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[azzar0]

I know this topic has been covered before, but I don't remember the solution (if there is any).
Here is my setup:
I created a macro that turns on a ghost module, then waits 10 minutes, and repeats these 2 steps 6 times.
So, the macro looks like this:
Turn C11 on
delay 00:10:00
Turn C11 on
delay 00:10:00
Turn C11 on
delay 00:10:00
Turn C11 on
delay 00:10:00
Turn C11 on
delay 00:10:00
Turn C11 on
delay 00:10:00

Then I created a timer for the macro to run every hour. In case  you wonder, the idea is to turn on a phantom module every 10 minutes. This module is used by Bill's Voice Commander - BVC listens for that module to come on and when it does it executes a "Stop Listening command", so that it won't keep talking when he's not talked to.

OK, so I scheduled the macro to run and everything appears to be OK, however I see that the module is turned on at different times. It mostly sticks with the 10 minute delay, but sometimes it turns the module on 2 or 3 times in a row, in a matter of seconds. Then, 10 minutes later, it turns it on again, as it is supposed to. I can't cut & paste screen shots here, but basically the log shows something like this:



14:50:00 C11(Mute BVC)                                               <<< CORRECT <<<<
14:50:00 C On (Mute BVC)
....................................
15:00:01 C12(Start Mute BVC)                                       <<< CORRECT <<<<
15:00:01 C On (Start Mute BVC)
....................................
15:00:02 C11(Mute BVC)                                               <<< CORRECT <<<<
15:00:02 C On (Mute BVC)
....................................
15:10:01 C11(Mute BVC)                                               <<< CORRECT <<<<
15:10:01 C On (Mute BVC)
....................................
15:10:43 C11(Mute BVC)                                               <<< WTF??? <<<
15:10:43 C On (Mute BVC)
....................................
15:20:01 C11(Mute BVC)                                               <<< CORRECT <<<<
15:20:01 C On (Mute BVC)
....................................
15:23:01 C11(Mute BVC)                                               <<< WTF??? <<<
15:23:01 C On (Mute BVC)
....................................
15:30:00 C11(Mute BVC)                                               <<< CORRECT <<<<
15:30:00 C On (Mute BVC)

So in 40 minutes the module was turned on 7 times instead of 5 times. It looks like it executes 'extra' commands without being told to do so.

Does anyone know why this happens and what I can do to get rid of the extra commands? I triple checked my macro, it looks good... There are no conditions to make it fire up extra commands.

Thanks,

Azzar0

[waterstom]

I know you said you checked, but in either the Macro or Timer programmer (sorry, not at my AHP pc tonight) there's a box to check for REPEAT which supposedly sends whatever the command is supposed to be 3 times instead of just 1 (b/c x10 knows it is so bad they built in a failsafe I guess?)  In my experience, even THIS doesn't work each time.  Look for that box, it's on the right/bottom of the screen, in with Security and one other box for some other varialble you may not have noticed it checked??

Just throwing out straws...