Problems with an Elk-ISY program

[srjacob]

I posted this in the program forum, but got no helpful replies.  Perhaps someone here understands what is going on.  If I can't get any help here, I will open a trouble ticket.  There doesn't seem to be any good way of tracing a program

I am running the latest ISY994 firmware and the Elk-ISY module.  I can't get this program to work.  The Elk Zone "LeftGarageDoor" is a magnetic reed switch connected to my Elk M1G zones.  It  works great.  I use the Elk as (in addition to a security system), a physical input/output connection for the Insteon lighting and ISY994.  I find that the Insteon input/output modules aren't very reliable.  Most of the time it the Elk-ISY programs work, but this is a head scratcher. LftGarageDoor is an Elk output that toggles the garage door button.  It works great.  I basically want to close the garage door when I push a "night off" button on an Insteon keypad to turn off all the lights in the house. The $GarageDoorClose is a local ISY variable that is normally set to 1.   I open the garage door.   I set $GarageDoorClose to 0 when I want the "night off" program to turn all the lights off and run (IF) this little program.   The problem here is that the garage door doesn't close, but when I run the "Then" section, the door closes just fine.

I tried reversing the two IF conditions, but it still doesn't work.

If I didn't have the $GarageDoorClose variable in there, every time the garage door would open, the reed switch would trip, the Elk would send a message to the ISY, and the garage door would stop, so that part is working.  The $GarageDoorClose  is simply a flag to let the ISY know when I want to turn off or on the close test.  I tried having $GarageDoorClose both be a state variable and an integer, but neither worked.

Using M1ToGo, I can see the "LeftGarageDoor" is violated, and when I toggle the output "LftGarageDoor", the door opens and closes fine.

Anybody have a clue as to why this doesn't automatically close the garage door?

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Program.

If
        Elk Zone 'LeftGarageDoor' is Violated
    And $GarageDoorClose is 0
 
Then
        Set Elk Output 'LftGarageDoor' On for 5 Seconds
 
Else
   - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

[Bumbershoot]

17 hours ago, srjacob said:

I set $GarageDoorClose to 0 when I want the "night off" program to turn all the lights off and run (IF) this little program.

This is a simple program, so there isn't much to go wrong.  Just the basics:

• are you positive that you've set the variable $GarageDoorClose to the desired value prior to running this program
• has the program been saved
• is the precision set to "0" for the variable (not sure if this would make a difference)

I'm not positive of the order in which the ISY processes things, but you might insert a short wait just after the variable $GarageDoorClose value is set before running this program.  I assume that a separate program sets the variable, then calls the "If" stanza in this program?

You might want to post the program that calls this one.

[kclenden]

On 5/25/2020 at 4:04 PM, srjacob said:

There doesn't seem to be any good way of tracing a program

You can trace program execution using a state variable.  Changes in the value of a state variable appear in the output of the Event Viewer.  So create a state called $sTest.  Then set its value to a particular value to let you know you got to a certain line in a particular program.  The only thing to keep in mind is that only CHANGES to a stare variable are logged.  So if you set $sTest = 1 as the first line of a program, and never set $sTest to any other value, you won't know if it ever executes that first line again.  So I don't use the value of 0 to mean anything.  Then I set $sTest to, for example, 1 and immediately set it to 0.  That way if I ever set it to 1 again, I'll know.  Keep in mind that state variables cause programs to run, so you don't ever want to use $sTest in any of your program IF statements.

Here's a high level example:

Program A

If

  Light is ON

THEN

  $sTest = 1

  $sTest = 0

  Turn light off

ELSE

  $sTest = 2

  $sTest = 0

  Turn light on

Look in the Event Viewer for [VAR X Y] where X=2 for state, and Y=the number of your sTest variable