Using TIME in dzvents

[solarboy]

I am just getting started with dzvents but still struggling with using time in my scripts.

Could someone point out to me where I am going wrong, I find the dzvents wiki quite hard to understand.

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return {
	on = {
		
		timer = { 'every 1 minutes'},
		
	},
	
	execute = function(domoticz,Item)
	
	local Time = require('Time')
	local now = Time()
	
	if now == '16:54'
	then domoticz.log('PASSED TEST', domoticz.LOG_ERROR)
	    print(now)
    else 
        domoticz.log('FAILTEST', domoticz.LOG_ERROR)
        print(now)
	    end
	

	end
}

[solarboy]

Basically I am trying to recreate what in Blockly would be

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If TIME = 16:55 then ......

I have tried quite a few variations and still no luck.

[solarboy]

For example this

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return {
	on = {
		
		timer = { 'every 1 minutes'},
		
	},
	
	execute = function(domoticz,Item)
	
	
	if domoticz.time() == '17:27'
	then domoticz.log('PASSED TEST2', domoticz.LOG_FORCE)
	    end
	

	end
}

Obviously I am missing something.

[waltervl]

Use

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timer = { 'at 17:27' },

To start something at 17:27

For testing be sure you set a time > 2 minutes after current time. Else Domoticz will probably not be triggered as timers are stored every minute.

[waltervl]

Tip: to switch something simple on/off use the standard timer function, see wiki https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/Managing_ ... ice_Timers

[solarboy]

Thanks for the response . I am using virtual switches as timer devices for now,and calling them as devices...

if dz.device('My virtual switch').state == 'On'
then...

I just thought there might be another way.
So I guess with your first suggestion, I would add

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timer = { 'at 17:27' }

as my trigger, and then capture the triggered that as an item which triggered the script in the execute/function part.

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if item.trigger('at 17:27') -- ??

Sometimes I would like to have various timers in one script that can be individually referenced in the function.

Seems quite a complex way of working with time in a function.

[solarboy]

For example. I often would like a script such as.

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If switch1 ==  'On' and time == '17:57'
then switch 2.switchOn()
elseif switch1 == 'On' and time == '23:00'
then switch3.switchOn()
end

[waltervl]

You can use the matchesRule(rule) function for this eg.

If switch1 == 'On' and domoticz.time.matchesRule(' at 17:27') then

[solarboy]

That's exactly what I was looking for ! Thank you so much !