Hi i need some help with my script.

My motion detector is coming from Norm on Wednesday. I would like to embed this script when it detects motion. the problem i am having is to tell the system volume to decrease after the song has played. i realise my code is a bit messy help appreciated.

RT

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tell application "System Preferences"
   activate
   set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.sound"
   reveal (first anchor of current pane whose name is "output")
end tell

tell application "System Events"
   launch
   tell process "System Preferences" to tell slider 1 of group 1 of tab group 1 of window 1 to set value to 0 --center balance
   tell process "System Preferences" to set value of slider 1 of group 1 of window "Sound" to 7 --maximize volume
end tell
tell application "System Preferences"
   quit
end tell
tell application "iTunes"
   activate
end tell
tell application "iTunes"
   set the current EQ preset to EQ preset "Flat"
end tell
tell application "iTunes"
   set the sound volume to 90
end tell
tell application "iTunes"
   play track named "Just Dance" of playlist "doorbell" with once
end tell
tell application "System Preferences"
   activate
   set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.sound"
   reveal (first anchor of current pane whose name is "output")
end tell

tell application "System Events"
   launch
   tell process "System Preferences" to tell slider 1 of group 1 of tab group 1 of window 1 to set value to 0 --center balance
   tell process "System Preferences" to set value of slider 1 of group 1 of window "Sound" to 0 --maximize volume
end tell
tell application "System Preferences"
   quit
end tell



artpics wrote:Hi i need some help with my script.

My motion detector is coming from Norm on Wednesday. I would like to embed this script when it detects motion. the problem i am having is to tell the system volume to decrease after the song has played. i realise my code is a bit messy help appreciated.

RT

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tell application "System Preferences"
   activate
   set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.sound"
   reveal (first anchor of current pane whose name is "output")
end tell

tell application "System Events"
   launch
   tell process "System Preferences" to tell slider 1 of group 1 of tab group 1 of window 1 to set value to 0 --center balance
   tell process "System Preferences" to set value of slider 1 of group 1 of window "Sound" to 7 --maximize volume
end tell
tell application "System Preferences"
   quit
end tell
tell application "iTunes"
   activate
end tell
tell application "iTunes"
   set the current EQ preset to EQ preset "Flat"
end tell
tell application "iTunes"
   set the sound volume to 90
end tell
tell application "iTunes"
   play track named "Just Dance" of playlist "doorbell" with once
end tell
tell application "System Preferences"
   activate
   set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.sound"
   reveal (first anchor of current pane whose name is "output")
end tell

tell application "System Events"
   launch
   tell process "System Preferences" to tell slider 1 of group 1 of tab group 1 of window 1 to set value to 0 --center balance
   tell process "System Preferences" to set value of slider 1 of group 1 of window "Sound" to 0 --maximize volume
end tell
tell application "System Preferences"
   quit
end tell



Can you explain more precisely what you're trying to do (and your environment)? I think there might be an easier way than trying to script system preferences, but I can't really tell from the script above what that is....

thanks Jay.

what i want is when the motion sensor goes off, i want itunes to raise the system volume to 100% and raise the itunes volume to 100%

2. play my sound file once
3. then bring the system sounds back down to say 30%

this is my way of using indigo as my doorbell. the script works but having trouble as i cannot get the sound to stay at 100% while the track plays.

i need a pause in the script until it takes the volume down.

you can test this script by changing the values here with your settings.

tell application "iTunes"
play track named "Just Dance" of playlist "doorbell" with once
end tell

The command you're looking for is

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Delay N

where N = number of seconds to pause the script.

Also, I don't believe you need separate Tell segments for each iTunes command...Is there some reason they can't all be in the same Tell construct? You can also do one-line Tells, eg rather than

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tell application "iTunes"
   activate
end tell

you can use

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Tell application "iTunes" to activate

Thanks Bill it works. i will work on refining and adding to my script when i become more experienced with Apple Script.