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What is 'on delay' and 'off delay'?

Posted: Thursday 11 January 2018 7:47
by irongarment
These are two values you can set when configuring a switch, however, they are not documented in the manual or on the wiki.

Thank you.

Re: What is 'on delay' and 'off delay'?

Posted: Thursday 11 January 2018 8:00
by emme
On_Delay = the amount of secs between the switch button and its actual state change from off to on
Off_Delay = the amount of secs between the switch button and its actual state change from On to Off

Re: What is 'on delay' and 'off delay'?

Posted: Thursday 11 January 2018 8:15
by irongarment
Thanks.

What is the purpose? Is it so that the button can be flicked back on (or off) quickly without causing the device to change state? Or another reason?

Thank you.

Re: What is 'on delay' and 'off delay'?

Posted: Thursday 11 January 2018 8:59
by Jem101
Well as an example I have a nighttime scene which I trigger by either pressing a button or via the Amazon Echo - what it does is to turn on a light in my hallway (so I can see my way up the stairs), turn off all the lights in my living room and then has a 30 second delay before it turns off the kitchen lights.

That way I can trigger the scene, walk out of my living room, walk into the kitchen to take any plates or cups out and then just go up to bed knowing that the living room lights will all be off and that the kitchen light will turn off after 30 seconds.

Re: What is 'on delay' and 'off delay'?

Posted: Thursday 11 January 2018 9:34
by irongarment
Ah, got it. Thanks.

This should be documented, however, the manual is not editable, and the wiki doesn't have an entry for switches. What to do?

Re: What is 'on delay' and 'off delay'?

Posted: Monday 22 October 2018 13:56
by AlBundy
Hi all,

Using V4.9700 the Off Delay for a light/switch isn't working as described by emme.

Emme wrote: Off_Delay = the amount of secs between the switch button and its actual state change from On to Off

My experiences:
Off Delay is the time in seconds the light/switch says On before it switches back to Off.
When you press the light/switch to On it waits Off Delay seconds before it is switched Off again automatically.
So it is not Off Delay but more like "Stay On for xx seconds"

On Delay for a light/switch works as expected but Off Delay doesn't.
This can't be intended, or is it?

Re: What is 'on delay' and 'off delay'?

Posted: Monday 22 October 2018 13:59
by AlBundy
I would like it to be like emme explained.

Off_Delay = the amount of secs between the switch button and its actual state change from On to Off

This makes sense.

Re: What is 'on delay' and 'off delay'?

Posted: Monday 22 October 2018 14:07
by AlBundy
Using a group and setting a Off Delay works as expected.

So why is Off Delay different between a Light/Switch and a Group?

Re: What is 'on delay' and 'off delay'?

Posted: Wednesday 22 May 2019 18:32
by PaulOckenden
Sorry to resurrect an old topic.

I can't get either on or off delay to work for a (z-wave) switch. If I enter 60 seconds for both the specified actions always run instantly.

I'm running Version 4.10717 (May 9th 2019)

Any ideas?

P.

Re: What is 'on delay' and 'off delay'?

Posted: Monday 24 June 2019 19:34
by Decyph
I was trying to find out the same thing.
It seems that the on delay and off delay of a switch work different.
The off delay turns the switch off again (if switched to on) after x seconds
But the on delay is x seconds from flipping the switch to on and it actually being on.

To me that seems weird.

Version 4.10833