add delays within 2 actions in the same event

[jang430]

I have programed that upon pressing F12, my receiver turns on, and XBMC starts. Unfortunately, my receiver experiences some delay upon power up, and can't have xbmc displayed on my external display, which is connected to my Harman receiver. xbmc doesn't detect my external display because receiver responds a bit slow. Is there a way to insert delay of 1 or 2 seconds after powering up harman receiver before starting xbmc? Please provide detailed instructions, newbie here

[Dragon470]

Inbetween the action for starting the receiver and starting xbmc just add the action "wait some time" it is under Eventghost in the "Select an action to add..." This will pause all other eventghost actions as well untill the time has passed.

Alternatively you can use the "Trigger Event" and have it on a delay to then trigger the start of xbmc. This method will not freeze Eventghost.

[jang430]

Wow, thanks Dragon470. Didn't thought it would be this easy. So trigger event will be the better choice? But how will it know if my harman receiver is already ready ot receive input already, before it triggers the start of xbmc?

[jang430]

I tried adding trigger event, it asks me for "event string to fire." Any idea what to put in here? I want a setup wherein after powering on my Harman receiver, it will wait a few seconds, probably 1 or 2, get my extended display (LCD TV connected to harman receiver) ready before it starts xbmc. Otherwise, xbmc will fire up on my primary lcd, which is my computer monitor.

[kkl]

"Event string" is the literal event/trigger (the ones you see in the left-hand pane). For example, "Keyboard.F12".

[jang430]

thank you kkl