Eventghost wait in minutes+hours?

[swordsx48]

Title says it. The max time I can do is 16 minutes because it only goes up to 999 seconds. Tasker handled it really well. This is how they did it

[miljbee]

your post is a bit short.

I suppose you try to use the built in wait action.

Avoid it, use a timer instead. Because, the wait action will block EG until the wait time elapses.

Timers will fire an event when the specified time is elapsed and won't block during that time.

[kkl]

miljbee,
Could I ask where the timer Action is located? I don't see it in the list of actions.

Edit: I think I found it. Are you referring to the "Set Idle Time" under System? Can you use a variable with this action? Right now, I use the time.sleep() function with a variable. It doesn't look like the GUI allows a variable with the idle timer. Is there an equivalent python command? Thanks.

Edit2: Might have found that too: eg.plugins.System.SetIdleTime(60.0). Do I need to import anything and what would be the python command? Thanks.

[jonib]

Could I ask where the timer Action is located? I don't see it in the list of actions.

You need to add the Other\Timer plugin to get the action.

Set Idle Time is something different.

jonib

[kkl]

]You need to add the Other\Timer plugin to get the action.

Set Idle Time is something different.

Thanks for the tip, but I'm not sure if that does what I need. My generic flow is:

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Action1
Wait(variable)
Action2

time.sleep() works for me, but it does lock-out any other event during that time.

[jonib]

Thanks for the tip, but I'm not sure if that does what I need. My generic flow is:

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Action1
Wait(variable)
Action2

I haven't used the Timer but I assume you would need to move "Action2" to a new macro that reacts to the timer event.

time.sleep() works for me, but it does lock-out any other event during that time.

I guess the timer is better used when the delay is longer and you don't want to block other events.

jonib

[miljbee]

Here is a sample tree

[kkl]

Thanks for the help.

[Stalltime]

Here is a sample tree

Resurrecting the thread so I can say thanks! My Dyson fan am04 does not have a timer! I got it to work for 15 minutes and then shut off with the help of this thread!