A simple vb.net script to track the status of a set of lights and update a KPL btn

[mnsandler]

All,

the attached script will monitor the status of any number of devices and then update a kpl btn according to the following algorithm.

if any light is on, the kpl will turn on (if it is not already on). if all the lights are off, the kpl btn will turn off.

To install do the following:

1. put the DeviceCallback.vb file in your \scripts folder.

2. customize the device codes according to your needs

3. add the following line to your startup.txt file
hs.runex "DeviceCallback.vb","register", ""

4. Restart hs

Each time you modify the source file, i suggest you restart hs.

Note: You may use this and customize as you wish, but i can not provide vb.net programming help on this; i'm running out of bandwidth right now.

[claude]

Cross-links on KPL buttons?

Mark,

Are your KPL buttons (other than load button) cross-linked to devices?

I've adapted you script and it does what it should: sends out the right commands according to the specified criteria. But what is driving me crazy is that the KPL seems to have a mind of its own.

If only one of 2 lights currently on gets turned off, I even have the script proactively turn the KPL button On, just in case. But what I see is the script being reentered because the KPL apparently turned off its button when I manually turned off that one light.

Also, turning On or Off the KPL buttons manually from HS has no effect on the physical KPL buttons, although HS displays the appropriate On status and the script is entered because of a status change of KPL buttons.

So my theory for now is that the KPL reacts to one of its linked devices being turned Off or On.

So what's your situation with KPL buittons linked to devices?

[mnsandler]

i do not have any of the lights linked to the kpl (in either direction). I setup a insteon group the contains all the lights (except the kpl). so when i turn off the kpl btn, hs runs a group off action. turning the kpl btn on manually does nothing.

[claude]

Mark,

I sporadically get in the log:

Script Script DeviceCallback_KPL.vb is currently running, waiting for it complete before its run again

I'm not doing all that much in my script, but I do use a few HS functions.
I thought VB was reentrant, no?

Am I loosing any input or is it just queued up?

Any way to avois this?

[mnsandler]

i see these msgs too. the second call is being queued by hs.

i have tried to optimize the script so it run quickly and exits asap