Global variable as trigger, is there a better way than mine?

[jimicr 89]

Hi all,

 

I am building our first room using the HC3. Beining used to the HC2 it requires some thinking out of the box for me.

 

My question: I'm building a scene for the ventilation in the new bathroom.

I have a MS6 for RH and this part works.

 

Now my challenge: In the future I want all extraction fans turn on when there is a CO alarm. I made an enumerated with 2 "states": Safe and Breached.

To get the scene to act on the var change (now by a test scene) I am checking the variable in the condition/ trigger part as a non existing state: "off".

Is there a better/ cleaner way to do this?

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If I add a condition for "Safe" and "Breached" the scene isn't triggered.

 

This works, but it is a weird way to check variables for what you want to do IMHO.

 

Jim

[jgab 2,006]

31 minutes ago, jimicr said:

Hi all,

 

I am building our first room using the HC3. Beining used to the HC2 it requires some thinking out of the box for me.

 

My question: I'm building a scene for the ventilation in the new bathroom.

I have a MS6 for RH and this part works.

 

Now my challenge: In the future I want all extraction fans turn on when there is a CO alarm. I made an enumerated with 2 "states": Safe and Breached.

To get the scene to act on the var change (now by a test scene) I am checking the variable in the condition/ trigger part as a non existing state: "off".

Is there a better/ cleaner way to do this?

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If I add a condition for "Safe" and "Breached" the scene isn't triggered.

 

This works, but it is a weird way to check variables for what you want to do IMHO.

 

Jim

Maybe you could post a customEvent to trigger the scene instead?

Edited March 10, 2020 by jgab

[jimicr 89]

17 minutes ago, jgab said:

Maybe you could post a customEvent to trigger the scene instead?

Thanks @jgab, will look into this.

 

Didn't know that that was a possibility!

Will come back here with the result.

 

Jim

 

**EDIT** Thanks @jgab it works! much to learn here

Edited March 10, 2020 by jimicr

[robw 116]

I have the code below in a light scene. First check motion (that's the trigger), then the Lux value must be 100 or below, and the sleepstate variable should be false. Check your conditions, test setting the device to: isTrigger=false.

 

{

  conditions = { {

      id = 79,

      isTrigger = true,

      operator = "==",

      property = "value",

      type = "device",

      value = true

    }, {

      id = 81,

      isTrigger = false,

      operator = "<=",

      property = "value",

      type = "device",

      value = 100

    }, {

      isTrigger = false,

      operator = "==",

      property = "sleepstate",

      type = "global-variable",

      value = "false"

    } },

  operator = "all"

}

 

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You might test:

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Edited March 10, 2020 by robw

[jimicr 89]

@robw My situation was different, I needed one var with 2 values and each value should trigger the scene.

 

Did you try the solution I posted in the other thread?

 

Jim

[robw 116]

10 minutes ago, jimicr said:

@robw My situation was different, I needed one var with 2 values and each value should trigger the scene.

 

Did you try the solution I posted in the other thread?

 

Jim

 

Ok, both had to trigger, I see, sorry.

 

Thank's I just saw it  I will test now. I've struggled with the iTach - how to press a button from a scene. Now that works. I'm getting a little more code in my head *L*