Set Delay Time to Less Than a Second

Is there any way to set a time interval, specifically the delay to less than a second?
Is this possible through scripting?
My attempts have been fruitless.
I need to set a very short delay for CynicalSecuritySpy interactions with a security camera.

[matt (support)]

The Indigo Server's smallest delay resolution is 1 second. You can implement your own delay shorter than that via scripting, but note the precision won't be guaranteed given the distributed nature of the Indigo Server + Plugins + SecuritySpy. They all run in their own processes and have their own queue handling of events. Depending on what you are doing though you might find acceptable results with much smaller delays.

Hello Matt,

I was looking at this page http://wiki.indigodomo.com/doku.php?id= ... g_tutorial
and tried to use the following command:
indigo.device.turnOn("Light", duration=2, delay=0.5)

but the "delay" variable in the function does not take a value less than 1.

All I need to do is turn on a light half a second (or less) after camera motion is detected.

Please advise.

[matt (support)]

If you want a fast flash (after an initial 2 second delay?) you could just turn it on and immediately off:

indigo.device.turnOn("Light", duration=2)
indigo.device.turnOff("Light", duration=2)

The "duration=2" should actually be "duration=300" (5 minutes)

I need the light to turn ON and stay ON.
But I need it to turn on just after (100-500 ms) the trigger is tripped (This is for light exposure reasons with SecuritySpy and how it captures thumbnails).

So immediately is no good, it has to be at least 100ms later?

Code: Select all

import time
time.sleep(0.1)
indigo.device.turnOn("Light", duration=300)


Just what I needed.
Thank you!