Timer

[manjh]

Search for "Scheduler"....or "SunTracker" in this forum if you would like to involve the sun status as condition

BestR Walter

I've got Suntracker, but it is not what I'm looking for. The sun is not really a variable in my switching, the day of week is... I know Suntracker can do that as well, but it gets complicated to use Suntracker without making use of sunsets.

[Bartman]

I changed the Timer plugin to use EventGhost's internal scheduler.
Nothing has changed to the user but there should be less use of resources use and less potential for threading errors.
The old version also was imprecise as the processing time was taken account for the next interval (also this should be only milliseconds).

I would appreciate if some users could test the new version
http://www.eventghost.org/svn/trunk/plu ... _init__.py

[krambriw]

Hi Bartman,
I just renamed your new plugin to Timer2 to allow to have the old one as well

However, you have missed to insert revision information, therefore this crash

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16:41:29   Error while loading plugin-file Timer2.
16:41:29   Traceback (most recent call last) (1016):
16:41:29     File "C:\Program Files\EventGhost\eg\Classes\PluginManager.py", line 178, in LoadPluginInfo
16:41:29     File "C:\Program Files\EventGhost\eg\Classes\PluginInfo.py", line 116, in ImportPlugin
16:41:29     File "C:\Program Files\EventGhost\plugins\Timer2\__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
16:41:29   IndexError: list index out of range

If you change line 5 to something similar like below it loads/compiles correctly

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    version = "1.0." + "$LastChangedRevision 000 $".split()[1],

Next step will be some testing...

Best regards, Walter

[Bartman]

Thanks for testing.
I guess the automatic replacement only works when doing a checkout with a SVN client but when viewing via web server.
Do you use the Timer plugin intensivly?

[krambriw]

My current test has been running flawless over night since yesterday

Both timer types (your new (t1) and your old (t2)) triggering every 5th second

No problem detected. Stable memory usage. CPU load 0%

Best regards, Walter

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07:33:57   Timer.t110650 (10650, '2009-08-11 07:33:57')
07:34:00   Timer.t210633 (10633, '2009-08-11 07:34:00')
07:34:02   Timer.t110651 (10651, '2009-08-11 07:34:02')
07:34:05   Timer.t210634 (10634, '2009-08-11 07:34:05')
07:34:07   Timer.t110652 (10652, '2009-08-11 07:34:07')
07:34:10   Timer.t210635 (10635, '2009-08-11 07:34:10')
07:34:12   Timer.t110653 (10653, '2009-08-11 07:34:12')
07:34:15   Timer.t210636 (10636, '2009-08-11 07:34:15')
07:34:17   Timer.t110654 (10654, '2009-08-11 07:34:17')
07:34:20   Timer.t210637 (10637, '2009-08-11 07:34:20')
07:34:22   Timer.t110655 (10655, '2009-08-11 07:34:22')
07:34:25   Timer.t210638 (10638, '2009-08-11 07:34:25')
07:34:27   Timer.t110656 (10656, '2009-08-11 07:34:27')
07:34:30   Timer.t210639 (10639, '2009-08-11 07:34:30')
07:34:32   Timer.t110657 (10657, '2009-08-11 07:34:32')
07:34:35   Timer.t210640 (10640, '2009-08-11 07:34:35')
07:34:37   Timer.t110658 (10658, '2009-08-11 07:34:37')
07:34:40   Timer.t210641 (10641, '2009-08-11 07:34:40')
07:34:42   Timer.t110659 (10659, '2009-08-11 07:34:42')
07:34:45   Timer.t210642 (10642, '2009-08-11 07:34:45')
07:34:47   Timer.t110660 (10660, '2009-08-11 07:34:47')
07:34:50   Timer.t210643 (10643, '2009-08-11 07:34:50')
07:34:52   Timer.t110661 (10661, '2009-08-11 07:34:52')
07:34:55   Timer.t210644 (10644, '2009-08-11 07:34:55')

[krambriw]

Still working without problem

[vicx]

I just used this plugin instead of the original timer plug.

I prefer this one.

[Bartman]

I just used this plugin instead of the original timer plug.
I prefer this one.

This is the original timer plugin. It is already included in the current betas .

[LanceDrolet]

Is there a way to pass variables to the payload of the triggered event?

I'm trying to run a "convert-to-mpg" program when Vista Media Center records a show, but I have to wait until the show is done recording before converting it. So, I'm using directory watcher to see when a 'dvr-ms' file is created. I then want to wait a safe time and trigger an event that starts the converter. So, I have to pass the file location and destination to the event-handler (script) that runs the converter.

Is this possible?


Thanks!

[manjh]

Is there a way to pass variables to the payload of the triggered event?

I'm trying to run a "convert-to-mpg" program when Vista Media Center records a show, but I have to wait until the show is done recording before converting it. So, I'm using directory watcher to see when a 'dvr-ms' file is created. I then want to wait a safe time and trigger an event that starts the converter. So, I have to pass the file location and destination to the event-handler (script) that runs the converter.

Is this possible?


Thanks!

I assume there will only be one file to convert at any given time. Could you store the file location into a fixed named/location file? The conversion program can then be triggered without any parameter, since it will always look in that file to find the information about the file to be converted.

[LanceDrolet]

I assume there will only be one file to convert at any given time. Could you store the file location into a fixed named/location file? The conversion program can then be triggered without any parameter, since it will always look in that file to find the information about the file to be converted.

No, there are many times when we record two or more TV shows at once (often with overlapping start/stop times). Otherwise, I'd just store the locations as eg.global variables.

[LanceDrolet]

Ok, I figured out a work-around. I can embed the variables in event name.

in my case, it will be something like

Timer.inputFile;outputDest.convert

Then I just trigger the conversion with any "convert" event... then in the event-handler, parse the event.suffix to get at what I need. Quick and dirty, but it'll get the job done.

[LanceDrolet]

Ok then... apparently, you can only use one timer at a time... Oh well, I guess I can just save the file info to a list in eg.globals and set a timer to run through the whole list in the middle of the night.

[Bartman]

You can use as many timers as you like.

[LanceDrolet]

You can use as many timers as you like.

Guess I misspoke... you are only allowed to use one instance of the each timer... as it says in the GUI..."Currently running timer with the same name will be aborted"...

No worries, though... I found a solution to my problem.

Thanks.