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💬General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Squirrel1162 on August 20, 2011, 04:03:33 PM
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Has anyone written a macro that will turn on a chime at a certain time and then turn it off at another? I want to use it as a door bell for My apartment. I am presently using a model SS13A Remote wall switch as the door bell button. If there is a better way, I would appreciate the input.
Thanks,
Squirrel1162
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Has anyone written a macro that will turn on a chime at a certain time and then turn it off at another? I want to use it as a door bell for My apartment.
I take it... you want your door bell to NOT work during your sleeping hours (?). Assuming that is the case... there are options for removing the fur from that feline.
The simplest way would be a macro that removes a flag at sleep time and sets it when you'd accept the chime sound. Then the chime would only chime based on a both a trigger and a condition... with the condition being a set flag. The remote would then merely signal a trigger... not the chime.
Another simple way would be to just use a cheap clock timer set to turn on at wake-up time and off at bed time. Then plug the chime module into the timer. It will then also chime at the normal wake up time when the timer powers it up (that's called a feature).
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A slightly more sophisticated way would be to plug the chime module into an appliance module, and have a timer to turn the appliance module on and off.
Again, the chime would sound when it is powered up (the appliance module turns on), bt it would be easier to turn it on and off, if you want to override the timing you set with the timer.