smithlevenson Posted January 23, 2020 Posted January 23, 2020 So I upgraded to v5 a month or two ago and I have been having issues ever since. The issue is mainly with programs that are variable or time based. If you "Run Then" it will usually work as expected, but the automated part seems off. One simple issue is a command to turn all outside lights off at 5 am (and then repeating 2 hrs later for assurance). This has not worked since I upgraded. My thought is to pretty much clean out my programs and start fresh rather than trouble shoot. I have a ton of IR programs that combine IR signals for AV control that I don't want to fool with (took a lot of brute force effort), but they also seem to be working fine. It is really the layered programs that check existing conditions before making changes and time of day stuff that I am thinking I just need to rewrite. Is there any v5 advice or tricks that I should be taking into account before starting? I think I read you can't do time based light levels like you used to (hasn't been working since upgrading anyway). I really liked that. Regardless, please let me know if I am being rash to start over. I searched and didn't find anyone having similar problems.
lilyoyo1 Posted January 23, 2020 Posted January 23, 2020 If you post your programs that would help get to the bottom of things
Teken Posted January 23, 2020 Posted January 23, 2020 23 minutes ago, smithlevenson said: So I upgraded to v5 a month or two ago and I have been having issues ever since. The issue is mainly with programs that are variable or time based. If you "Run Then" it will usually work as expected, but the automated part seems off. One simple issue is a command to turn all outside lights off at 5 am (and then repeating 2 hrs later for assurance). This has not worked since I upgraded. My thought is to pretty much clean out my programs and start fresh rather than trouble shoot. I have a ton of IR programs that combine IR signals for AV control that I don't want to fool with (took a lot of brute force effort), but they also seem to be working fine. It is really the layered programs that check existing conditions before making changes and time of day stuff that I am thinking I just need to rewrite. Is there any v5 advice or tricks that I should be taking into account before starting? I think I read you can't do time based light levels like you used to (hasn't been working since upgrading anyway). I really liked that. Regardless, please let me know if I am being rash to start over. I searched and didn't find anyone having similar problems. You may consider going through a few programs and see if there are any *Error 11* present? I saw this on eight programs which refused to save or run properly. Another item to check is to go through each line and insure it references the correct device, resource, etc.
smithlevenson Posted January 23, 2020 Author Posted January 23, 2020 39 minutes ago, lilyoyo1 said: If you post your programs that would help get to the bottom of things Seems pretty simple to not work... DailyReset - [ID 00C9][Parent 002E] If Time is 5:00:00AM Then Set 'Downstairs / Man Cave / Man Cave Fans / Man Cave Fan 1-Motor' Off Set 'Downstairs / Man Cave / Man Cave Fans / Man Cave Fan 2-Motor' Off Set 'Downstairs / Man Cave / Man Cave Fans / Man Cave Fan 3-Motor' Off Set 'Downstairs / Man Cave / Man Cave Fans / Man Cave Fan 4-Motor' Off Set 'Downstairs / Man Cave / Man Cave Heater' Off Set 'Downstairs / Man Cave / Man Cave Lights / Desk Lamp' Off Set 'Downstairs / Alcove Lighting' Off Set 'Downstairs / Man Cave / Man Cave Lights / Man Cave Fan 1-Light' Off Set 'Downstairs / Man Cave / Man Cave Lights / Man Cave Fan 2-Light' Off Set 'Downstairs / Man Cave / Man Cave Lights / Man Cave Fan 3-Light' Off Set 'Downstairs / Man Cave / Man Cave Lights / Man Cave Fan 4-Light' Off Set 'Outside / Back Porch / Back Porch Fans' Off Set 'Outside / Back Porch / Back Porch Recessed' Off Set 'Outside / Front Floods' Off Set 'Outside / Front Porch / Front Porch Fans' Off Set 'Outside / Garage / Garage Lights' Off Set 'Outside / Garage / Garage Stairs' Off Set 'Outside / Lower Porch / Lower Porch Lights' Off Set 'Outside / Rear Floods' Off Wait 2 hours Set 'Downstairs / Man Cave / Man Cave Fans / Man Cave Fan 1-Motor' Off Set 'Downstairs / Man Cave / Man Cave Fans / Man Cave Fan 2-Motor' Off Set 'Downstairs / Man Cave / Man Cave Fans / Man Cave Fan 3-Motor' Off Set 'Downstairs / Man Cave / Man Cave Fans / Man Cave Fan 4-Motor' Off Set 'Downstairs / Man Cave / Man Cave Heater' Off Set 'Downstairs / Man Cave / Man Cave Lights / Desk Lamp' Off Set 'Downstairs / Alcove Lighting' Off Set 'Downstairs / Man Cave / Man Cave Lights / Man Cave Fan 1-Light' Off Set 'Downstairs / Man Cave / Man Cave Lights / Man Cave Fan 2-Light' Off Set 'Downstairs / Man Cave / Man Cave Lights / Man Cave Fan 3-Light' Off Set 'Downstairs / Man Cave / Man Cave Lights / Man Cave Fan 4-Light' Off Set 'Outside / Back Porch / Back Porch Fans' Off Set 'Outside / Back Porch / Back Porch Recessed' Off Set 'Outside / Front Floods' Off Set 'Outside / Front Porch / Front Porch Fans' Off Set 'Outside / Garage / Garage Lights' Off Set 'Outside / Garage / Garage Stairs' Off Set 'Outside / Lower Porch / Lower Porch Lights' Off Set 'Outside / Rear Floods' Off Else - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')
smithlevenson Posted January 23, 2020 Author Posted January 23, 2020 43 minutes ago, Teken said: You may consider going through a few programs and see if there are any *Error 11* present? I saw this on eight programs which refused to save or run properly. Another item to check is to go through each line and insure it references the correct device, resource, etc. I don't see any Error 11 in the summary. As for Device, it seems to be referencing the right device although some devices have been disabled.
