Re: [misterhouse-users] Unresponsive MH Interface with one line of newbie code

[Larry R. <lo...@co...>]

Maybe you need to control how many times a second you want to check this 
and you may also want to check to see if  $test is on before you reset 
it back on.

Just a thought
Larry

mitchd123 wrote:

>I want to use an electric heater for my dog, plugged into an x10.  I want to
>only turn it on if the temperature is below 50 degrees F.   To keep things
>simple for now I just want to use the internet temperature.
>
>1) I enabled the common code of  internet_weather.pl   Verified
>internet_weather worked, X10 and $test worked, etc.
>
>2) I created test.pl in my code directory.  $Weather{TempInternet} a
>variable from the common code of internet_weather.pl.    The test.pl
>contains one line:
>
>set $test ON if ($Weather{TempInternet} < '51');
>
>When MH starts, the test light turns on fine.
>
>The problem is the MH interface become very unresponsive.  if I click on the
>menu "items" it takes 25 seconds just for the menu to appear/open.   Any
>ideas why?  CPU <10 %, Memory is fine too, <25 meg
>
>I also tried:  set $test ON if ($Weather{TempInternet} lt '51');
>
>Thanks in advance for any advice,
>
>David
>
>Details:
>
>perl -v
>This is perl, v5.8.0 built for i386-linux-thread-multi
>(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)
>
>uname -a
>Linux gw 2.4.20 #1 Wed Jan 29 23:10:58 EST 2003 i586 i586 i386 GNU/Linux
>
>Command: /usr/local/mh/bin/mhe -help
>Pgm  path   : /usr/local/mh/bin
>Pgm  version: 2.82 (compiler: PAR 0.69)  Last updated: Sun Jul  6 14:16:17
>2003
>Perl version: 5.008
>OS   version: linux linux
>
>startup:
>Simple mixer control 'Master',0
>  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
>  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
>  Limits: Playback 0 - 15
>  Front Left: Playback 14 [93%] [off]
>  Front Right: Playback 14 [93%] [off]
>
>Command: /usr/local/mh/bin/mhe
>Pgm  path   : /usr/local/mh/bin
>Pgm  version: 2.82 (compiler: PAR 0.69)  Last updated: Sun Jul  6 14:16:17
>2003
>Perl version: 5.008
>OS   version: linux linux
>Other       : user=root pid=5332 box=gw cpu=-
>
>Read parm files: ./mh.ini ./mh.private.ini /djm/app/mh/mh.private.ini
>Code Directories:
> - /djm/app/mh/code
> - ./../code/common
>Device::Serial could not find ioctl definitions!
>Loading Tk modules Version 800.024
>Loading other modules
>Starting setup
>Creating festival TTS socket on localhost:1314
>Data sent to festival: (Parameter.set 'Audio_Method
>'Audio_Command)(Parameter.set 'Audio_Required_Rate 16000)(Parameter.set
>'Audio_Required_Format 'au)(Parameter.set 'Audio_Command "esdplay $FILE")
>Creating socket and serial objects
> - creating http            on tcp     80 buffered
> - creating server_mhsend   on tcp   8084 buffered
> - creating server_telnet   on tcp   1234 raw
> - creating cm11            object on port /dev/ttyS0
>disabling ioctl methods - constants not found
>Process id 5332 written to /djm/app/mh/data/mh.pid
>Setting up tk window
>Reading previous log files
>Archiving previous /djm/app/mh/data/logs/*.log files ....
>External command file (xcmd_file): ./../house_cmd.txt
>HTML file     : ./../web//ia5/index.shtml
>Reading password from /djm/app/mh/data/.password
>Read in 10 items from ./../data/password_allow
>Read in 1 commands from from ./../data/disabled_commands
>Done with setup
>
>11/08/03 09:26:16 AM Re-reading /djm/app/mh/mh.private.ini and mh.ini
>   html_alias alias /docs dir does not exist, dir=./../docs
>Voice names:
>Read 6 entries from ./../data/pronouncable_words.list
>Read 380 codes from ./../data/phone/phone.area_codes.list
>Read 4 entries from ./../data/phone/phone.caller_id.list
>11/08/03 09:26:16 AM Translating items.mht -> /djm/app/mh/code/items.mhp
>11/08/03 09:26:16 AM Initialized read_table_A.pl
>Reading code_dirs: /djm/app/mh/code ./../code/common
>11/08/03 09:26:16 AM Reading 17 code files
>Duplicate file.
> -    Used: /djm/app/mh/code/trivia.pl
> - Skipped: ./../code/common/trivia.pl
>
>11/08/03 09:26:16 AM Evaluating user code
>
>Good code saved
>running: play ./../sounds/sound_click1.wav
>Restoring object states
>Object states restored
>Activate the voice commands
>Starting monitor commands loop
>
>Latitude: 41.778611,  Longitude: 71.530556,  Time Zone: 5
>sunrise=6:54 AM sunset=5:01 PM
>sunrise twilight=6:25 AM sunset twilight=5:30 PM
>The moon is Full, 99% bright, and 14 days old
>The next full moon is on Monday, December 8th
>Creating new tk frames
>Creating Tk Command menu
>Creating Tk Items menu
>Creating Tk Groups menu
>Setting tk geometry to +0+0
>
>
>
>
>
>
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