How to start a simple timer with VD on and off

[Seraphim 1]

Good evening Community,

 

a beginner question again: How do I start a timer when a VD is turned on and stop/restart it when the VD is turned off?

 

I have created this script:

function QuickApp:turnOn()

    self:debug("binary switch turned on")

    self:updateProperty("value", true)

    self:setVariable("IsRunning", "1")

    self:setVariable("Actual", self:getVariable("Time(s)"))

 

    self:updateView("label1", "text", 'Countdown for ' .. self:getVariable("Time(s)") .. ' seconds') 

    self:updateView("label2", "text", 'Timer gestartet: ' .. self:getVariable("IsRunning")) 

    self:updateView("label3", "text", 'Countdown: ' .. self:getVariable("Actual"))

 

    local Timer = self:getVariable("Actual")

    while Timer ~= -1 do 

            Timer=Timer-1

            self:setVariable("Actual", Timer)

            fibaro.sleep(1000)

            self:updateView("label3", "text", 'Countdown: ' .. self:getVariable("Actual"))

    end

end

 

function QuickApp:turnOff()

    self:debug("binary switch turned off")

    self:updateProperty("value", false) 

    self:setVariable("IsRunning", "0")   

 

    self:updateView("label1", "text", 'Countdown for ' .. self:getVariable("Time(s)") .. ' seconds') 

    self:updateView("label2", "text", 'Timer gestartet: ' .. self:getVariable("IsRunning")) 

 

    self:setVariable("Actual", "-1")

 

    self:updateView("label3", "text", self:getVariable("Actual"))  

end

 

Well, the problem seems to be the while loop (also tried it with a for loop), Turning the VD off is only done after the while loop stopped. Turning the VD off is not stopping the while loop. How to do something like this?

 

Regards

Andreas

 

 

[jgab 2,083]

1 hour ago, Seraphim said:

Well, the problem seems to be the while loop (also tried it with a for loop), Turning the VD off is only done after the while loop stopped. Turning the VD off is not stopping the while loop. How to do something like this?

 

Regards

Andreas

This is my timer -

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turn it on/off by pressing the "binary switch" button

 

[Seraphim 1]

Dear jgab,

 

Thank you very much for your support, once more. Your Script works really great, there is only one thing left:

 

How to react on a defined counter?

 

I tried:

if timer == "10" then

    self:debug("Do something")

    self:turnOff()

    time = 0

    update(self)

end

 

But nothing happens after 10 seconds.

 

[Seraphim 1]

Just found the solution it's not about the If code, it was about the position within the whole script.