Re: Possible bug in xPLHVision

["Bob & Linda Gardner" <gardner.bob@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Frank,

I forgot I mentioned that on the HV list.  It certainly appears that
was the problem.  Since I took timers out of determinators,  I
haven't had any timer problems in HV.

Bob

>
> Hi Bob
>
> > Two problems - the 04 is the command in HV to reset all timers,
>
> I take it this was the cause of the problem you mentioned on the hv
> list ????
>
> Frank
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Gardner" <gardner.bob@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 12:52 PM
> Subject: [ukha_xpl] Possible bug in xPLHVision
>
>
> >
> >
> > Steve,
> >
> > I think I may have found a timer problem.  I defined an action in
a
> > determinator that was supposed to load and start a timer in HV
with
> > one hour and 30 minutes.  The parameters I used were:
> >
> > device=11
> > type=timer
> > current=start
> > data1=01300000
> >
> > I think this is correct according to your docs.  The problem is
that
> > the corresponding dde command sent is:
> >
> > ,=0B0401300000
> >
> > Two problems - the 04 is the command in HV to reset all timers,
this
> > should be 00 to load and start a timer.  Second, although some of
> > the docs from HV are a little confusing, the time values need to
be
> > in reverse order i.e. SSSSMMHH and they need to be in hex. Thus
for
> > an hour and a half, which is what I wanted, the time string
should
> > be 00001E01.  While entering the values in reverse into data1 is
no
> > real problem, the 1E caused problems and resulted in an incorrect
> > dde command.
> >
> > I tried the other three timer commands - HALT, RESUME, and STOP -
> > and they appeared to be correct.
> >
> > I have gotten around this by firing a macro which does the timer
> > stuff so there is no need to do anything but put it on your list
for
> > a future fix.  I just thought you might want it documented.
> >
> > As always, thanks for everything.
> >
> > Bob
> >
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