VistaView Smarthome Dev Log: 3-7-09

Mark S.	New sceme: 1) Use actions to set variables & run scenes; 2) Use variables only/mostly to show current status 3) Is it best to make triggers respond to variable changes, or to be called directly from actions
	2:40 PM
Mark S.	has left the room
	3:00 PM
Mark S.	has entered the room
Mark S.	https://www.mindmeister.com/maps/show/16992064
	"VistaView Smarthome Mindmap":https://www.mindmeister.com/maps/show/16992064
	got timer script, saved it in recommended indigo folder -- still need to create trigger to initialize it from the server
	3:50 PM
Mark S.	direction detector: http://perceptiveautomation.com/indigo/hac…
	Weather scripts for Indigo: http://www.perceptiveautomation.com/phpBB2…
	5:50 PM
Mark S.	Upper drive trip at night: FIGURE OUT HOW TO TURN OFF SCENE, BUT LEAVING previously ON lights, on.
	5:55 PM
Mark S.	implemented NOAA weather script, plus a trigger to email amber and me if temp drops below 32. cool.
	6:30 PM
Mark S.	sending sms text from Indigo
	6:40 PM
Mark S.	http://www.perceptiveautomation.com/phpBB2…
	changed implementation of sms from scripting iChat, to sending an email to my iPhone's sms address. touch slower, but scripting iChat plays around with the screen too much. If, I can find a way to do it in the background (like url thingy does) i might.

Indigo: Triggers, Variables, Actions...

Variables: Viewable-only on web interface and widget. Can only edit within Indigo.

Triggers: Time and event based triggers are the only source of conditional logic in Indigo. Cannot trigger 'triggers' from web or widget

Actions and Action Groups: No conditional logic, but 'triggerable' from web and widget (not my choice of words, since it confuses actual triggers.

Workflow questions in Indigo:

1. how do i use existing web interface to trigger actions
2. I want to test-fire triggers
3. I want to run action groups that incorporate conditional logic, so they'll need to activate triggers... perhaps by modifying variables, which fire variable-watching triggers