saving time as a variable

[garycc]

Hi,
Does anyone know of a way to save a "time" as a variable, either SG or HS and to use it in an event? I have a welcome home event that tells me how many people have called, rung the doorbell, etc. I would also like it to anounce when the alarm was set ( which sets an away flag ) ex. since you left at "time" there have been # of phone calls, etc. thanks for any help

[huggy_d1]

There are replacement variables in HS for this.

On your HS site:

/webhelp/tipstricks/tipstricks_using_replacement_variables.htm

[garycc]

thanks for the comeback. I use these to anounce the current time but do not see how to store a time based on a device change ( flag being set, etc. ) and speak it later.

[Uncle Michael]

You could store the hour and minute in a device string when you arm the system, then have your announcement reconstruct the time from the string.

&hs.SetDeviceString "u16", Hour(now) & " " & Minute(now)

[Wadenut]

Or, you might want to look at simply saving the data to a file for later retrieval. hs.SaveInisetting and hs.GetIniSetting. You can save any number of strings, change and use at will.

[Mark S.]

Mike's suggestion may be all you need.

But in the interest of complicating matters, I have attached an example script that I used to track the comings and goings of the housekeeper. The flag, "\21", was used to track when the housekeeper was in the house - it was turned on when she disarmed the alarm with her code, and turned off when the alarm was rearmed. The script is run on a trigger when \21 changes.

I then used the device strings in announcements, etc.

Just throwing out some ideas for you.

Mark