QA does not loop

[Jay Ess 6]

Hi

USING HC3.

I have a QA to fetch times of sunset and other calender related functions.

I have it on a 1 minute loop which works.

 

My issue is I have a function called GetTimes() saved in a sub sheet in the QA, if i add a line like this in the QA it runs once and then does not loop it self again with no debug errors visible.

What I can't figure out is I run the exact line of code elsewhere in the QA without getting any issues.

local hNewDay = GetTimes(currentTimeSec,sunDegree)

 

Could anyone shed some light on to how to find out what is going wrong and on how to fix this?

[jgab 2,110]

1 hour ago, Jay Ess said:

Hi

USING HC3.

I have a QA to fetch times of sunset and other calender related functions.

I have it on a 1 minute loop which works.

 

My issue is I have a function called GetTimes() saved in a sub sheet in the QA, if i add a line like this in the QA it runs once and then does not loop it self again with no debug errors visible.

What I can't figure out is I run the exact line of code elsewhere in the QA without getting any issues.

local hNewDay = GetTimes(currentTimeSec,sunDegree)

 

Could anyone shed some light on to how to find out what is going wrong and on how to fix this?

 

Sorry, can you provide some example code - I can't really understand.

What do you mean with QA doesn't loop?

If you run a loop with setTimeout/setInterval, then you should wrap the function in a pcall so you can trap and print the error.

Edited April 27, 2022 by jgab

[Jay Ess 6]

what do you mean by pcal? will send snippet of the code

function GetTimes(gDate,gAngle)

    local currentDate = os.date("*t")

    local year = tonumber(os.date("%Y",gDate))

    local month = tonumber(os.date("%m",gDate))

    local day = tonumber(os.date("%d",gDate))

    local hour = tonumber(os.date("%H",gDate))

    local minute = tonumber(os.date("%M",gDate)) 

    local weekday = tonumber(os.date("%w",gDate))

    T = getT(year,month,day,hour,minute)

    local GMT = 0

    if currentDate.isdst then

        if (weekday==5 or weekday==6) and month==10 and day>=24 then

            GMT = GMT

        else 

            GMT = GMT + 1

        end

    else

        if (weekday==5 or weekday==6) and month==3 and day>=24 then

            GMT = GMT + 1

        end

    end

    R = gAngle

    hour = "12"

    minute = "00"

    local returnTime

    if R == -8 then

        returnTime = wI(T,"U",year,month,day,GMT)

    elseif R == -0.8333 then

        returnTime = sec2str(str2sec(wI(T,"D",year,month,day,GMT))-(15*60))

    end

    return returnTime

end

 

this function retruns me sun times.

 

 

this is my loop

function QuickApp:loop()

    self:setHebrewDate()

    setInterval(

        function()

            self:setHebrewDate()

        end,

        1000 * 60 *1

    )

end

 

 

this is a nother funtion which gets called on the loop

function QuickApp:setHebrewDate()

    local currentTime = os.date("%H:%M")

    local HebrewDayStart = (fibaro.getGlobalVariable("Sunset")) 

 

 

if i change the last line to HebrewDayStart = GetTimes(os.time(),-0.8333)

i get the time of 20.16 which is corect but then the qa does not run again

[cag014 635]

7 hours ago, Jay Ess said:

Hi

USING HC3.

I have a QA to fetch times of sunset and other calender related functions.

I have it on a 1 minute loop which works.

 

My issue is I have a function called GetTimes() saved in a sub sheet in the QA, if i add a line like this in the QA it runs once and then does not loop it self again with no debug errors visible.

What I can't figure out is I run the exact line of code elsewhere in the QA without getting any issues.

local hNewDay = GetTimes(currentTimeSec,sunDegree)

 

Could anyone shed some light on to how to find out what is going wrong and on how to fix this?

Yes, known issue that in some cases HC3 doesn't show the error and just restarts the QA....

As I can see you haven't posted the entire QA code, so you need to find the error by your self....

Another question - why you don't use built-in sunset value?

Edited April 27, 2022 by cag014

[jgab 2,110]

Do

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If getT() that we don't see call http:request you need to wrap the success/error handler in pcall also.

[Jay Ess 6]

@jgab thank you for that will implement it

@cag014 yes found the error by putting a print line on each variable, took some time but found my error, one function needed 3 varibales and i was passing it 2 so the second variable which should be a number was a string and hence the crash although i dont understand why it ran some times, need to re-look at the code on a rainy day. I dont use the built in sunset times as need work out sunset with a higher degree of accuracy then the hc3 seems to be, need to be exact on the minute and control the roundup and round down, hence why needed my own sunrise and sunset time calculater.

 

Thanks guys for you help now working as expected.

function QuickApp:loop2Minute()

    local cLTime = os.date("%H:%M")

    local sec = os.date("%S")

    if sec == "00" then

        self:loop()

    else

        print("Seconds:",sec)

        fibaro.setTimeout(1000, function() self:loop2Minute() end)

    end

end 

am running this loop on startup but i find that the qa seems to drift off the 00 second mark, how can i keep it to run on 00 seconds all the time and if it drifts off then to adjust back?

[jgab 2,110]

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Edited April 29, 2022 by jgab