I have an XPS3 - a plain, on/off wall switch with no status reporting and a paddle for local control. I set this up in HS3 (Linux, if that matters) and in the Device List I see the switch with ON and OFF buttons. Good so far...
If I click ON or OFF in the device list, HS3 ALWAYS sends the command to the device, regardless of whether HS3 thinks the device is already on or off. That's important because since the switch has local control AND doesn't report its status, HS could be wrong about the current state of the switch. All's well so far...
The problem is that if I create an event that says something like "IF ... whatever ... THEN SET DEVICE MySwitch TO OFF" then HS3 DOESN'T do this. It appears that if HS3 thinks the device is already off then the "SET DEVICE .... TO OFF" in the event doesn't do anything. In the situation where somebody has locally changed the state of the switch to be ON, this is a real bummer - it means the event doesn't work at all.
I can't be the first one with this problem. There must be a workaround, right?? Please ???
If I click ON or OFF in the device list, HS3 ALWAYS sends the command to the device, regardless of whether HS3 thinks the device is already on or off. That's important because since the switch has local control AND doesn't report its status, HS could be wrong about the current state of the switch. All's well so far...
The problem is that if I create an event that says something like "IF ... whatever ... THEN SET DEVICE MySwitch TO OFF" then HS3 DOESN'T do this. It appears that if HS3 thinks the device is already off then the "SET DEVICE .... TO OFF" in the event doesn't do anything. In the situation where somebody has locally changed the state of the switch to be ON, this is a real bummer - it means the event doesn't work at all.
I can't be the first one with this problem. There must be a workaround, right?? Please ???
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