A control option "changed"

[fryfrog]

I'm currently writing a simple occupancy detection script that works by noticing that switches have been turned on or off. But switches have a *lot* of different changes they can do like on, off, fast on, fast off, fade up, fade down and a few others. I'm only watching for on and off because I'm too lazy to add a couple more for each of the switches I've decided are likely to be used when the house is occupied.

My life would be simplified if there was a 'changed' option to control. This would just fire when the device was locally changed in anyway. It'd be a big *** or of all the possible local changes.

[MWareman]

As a workaround, this is what I use:

Monitor - Family Room Floor Lamp - [ID 0167][Parent 0025]

If
        Status  'Main / Family / Family Room Floor Lamp' is Off

Then
        Run Program 'Floor Lamp - Timer' (Then Path)

Else
        Run Program 'Floor Lamp - Timer' (Then Path)

The 'Floor Lamp - Timer' program is where I do a whatever I need to do when the device changes state. It will trigger on any change - local, remote or a result of membership in a scene and run 'Else' (unless the lamp is off - in which case 'Then' runs - but the result is the same).  This request was already posted by @xathros ideascale (http://udi.ideascale.com/a/dtd/If-Status-is-Changed/83869-32911).

 

Michael.

[fryfrog]

But status doesn't trigger an if, right?

 

Also, thanks for the link to this idea already being suggested, I up voted it!

[LeeG]

If Status does trigger a Program.   Status has to change for the Program to trigger, Off to On, On to Off, change in On Level if a Dimmer, etc.