I hope someone finds this useful...
I use SDJ-Vstat for the display of my Hot Water schedule.
It needs a combination of SDJ-Vstat, EasyTrigger and HSTouch Designer.
Your hot water boiler function will need to be controlled by a Z-Wave switch or similar.
1) Create a Schedule with EasyTrigger
2) Create a Counter in HomeSeer
3) Create a "Stat" using the SDJ-Vstat Plug In - and use the schedule previously created in EasyTrigger
4) Create a HomeSeer event to be used as an indicator that Hot Water is needed. It will use the EasyTrigger schedule. When the schedule is entered it will increment the counter by one.
5) Create another HomeSeer event to be used as an indicate that Hot Water is not needed. It will use the same EasyTrigger schedule. When the schedule is exited, it will decrement the counter
6) Create another HomeSeer event that is triggered if the counter is greater than 0. It will be used to trigger the Z-Wave switch controlling the Hot Water on the boiler
7) Create another HomeSeer event that is triggered if the counter is set to 0. this will be used to switch the Hot Water off.
(The reason I separate the schedule events from the switching events is that I can create a "manual override" option that can turn the hot water on at any non-scheduled time. The manual override function will simply need to increment and decrement the counter)
8) Create another HomeSeer event that ensures Hot Water is always turned off at 11:00 (or some time). It simply sets the counter to 0.
9) Next, create an image in HSTouch that simply uses the Schedule Graphic created by SDJ-Vstat.
Now you can have a visual display in HSTouch for your Hot Water Schedule
Hope this assists someone
/Marcus
I use SDJ-Vstat for the display of my Hot Water schedule.
It needs a combination of SDJ-Vstat, EasyTrigger and HSTouch Designer.
Your hot water boiler function will need to be controlled by a Z-Wave switch or similar.
1) Create a Schedule with EasyTrigger
2) Create a Counter in HomeSeer
3) Create a "Stat" using the SDJ-Vstat Plug In - and use the schedule previously created in EasyTrigger
4) Create a HomeSeer event to be used as an indicator that Hot Water is needed. It will use the EasyTrigger schedule. When the schedule is entered it will increment the counter by one.
5) Create another HomeSeer event to be used as an indicate that Hot Water is not needed. It will use the same EasyTrigger schedule. When the schedule is exited, it will decrement the counter
6) Create another HomeSeer event that is triggered if the counter is greater than 0. It will be used to trigger the Z-Wave switch controlling the Hot Water on the boiler
7) Create another HomeSeer event that is triggered if the counter is set to 0. this will be used to switch the Hot Water off.
(The reason I separate the schedule events from the switching events is that I can create a "manual override" option that can turn the hot water on at any non-scheduled time. The manual override function will simply need to increment and decrement the counter)
8) Create another HomeSeer event that ensures Hot Water is always turned off at 11:00 (or some time). It simply sets the counter to 0.
9) Next, create an image in HSTouch that simply uses the Schedule Graphic created by SDJ-Vstat.
Now you can have a visual display in HSTouch for your Hot Water Schedule
Hope this assists someone
/Marcus
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