Another Active-eye problem

[Danny Rego]

I have my Active-eye sensor set to code
M1...when it detects motion, the CM15A
(according to the activity monitor) detects
an M1 ON....but both my M1 ON macro, and my
M1 OFF macro occur at the same time, and
because of that...things are all screwed.

Does anyone have any advice on this???

[tcassio]

Danny,
The active eye has 2 ways of setting the
delay between the on and off commands.  1.
There is an analog pot on the top of the ms
that you adjust with a screwdriver.  2.
Through programming with in the ms.  If you
haven't changed this setting, the default
is set to use the pot, check to see if this
isn't turned all the way down.
Hope this helps.
T.

[raym]

I use an active eye motion detector.

When I need a macro to trigger a 'M1-on'. I
let the 'on' macro do the time delay and
then turn off whatever needs to be turned
off.

My active eye sensor / tranceiver combo
generates two 'off' events for each 'on'. I
wasn't sure what would happen If I used that
as a macro trigger so I just chose not to.

[Danny Rego]

I actually turned the pot half-way, AND set
the delay to one of the built in presets.
Hmmm.....I have another unit in a box,
maybe I'll try it out.  It could just be
that this particular unit is defective.

Although...the wierd thing is in the
activity monitor, it ONLY SHOWS an ON...but
when I look at my macros....both the ON,
and OFF macro light up like crazy.

[Danny Rego]

So I have TWO active-eye sensors, and they
are both behaving the same way...

I have the motion sensor set up for code M1
with a 2 minute delay between the ON, and
OFF signals.

When movement is detected...the CM15A sees
that "M1 is ON" in the activity
monitor...but it actually runs TWO
macros...M1 ON and M1 OFF.

What the hell is going on here???

[martin]

Danny: I know what you mean and this is, I
believe, a bug in the way the Activity
Monitor shows commands. Here is an example:

Sensor B13
Macro B13 On triggers a bathroom light to
turn On. Let’s call this Macro “Lights On”.
Macro B13 Off triggers a bathroom light to
turn Off. Let’s call this Macro “Lights Off”.

In AHP, I created Macro “Lights On” before
Macro “Lights Off”.

You’ll see something like

Receive RF B13 On
Receive B13 Lights Off  ***
Receive B On

Then the name of your modules (contained in
macro) and their associated actions.

*** Activity Monitor will display the name
of your last created Macro, not the actual
name of the macro associated with either the
trigger B13 On or B13 Off. The following
action then specify if it’s On of Off,
here “Receive B On”. I fixed that by using
the same generic name for both the On and
Off Macros. Let’s say “Bathroom Lights”, the
Activity Monitor would then list:

Receive RF B13 On
Receive B13 Bathroom Lights
Receive B On

Hope it helps.

[billy]

Ken,

Make sure you have the triger M1, OFF set in
your OFF Macro. (radio button)  I have
overlooked that a few times!

or else describe what the 2 macros do.

[Danny Rego]

I understand what you're saying, but that
is not the problem.  The problem here is
that the activity monitor is showing the
proper M1 ON command....but both my M1 ON,
and M1 OFF macros happen at the same time.

Also...when I manually click the "off"
button on the active-eye....no macro is
triggered (but the activity monitor shows
it as "Receive RF M1 Off"

[Danny Rego]

Billy...right now, the macros do nothing.
For testing, I have the M1 ON turn on a
light....and M2 OFF turns it off.

I double-checked the on/off setting in the
macros....they are fine.  If anyone else
out there could let me know if they have
something working like this....at least
I'll know it's me, and not the CM15A
unit/software!

[martin]

Danny,

I have three motion sensors and associated
macros and they all trigger just fine, On
and Off.
Might be noise problems. Try with a regular
RF remote such as a PalmPad and see if you
get the same results.

[billy]

Billy...right now, the macros do nothing.
For testing, I have the M1 ON turn on a
light....and M2 OFF turns it off.

So.....
MACRO1 Trigger = M1 On   (light ON)?
MACRO2 Trigger = M1 Off  (light OFF)?

The light is not also addressd as M1?

If you wait for the Active-eye to send the
off command does it show up in the activity
monitor?

If you click the Run Macro buttons does the
light turn on & off?

[Danny Rego]

MACRO1 Trigger = M1 On   (light ON)?
MACRO2 Trigger = M1 Off  (light OFF)?

Exactly...

The light is not also addressd as M1?

No...the light is H4

If you wait for the Active-eye to send the
off command does it show up in the activity
monitor?

Yes...the ON shows....and 2 minutes later
the OFF shows...in the activity monitor.

If you click the Run Macro buttons does
the  light turn on & off?

Yes...by manually clicking it all works.

...I've ensured that the ON/OFF selection
is correct for each macro as well.

When the ACTIVITY MONITOR shows M1
ON....BOTH MACROS START, and NEITHER OF
THEM WORK!!!

I'm really starting to hate this crap.

[billy]

Open your config file using wordpad eg:
C:\Program Files\ActiveHome
Pro\YOURFILENAME.ahx

Look for the Macros section:

<macros>
<macro name="Light On" code="M1" trigger="1"
id="4000001" moduleid="2000003"
ts="127592813836000000" download="1" >
<el cmd="7" area="1"
target="2000001" level="100" />
</macro>

<macro name="Light Off" code="M1"
trigger="0" id="4000002" moduleid="2000004"
ts="127592815557400000" download="1" >
<el cmd="7" area="1" target="2000001"
level="0" />
</macro>
</macros>

Should be like above.
What MH version you running?

[Danny Rego]

Here it is...looks good to me!!!???
Anyone?!?!  (this is driving me crazy)

<macro name="TEST MACRO ON"
code="M1" trigger="1" id="4000026"
moduleid="2000066" ts="127592205299565798"
download="1" >
<el cmd="2"
area="1" target="2000010" />
</macro>
<macro name="test off"
code="M1" trigger="0" id="4000028"
moduleid="2000068" ts="127592205308784548"
download="1" >
<el cmd="1"
area="1" target="2000010" />
</macro>
<macro name="Another Test
ON" code="M2" trigger="1" id="4000029"
moduleid="2000071" ts="127592687108152876"
download="1" >
<el cmd="7"
area="1" target="2000027" level="100" />
</macro>
<macro name="Test again
off" code="M2" trigger="0" id="4000030"
moduleid="2000074" ts="127592687134181496"
download="1" >
<el cmd="7"
area="1" target="2000027" level="0" />
</macro>

[Danny Rego]

Is there anyone out there who is seeing
proper behaviour?