Timer

[BigBlack]

Ok now i've understand how to set it in the autostart! Now i need only to know how to use it in the windows scheduler. Thank you

[miljbee]

with the windows scheduler you don't need the timer plugin. Just create a scheduled task in windows, and launch eventghost.exe -e yourevent.
This will generate a Main.youevent in eg each time it runs.

[BigBlack]

good... so if my event it's Timer.Sveglia i need to change it with Main.Sveglia to make it work with windows scheduler right?

[Bartman]

Yep.
For long time actions I would recommend the windows task scheduler.

The timer plugin is targeted for short time usage and timers which are frequently restarted, stopper or changed in other way. Putting the computer into standby after xx minutes after last remote command and reminding me of food in the oven was the reason I started the timer plug in.

[BigBlack]

Ok now i'll try what's better for me EG has rapid access instead of windwos scheduler so to reimpost every day a different time for wake up it's faster. Thank you for ur help! Bye bye

[sdmmas]

Hi:

Im have a Python Program and i want execute this program every 30 min. ┬┐How i can do this?

Thanks and Regards

[claymic]

Hi guys.
How to know if a timer is running or not ?
Thanks
Clayton

[krambriw]

Double click on the plugin itself and check what is presented in the listbox. If you see it there, it is running...

[claymic]

Thanks, i don┬┤t explain right.
I want to know if is possible with python to know if a timer is running or not.
Clayton

[krambriw]

Now we are talking...

Yes, we are lucky, the plugin developer Bartman wrote the plugin in such a way that we actually can reach that data from *outside*.

Assume you configure a timer with the name 'timer test'. When the timer is running, it will be visible in the list of the plugin as mentioned earlier.

While it is running, run the following python script:

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if eg.plugins.Timer.plugin.timerObjects.has_key('timer test'):
    t = eg.plugins.Timer.plugin.timerObjects['timer test']
    if t.IsActive():
        print 'running'

[Fumes]

I know the question was brought up earlier in this thread but i can't seem to find a proper answer.
Is there a way to pass along payloads with the triggered event?

Best regards / Bjarne Lindqvist

[krambriw]

The Timer plugin is rather old and does not support payloads in events. But it is rock solid for normal scheduling.

The SchedulGhost plugin is much more advanced and supports payload in the event....

[piert]

My long time trustful Timer command to stop my squeezebox after a certain time after switching it on has stopped working all of a sudden.

I have been using the Timer plugin and the below command in a Python script for a long time (many many months) and it has worked reliably until now:

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eg.plugins.Timer.TimerAction(u'squeezeboxtimer', 0, 1, 3600, u'test', False, False, 1, u'00:00:00')

The number 3600 in above command means that the event 'Timer.test' will be issued 3600 seconds after the start of the python script.
(I have studied the way the command works quite a long time ago, so I don't exactly remember what the other values stand for)

Does anybody have similar experiences or tips how to get this sleep timer running again. If better approaches are available to use a sleep timer in Eventghost, I am also all ears
Thanks, regards,
Perry

[krambriw]

Perry,
I have not seen the problem myself (currently I'm not using the timer plugin) but you should instead consider to use Pako's SchedulGhost.

1) Add the plugin
2) Accept or reject to add the proposed configuration tree (you could reject)
3) Create one simple egg clock action as the sample below

You can then trigger the action from 'whatever'

Also from a script, you could trigger it very simple using this code as example

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eg.plugins.SchedulGhost.StartEggTimer((u'01:00:00', u'SchedulGhost', u'Squeezebox OFF', u'', u'', (191, 191, 255), (64, 0, 128), u'0;-56;0;0;0;400;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;MS Shell Dlg 2', (10, 10)))

(Use 'Copy As Python' to copy your action, then paste in a script to get your correct syntax)

When you trigger the action, similar to this will happen (in this case I changed the egg clock to a 5 second variant):

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07:32:28   SchedulGhost: Start egg timer: SchedulGhost.Squeezebox OFF: 
07:32:33   SchedulGhost.Squeezebox OFF

You can then use the event 'Squeezebox OFF' to actually turn off your squeezebox(es)


Best regards, Walter

[piert]

Walter,

I had not realized that Scheduleghost had an egg-timer function included: great solution!
The pictures make the answer very informative indeed.
As usual, thank you for your great help!

Best regards,
Perry