Add a new Program just brings up an old program?

[kevinvinv]

Strange problem here.

I go to Programs | AddNewProgram and I type in the name of the program I want to create... call it "Panic"    and when the program editor comes up...  it is editing an existing program called "AllOfOn"

It seems impossible to create a blank new program.

Anyone see this before?

Thanks!!

[kevin1]

I have created several programs.  Most recent a couple weeks ago and did not have this problem.  I am still on r505.

[kevinvinv]

Thanks.  I am on 512 I guess...   maybe I'll try reinstalling it ?

[bkenobi]

I'm running r514 and when I add a new program, HG creates a new program PID 1000 called "test" as desired.  I then closed that program and could see it shown in the list.  I then created a new program called "test1" and HG brought up PID 1000 "test" for editing.  Dropping back to the list, I see both:  "test" PID 1000 and "test1" PID 1000.  If I attempt to edit "test1", HG will only allow access to "test".

This appears to be a bug.

[kevinvinv]

Yep that sounds like what I am seeing.  Thanks for checking that!!  You are very helpful.

So what should I do to get it reported then?

[bkenobi]

Add an issue to github with a description of the issue and how to recreate it.  Pointing to this thread wouldn't hurt either.

I haven't seen any posts from Gene in a while, so I'm not sure what's going on with development currently.  He could be on vacation or something.  Hope he's having fun!

[petediscrete]

Would importing a blank C# program and editing it help here

[bkenobi]

Importing programs does seem to work as restoring a backup image gives all desired programs.  Perhaps you could restore a blank one with the PID you want to use as a quick workaround until the bug is fixed?  I don't have a blank one currently, but if you stripped the code from a program and exported it, that would give the basic container.

[bkenobi]

I just tried importing a program and it actually came in with a PID of 1000 so I'm not sure how to fix things other than manually editing the modules.xml file after creating the script and restarting HG afterwards.

[kevinvinv]

I just entered this bug into github.  While there,  Bkenobi,  I saw your bug about HG activating too many X10 modules.  Is this still a problem?  I am seeing some strange X10 behavior in general, not exactly what you described but more like the opposite,,,   it SKIPS the activation of some modules in some cases...   

Anyhow-  just wondering if your issue has been fixed or not?

[bkenobi]

No that issue is still present.  I don't see it happen that often (2x in 2 weeks I think) so it's difficult to determine the cause.  If you hare having HG not activate modules correctly, I would lean towards power line noise/signal suckers rather than an HG issue.  Well, unless you can see in the log that HG is ignoring your command for some reason.  If HG says it sent a command and nothing happened, you need to follow the following guides:

http://jvde.us/x10_troubleshooting.htm
https://www.laser.com/dhouston/noise.html

[kevinvinv]

This is a big downer...  so there is no way to create a new program easily now then huh?

[bkenobi]

Yeah, that's how it looks.  The only thing I can suggest is trying a version older to see if it doesn't have the bug.

[petediscrete]

The change from r512 to r514 seems to have thrown up a few glitches ok. Has anyone sent Gene a PM to see if there's any feedback on these issues.

[kevinvinv]

i have not but I did post a github bug on this one.