Does calling event 2 from event 1 provision an 'if' statement in the second event

[langenet]

So I'm calling a event 2 from event 1. In event 2, I have setup an if statement, but that doesn't seem to work and instead the "then" in event 2 runs regardless.

Event 1:

If this condition = a
or if
this condition = b
then run event 2
do something else...

Event 2:

If this condition = c
then turn on device.

It appears that c isn't tested and the device is just turned on.

The question is, since event 2 is called from event 1, is the condition tested or does it behave like running the event manually where conditions are ignored.

Robert

[Wade]

Conditions in the 2nd event are ignored unless you check "Run Only If Other Event Conditions are TRUE" in the first event.

Edit: The 2nd scene trigger is ignored regardless, so you'll need to add a condition in the 2nd scene to be evaluated. Here's an example of an event that I call from another event.



Randy's posts in Event Clinic give a much better explanation.

[langenet]

So running your second event manually and using "AND IF" to test works then?

Here's my event 2 in question... which is called by event 1. It always seems to turn on the booster fan.

[bsobel]

I’m not sure in this but am wondering if since event 2 is a trigger it’s not evaluated when run from another event. You can test this by adding an

or if this event is manually triggered
and (same test as above)

[Wade]

Running it manually always ignores the conditions. For your event you can just add a condition after the trigger (and identical to the trigger).

AND IF HVAC Sarah's Room Sarah Home was set and has a value equal to Home

The condition will be evaluated when the event is called from the first event (assuming "Run Only If Other Event Conditions are TRUE" is checked in the first event), and will not affect the 2nd event running when triggered on its own.

[langenet]

Ok... I'll try that ("Run Only If Other Event Conditions are TRUE"). Interestingly event 1 condition must have been true for this event 2 to run or have I interrupted this incorrectly...

[Wade]

Ok... I'll try that ("Run Only If Other Event Conditions are TRUE"). Interestingly event 1 condition must have been true for this event 2 to run or have I interrupted this incorrectly...

Your event 2 would run when called from event 1 or when event 2's own trigger evaluated as true (HVAC Sarah's Room Sarah Home set to Home).

[Wade]

If you don't want event 2 to run on its own then change its trigger to "This event is manually triggered".

[langenet]

Ok... It works now. Yes, I set up the event 2 to be "This event is manually triggered" as It is only called from event 1.
The log shows now...

'Run Event' action execution skipped, the conditions applied were not met: HVAC/Security Turn on Booster fan when furnace fan is on and Sarah is home

Great! Thanks for your help!

Robert

[Wade]

Happy to assist. Glad you got it working.

[randy]

Just to be clear Triggers are always ignored. Conditions are only honored when specifically stipulated in the calling Event.



In your event you can make it manually triggered and move HVAC Sarah’s room to a Condition.

[langenet]

Thanks again Randy... Yup, works like a charm. Thanks for the reminder about Triggers and Conditions.

[randy]

When in doubt go to the Event Clinic Table of Contents post, it is at the top. For running another Event look here

https://forums.homeseer.com/forum/ho...event?t=174310

Also as a reminder, this is the only time Conditions are honored when an event is run by any means other than its native Trigger(s). Events run by Echo, Google, HSTouch, IFTTT or manually run from the Event Management page will ignore Conditions.