After recently receiving my Vera Secure and being a long time Vera 2&3 user, this is my first foray into PLEG. I have successfully built the framework for a basic control of my security devices and have the following plug-ins installed: PL Core, PLEG, House Modes, I-Phone Locator, Day/Night & Push Notification. There are 17 zones (windows and doors) that I will be working with.
My first question is should I create unique instances of PLEG for the security controls to help separate the logic? I will be using PLEG for other tasks as well, such as the geofencing with I-Phone locator. If I do create multiple instances, are the Logic Inputs individualized to that instance and can I use the same name for a Logic Input in both instances and have them work independently? (for example s_30sec - a 30 second timer in the Alarm instance and s_30sec - a 30 second timer in another instance).
The second question has to do with Home modes. When Vera goes into Night Mode it seems that every alarm sensor gets set to either Armed or Disarmed depending on the configuration settings. How would one retain the state of a zone that is intentionally bypassed (disarmed) and still enable the alarm system without a Siren alert? Does this imply that the Home modes can not be used as an indicator of the Alarm status and a virtual switch or similar is required? I suspect that the Home modes could be configured to do nothing; Alarm off, no notifications or device status changes, but the Armed status of the sensors must still be set to either Armed or Disarmed. I don’t want to reinvent the wheel and want to keep it very simple for my wife to use in my absence. Home modes initially looked like the simple solution, but now I’m not so sure.
Thanks for any input or feedback. I can post my PLEG configuration if necessary, but have not done so today since some of my sensors have not arrived yet.
Kartcon