Home Mode

Hi All
I am having a bit of trouble with this logic.
I have a bus coupler connected to a alarm system.
What it does is turn lights on between sunset & sunrise once the alarm system has been turned off which is not a problem.
My problem is if the alarm system has not been activated for a day or so once it get to the sunset time of day the lights come on automatically.
How do I go about making it only work once the alarm has been activated and then turned off after sunset.

Code:

once (GetLightingState("Stay Mode") = ON) and
     (Time > sunset + "0:15:00") or
     (Time < sunrise) then
begin
  SetScene("Home Mode");
end;

Thank in advance
Rob

 

Logic

Hello Rob,

maybe you just need an extra set of brackets for the time section...

Code:

once (GetLightingState("Stay Mode") = ON) and
     ((Time > sunset + "0:15:00") or
     (Time < sunrise)) then
begin
  SetScene("Home Mode");
end;

Regards,

Mark

 

If you created the code with the logic wizard, you would have seen a message warning that a combination of AND and OR logic has been used and that AND has precedence over OR and you should check that the correct behaviour will result.

 

Thanks guys for the quick reply,
Will give the brackets a go tonight and see what happens.
Thanks again

Rob

 

Hi Guys
Unfortunately it is still doing the same thing as the first post.
Is there any thing else that I could try.

Regards
Rob

 

Stay Mode - should this be ON or OFF when the alarm is NOT ACTIVE.

 

Have I misread this - Are you looking for the lighting cycle to 'occur only once' after the alarm has been turned OFF, and not on any subsequent days?

If this is the case then you will need to set a variable as a flag.
This detects that the alarm was turned Off and sets the first level flag

Code:

once (Get the input that shows alarm has been turned off)
 begin
   (Boolean to indicate that the alarm has been turn off) = TRUE);
 end;

This part will only run after the alarm has been because the flag is set to TRUE.

Code:

Once (Boolean to indicate that the alarm has been set = TRUE) and
     ((Time > sunset + "0:15:00") or (Time < sunrise)) then
begin
   SetScene("Home Mode");
   (Boolean to indicate that the alarm has been turn off) = False);
end;

 

There is a discrepancy between what you are describing and what the code will actually do.

With the code you first posted:

Code:

once (GetLightingState("Stay Mode") = ON) and
     (Time > sunset + "0:15:00") or
     (Time < sunrise) then
begin
  SetScene("Home Mode");
end;

The scene will be set under any of the following circumstances:

• "Stay Mode" goes on while it is after sunset + 15
• "Stay Mode" is already on when the time gets to sunset + 15
• "Stay Mode" is off and the time changes to midnight (time is before sunrise)

With the modified code (extra brackets):

Code:

once (GetLightingState("Stay Mode") = ON) and
     ((Time > sunset + "0:15:00") or
     (Time < sunrise)) then
begin
  SetScene("Home Mode");
end;

The scene will be set under any of the following circumstances:

• "Stay Mode" goes on while it is between sunset + 15 and sunrise
• "Stay Mode" is already on when the time gets to sunset + 15

To make the scene set when the alarm gets turned off and it is between sunset and sunrise, the code will be:

Code:

once (GetLightingState("Stay Mode") = ON) then
begin
  if (Time > sunset + "0:15:00") or (Time < sunrise) then
    SetScene("Home Mode");
end;

 

Hi Darren

Thank you very much your logic worked a treat.
Thanks again and have a great xmas.

Regards
Rob