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[martin]

Folks,

I know, I know, AHP has still some issues
but wanted to let you know about a cool
feature I experimented last night (something
positive for a change...).

I wanted to use a single trigger (button) on
my PalmPad remote to do multiple tasks on
each button press (sort of cycling through
the tasks on each button press). So using
Smart Macros (Else conditions) and flags I
was able to achieve the following:

-First button press = Turn lamp 1 On
-Second button press = Turn lamp 1
Off – Turn lamp 2 On
-Third button press = Turn lamp 1 On
(lamp 2 stays On)
-Fourth button press = Turn lamps 1 &
2 Off, back to first step

You can also expand that sequence using
additional "Else" steps and Flags. The thing
to remember is that the macro will stop as
soon as it finds a condition
(including "Else" macros) to be true. Kind
of neat. Let me know if you need more
specifics.

[TakeTheActive]

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I know, I know, AHP has still some issues but wanted to let you know about a cool feature I experimented last night (something positive for a change...).
 
I wanted to use a single trigger (button) on my PalmPad remote to do multiple tasks on each button press (sort of cycling through the tasks on each button press). So using Smart Macros (Else conditions) and flags I was able to achieve the following:
 

• First button press = Turn lamp 1 On
  .
• Second button press = Turn lamp 1 Off, Turn lamp 2 On
  .
• Third button press = Turn lamp 1 On (lamp 2 stays On)
  .
• Fourth button press = Turn lamps 1 & 2 Off, back to first step
  

You can also expand that sequence using additional "Else" steps and Flags. The thing to remember is that the macro will stop as soon as it finds a condition (including "Else" macros) to be true. Kind of neat. Let me know if you need more specifics. [/size]

I recently read a post where a Member (if I find / remember his ID, I'll add it and PM him) was going to re-wire his ceiling fan lights (4 bulbs I'll assume) into 2 pairs controlled separately by X10. This idea from martin sounds like the PERFECT companion (mimicking the original action of the pullchain).