The Timers are driving me crazy :-)

How do I load a timer, and start the timer all in the same trigger?

Are there examples of timers and pesters usage anywhere??

thanks
Bob

[jay (support)]

I've just updated the Timers and Pesters documentation. I had overlooked that doc when finalizing the Indigo 6 documentation. It should be much clearer now how to use them. Let me know if something doesn't make sense.

Jay - can you give an example Python script to check if a timer is still running for the 'if script returns true' part of the conditions tab.

If timer TimeName seconds remaining > 0

Thanks

M.

[jay (support)]

First, you can't execute Python scripts as conditions - only AppleScripts, and AppleScripts don't have access to custom plugin devices like the timer. Second, you don't need a script - just do it in the condition editor:

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[EDIT] Does that answer the question? If you have other things you want to do in the script before executing actions, then you'll want to skip the conditions tab entirely and make your action a single script. The script could check all your conditions (including the timer) then either directly execute the actions you want or it could just execute an Action Group that contains the actions you want to run.

Perfect, thanks Jay.

M.

[jay (support)]

Check my edit - wasn't sure in retrospect I'd answered your question...

Just to add my two cents. The extra docs that you provided in the timers and pesters wiki was a big help

Check my edit - wasn't sure in retrospect I'd answered your question...

Thanks Jay - It would be good to see some sample script if you don't mind. I'm firing off an email each time a Garage Door relay is toggled. I don't want multiple emails each time the door goes up and down in a single operation so I want to start a timer each time the relay operates (and re-start it if it's already running). Then only fire off the email if the timer is not running.

Thanks

M.

[jay (support)]

I'm still not following you exactly, but here's a snippet of Python to look at a timer's status:

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timer = indigo.devices[365380652] # "1 hour timer"
if timer.states["timerStatus"] == "active":
    # do whatever you need to do when it's active
elif timer.states["timerStatus"] == "paused":
    # do whatever you need to do if it's paused
else:
    # do whatever you need to do if it's inactive

Thanks Jay, that's great.

M.