Events may be triggered when the status of a device changes. The event will trigger no matter how the status of the device changed. If HomeSeer sends an ON X10 command to a device, and the device is OFF, the event will trigger. This works on X10 devices, and virtual devices.
Note: Changing the display string of a device, which replaces the display of the device's status, will not cause this trigger to occur.
Figure 12 Device Status Change Dialog
Note that for some status triggers, the device must actually change its status before the event will trigger. The types of status change triggers are:
Device changes to the ON state
Device changes to the OFF state
Device changes to a Dim state
Device changes to Any state
Device is set to the ON state
Device is set to the OFF state
Device is set to Any state
The difference between "changes to" and "set to" in the triggers is that "changes to" requires that the device actually comes from a different status to the one you are triggering on. For example, if a device is ON and it receives an X-10 ON command, it did not change states. If the device is OFF and receives an ON command, then it would trigger a device change trigger. The "set to" triggers work regardless of the current state of the device. If a "set to ON" trigger is established, it does not matter whether the device is already ON or OFF - receipt of an ON command will trigger the event.