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Hi, I use a serial I/O card that has 14 outputs(A-N). Instead of duplicating all commands 14 times, I set a parameter (%1%) in the command configuration. However, I don't understand how to set the parameter in the property manager or in the values of the generic serial port device. I tried to put %1...

That's great Scott.

Thanks a lot.



Yoram.

Hi Scott, The 'delay' action in a task that is called from another task causes the two tasks to hang. I tried the Sleep Timer device instead and it works fine. The only thing is that I would like to have a short delay of less than a second, and the Sleep Timer device has no such option. BTW, I didn'...

I like Claude's ideas. To avoid forgeting to enable things, I enable them before I fill the details, so maybe it's best to have them enabled by default. A more complicated approach would be to let the user define the system defaults. Maybe you would like to take this further with other system parame...

Hi Scott,



You are doing a marvelous job with HouseBot. Take some time to rest and enjoy christmas.



Thank you so much for the great support,



Yoram

Indeed the serial device is a bit confusing. I try to recall what I did a few months earlier. Few extra steps are needed: - Define a new Alpha-Numeric property in the property manager. Name it something like 'Send XYZ Command', where 'XYZ' is your serial device name. Add discrete values to it like '...

OK, we'll take it step by step. Create a new task (by right clicking the tasks), and name it. When the task window opens, check the 'Enabled' and the 'When conditions are met' properties. In the task code below, select "add item..." and a new window will pop-up. Select 'Add condition', sel...

The serial device has a 'Received Data' property. You need an automatic task (execution mode-when conditions are met) that would compare the 'received data' to what you are expecting ("GB"). I suggest that immediately after that you reset the received data (otherwise you would run into a l...

I tried the new Dial control. I don't plan to use it, but I have some suggestions: - Add a visual hint about the 'Base Position'. - Do not allow to pass through the 'Base Position'. Please don't bother with the above unless you or other users think that this is necessary. Off topic, there is one pre...

Michael, If what you're trying to do is to have some controls always visible, while others change with the panel change, there's an easier and better way: - Use a big panel for the main panel, and smaller panels for the others. - Have your 'fixed' controls in your main panel and define the panel typ...

I tried the new version of BSPlayer, and it's a bad one. Don't waste your time with it. The previous version was MUCH better. The new version is a pre-release, so I hope that they will fix all the problems.

In the meantime, I will check what it takes to integrate it with HouseBot.



Yoram

Personaly, I don't like the Windows Media Player, because it takes a lot of system resources. I have been looking for alternatives and recently came across BSPlayer ( http://www.bsplayer.org/ ). It uses the cpu much less intensively, and has many options, including command line controls. It crashed ...

You can make the device dedicated to that script by giving the full path to the script in the 'Name of Script' property in the device itself. In the script, you can take property values from HouseBot, so you don't need to use parameters. If you dedicate the device to a script, I suggest that you nam...

Circe640,



Indeed, tasks are limited.

An alternative to using a Task would be to use a Script. You need to use VBScript. Look at the Help for more info.



HTH,

Yoram

It sounds like the condition(s) of the task are not met. To pinpoint the problem, from the panel enter list run a task that would always execute (without any conditions), and see if it was executed. If the task was not executed, then the panel enter list does not work for some reason. Also, run your...