LUA Code to Set Global Variable

[Bips 0]

I have set a global variable called "LightsOn" in the HC2 variable panels with a value of 0

 

What im trying to do is set the value to 1 if the time of day is after 17:00 and before 07:00.

 

Got other scenes that will switch on lights if the value is 1, which seem to work ok when the value is 1.

 

Problem im having is the LUA code im using doesnt trigger by itself, if i run it, it sets to 1 if the time is from 17:00-07:00, and zero if not.

 

How can i get the code to trigger automatically, even though i have set it to auto

 

Or is there a better way of setting the global variable?

 

--[[
%% autostart
%% properties
%% weather
%% events
%% globals
LightsOn
--]]

local sourceTrigger = fibaro:getSourceTrigger();
function tempFunc()
local currentDate = os.date("*t");
local startSource = fibaro:getSourceTrigger();
local LightsOn = fibaro:getGlobalValue("LightsOn")
if (
 ( (tonumber(os.date("%H%M")) >= tonumber(string.format("%02d%02d", "17", "15")) or tonumber(os.date("%H%M")) <= tonumber(string.format("%02d%02d", "07", "00"))) and (math.floor(os.time()/60)-math.floor(1676306520/60))%1 == 0 )
)
then
    fibaro:setGlobal("LightsOn", "1");
    fibaro:debug("Stage 1")
    fibaro:debug(LightsOn)
end

setTimeout(tempFunc, 60*1000)
end
if (sourceTrigger["type"] == "autostart") then
tempFunc()
else

local currentDate = os.date("*t");
local startSource = fibaro:getSourceTrigger();
if (
startSource["type"] == "other"
)
then
    fibaro:setGlobal("LightsOn", "0");
    fibaro:debug("Stage 2")
    fibaro:debug(LightsOn)
end

end
 

 

 

[Sankotronic 2,249]

Hi @Bips ,

 

Try this code:

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Scene if autostarted then will loop and compare current time with set times. If current time is between from time and to time then will set global variable LightsOn to value "1" then print this change in debug window and then will continue checking time in silence (no debug is printed). When current time goes out of the set times then will set global variable to "0" then print this change and again continue to loop in silence.

If scene is manually run then will do only one check, do what is needed and stop running.

 

Since from time is "17:00" so later than to time "07:00" you have to check if current time is between "17:00" and "23:59" and also if it is between midnight "00:00" and to time "07:00" in the morning to properly keep lights turned on during night until morning time.

 

Above code can be easily extended to check day of the week and e.g. turn on lights with from/to times only on weekends or to setup different from/to times for different days of the week.

 

 

[Bips 0]

On 2/16/2023 at 11:09 AM, Sankotronic said:

Hi @Bips ,

 

Try this code:

Please login or register to see this code.

 

Scene if autostarted then will loop and compare current time with set times. If current time is between from time and to time then will set global variable LightsOn to value "1" then print this change in debug window and then will continue checking time in silence (no debug is printed). When current time goes out of the set times then will set global variable to "0" then print this change and again continue to loop in silence.

If scene is manually run then will do only one check, do what is needed and stop running.

 

Since from time is "17:00" so later than to time "07:00" you have to check if current time is between "17:00" and "23:59" and also if it is between midnight "00:00" and to time "07:00" in the morning to properly keep lights turned on during night until morning time.

 

Above code can be easily extended to check day of the week and e.g. turn on lights with from/to times only on weekends or to setup different from/to times for different days of the week.

 

 

Thank you so much Sanlotronic, the code is brilliant and works a treat, much appreciated