You can set the trigger to manual, which forces the event to be triggered either as an action in another event or by clicking the Run button in the Events screen. Manual events are useful as macros -- they define a set of actions that may be triggered by some other event. Sometimes, you need to have conditions checked on the event, even though it is being run manually by another event. This trigger type will allow you to do that.
When the Manual with Conditions link is clicked in the Event Trigger screen, the trigger is immediately set to manual; unlike the other trigger types, there are no additional parameters that require a second screen.
If you wish to use conditions with the manual
trigger, there are two additional steps to take:
1. Click on "Apply Conditions" so that conditions can be added
to the event, then add the conditions you wish to have checked when this
event is set to be run.
2. When using this event in a Run Event action in another event, enable
the Run Only If Conditions are TRUE
option.
This is a powerful option to the manual trigger because it allows you to have HomeSeer perhaps try to trigger several events that run under certain trigger conditions, yet only the appropriate one (according to the conditions) will be executed. For example: You might have two events triggered by the act of disarming the security system. One turns on some devices in the home and raises the thermostat temperature, and the other turns on lights in the home. The latter event does not need to run during the day, so you could set up that event to be the type Manual with Conditions, add a condition that time is nighttime, and then check the option in your event triggered when the security system is disarmed to check the conditions on the other event. The result is that both events are triggered at night, but only one is triggered during the day.
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