Reviewing the following: How to - Everspring EH403 FloodLight. Wondering if it is a better implementation to use Reactor instead of startup lua code. What would be the best way to accomplish updating the ‘tripped’ value on a virtual motion sensor using another devices ‘tripped’ value?
Conditions: When the ‘tripped’ variable ‘changes’.
Actions: When ‘true’ do what? ‘Run lua’ to copy the variable over?
Dont see any other intuitive way of doing this. Just figure since I use Reactor for pretty much everything else, this would make more sense than editing a startup lua script. Would there be any easier way to utilize a virtual device and copy variables from another device, whenever it changes?
Maybe I am missing something with Reactor, or my understanding is flawed, but thinking there are 2 ways of doing this?
Option 1: This is the way I am currently testing. Under Conditions checking to see if the Device State changes for the Tripped variable. Under Activities I have the luup.variable_set command to set Tripped to 1 if True and another action to set Tripped to 0 if False. Of course I am checking under Conditions to see if Tripped is True.
Option 2: This is maybe where I am not understanding something. You are suggesting there may be a way to do this with ‘Set Variable’?
I’ve just looked and this is how you do it in MSR, so I am assuming its done in a similar way in the Reactor plugin for Vera.
In the Action part of the rule I have to select “Entity Action” I then select my virtual motion sensor device and then I select the “Set Variable” option:
When I said use the “Set Variable” option in the drop down menu, that might have been a red herring, Instead in your Action try selecting the virtual motion sensor device first and then in another drop down menu do you have a “Set Variable” option ?
I think you already tried that though right? As you posted a different screen shot on another thread and it looked like you didn’t have the option to do it.
We really need @rigpapa to confirm this or someone else who knows the Reactor plugin for Vera etc.
Yup, I dont have those fancy options in Reactor 3.8 on Vera. Gonna go with the debated option 1 and clean up my implementation. Then some more testing of the Param 1, and if that doesnt work, I may send a note to Homeseer to see if they can clear up the understanding of the function.
Parameter 1 on my Everspring flood light is set to 60 seconds. I am a 99% sure that it over rides whatever the physical time dial might be set as.
Because I seem to remember I timed the light going on and off with a stop watch and it was 60 seconds and I doubt I could of been that accurate with those crappy physical dials under the PIR unit itself.
So I would expect it to work the same way on the HomeSeer PIR unit.
