Timer 5 minute past the hour every 4 hours

[FredZ]

Hello all

I have a script that triggers (turns on a pump) every 4 hours. and it works fine. however, I would like it to trigger 5 minutes past the hour instead of on the hour. No real reason why except for ease of viewing/scanning log as I have several events running at the same time.

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        },
        timer = {
            'every 4 hours', -- Adjust this if necessary
        },
    },

EG: 0005 0405 0805 1205 1605 2005

Can this be done simply?

FYI: Since I changed all my scripts to dzVents I haven't had any fail to run.

Regards

Fred

[gizmocuz]

You could do something like this:

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return {
	on = {
		timer = {
			'at *:05',					-- called every 5th minute in the hour
		}
	},
	logging = {
		level = domoticz.LOG_INFO,
		marker = 'template',
	},
	execute = function(domoticz, timer)
		local act_hour = tonumber(os.date('%H'))

		if  ((act_hour % 4) ~= 0) then
			do return end -- we don't want to be calle yet
		end

		domoticz.log('This IS called every forth hour!', domoticz.LOG_INFO)
	end
}

[HvdW]

What about this?
light.switchOn().checkFirst().afterMin(5)
From the wiki.

Your pump could maybe use this one as well:
light.switchOff().afterMin(15)

I asked AI as well

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return {
    on = {
        timer = {'every hour'}  -- Checks every hour, but only triggers at 4-hour intervals
    },
    execute = function(domoticz)
        local time = domoticz.time
        local currentHour = time.hour
        local currentMinute = time.min

        -- Check if it's 5 minutes past the hour AND hour % 4 == 0 (every 4 hours)
        if (currentMinute == 5) and (currentHour % 4 == 0) then
            domoticz.log("Triggering pump at " .. time.rawTime, domoticz.LOG_INFO)
            domoticz.devices("Your Pump Name").switchOn()  -- Replace with your pump's name
        end
    end
}

It uses domoticz.time which is elegant.

Another solution

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    on = {
        timer = {
            'at 00:05', 'at 04:05', 'at 08:05',
            'at 12:05', 'at 16:05', 'at 20:05'
        }

[gizmocuz]

Your AI solution won't work as it is only triggered every hour, not 5 minutes past.
Your second solution works perfect...

[HvdW]

Your AI solution won't work as it is only triggered every hour, not 5 minutes past.
Your second solution works perfect...

The second is human.