Support for "states" and not just events

[Fable]

Hi all,

I'm using EG with Tellstick Duo. I've managed to set up the macros almost the way I want them. Automating my home to awesomeness
However I am constantly running into some missing feature in all third party apps I can find (EG, Switchking etc)

What I would like is:

Example macro:

- Action: Turn the heat on (it's a power device in Tellstick Duo)
- Required state: Computer is idle.
- Event trigger: Temperature sensor is below 21C

I don't see how I can get EG to remember that the computer is idle? It is an event and not a state.

I had to modify the Tellstick Duo plugin to trigger Temperature events the way I needed them. Above/Below X degrees instead of a fixed number.
But I am a php developer not a python developer so this is very tricky for me.

It would also be great if you could link events.

If (event.X.on and event.Y.on) then magic()

But that requires EG to remember that event.X.on has happened and the counterpart event.X.off has not happened. (I'm writing these event names a bit silly to improve readability)

[kkl]

In the default .xml file that is installed with EG, you'll find a Folder called Other Examples. I think that the State Macro Example might point you in the right direction.

[Fable]

Wow that was actually exactly what I needed.

I tried looking around in the documentation and googling for it, but no luck.

Thank you kkl!

[krambriw]

There are a couple of ways to handle states in EG (and in python), both in runtime as well as making them persistent. One way is what is described in the previous post. Other ways would involve python scripts that are triggered by events. Inside the python code, you can have variables for states, normally in runtime (in memory) but it is also possible to use persistence (eg.PersistentData, pickle, sql, files, etc)

BestR Walter