Owner's Manual (Complete)

Chapter 10—Programs and the Visual Programmer
6 The Home Control Assistant
The Element Palette contains many different elements. These are the common elements:
Element Name What it does
Start Here This is the element that starts a program running.
Each program has only one Start Here element.
Add to log Add a message to the log.
Change icon Change the icon for this program seen on displays
Change schedule Make a different schedule the current schedule.
Compute Assign values to flags
Compute Test Test a flag’s value
Daily message Add another daily message that will last until
midnight.
Dim Turn a device or group to Dim.
Delay Delay for a while. The time to delay is given in
hh:mm:ss.
Exit Close, stop, or end the program.
Get Status Poll one or more devices that support status requests
Make flag No Make the value of a flag be “No.”
Make flag Yes Make the value of a flag be “Yes.”
Not flag Reverse a flag. If its current value is Yes, make it
No. If its current value is No, make it Yes.
On Turn a device or group On. Start a program with an
On command.
Off Turn a device or group Off. Start a program with an
Off command.
Play sound Play a sound file through the computer’s sound
system.
Read Data Read data from an external file
Repeat Repeat a sequence of elements a specified number
of times.
Resume Remove the suspend condition from a device,
program, or group.
Run Start a Windows program
Run Script Run a text based script
Scene Send a command to activate or deactivate a scene
Send Email Send Email or SMS message
Set Mode Change Home Mode
Show Display Change the display pane to show a named display
Show message Show a message in the display pane for a few
seconds or in its own window.
Speak Uses a Text to Speech engine installed on your
computer to say a phrase
Start program Start another program and continue on with the
current program when that program finishes.