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[Noam]

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Now if only we could get plugins for THAT price ;-)

[robertpersons]

Thanks Guys!  I'm happily surprised at the assistance I'm getting ... this forum is sure alive!

I think I tried setting the module as an appliance, but will try it again to see what it does.   The Smartlinc Does respond to a series of Bright commands when send from AHP.  The suggestion of putting in delays is a good one too ... will try that after work when I get home tonight.  I did find that even with using AHP to run a macro, sometimes a series of Dim commands steps on the next module in the macro ... and adding a delay fixes it.

All macros that address All Smartlincs don't work on Smartlincs .... even a simple one with only one Smartlinc module, sending On/Off or Brightness/Dim commands.

By searching the forums I've discovered that others have found differences in which switches work between running AHP and from the interface.  One person said that when run from the interface it insists on embedding some extended codes, while from AHP on a PC it does not.  If that is true, it explains what is going on.  My Smartlinc light switches are nine years old, and the first release of that model.  I seem to recall that the resume dim didn't work right, but I didn't use it anyway.

I was leaning toward just biting the bullet and spending the money/time to replace the Smartlincs.  In the last day I have been running the macros from the PC and leaving it on.  All the Smarlinc switches work, but I've found that two of the timers Don't work when stored in the interface, but Do work when Not stored in the interface and run on the PC. And yes, when I was storing to the interface I did a "clear interface memory", and then "download macros and timers".

So with another issue to resolve that centers around the interface, while AHP on the PC works fine perhaps the easiest route is to just get an old PC and dedicate it to AHP full time.  to replace all the Smarlinc would be about $200 ... I could find a used PC for that and leave interface storage issues behind. Still considering .....

Anyone have stability issues running AHP on a PC for extended periods of time??

Thanks

[Dan Lawrence]

The PC that I use for AHP runs 24/7/365 with occasional reboots and very occasional power outages with ZERO problems.  It also hosts the shared printers for our home network. The PC runs XP Home SP2.  I do not use any plug-ins, don't need any.

[dave w]

Anyone have stability issues running AHP on a PC for extended periods of time??
Thanks

FWIW
I moved up from AHP to Homeseer back in 2008. Homeseer requires a full time computer. Homeseer has a plug-in which will do an orderly shut down of Homeseer followed by an orderly restart of the PC and can be called within a macro. The reason was to clear all the accumulated garbage out of Windows that only gets deleted at shut down. Based on that plug-in for Homeseer, it might not be a bad idea to periodiclly shut downan AHP machine to. You could do it with a batch file called from a timed macro. I do it once a week and at the same time cycle the power on the DSL modem.

[robertpersons]

I found another timer that didn't work when stored in the interface, but Does work from AHP ... so I'm going to get a dedicated PC.  So far, running from AHP seems to work correctly.

I appreciate the tip on regular rebooting.

Dave - Does HomeSeer allow for calling a macro from a macro?  I find in AHP that doing that can cause them to run simultaneously, and step on each other ... so calling another macro is only allowed at the end of a macro.  Does HomeSeer handle this more robustly?  I like to program in a modular fashion.

Thanks,

Robert