How do you load the symbol file every time? Either copy it to ~/.cm11-symbols if you are only doing immediate commands, or use the command line switch "-y" to load the symbol file, i.e.
cm11 -y symbols.cm11 -i "ON KITCHEN"
What you'll eventually want to do (most likely) is create some timer macros to do your dawn simulator. These can be downloaded to the cm11 with the command
cm11 -s -e dawn.cm11
The -s options syncs the CM11's clock with your system clock, then the -e option compiles and links the eprom image from the source/symbol file dawn.cm11, and then downloads it to the EPROM. This process creates the file ~/.cm11-symbols from dawn.cm11 so you don't have to recompile them every time, nor will you have to deal with specifying the symbol file with -y. And of course, you don't have to even have your computer connected to the CM11 after this point.
Here is an example dawn.cm11 I might create for doing a dawn simulation:
--------- # Sunrise Timer Macro ALIAS SUN A1 # SUN is more friendly than a unit number EXTDIM SUN # The sun is an LM14 TIMER -MTWTF- # Begin TIMER macro, Weekdays only START 7:00 # CM11 has concept of "START" and "STOP" timers NAME "First Stage" # Helps in debugging later in cm11 -m mode EVENT DIMTO:90 SUN # You can have more than one EVENT per macro ENDM # Ends the "START" macro STOP 7:05 # Begins the "STOP" macro NAME "Second Stage" EVENT DIMTO:80 SUN ENDM ENDT # End timer macro definition TIMER -MTWTF- # Begin another timer macro for next 2 stages START 7:10 NAME "Third Stage" EVENT DIMTO:70 SUN ENDM STOP 7:15 # Yes you can omit the Name field EVENT DIMTO:60 SUN ENDM ENDT # Yes, you can also arrange the commands any way you wish! TIMER -MTWTF- START 7:20 EVENT DIMTO:50 SUN ENDM STOP 7:25 EVENT DIMTO:30 ENDM ENDT # Yes, you can OMIT the STOP macro if you don't need it. It's more efficient # to write them in pairs, though. Uses less space in the EPROM. TIMER -MTWTF- START 7:30 EVENT DIMTO:0 SUN ENDM ENDT # On saturday or sunday, just turn the sucker on at 9 AM. :) TIMER S-----S START 9:00 EVENT DIMTO:0 SUN ENDM ENDT -------