How to create a scheduled job in lua?

[p0puptoast]

Domoticz v3.57. Linux ARM. Debian wheezy.

I want to change the mode setting on a pair of thermostats at specific times in the day.

I've looked but cannot see any examples of how to make a setting at a specific time. I am using the in-built editor and saving as a time script. Both the following methods for retrieving the current time have failed for me.

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time = os.date("*t") 

and

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time = os.time()

I am debugging by printing to the log and can see that in the first instance that time is nil since the comparison to a number I have done produced "attempt to compare number with nil".

If I use the latter code (as in the full listing below) I see the error

"Error: EventSystem: in BedroomsEnergySave_time: [string "..."]:17: attempt to index global 'timenow' (a number value)"

Full code is as follows.

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print ("Time based event fired")

commandArray = {}
 
timenow =  os.time() 

print (timenow.hours)
print (" hours")
print (timenow.minutes)
print (" minutes")
 
if (timenow.hours>9) then
    print ("It is after 0900 GMT")
end 
 
for deviceName,deviceValue in pairs(otherdevices) do
    if (timenow.hour == 19 and timenow.minutes == 1) then
        if (deviceName=='T stat mode') then
            if deviceValue == 'Comfort' then
                print("T stat mode is Comfort")
                commandArray['T stat mode'] = 'Energy Saving'
                print("T stat mode switched to Energy Saving")
            end
        elseif  (deviceName=='L stat mode') then
            if deviceValue == 'Comfort' then
                print("L stat mode is Comfort")
                commandArray['L stat mode'] = 'Energy Saving'
                print("L stat mode switched to Energy Saving")
            end
        end
   elseif (timenow.hour == 8 and timenow.minutes == 35) then
       if (deviceName=='T stat mode') then
            if deviceValue == 'Energy Saving' then
                print("T stat mode is Energy Saving")
                commandArray['T stat mode'] = 'Comfort'
                print("T stat mode switched to Comfort")
            end
        elseif  (deviceName=='L stat mode') then
            if deviceValue == 'Energy Saving' then
                print("L stat mode is Energy Saving")
                commandArray['L stat mode'] = 'Comfort'
                print("L stat mode switched to Comfort")
            end
        end
   end
end


return commandArray

[JustME125]

Have a look at dZvents, works great for me.

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[p0puptoast]

Have a look at dZvents, works great for me.

Thanks for the tip but I had problems getting dzVents to run: nobody came back in the forum with my query on that.

Dave

[JustME125]

What was your issue? Mine works like a charm

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[p0puptoast]

What was your issue? Mine works like a charm

See viewtopic.php?f=23&t=13646&p=98626#p98626.

[p0puptoast]

I looked through domoticz/lua/doc/manual.html and http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/ctime/strftime/ and altered the starting section to

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timehour =  os.date("%H") 
timehour_n = tonumber(timehour)
timemin = os.date("%M")
timemin_n = tonumber(timemin)

Subsequently the time test is

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if (timehour_n == 22 and timemin_n == 29) then

For instance that would be true at 22:29.

I'm surprised a scheduling type of script does not appear in the examples yet.

[JustME125]

What was your issue? Mine works like a charm

See viewtopic.php?f=23&t=13646&p=98626#p98626.

Just replied there

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