Little Help converting HS2 script

[bmora]

Starting the daunting task of converting my HS2 script, is there a good starting point to understand the differences in the scripting between HS2 and HS3?

Since hs.exec10 is no longer an option, how can I turn off devices now with a script?

HS2

Sub Main

hs.execx10 "f1+2+3+4", "Off",0
hs.execx10 "L2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12+13+14+15+16", "Off",0
hs.execx10 "M1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12+13+14+15+16", "Off",0

End Sub

[Rupp]

CAPI control is the replacement for execX10 but why not simply create an event to do this?

[bmora]

CAPI control is the replacement for execX10 but why not simply create an event to do this?

Well its much easier to manage that many devices within a script rather then adding each device manually and then having to go back through when things change.

[mmn]

Well its much easier to manage that many devices within a script rather then adding each device manually and then having to go back through when things change.

When you see CAPI you may change your mind.

[vbphil]

This thread is what got me started. I've just started so I'm still new at it.

http://board.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=161009

I've nicknamed CAPI, crapi. It's more work and what they'll probably do someday is provide a wrapper for it elevating the interface to something more suited for scripting.

There are CAPI objects to obtain information about a device and objects to control the device. What I did first was used CAPI to show me what it knows about each of my devices. Then you can use a CAPI object to control the device by label name or an index number. For instance I discovered that the proper index value to turn my EZFlora irrigation zone on is 0 and off is 1. So here's the steps I use to turn a sprinkler on, delay and then off.

'Zone ON
objCAPIControl = hs.CAPIGetControl(intDevRef)(0)
CallCAPI = hs.CAPIControlHandler(objCAPIControl)

'wait
hs.WaitEvents()
hs.WaitSecs(600)

' Zone OFF
objCAPIControl = hs.CAPIGetControl(intDevRef)(1)
CallCAPI = hs.CAPIControlHandler(objCAPIControl)

to get the device reference number use this.
' pass in the device name = location and device name
' as in Office DeskLamp

intDevRef = hs.GetDeviceRefByName("Office DeskLamp")
If intDevRef = -1 Then
Throw New System.Exception(p(0) & " device not found")
End If

I'm using Visual Studio Express 2012 for Desktop and the tenScripting3 project for development. Cudos to tenholde for tenScripting3.

hope this helps. -phil