and/if with times

[desertdog]

I tried to write this blockly script where my curtain will open every morning at sunrise, except when the sunrise is before 7:00. In that case they open at 7:00.


Unfortunately, this gives the following error, so it seems you can not compare time like this:

2020-04-02 07:35:00.216 Error: EventSystem: Lua script error (Blockly), Name: Curtains_2 => [string "result = 0; weekday = os.date('*t')['wday']; ..."]:1: ')' expected near 'comparevariable'

Is there any way to make this work?

[Ernstl]

You Need a Time-Pice (Blue) After the „and“ in the else if line, Not a logic pice (Green).

[desertdog]

You Need a Time-Pice (Blue) After the „and“ in the else if line, Not a logic pice (Green).

You mean the "Sunrise < 07:00" part, right? The problem is that there is no time-piece to do this.

[Ernstl]

Okay, you´re right.
I Think it is not possible to compare to time-points.
Just try:
else if Time=07:00 and Time>=Sunrise

[Thuis]

Hello i am only trying to help, i have done it like this :


Strange one must think it would be a time between AND another time. But with OR it seems to work.

[desertdog]

Hello i am only trying to help, i have done it like this :


Strange one must think it would be a time between AND another time. But with OR it seems to work.

Since time is only within one day

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<= 06:00 OR => 22:00

should work the same

[desertdog]

Okay, you´re right.
I Think it is not possible to compare to time-points.
Just try:
else if Time=07:00 and Time>=Sunrise

Yes works!

[AllesVanZelf]

Why not just:

If [Time] => 7:00 AND [Time] >= [Sunrise]
Do [Curtains] = [Open]

Personally I would limit the time to let say 10:00 to prevent opening off the curtains in the evening.

If [Time] => 7:00 AND [Time] >= [Sunrise] AND [Time] =< 10:00
Do [Curtains] = [Open]

[Thuis]

Just use OR instead of AND is my finding

between 6:00 or 7:00 not between 6:00 and 7:00 for blockly.

Otherwise it only works on 6:00 and on 7:00 not at 6:01 until 6:59.
Or you want to open the curtains only when sunrise matches the time of 7:00

but that is just me.

[desertdog]

Just use OR instead of AND is my finding

between 6:00 or 7:00 not between 6:00 and 7:00 for blockly.

Otherwise it only works on 6:00 and on 7:00 not at 6:01 until 6:59.
Or you want to open the curtains only when sunrise matches the time of 7:00

but that is just me.

There are two lines, the first one:
time = sunrise AND time > 07:00: so that will open the curtain when the sunrise is after 7:00, eg: 7:01, 7:45, etc
second one:
time = 07:00 AND time >= sunrise: will open the curtains at 07:00 when the sunrise is before 07:00

[Thuis]

That is good Thanks

[AllesVanZelf]

There are two lines, the first one:
time = sunrise AND time > 07:00: so that will open the curtain when the sunrise is after 7:00, eg: 7:01, 7:45, etc
second one:
time = 07:00 AND time >= sunrise: will open the curtains at 07:00 when the sunrise is before 07:00

You are complicationg things. Please have a look at my post above. It will work in just one line.

[desertdog]

Your line works but will keep triggering the whole day. If I decide to close the curtains somewhere during the day they will open again since it > 07:00

[AllesVanZelf]

Your line works but will keep triggering the whole day. If I decide to close the curtains somewhere during the day they will open again since it > 07:00

If you add this: AND [Time] =< 10:00
How would it be possible that it is triggered all day? I do not understand that.

[desertdog]

It still opens my curtains again when I decide to watch tv with close curtains at 9:30.

[AllesVanZelf]

That is what you want isn't it? 9:30 is later then 7:00. Maybe we are missing some information. Is this tv part of the script like the script of Thuis?

[desertdog]

No, I want to open the curtain when it's sunset, if the sunset is 7:00 or later.
If the sunset is earlier than 7:00, the curtains have top open at 7:00.

So say the sunrise was at 6:43 and the curtains have opened at 7:00 as programmed. If for whatever reason (sunlight on my tv, too bright for my hangover, vacuuming the curtains) I decide to close the curtains again at 7:15, I don't want a script to re-open it immediately.
There is another reason I only want the script to open at only 1 specific time, being 7:00 or sunrise. This means in case of an error there is a maximum of two triggers instead of every minute until that between the time you suggest. The curtains are controlled by a motor that doesn't give feedback but stops when there is too much resistance. If for some reason this script keeps firing every minute opening the curtains while already open, it might lose the resistance and keeps on opening. which may lead to overheating