Implementing Aprilaire Viewstats on one TP3 page

davegrov

I am working a Landmark to Netlinx Conversion where my client has a TPI/3 and Monitor (G3) with 5 zone of HVAC. At to simplify his transition I am using his existing TP3 file which displays all of the 5 zones on one page. I am working with the AprilAire Duet Module. In order to fill the page (strucutre) I am putting a For step routine in the CHANNEL EVENT, DATA EVENT and LEVEL EVENT code to provide feedback to the panel. My questions is where do I put the For Line of Code? Is this correct or does it go before the ON event or belong here?

CHANNEL_EVENT[vdvViewStats,HVAC_OFF_FB] //HVAC_OFF_FB
{
ON:
{
FOR(nCurrentZone=1;nCurrentZone<=KEYPADS_SUPPORTED;nCurrentZone++)
{
ViewStat[CHANNEL.DEVICE.PORT].nHVACState = 4 // off
IF(CHANNEL.DEVICE.PORT==nCurrentZone && ViewStat[nCurrentZone].nControllerType==1)
{
SEND_COMMAND dvTP1, "'@BTON',ITOA(nCurrentZone+30)"
//fnSetButtonTextColor(10,COLOR[ViewStat[nCurrentZone].nHVACState+1])
}
}
}
}

Spire_Jeff

I'm not sure you need a for loop. Since you are only dealing with one touch panel, you do not need to loop through each touch panel to deal with individual panel settings. You could create a for loop in a function that populates all of the HVAC fields and then call this function when the touch panel comes online (or when the HVAC page is chosen. In the channel event, I would update the structure like you are and then send only the value that changed to the touch panel. This way, you are not sending unnecessary data.

Jeff

DHawthorne

On the other hand, I will often build a FOR loop with only one panel just so it's easier to upgrade when the client buys another panel.