alanchow Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Chowmain - Hebcal Jewish Calendar driver for Control4 Many Jewish people who strictly observe Shabbat refrain from what turning electricity on or off during this period. They may also refrain from making adjustments to the intensity of electrical appliances. The Chowmain Hebcal driver for Control4 imports data from Hebcal.com. This driver helps by automating detection of Jewish holidays and your standard Shabbat (observed from a few minutes before sunset on Friday evening until the appearance of three stars in the sky on Saturday night). By firing these events it assists with notification of Candle lighting (18 minutes before sundown) and Havdalah (after the appearance of three stars in the sky) along with the automation of electronic devices during this period. Features Automatic detection the Control4 projects latitude, longitude and timezone information for automatic information gathering. Automatic daily update of information from Hebcal.com Automatic update of information from Hebcal.com when the system boots up. Variables for IS_HOLIDAY – Is there a holiday today (checks once at midnight every night) HOLIDAY_NAME – The title of the holiday today HOLIDAY_MEMO – The description of the holiday today IS_SHABBAT – Will fire when candle lighting starts and finish when Havdalah starts (including holidays not just Friday/Saturday). Events for Candle Lighting (property to execute event x minutes prior) Havdalah (property to execute event x minutes prior) Holiday Start – Fires at midnight of the day when there is a holiday Holiday Finish – Fires at midnight the day after the holiday finishes. FAQ Can you give us some examples of how we could use this driver?? Automate the electronics in the home so that no touch is required during special Jewish holidays and Shabbat. Combine with our Advanced Announcments driver for Control4 to announce what holiday it is through the speakers. Why do you only support OS 2.6 and above? OS 2.6 offers a superior security encryption algorithm and a new and improved driver format. We have decided to only utilise this new format to ensure that the integrity of this driver is not compremised and that we can provide the best dealer/user experience available. How do I find out more information about the driver? Please see the links below for more information about the driver. Chowmain Website Installation Guide How do I buy the driver? This driver is developed by Chowmain software & apps and is distributed and supported by Houselogix, Inc. Download Driver / Purchase Licence Who do i contact for technical support? This driver is developed by Chowmain software & apps and is distributed and supported by Houselogix, Inc. Support Do you provide trial licences? All Chowmain drivers for Control4 come with a 48 hour trial. This is activated once you add the driver to the project. No additional steps are necessary. eddy.trochez and VINCELdUB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGLI Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Is there anyway to differentiate between Yom Tovs and other holidays. Yom Tovs are the ones where you can't use electronics, but there are other days when you can (i.e, Purim, Hannukah). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 2 hours ago, JGLI said: Is there anyway to differentiate between Yom Tovs and other holidays. Yom Tovs are the ones where you can't use electronics, but there are other days when you can (i.e, Purim, Hannukah). There is a variable for the holiday name. Having said that from my research the Yom Tov's will execute the Candle Lighting and Havdalah events as well will in turn will change the IS_SHABBAT variable to true. msgreenf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGLI Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 So IS_SHABBAT comes from hebcal or is that a variable in the driver that you set when you see candle lighting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 5 hours ago, JGLI said: So IS_SHABBAT comes from hebcal or is that a variable in the driver that you set when you see candle lighting? We set that variable to true when we see candle lighting and set it to false when we see havdalah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesc4 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Hello, Does "Holiday Start – Fires at midnight of the day when there is a holiday" mean .... for example 6PM Sunday Night 05/16/21 (For this Shavout) ? How can I see the times for Holidays... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 Sorry we have discontinued this driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy.trochez Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 8 hours ago, jamesc4 said: Hello, Does "Holiday Start – Fires at midnight of the day when there is a holiday" mean .... for example 6PM Sunday Night 05/16/21 (For this Shavout) ? How can I see the times for Holidays... Alan’s Hebcal driver works great (Not supported anymore). All you have to do is program against Candlelight and Havdalah variables. Havdalah is set at 52 minutes after sunset so if you require 72, you have to do programming to trigger events at 72. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kavil Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Hello! does anyone have this driver available still? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 I know this driver is discontinued but I really, REALLY need this driver. Is there anyone who has this that can send it to me? Any substitutes someone is aware of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 9 hours ago, Leon said: Is there anyone who has this that can send it to me? Even if anyone did, it wouldn't work as you couldn't get a license, assuming it even works at all at this point (ie can still import the required information) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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