BrettB0727 Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Is there a way to set a variable to true if any light turns on, and then possibly false if all lights end up being turned off?I was hoping there was a conditional for lighting scenes, that way I could just have a variable to True IF NOT Off, but I don't see any way to do this.Thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Is there a way to set a variable to true if any light turns on, and then possibly false if all lights end up being turned off?Although you can do this with Control4 programming, it's quite a pain in the butt.I created a driver a couple of years ago, that one of the things it does is to show the percentage of lights on throughout the house (or by floor) on a 3 or 6-button keypad.The driver also creates variables, for the percentage of lights on per floor, or per project, which you could use to tell if any lights were on throughout the house.If you set it up properly (i.e. enter wattage for each light load), it'll give you an estimate of how many watts are currently on.The driver has a lot of settings and configurability, although I mainly use it for it's first purpose, to show me if any lights are on throughout the house, and to be able to turn them (per floor, usually) off.I've posted a link to the driver (which expires in 30 days), you'd likely need a dealer to add the driver to your project (many could do this remotely), and you can give it a spin.Here it is: http://goo.gl/xquJlRyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingzz Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Ryan, that link is taking me to a microsoft outlook web access page, is this correct, it is also looking for a password? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Duh. Sorry about that. For files.control4.com to make me a link, it emails it to me, and I didn't 'un-outlook' it.Try this one:http://goo.gl/irtcnRyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Duh. Sorry about that. For files.control4.com to make me a link, it emails it to me, and I didn't 'un-outlook' it.Try this one:http://goo.gl/irtcnRyanEThat link works.This is a great driver...I used it in the past and for some reason went away from using it...I'll knock the dust off and get it going again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettB0727 Posted October 28, 2011 Author Share Posted October 28, 2011 Is there a way to set a variable to true if any light turns on' date=' and then possibly false if all lights end up being turned off?[/quote']Although you can do this with Control4 programming, it's quite a pain in the butt.I created a driver a couple of years ago, that one of the things it does is to show the percentage of lights on throughout the house (or by floor) on a 3 or 6-button keypad.The driver also creates variables, for the percentage of lights on per floor, or per project, which you could use to tell if any lights were on throughout the house.If you set it up properly (i.e. enter wattage for each light load), it'll give you an estimate of how many watts are currently on.The driver has a lot of settings and configurability, although I mainly use it for it's first purpose, to show me if any lights are on throughout the house, and to be able to turn them (per floor, usually) off.I've posted a link to the driver (which expires in 30 days), you'd likely need a dealer to add the driver to your project (many could do this remotely), and you can give it a spin.Here it is: http://goo.gl/xquJlRyanEAwesome, thanks Ryan! I'll definitely have to give it a whirl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingzz Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Thanks Ryan, that works great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Need a dealer to install huh? Well, I guess I won't bother with this one.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettB0727 Posted October 29, 2011 Author Share Posted October 29, 2011 This is a pretty sweet driver, thanks Ryan! I didn't want to include my outdoor lights, in the evaluation on what is off and what is on, so perhaps I should just put them on a separate "floor". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmdsmith Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 You can exclude lights with the driver. It's been awhile since I've done mine, but in the properties window there is a place to enter light codes you dont want included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettB0727 Posted October 29, 2011 Author Share Posted October 29, 2011 You can exclude lights with the driver. It's been awhile since I've done mine, but in the properties window there is a place to enter light codes you dont want included.Ahh, cool thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 I typically exclude bathrooms, because if I'm turning off floors in the middle of the night, and someone is up using the bathroom, I'd rather not turn the lights off on them.Glad you're finding it useful.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fprefect Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Hi RyanE,I hate to ask, but any chance you could re-post?? I was just looking to do this very thing, and came across your post after hours of fiddling in Composer.Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 http://goo.gl/LpHYCUp there for 31 days.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fprefect Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Thanks a bunch. Can't wait to get it added and try it out!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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