Conditional Logic

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Any plans to support conditional logic?

For example, with my X10 system I have the following configuration:

X10 Wall Switch that controls my upstairs hallway lights.
2 x10 motion detectors; 1 at the bottom of the stairs, the 2nd in the upstairs hallway

I then created several conditional events for turning off the hallway light. The off event is only triggered if both motion sensors haven’t detected motion of XX amount of time. I also have separate on events that are triggered only if a “not bedtime” variable (triggered by a scene - x10 command) is not set to true. This allows me to suppress the hall lights from turning on if I get up in the middle of the night.

2

Yes, this is what the Lua module will allow you to do.

3

Is there any ETA on LUA?

4

How will Lua work? Is it a script language or will it have a GUI? Both?

5

Lua is a scripting language, so I’m guessing there wont be a GUI.

See www.lua.org

6

Our goal is to have Lua by the end of December. The scripts will be ‘guided’ in the web UI to make it easier, and we’ll have a wiki with lots of templates.

7

Is this a public release date or a beta release? I would be interested in beta testing.

8

We’ll make an announcement when there’s a pre-release version to test.