Help with lua strings

[PiDD]

I just want to pass a variable to a function... it should be easy but I need a hand.

Here is what I want to do...

h=6
d=1
x = serial.translateescapesequences("/04/"..h..d)
cm11.SendBinary(x)
x = serial.translateescapesequences("/07/"..h.."7/0"..d.."/16/31")
cm11.SendBinary(x)

But that doesnt work?

help!?
Rob

[honnt]

Does it work if you build the resultant strings outside the function call? Like

h=6 
d=1 
x = "/04/"..h..d
x = serial.translateescapesequences(x) 
cm11.SendBinary(x) 
x = "/07/"..h.."7/0"..d.."/16/31"
x = serial.translateescapesequences(x) 
cm11.SendBinary(x)

??

[PiDD]

That was my first try but it didnt work either.

[honnt]

I can't test the serial.translateescapesequences or cm11.SendBinary function calls themselves, but if they're expecting strings, there's no reason why your code shouldn't work (or mine), 'cuz that's definitely what we're sending...

Sorry I was no help, deferring to someone smarter than I (shouldn't take long)... :wink:

Terry

[Rob H]

When you say it doesn't work, just what do you mean?

That the X10 commands don't work?

What happens if you try printing the strings? Do they look okay?

[PiDD]

The strings look fine when i put them up on the OSD but the X10 command doesnt work. It does work when I enter it as a string tho .. so the command itself works.

[PiDD]

I must have hung the x10 plugin in my experiments. I rebooted and it works now! thx guys.

Rob