timers / delay from logic

[twinkelm]

Hi Filip, hi all,

one more question, if allowed ;-)

Is it possible to use DELAY or TIMER commands from the logic module? I want to create a timer based callback, and DELAY or TIMER commands would be really helpful instead of programming a timer by myself.

Something like
use abc = "TIMER.room.5s.C.LOGIC"
abc.value = "mycallback(parameter)"

If yes, do you have some sample code? I tried some variations of above, but no success ;-)

Any other options?

Have a nice evening,
Best regards,

Thomas

[DOMIQ]

You could use timers like below:

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function handler(test)
  print("This is delayed " .. test)
end

command("TIMER.test.5.C.LOGIC=handler('Hello')")

[twinkelm]

That is an elegant solution, just what I was expecting, thanks a lot. And especially thanks for the super fast reply!

Best regards,
Thomas

[DOMIQ]

Sorry, I just found one reason why that will not work.
Next version of the system will have it fixed. As for now command call is adding C. in front.
As a workaround until it's fixed you can add following line to the Events tab:

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Channel: C%.TIMER%.(.+)
Command:
Channel name: TIMER.$C1
Channel value: $D0

This will forward any data sent to C.TIMER.xxx=yyy as TIMER.xxx=yyy. You can try the same approach with delays.