Time Adjustment Calculation

Hey,

I thought this may be simple but with my limited knowledge of AS it has me stumped.

What I'm after is to calculate the time our hot tub will arrive at 100 degrees
based on it's current temperature. It heats at a rate of 10 degrees an hour...slow I know.

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tell application "IndigoServer"
   
   set theTemp to (value of variable "wsTemp_HotTub" as integer)
   set theTime to (100 - theTemp)
   set theTime to (theTime * 6)
   set the value of variable "HotTubReadyTime" to time string of ((date (value of variable "ClockTimeAmPm")) + (theTime * minutes))
   
end tell


So basically, I think, I just need to subtract the hot tub temperature from 100, then multiply by 6 and add that as minutes
to the current time and set the HotTubReadyTime variable to that.

Any help greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Carl

[jay (support)]

The script works for me when I substitute:

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date (value of variable "ClockTimeAmPm")

with:

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current date

Are you sure that whatever you have ClockTimeAmPm set to is being coerced correctly into a date? And is there any reason you're using a time stored in a variable rather than just using current date?

Could use current date in place of ClockTimeAmPm but I still can't
get it to run with the substitution you suggested.

Error: Can't make "11:45 am" into type number.

No doubt it's just a syntax error on my part.

Thanks,

Carl

[jay (support)]

That indicates that you didn't get the change in and it's still trying to make "11:45 am" from somewhere (the variable?) into a date. Paste in your script.

Here it is.

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tell application "IndigoServer"
   
   set theTemp to (value of variable "wsTemp_HotTub" as integer)
   set theTime to (100 - theTemp)
   set theTime to (theTime * 6)
   set the value of variable "HotTubReadyTime" to (time string of (current date)) + (theTime * minutes)
   
end tell



Thanks for looking into it.

Carl

[jay (support)]

Parenthesis problem - you're converting current date into a string before adding the minutes. You should do that after:

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tell application "IndigoServer"
   
   set theTemp to (value of variable "wsTemp_HotTub" as integer)
   set theTime to (100 - theTemp)
   set theTime to (theTime * 6)
   set the value of variable "HotTubReadyTime" to time string of (current date + (theTime * minutes))
   
end tell


Excellent...thanks a bunch. Really need to find the time to learn Python.

Carl