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- rodime - 11-09-2006
Is it possible to enable/disable a Timed program programatically?
For example, in England where it rains a lot you may want to override an irrigation timed program if for example it had rained that day, using a keypad or touchscreen. I can only find where you actually enable or disable the timed program checkbox in comfigurator but no examples of setting this programmatically.
Any ideas?
PS. No \'Get a Rain Sensor\' answers please.
- Guest - 11-10-2006
Hmm...what do you mean programatically?
Users are able to enable/disable the time programs by accessing the time program menu (Refer to User Manual under \"Time Program\").
Alternatively, you may make use of flags to enable/disable a flag that is checked by the time program before commencing the irrigation response, i.e.
If Flag Flag01 <> 0 Then
Do IrrigON [Irrigation Response]
End If
In this way you can can have responses to set/clear the flag and these responses can be assigned to your home control menu or in counter responses to be triggered.
- rodime - 11-10-2006
What I meant was being able to refer to the time program itself in a response. E.g. Do TimeProgram01. But I think I see your point with using flags/counters - If I understand you correctly, I could have the timed programs permanently enabled and I could use a button on KT01 for example to trigger a response to set a flag or counter to disable. I could then have the response called by the timed program check the flag before performing the response.
I.e. disabling the response called by the timed program rather than disabling the timed program itself.
- slychiu - 11-10-2006
Enabling/disabling Time Prgrams using an action may be a useful feature for the future
- Home - 11-16-2006
Yes agreed.
However you could quite easily get into a knot - would the enable time prog box be the override (e.g. user access) or the response itself!
- ident - 11-16-2006
Good point. It would add an extra layer of uncertainty as to whether the Time Program should be running or not
- Home - 11-16-2006
The other thing is that it is really usefull to have time programs i the touch screen and of course they are already built in to the unit with the PICED software.
What would be a good idea is to tie up the 2 sets of time programs so that whey work in unison or at least in the same way!
- slychiu - 11-17-2006
That would not be possible as we do not have access to the Touchscreen Time Programs at all, tjose are an internal function of the KT01
However they may be a good supllement to the 32 that we have in Comfort, if they are not enough
- Home - 11-17-2006
Could we at least look at comfort activating a KT01 time program and visa versa.
- ident - 11-20-2006
Piced Time programs can be enabled by a group address so you could use Comfort to enable the Piced Time program of your choice. They have 250 Timne programs
These time programs can be progranmed to trigger Comfort responses through the Counter Response mechanism so they can be used to extend Comfort Time programs