Last Received X10 Code

[ndraves]

Hi. Is there a way to "read" the last received X10 code from a script? At the beginning of a script I want have the script check to see whether the last X10 code was, for example B9 OFF, and proceed differently than if it was something else.

I have a few scripts that run in the evening, but if I have friends over, I want an easy way to change how they proceed before my lights start turning on and off.

Thanks!

[Rupp]

Have a look at LastX10 in the Homeseer help files.

[joeslat]

look at script help for hs.LastX10

[ndraves]

My help system seems to be acting up, so I'll have to try to get into it later, but the name sounds like exactly what I was looking for.

Hmm, I couldn't get into help remotely, but got right in from the local computer. Anyway, that'll do what I needed.

I have not done any programming in like 5 years, so I'm trying to dust off that part of my brain.

Would the code look something like:

LastX10 (housecode; device; command; extra1; extra2)
IF ((housecode="B") AND (device=9) AND (command="off"))
sub_1
ELSE
sub_2
EndIf

And that would test for the last command as B9 OFF. Is that close to being correct?


Thanks!

[jon00]

Not quite..

Try this:

Sub main()

Dim GetX10
Dim HC

GetX10=hs.lastX10
HC=hs.stringitem(GetX10,2,";")

If HC="B9" then
Msgbox "Hit"
else
Msgbox "Miss"
end if

End sub 

Just change the Msgbox statements for your own code.

[jon00]

That last example just detects a B9 X10 signal - either on OR off

To make it detect a on or off as well, you could expand the script as follows:

Sub main() 

Dim GetX10 
Dim HC 
Dim Command

GetX10=hs.lastX10 
HC=hs.stringitem(GetX10,2,";") 
Command=hs.stringitem(GetX10,3,";") 

If HC="B9" and Command="3" then 
Msgbox "Hit" 
else 
Msgbox "Miss" 
end if 

End sub 

If you look in the help files, the command value is provided as a table. The most important ones are:

2=On
3=Off

So in the above example, you would get a message box appearing if the last X10 was B9 Off

[ndraves]

Thanks Jon! Geez, my programming skills are getting rusty!