timer

[pawell32]

hello,

timer is not working, what am doing wrong ?


On Rules#Timer=1 Do
TimerSet,1,2
LCD,1,1,%systime%
endon

[TD-er]

How do you initially start the timer?
What is the rest of the rules?
Or do you send a command to start the timer?

[pawell32]

i want to start the timer on startup.

[TD-er]

And how did you do that in the rules you now have?

[pawell32]

i dont`t know how to initiate it

[pawell32]

i want to refresh my screen every second

[TD-er]

From the documentation:
https://espeasy.readthedocs.io/en/lates ... ore-events

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on System#Boot do
  timerSet,1,1
endon

On Rules#Timer=1 Do
  TimerSet,1,2
  LCD,1,1,%systime%
endon

Edit:
See also: https://espeasy.readthedocs.io/en/lates ... nds-listed
For recent builds you can also use loopTimerSet.

[pawell32]

thank you

timerSet=1,10 -> timerSet,1,1

[pawell32]

it shows me every 2 seconds, not every one

[Ath]

it shows me every 2 seconds, not every one

Well, there is a solution for that:
- Use the new LoopTimerSet / LoopTimerSet_ms commands to set up an automatic repeating timer, that will go off every second, as currently you restart the timer and it is scheduled somewhere for the next second, effectively skipping a partial second

[pawell32]

on System#Boot do
timerSet,1,1
endon
On Rules#LoopTimerset=1 Do
timerset,1,1
7dn,%syssec_0%
endon


I don't know how to use it

[TD-er]

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on System#Boot do
  loopTimerSet,1,1
endon

On Rules#Timer=1 Do
  LCD,1,1,%systime%
endon

[pawell32]

not working

[TD-er]

What build are you using?
The looptimer has been introduced with build 2020/08/12

[pawell32]

ESP_Easy_mega_20200801_normal_ESP8266_4M1M

[TD-er]

So please use a more recent build, if you want to have a more precise timer interval.
The loop timer has only been introduced in later builds.

[Smotek7]

I have problems with the rules.
I'm using the version
ESP_Easy_mega_20200929_test_beta_ESP8266_4M1M
If I create a rule:

On System#Boot do
tone,14,100,05
gpio,12,0
timerSet,1,1
endon

On Rules#Timer=1 do
gpio,12,1
timerSet,2,1
endon

On Rules#Timer=2 do
gpio,12,0
timerSet,1,1
endon

The rule is not executed.
But if I turn on the Old engine.
That's how it works.
What does it cause?

[Ath]

The 'Old' engine is the current way of executing the rules from Rules1..4.txt files, so it should be enabled if you want these to be executed.
That's by design, the design for the 'New' rules isn't completed yet, and not fully backward compatible atm.

[TD-er]

And to complement Ton's answer.
I don't think the "new rules" as they are implemented right now, will probably not be continued.
Maybe I should relabel them as "experimental" instead of "new"

[Smotek7]

Is it written somewhere, please?
It would be good to write it to the Old engine check box.

[Ath]

When enabling rules, the Old engine is enabled by default. If you disable that, you won't be able to edit the 'Old' rules, so they won't be executed. No reason to disable that option, I would say...