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Title: How Do You Manually Clear Flags?
Post by: donutlou on November 17, 2006, 10:27:32 AM

how do you manually clear flags, that is if you have a flag set that will be cleared by a timer or macro but you dont want to wait and you want it cleared now. (yeah impatient) and how do you find the status of all the flags (set or cleared)
thanks

Title: Re: How Do You Manually Clear Flags?
Post by: Puck on November 17, 2006, 10:36:28 AM

There is no direct way to set or clear a flag.  >:(

So you have to use a dummy module / macro. (http://www.x10community.com/forums/index.php?topic=8807.msg53198#msg53198) to do it.

Title: Re: How Do You Manually Clear Flags?
Post by: donutlou on November 17, 2006, 10:44:03 AM

so you think its a good idea to use a timer to clear all flags at say 4 am every morning that way if something got jumbled the night before.it would be cleared and fresh.

Title: Re: How Do You Manually Clear Flags?
Post by: Puck on November 17, 2006, 10:52:31 AM

Quote from: donutlou on November 17, 2006, 10:44:03 AM

so you think its a good idea to use a timer to clear all flags at say 4 am every morning that way if something got jumbled the night before.it would be cleared and fresh.

No problem doing that if it works for you.

Just remember that timer if you ever change / add anything to your set up that requires a particular flag to not be reset at that time everyday.  ;)

Title: Re: How Do You Manually Clear Flags?
Post by: Oldtimer on November 18, 2006, 12:08:41 AM

I handle manual flag setting & clearing as follows:

One of my "Rooms" in AHP is called Test Area.  All the modules/macros in the Test Area are assigned to a house code that isn't used for anything else and none of them are ever checked for down loading to the CM15A unless I need to for a specific test. One of the macros I keep in the Test Area has a single step for setting/clearing whatever flags I need to.  It only takes a few mouse clicks to reconfigure this macro and to activate it as needed.

Title: Re: How Do You Manually Clear Flags?
Post by: Tuicemen on November 19, 2006, 07:15:59 PM

Quote from: donutlou on November 17, 2006, 10:44:03 AM

so you think its a good idea to use a timer to clear all flags at say 4 am every morning that way if something got jumbled the night before.it would be cleared and fresh.

I have a maco which clears all flags set from a dummy module.
When I want all flags cleared I just flip that switch!
I also have certain flags cleared from a timer but I don't clear all flags at that time!
AS Puck stated:

Quote from: Puck on November 17, 2006, 10:52:31 AM

Just remember that timer if you ever change / add anything to your set up that requires a particular flag to not be reset at that time everyday.  ;)

 

Title: Re: How Do You Manually Clear Flags?
Post by: Walt2 on December 16, 2006, 07:06:14 PM

Quote from: Puck on November 17, 2006, 10:36:28 AM

There is no direct way to set or clear a flag.  >:(

This was a feature in the short-lived ActiveHome 2 (CM14).  In AC2, one was able to have a flag status popup, and from within that, see the current state, plus set or reset any of the flags.

AH2 also allowed you to give a name to any of the flags.   That made using them in conditional macros, much more intuitive.

Possibly, this feature could/should be added to AH Pro???  I would sure like to see it return.