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[rwchalk]

When I try to use a condition in a macro, with the condition being "when a certain module is on" (or off), the "next" screen only shows me the modules in the A group, but not in the B group.  Can anyone help?

Thanks

[hawk1]

You can only have one monitored house code.  This house code is the only one that ahp monitors so its the only code that can be used as a condition.  You can change the monitored house code if you want though.  Just go to Tools, hardware configuration.

[IPS]

Hello all

 May be somebody can help with following

1. What is the concept of flag in a macro? What does it do and how it does it?

Just some background for the second part.

CM15A is not connected to PC. It is stand alone near the panel. This seems to be the best place. so far I haven't had any missed commands (because of the distance of CM15A from PC) both from remotes and BVC. I have A CM19A connected to PC. So that send all commands from PC to CM15A I am sure of that because there are no other transreceiver plugged in. I used to have six transreceivers all over the house some times two for the same code. Then I read a post in this forum and installed an ACT 236 coupler/repeater and that took care of all the transreceivers. I also replaced the CM15A antenna with that of TM751 and that's why it is picking all the signals from all over the house.

Now the question:

I created a simple macro to rum from PC. It as as follows:

        B1 on   
        All C off
        wait 4sec
        Turn C1 on (Camera)
        turn on still recording
        wait 1 min
        turn of recording
        wait 4 sec
        turn off C1
        turn of B1

I am not able to get it working. I would appreciate help from any body.

P.S. sorry for posting unfinished thread. it was just one of those press of a button things.

[hawk1]

First of all, are you using AHP?  If you are and the cm15 is not hooked up to the computer then the cm15 can't active the macro for recording.  As the recording macro needs to be run from the computer, which means that the cm15 needs to be hooked up to the pc so it can tell it what to do.

I won't go into details about flags because I think there is enough on the forum about flags and their use.  Just do a search on flags and you should find a boat load.

Also if you have a cm15 then why would you need the cm19?  I think we would need alot more info about the software your using and the control modules and the transceivers.   

[IPS]

Thanks Hawk1

Laptop & PC both are running XP prof.

I am using AHP, latest version, with all the plugins. Reason I am using CM19A is because it is portable. I can hook it to laptop or PC and use either of them. Second reason is that CM15A is about 20ft from PC and I don't know if that long a USB cable is available and if it will work.

I thought that even if the macros were stored in CM15A, they still could be run from the PC. If the PC was on all the time with AHP running and a CM19A or some other transreceiver hooked to pC, then CM15a could be made/becomes redundant. Also I thought PC is the controller and not CM15A. In which case PC only has to send signal (in my case through CM19A) to transreceiver (in my case CM15A, since no other transreceiver is hooked up) which in turn will feed the command to the powerline and to the receivers. Is this correct or am I missing something? If I am correct then why are the macros not working when everything else is including BVC.

Would appreciate your response.

[hawk1]

What is going to record your video?  The pc?  The way you explained is that the trigger is sent from your laptop which the cm19 is attached.  Then the signal from the cm19 is sent to the cm15.  Then from the cm15 where do you expect it to go?  Back to the laptop to record?  Maybe I'm missing something.  The cm15 doesn't store video, just macros and timers.  But when you setup macros in AHP it will tell you close to the bottom of the macro whether or not it has to be run from the pc.

As far as I know all video recording has to ran from the pc because it needs a place to store the video.

Hopefully this helps.  If not maybe someone else can chime in and try to explain it to you.  Like I said maybe its me not fully understanding what you want to accomplish.      

[IPS]

Thanks Hawk1. sorry it took me so long to get back. I should have mentioned that PC also has a video capture and receiver connected to it. So that receives the video signal and PC records it.

What I am trying to accomplish is simple. Send signal to triger B1 from laptop which should turn C1 on and PC, which hosts the macro is always on with AHP running, will record the video.

However, the problem lies with CM19A not sending signal. Even when AHP is running from the laptop. I cannot control any thing but no such problem from PC which also, as said above, has CM19A. I have interchanged 19A's. So the question is is CM19A compatiable with laptop? May be that is the problem.

[hawk1]

I think we will need to get a up to date hardware and software list.  Like what is PC1, what software is it using, and what transciever it is using.  What do you want it to do?

PC2 or Laptop, what software it is using, and what tranciever it is using.  And what do you want it to do?

Are there 2 cm19's? and one cm15?  And the cm15 is not hooked up to a computer right?

I'm sorry I'm not understanding what your trying to do.  On the pc that you want the recording done, does it have a transciever?  and what kind?