RE: [misterhouse-users] I don't understand dimming

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

> Ok, this is what I what to do, when a motion sensor triggers a light that
> has been dimmed to 0% dims up to 50%.  When the motion sensor send its off
> command the lamp should dim back down to 0%.
>
> Below is the code that I thought should do it but something's wrong.
>
>
> In the initial script/not in the loop:
> Set $lamp 'on';
> Set $lamp '0';
>
>
> In the loop:
> Set $lamp '50' if ((state_changed $Motion) eq 'on');
> Set $lamp '0' if ((state_changed $Motion) eq 'off');
>
> What am I doing wrong?

You need to include %.  Without it, it is interpreted as relative +-
increases, rather absolute levels.  So 50 is like +50 and 0 is like +0.

Bruce