Q about Timerset

[BartSr]

Hi,
Hereunder a simplified piece of code in rules.
I want to Publish domoticz to be executed every 10 seconds.
I had expected this code works but no, it does not.
What is wrong?

-Bart

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On System#Boot do 
   timerSet,1,10
endon

On Rules#Timer=1
   Publish domoticz/in, '{ "idx":985, "svalue":"0;0;0;[Energy#Wh];[Power#W];0"}'
endon

[TD-er]

You should either set the timer again when dealing with it, but this will eventually drift as the new timer is set when the event is being processed.
So the better option is to use looptimer

See: https://espeasy.readthedocs.io/en/lates ... l-commands
And: https://espeasy.readthedocs.io/en/lates ... oop-timers
The latter one is probably the most usable as it includes examples.

N.B. there are 2 variants, one of them ending with _ms indicating the time unit is in msec.

[BartSr]

TD-er I tried , following example but without good result.
What is wrong?

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 On System#Boot do    //When the ESP boots, do
       looptimerset_ms,2,2500
 endon

   On Rules#Timer=2 do 

   Publish domoticz/in, '{ "idx":1009, "svalue":"[Energy#Wh];0;0;0;[Power#W];0"}'


endon

[TD-er]

Did you reboot?
Or give the command via the tools page?

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looptimerset_ms,2,2500

By the way, this will call the loop timer every 2.5 sec, not the 10 sec you mentioned before.

Just did some cleanup on your rules and added a logentry call so you can check whether it is working and what it is sending:

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On System#Boot do    //When the ESP boots, do
  looptimerset,2,10  // start timer #2 every 10 seconds
endon

On Rules#Timer=2 do 
  LogEntry,'Publishing: { "idx":1009, "svalue":"[Energy#Wh];0;0;0;[Power#W];0"}'
  Publish,domoticz/in,'{ "idx":1009, "svalue":"[Energy#Wh];0;0;0;[Power#W];0"}'
endon

[BartSr]

Hi TD-er.

I changed my code to a 2.5 sec interval just for some faster checking. In final version 10 sec will be used.

It seems that I overlooked to reboot. After that the rule worked ok.
Regarding the logentry you added,( I still need to include) but what is the advantage? I use to have a look at the log which shows up after selecting that option. This also shows me if the looptimer works.

Anyway, thanks for your time and help.
Bart

update: I googled on 'logentry' and I think to understand. so going to play with it for my understanding

[TD-er]

The logentry was for you to help diagnose the issue.
It will also replace all variables in the string before adding it to the log, so you can see what is actually being sent.

Logentry is very useful for debugging rules.