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#Post#: 1965--------------------------------------------------
McPlug
By: davecason Date: May 14, 2017, 3:54 pm
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Hi,
Can you guys point me in the right direction for using a mcplug
to turn on a light using the time of day?
Is there already code written to use the gateway to monitor the
computers time or a NIST server out there for the correct time
of the day.
Then tell the mcplug to turn on and off at set times ?
That's gotta be a common use for a mcplug I would think
..........
Cheers'
Dave
#Post#: 1969--------------------------------------------------
Re: McPlug
By: mc-T2 Date: May 16, 2017, 12:37 am
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Hey Dave,
We have created an example project that we posted on the forum
and on our Hackster hub.
Check out this post here:
HTML http://mcthings.createaforum.com/mc-innovations/mcplug-hackster-project!-396/msg1918/#msg1918<br
/>
Check out the Hackster project here:
HTML https://www.hackster.io/mc-Things/using-the-mcplug-for-iot-applications-8c2183<br
/>
In regards to your question, there is no specific function to
set an even to happen at a specific time however what you can do
is have the device check the time at certain intervals and if
the device finds that the time is within your specifications,
then you can have the plug turn on or off something.
Hope that helps!
#Post#: 1975--------------------------------------------------
Re: McPlug
By: davecason Date: May 18, 2017, 9:43 pm
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Ya no, I saw that .....it's no good.
I just want a simple script that pings a time server, or gets
the time and keeps track of it, or tracks a standard clock.
And at time "A " it turns on the mcplug and at time " B " it
turns it off.
Pretty much the most obvious thing for a 120v switch ..... do
you guys have anything?
A buddy sent me this:
VER 1
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Class test
Shared Event ACPlug() RaiseEvent Every 1 Minutes
Dim Hr As Byte
Hr = Hour (DateTime.Hour ())
Relay = (Hr >= 8 And Hr < 20)
End Event
End Class
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VER 2
1. Start McStudio
2. File -> New Project. Lets say you call it "Plug1" this time.
3. Give it a name WITHOUT spaces in it. That's a known bug.
4. Set the dropdown device type to mcPlug120
5. Try this out:
Class Plug1
Shared Event ACPlug RaiseEvent Every 1 Minutes
Dim Hr as Byte
Hr = Hour()
Relay = (Hr >= 8 and Hr <20)
End Event
End Class
Cheers'
Dave
#Post#: 1986--------------------------------------------------
Re: McPlug
By: mc-T2 Date: May 21, 2017, 9:03 am
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[quote]it's no good.[/quote] The example does work quite well,
so I am not sure what the issue is other than that it doesn't do
exactly as you wish. I pointed it out as an example of mcPlug
code that you can take and modify for your own use
As mentioned, this is not a function that is built-in to the
platform at this time. However, as mentioned, there are
work-arounds so that you can design your own program. Have you
tried to write your own script? Here is the help I provided in
my previous reply:
[quote]there is no specific function to set an even to happen at
a specific time however what you can do is have the device check
the time at certain intervals and if the device finds that the
time is within your specifications, then you can have the plug
turn on or off something.[/quote]
Have you looked at incorporating the examples your buddy sent
over? You may also want to check around the forum as there are
some recent questions and discussions about timestamps and their
usage.
As mentioned, there are ways to do this. Part of the great thing
about the mcThings platform is that there are almost endless
ways you can program and modify devices which is why it is
nearly impossible to have an example of everything you can do.
That said, if you read the documentation and take the time to
putting something together, you can then provide an example
script to others if you wish.
#Post#: 1993--------------------------------------------------
Re: McPlug
By: davecason Date: May 24, 2017, 5:19 pm
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Ya know ...... This getting annoying !
Here I have a fuggen Dell Workstation - a T7400 with two Xeon
E5440's processors and 64 GB of RAM and for shits and giggles
9.3TB of space.
It'd be freaken great if the damm McStudio app didn't crash
every single time I write something in the app for the McPlug.
I'm pretty sure it's NOT the computer and everything else
connected to it, or in it, seems to run pretty damm happy, and
has so done for a year !
(sigh)
Cheers'
Dave
#Post#: 1998--------------------------------------------------
Re: McPlug
By: mc-T2 Date: May 30, 2017, 2:30 pm
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Dave,
There is a new release today of mcStudio (and new versions of
mcOS for all devices/modules). There are a lot of bugs/crashes
that were fixed i this version so please be sure to download it.
Should help to resolve the issues you noted about the
application crashing sometimes
You can check out a portion of the release notes for mcStudio in
this post:
HTML http://mcthings.createaforum.com/system-updates/new-release!-v0-9-for-mcstudio-mcos-for-all-devices!/<br
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