So I’ve installed PLEG and read the manual and several posts here and other websites, and I think I have a pretty good handle on things. I’m trying to get it to notify me if a certain code is entered on a door lock between 3 and 4 PM M-F. I have it set up, and I’m getting the notifications, but I’m getting them no matter what time it is.
Originally I had set up regular Vera scenes to arm and disarm the PLEG at the appropriate times, but the notifications still came no matter what time it was. Then I read somewhere that arming and disarming wasn’t the best way to go about this, so I removed those and put a start and stop time in the schedules section on the inputs tab, but it still sends notifications all the time.
Can anyone give me any pointers on how to only get the notification during the times I’m looking for?
Arm/disarm ONLY effects the Actions.
There is the ability to specify a notification when a Condition is Triggered and the PLEG is armed …
But this has been broken in UI4 and UI5 … even though I gave MCV the fix to their code … the UI7 version has some comments that indicate they need to fix the bug … It’s just not important to them.
Thanks for the reply, guess we’ll see if they fix the bug or not. Maybe I’ll come up with a workaround of some sort using actions.
Go to the “Working with Time” section in PLEG basics
http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?topic=21603.0
Absolute times may also be used as terms in a sequence expression.
Away AlarmSet and (08:00:00; AlarmSet; 21:00:00)
Away will become true if AlarmSet becomes true between 08:00:00 and 21:00:00.
Change the AlarmSet condition to work with your door unlock trigger. Then use something like Vera Alerts where you can send a notification via an advanced action.