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[Kramer Chins]

Having a hard time understanding the Macro thing !!!!!!

What I'm trying to do is set it up to where my camera will start recording when motion is detected on my motion sensor ( Which I have that part down and it works) The problem I'm having is I only want it to work from 8am till 5 pm (The hours we're not home) My camera is C5 and my motion Detector is A5, how to I program my Macros to just run these certain hours? And can I also only have it run on weekdays??

Thank You !!!

[Jsnlong]

Do you have the smart macro plug in for AHP?

If you go to the Macro designer and pick use conditions.
then in the up in the right corner there is a white drop down menu...in the menu pick conditions then you will find under that white box where all the color box's are one says "Time Range"

[HA Dave]

Having a hard time understanding the Macro thing !!!!!!........   how to I program my Macros to just run these certain hours? And can I also only have it run on weekdays??

I would use a conditional macro myself. I would use timers to turn ON a fake module during the hours I wanted the macro to be on. The fake/ghost module would of course have to be on a monitored house code. Then when the motion sensor turned On.. the condition would be that the fake module was also On.

It should look like this:

[Kramer Chins]

Here's what I have..... Let me know if I'm right or even close.....

TRIGGER CONDITIONS A5 ON and
It's Before 8:00 am and
It's After 5:00 pm
END TRIGGER CONDITIONS
Select Camera
Turn Kitchen C5 On
Start Recording

My Motion Sensor is A5, My Camera is C5....

[Jsnlong]

Thing I see is that you said you want it to work from 8-5 but your macro says it will only work before 8am and after 5pm. So it will not be running 8am to 5pm

[Kramer Chins]

Ok, I see what your saying....  What if I used "Between Times" Conditions? Would that be easier?

The time is Between 8am and 5 pm.. Would this work?

[HA Dave]

Here's what I have..... Let me know if I'm right or even close.....

TRIGGER CONDITIONS A5 ON and
It's Before 8:00 am and
It's After 5:00 pm
END TRIGGER CONDITIONS
Select Camera
Turn Kitchen C5 On
Start Recording

That could work... I don't think it would work for me. I am not sure... some versions of AHP may work differently. I have better luck when I break-down my functions and run more than one macro... not push everthing into one macro.

I would use the timer to turn On/Off the monitored dummy module... and THEN use the dummy as the condition.. in the conditional macro. But that's just me... there are many ways to remove the fur coat from a cat.

[Kramer Chins]

Dave,

   Is there anyway you could give me a visual break down of that? Or is there anywhere I can go to see how it's laid out in that format?

WOW !!! Is everything in AHP this confusing?  And they say quick easy Set-Up.........................

[Jsnlong]

RULE ONE anything X10 says takes minutes means hours lol


Set up a dummy module to D1 (or any other housecode) and click on the little clock icon in the corner of the module. Set it up  to turn on at 8am and off at 5pm. Then instead of using the time condition in the macro use the condition that the dummy module  is on.

TRIGGER CONDITIONS A5 ON and
D1 on
END TRIGGER CONDITIONS
Select Camera
Turn Kitchen C5 On
Start Recording

A5 is the Motion sensor D1 is your dummy module C5 is your camera

[Kramer Chins]

Can I use anything for my Dummy Module?

[HA Dave]

And they say quick easy Set-Up.........................

Yes.. most people setup their AHP in ten minutes or less. However like Jsnlong points out... X10 minutes last somewhat longer than the minutes I use. It could be they are already using the metric clock.

[Jsnlong]

Yea what ever module you like. I use appliance module that way there is no dim setting just on and off.

[HA Dave]

Can I use anything for my Dummy Module?

I generally use the two pin appliance module. Just make sure it is a Monitored House Code.

[Jsnlong]

Monitored House Code = The ActiveHome Pro interface keeps track of the status of the modules on the Monitored House Code, and reports this data to the computer when it is connected or reconnected. Choose which House Code you want to monitor in Tools-Hardware Configuration. This is the house code designated for use as a module condition for the Smart Macros plugin. If you build a conditional macro


Go to "tool" menu in AHP and then click "hardware configuration" then in the lower right hand corner on the box that pops up it will say
"Monitored House Code" just pick the house code you want to monitor

[Kramer Chins]

Ok I used a 2 pin appliance module for my "Dummy" and set the times on it ( I set it for the time now so I could test it). It turned the "Dummy" modlue on, but once I tripped the motion sensor it started to record like it should BUT it turned the "Dummy" Module off....... Is it suppose to do that?