Hi,
I just bought the "Smart Macro" Plug-in and I might be, I don't know yet, very disappointed. In my pre-smart days (and they have been few) I created a MACRO that would turn the hallway light on and dim it. It would leave the light on for 5 min. when triggered by an Eagle-eye motion detector. It was very limited indeed but it worked. By the way, my time format is in 24 hours/day.
After installing my SMART stuff I told the hall light to turn on, and ONLY on, when the MACRO/trigger had returned to its OFF state (to avoid constant re-triggering keeping a constant 5 min. "ON" until I was away from the Motion detector). Moreover, I told the Macro to wait until after 5:00 in the afternoon before it responded, and to cease responding after 7:30 AM in the morning - you see, this is a nightlight for potty visits!
It didn't work. I removed the "Only if off" condition and the Macro still didn't work. I finally removed the allowable response period (5 PM 'till 7:30 AM) and guess what - it worked! But, THAT's what I had without being SMART!
Also, and I am not sure this is important, the SMART software uses the 12 hour day whereas I have changed everything else to a 24 hour day; is thias important? In general, what should I do to put the above mentioned conditions back in the Macro AND (<-- A condition!) make it work?
Thanks for any help at all!
Don Kennedy (USA)
I just bought the "Smart Macro" Plug-in and I might be, I don't know yet, very disappointed. In my pre-smart days (and they have been few) I created a MACRO that would turn the hallway light on and dim it. It would leave the light on for 5 min. when triggered by an Eagle-eye motion detector. It was very limited indeed but it worked. By the way, my time format is in 24 hours/day.
After installing my SMART stuff I told the hall light to turn on, and ONLY on, when the MACRO/trigger had returned to its OFF state (to avoid constant re-triggering keeping a constant 5 min. "ON" until I was away from the Motion detector). Moreover, I told the Macro to wait until after 5:00 in the afternoon before it responded, and to cease responding after 7:30 AM in the morning - you see, this is a nightlight for potty visits!
It didn't work. I removed the "Only if off" condition and the Macro still didn't work. I finally removed the allowable response period (5 PM 'till 7:30 AM) and guess what - it worked! But, THAT's what I had without being SMART!
Also, and I am not sure this is important, the SMART software uses the 12 hour day whereas I have changed everything else to a 24 hour day; is thias important? In general, what should I do to put the above mentioned conditions back in the Macro AND (<-- A condition!) make it work?
Thanks for any help at all!
Don Kennedy (USA)
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