RE: [misterhouse-users] Problem with restore_states

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

The states should be restored via a data_dir/mh_temp.saved_states.   For
example, here is one from a Serial_Item I have:

 if (defined $bedroom_curtain) {$bedroom_curtain->{state} = q~close~;

Do you seen entries for your speaker items there?

Hmmm, I think I mis-read your note.  Maybe mh IS correctly restoring what it
thinks the states should be, but you want the item to get have it's state
restored correctly after a power failure.

The restore_states.pl file you mentioned likely refers to the
code/test/x10_reset.pl code we added recently.   That should be extendable
to serial items.  After you extended to this:

    next unless $object->isa('X10_Item') or $object->isa('Serial_Item')

What did you see from this print?

    print_log "Setting $object_name to $state (level=$level)";

If something like the above works, we will likely want to limit it to only
X10 Serial items or somehow to output capable, rather than input only,
serial items.

Bruce

-----Original Message-----

I finally got the house painted so I can again resume my work on
Misterhouse.  I finally got around to getting a filter so I can use my UPS.
I was testing it tonight and noticed upon restore of power, my lights come
back on, but not my speakers.  My speakers are defined as such in items.mht:

SERIAL,    XP1PJP16PJ,  livingroom_speakers,
Speakers|Downstairs|Livingroom, on
SERIAL,    XP1PKP16PK,  livingroom_speakers,
Speakers|Downstairs|Livingroom, off

When restore_states runs, I dont see anything about my speakers in the
output.  I even changed restore_states.pl to look for Serial_Items along
with X10_Item, but that didnt seem to make any difference.  For now I hard
coded restore_states to turn the speakers back on, but does anyone know how
I can get it to see my livingroom_speakers item so that when I add more
speakers it will turn the appropriate ones back on?

Thanks,
Jeff