Controlling Devices With Events; Elements Of An Event - HomeSeer HomeTroller Series 4 Getting Started Manual

Controlling Devices with Events

Events are one or more actions that are carried out in response to specific trigger, such as an
absolute time, Dawn or Dusk, push of a button, change in status of a device (something turned
on or off), voice command or receipt of an email. Events are sometimes referred to as "macros"
by other programs.
Each event is triggered in some manner (see Triggers below). Each event can carry out one or
more actions (see Event Actions below). Event triggers and actions are set in the Events screen.

Elements of an Event

Triggers
A trigger is used to tell the event to perform some action. Triggers are selected from the Event
Trigger screen.
Conditions
Conditions give more flexibility in determining when an event should trigger. You can set as
many conditions as you want on a trigger. The event will trigger only when all of the conditions
are true. One or more conditions can be added to each event. Multiple conditions can be set up
so that they're all required to be true (conditions separated by AND) or only one condition is
required to be true (conditions separated by OR). Conditions can be added to events when the
Apply conditions field is enabled in the Trigger screen for that event.
Event Actions
There are several types of actions that can be carried out in an event and events can contain
one or more actions. Actions are added to events from the Event Actions screen.
Event Groups
Each event may be assigned to a specific group. The group is simply a name and has no other
significance. This allows you to put all related events into the same group. For example, you
may have a bunch of events that control all of the lights on the first floor. You could put them all
in your downstairs lights group. There is no limit to the number of groups you can create.
Events are assigned to groups in the Event Properties screen.
You can view the events in a specific group by selecting the group name from the drop-down
Groups box at the top of the Events screen. Selecting All Groups from the drop down list will
display all of your events.
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