user" into a variable or logic diagram via the web interface. Searching the help for the term variable didnt seem to help. Searching here didnt help either.
I'm guessing I could use the scheduler as an easy way to specify the time interval for the setback but then I'd have to ask the same question about the setback temperature.
Perhaps I am going about this all wrong? Anyone care to enlighten me?
Two thing's I've noticed that were a bit odd. It seems there is no way to directly specify a time interval. I wanted to say that between the hours of 9pm and 5am the "setback" scene should be active (as long as a car is in the right garage stall (dont ask) and the house is occupied). The timer object seems like it could do the job but it isnt easily configurable by the user. To get the start time right I ended up using a TimeBlock and an EQ Block with the EQ block specifying the start time and an OffDelay block specifying the duration of the setback. But this led to the second problem. There seems to be no easy (end user) way to set the time in the EQ block. I tried using a variable thinking it might show up in the web browser. Unless I am missing something it doesnt.
So now I am asking how to get a time from the "end user" into a variable or logic diagram via the web interface. Searching the help for the term variable didnt seem to help. Searching here didnt help either.
I'm guessing I could use the scheduler as an easy way to specify the time interval for the setback but then I'd have to ask the same question about the setback temperature.
Perhaps I am going about this all wrong? Anyone care to enlighten me?