Programming Girder

[dankokkos]

Good Morning,

I am trying to have Girder turn my televisions on and off at a given time (7:00 - 5:00pm) and I am new to the Girder program.

I am not sure of the process to get this to work.

I would like to know which plugin would get this to work.

I would also know how to schedule the event

Finally I would like to know how to know how to get the power on power off tested.

Thanks,

Looking forward to hearing a solution.

Dan

[Ron]

Hi Dan,

Welcome to the Promixis Forums.

You'll need

1. A USB-UIRT or Global Cache or IRTrans to transmit the IR
2. The Scheduler Plugin (part of Girder 5 Pro or the Trial )
3. The manual ;-) Home Automation Applications \ Scheduler.

That should get you going.

[dankokkos]

I have the USBUIRT plugin but when I go to check the box in girder it says it is not installed.

I do see it in the folder.

Please advise.

[dankokkos]

Also when I check the box it turns red?

Thats an indication that it is not loaded properlly right?

Dan

[Ron]

Did you install the USB-UIRT drivers into the OS?

[dankokkos]

I have added that to the plugins. The hardware under the device manager is Tira on COM 4.

Am I not loading it properly?

What is the sequence to load that driver (usbuirt) into the OS?

[Ron]

The Tira is NOT the USB-UIRT. You will have to contact the manufacturer of the Tira for drivers for Girder.

[dankokkos]

I understand that, however would I have to have USBUIRT loaded in the drivers under the device manager or do I add the plugin to Girder?

As mentioned, I just want to get tvs to turn on/off I don't totally understand the way that it works together.

I just get a red box when I go to enable the plugin for girder.

How should I proceed?

[Rob H]

The USB-UIRT driver is only for the USB-UIRT device from www.usbuirt.com it won't work with the Tira hardware.

[dankokkos]

Can I use the TIRA device to turn my tv on off?

I have 4 tvs in a school district that I need to auto on/off.

I have the Tira drivers installed

Can I do that with what I have and if so, how?

[Rob H]

You'll need a working Girder plugin for the Tira - good luck with that. Search for Tira here for the full story.

[dankokkos]

How shall I proceed?

[Ron]

You'll have to contact home-electro. (The manufacturer of that hardware)

[dankokkos]

The tira plugin is working, the tira is taking signals when I press power. Now I just need to know how to get girder to send a schedule signal to the tv and I think that will suffice.


Your thoughts?

[Ron]

I do not know the Tira plugin so you'll have to figure out some of this stuff.

But in short:

Create an "SEND IR" action specifically for the Tira
Then create a scheduler (see manual) that triggers at your desired times.
Assign the eventstring to the "Send IR" you created.