I've actually had that happen with Simpl, but only a couple of times within the last year. I'm sure it's probably related, but this one D3Pro program is WAY worse than any others I've tried.
Thanks for the heads-up.
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--- On Sunday, November 14, 2021 at 9:54 AM, Phil Bridges wrote:
FWIW, "Save As" operations in standard SimplWindows have been taking a looooong
time for me recently as well. Often, I have to right-click close SW and reopen
it. The file has been saved, but SW is doing something in the background after
the save.
On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 9:49 AM Tony Golden <mrgolden@...> wrote:
I didn't write the D3Pro program, but I occasionally need to add things to the
RSD that were missed by the original programmer, or fix feedback issues,
etc. I'm aware that re-writing it in Simpl is a solution, but that's not going
to happen. I don't have the time, and they wouldn't want to pay for it if I
did :-)
I did notice there are a lot of Global Lighting Scenes and very few Global
Presets, so I'll have them start there. However, the program seems to run okay
- it's just the opening of archives and re-saving that are issues. Saving with
the same filename is actually okay, but using Save As to create a different
filename takes FOREVER.
Thanks for the tips!
--- On Saturday, November 13, 2021 at 11:53 AM, Chris Kangis wrote:
1. My sources have told me that D3 is still a 'Live' product, though clearly
It
has ceased at least for the time being to get much-needed love (Home is their
new girlfriend...)
2. Are you using "Global Lighting Scenes" vs. "Global Presets"??
I found out the hard way 10 years ago that the 'Lighting Scenes' were not
engineered properly and if you were to use more than a handful, the program
and
system would in various ways, grind to a halt...
We also saw this problem 5 years ago with a project that I was integrating,
but
another person was doing the D3. After weeks of trouble-shooting and having
TS
make us try everything,
I looked at the program and saw 100+ Lighting Scenes. We went thru the
arduous
task of converting them all to Global Presets and the system has been trouble
free since then...
This may not be your total issue, but if you're using Lighting Scenes, that
is
definitely a Yuge part of it...
FTR, my approach with D3 is to program 99% of all load control with Global
Presets, and drop them on buttons as needed. The only exceptions are direct,
individual load control on a button - ex: A reading light...
And yes, I think its time to 'Roll our own' lighting code as painful and
difficult as that is...
- HOME has too many limitations and lacks Shared Gateway (still after 6
years)
- D3 clearly will not be updated like it needs, and even if it was it would
still be total bloat-ware
