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Colleagues,
I am working in a remote control that uses the API to open/close zones manually. Question is which command should I use, since I found two options.
From API doc
12. Manual Station Run (previously manual override) [Keyword /cm]
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18. Start Run-Once Program [Keyword /cr]Is there any difference between them? I tested both and do not see major difference.
I have a 5 zone system and was planing 1 button to turn on each zone individually and 1 for turn them all . I have started using #12 , and that is ok for each one individually, but can not send just one command to turn them all . Then found # 18 that is exactlly that . In particual to turn them off (using #18) simply put time=0 .any advice?
It’s been a while since I’ve looked at the details of the program I wrote so my recollection of how I did things may be a little off.
The 2 commands you note are functionally different.12. Manual Station Run (previously manual override) [Keyword /cm]
Turns a single specified station On or Off. Based on your description of what you want to do, I would use this command.18. Start Run-Once Program [Keyword /cr]
Will execute the program described in the list. If the program described only lists the time for a single station, it will run that single station. In that regard it is functionally similar in result to 12, but you have build a list of zones. I don’t think about it as a way to turn zones off. I’ve not tried it, but I would have thought that it would simply queue zones to run and NOT impact anything that was currently running.
I use 18 when I want to run a set of zones that are not part of an already defined program. E.g. I want to run zones 3, 4, 9 and 10 for 30 minutes because it’s been exceptionally warm and dry and I want to water the 4 sunniest zones. This would be similar to executing 12 4 times, once for each zone.
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