My first SmartHome (X10) only had about 30 devices back in 2000…
… but I have used many ecosystems since then.
My best creations always seem to be about 10-15 years ahead of the rest of the world… LOL
For example, me & my early clients have had talking SmartHomes since 2002…
Oh wow, I remember X10!! Heh, I’m impressed and grateful to you for sharing your knowledge so freely and good-natured!
And here we go! He replied and said:
The reason your piston isn’t working is that the device hasn’t reported that it’s on yet so WebCoRE’s thinks it’s already off and it’s ignoring the off command.
CoRE had an option called something like “disable optimization” which disabled that check and made it always execute the command. WebCoRE must have something similar and disabling it should solve your problem.
Ahh yes… If his DH cannot report back to the hub in 4 sec, we can force the second command to be sent anyways.
Here are the steps:
Once saved, this option will only affect this one piston.
Normally, if a device is off, webCoRE is smart enough to not send another “Turn off” command.
With this disabled, it will send the command, regardless of the current status.
Lookin’ good!
It is not visible in the snapshot, but I just want to confirm that
If the two above are correct, then line 38 becomes pointless, consuming unnecessary processing power.
In other words, the Else block can simply be this:
Else
With Music player, turn off
END IF
Question:
Have you ever been able to use webCoRE to STOP the flashing yet?
(If not, I would focus on the test piston (with disabled command optimization) before walking outside to do the gate test)
Oh NEAT! Ok, that makes sense.
Oh yeah, the “disable command optimization” did the trick!
I’ve been able to test it a few times and it works well. The strobe/siren, apparently, isn’t the most RELIABLE device (per user reviews) but layers of security (dog security, that is!) are good. I’m probably going to add a “notify” in this, using my Google devices, and/or push notifications. Layers!
Layers are good, if you can keep them from stepping on each other’s toes, LOL
Now I guess the challenge for you is trying to decide which post to 
as the solution…
SO!!! I’ve had this running for a few days, the flasher doesn’t turn off. BUT… I realized I forgot to change my “else” statement, so I did. We’ll see how that works…
ASIDE from that - I want to add to this. I want an SMS to tell me WHICH gate opened!!! I do know how to do the SMS part, but I’m not at all sure about the rest, short of creating another piston.
I believe you used the wrong ELSE block. I think you want the “Turn off” to be:
IF any Gate contact changes
Then
IF any Gate contact is open
Then
Turn on
ELSE
Turn off
END IF
END IF
I will answer your second question after I finish eating…
I am thinking something like this:
(notice we are using the ELSE attached to the condition, not the trigger)
Of course - it works perfectly, thank you! And the strobe shuts off when it’s supposed to. AND - I added "Send SMS “All Gates Closed”, too!
*brushes a speck of lint off of his lapel*
Just remember there is a daily limit on SMS messages…
Any messages sent beyond the max will be lost forever.
