RE: [misterhouse-users] state_now questions

[Bruce W. <br...@mi...>]

> > is what you want.  Can you give me an example of how you want to use it?
> >
>
> If it is past sunset and motion is detected in the kitchen then I
> turn on the
> group kitchen_lights. If it is before sunset I turn on the single
> light called
> kitchen. So, after my timer is expired I want to either turn kitchen or
> kitchen_lights off depending on the state of kitchen_lights. I know that I
> could just issue an off command for kitchen_lights regardless,
> but this causes
> unnecessary lines in the log file. I am just trying to keep things clean.

hmmm, seems like what you need is the state method  that is already part of
Group, rather than a state_now method.  Something like this:

if (expired $timer_kitchen_light) {
  if (ON eq state $kitchen_lights) {
    set $kitchen_lights OFF;
  }
  else {
    set $kitchen OFF;
  }
}


Sound right?

A state_now method (same as state, but true only for 1 pass after the group
is set) for Group is still be doable, but I'm still not sure I see the
application for it yet.

Bruce