lilyoyo1 Posted January 23, 2020 Posted January 23, 2020 Why not create a scene and place all devices into a single scene. You could then simply say turn the scene itself off. The program should work as is, but I would expect some devices to not be turned off from time to time instead of none working at all.
smithlevenson Posted January 24, 2020 Author Posted January 24, 2020 4 hours ago, lilyoyo1 said: Why not create a scene and place all devices into a single scene. You could then simply say turn the scene itself off. The program should work as is, but I would expect some devices to not be turned off from time to time instead of none working at all. Most are that way, but there are some specific reasons I broke those lights out. But the fact that it isn't working seems pretty strange.
DennisC Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 I would suggest, if you haven't tried already, resave the program now that you are on v5. While I don't know why, I had a couple of programs that didn't work correctly until I did this when I upgraded.
smithlevenson Posted January 24, 2020 Author Posted January 24, 2020 1 hour ago, DennisC said: I would suggest, if you haven't tried already, resave the program now that you are on v5. While I don't know why, I had a couple of programs that didn't work correctly until I did this when I upgraded. I did try that, and it didn't really work. I tried rolling back to v4 yesterday as a last ditch effort and it didn't seem any better (although I made a fair amount of device changes in v5). So I rolled back to v5 late last night so I didn't lose a few "mission critical" things I had recently added and it looks like the programs are actually working again. So weird. I don't know that I am back 100%, but the daily reset and a few safety lights turned on as programed. I guess all the "have you tried turning it off and back on" stuff is working to finally get v5 up and running. Thanks everyone for the feedback! P.S. Does anyone know how to adjust the level of light that comes on based on what time it is in v5? (My wife's favorite automation)
Bumbershoot Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 9 minutes ago, smithlevenson said: Does anyone know how to adjust the level of light that comes on based on what time it is in v5? (My wife's favorite automation) In version 5 firmware, there have been some nice updates to the "Adjust Scene" functionality, if your lights are in a scene. Below is a program where I do precisely what you describe: West Hall On-Level - [ID 00B7][Parent 000A] If From Sunset + 1 hour To Sunrise (next day) Then In 'Devices / dirWestHall / msWestHallNorth-Sensor' Set 'Devices / dirWestHall / sldWestHallEntrance' To 25% in 0.5 seconds Else In 'Devices / dirWestHall / msWestHallNorth-Sensor' Set 'Devices / dirWestHall / sldWestHallEntrance' To 50% in 0.5 seconds
smithlevenson Posted February 5, 2020 Author Posted February 5, 2020 On 1/24/2020 at 9:43 AM, Bumbershoot said: In version 5 firmware, there have been some nice updates to the "Adjust Scene" functionality, if your lights are in a scene. Below is a program where I do precisely what you describe: West Hall On-Level - [ID 00B7][Parent 000A] If From Sunset + 1 hour To Sunrise (next day) Then In 'Devices / dirWestHall / msWestHallNorth-Sensor' Set 'Devices / dirWestHall / sldWestHallEntrance' To 25% in 0.5 seconds Else In 'Devices / dirWestHall / msWestHallNorth-Sensor' Set 'Devices / dirWestHall / sldWestHallEntrance' To 50% in 0.5 seconds This worked great, Thanks!
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