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So again to provide further differentiation between user mode and engineering mode ....... why not
Have the timer list in engineer mode contain further columns may be .......
Timer name: Change setting:
Timer status: Timer visible in user menu
T01_gate 3 min active NO
T02_Fan 20 min inactive YES
T03_TowelR 40 min active YES
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As I said before this does not work because the same timer can have different delays at different times
eg in this situation Response start timer delay with 10 seconds..
In another situation Response starts same timer with 30 seconds..
In another situation Response starts same timer with 2 minutes..
These are handled properly within responses
The alternative of using Control menu that I mentrioned is easier and does not need these complex changes
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OK how about in the timers screen having another column for the ststus of all timers
I not that the status bar in the RHS of each timer name tab has the timer duration time left which is really useful.
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That would be useful, however Comfiguratoir is not able to find out the timer status of all timers as there is no command to access all timers. That is for the wish list
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It sounds like the original question, which is a good one, is to allow the end user easy access to change the duration of an event, but not the logic behind that event.
Ie ability to change the bathroom fan run on timer from say 30 seconds to 90 seconds?
Cytech have said, rightly, that timers can have different values in different circumstances.
As a suggestion - could a way for Cytech to think of this be use of user defined variables?
Ie Engineer would define a variable as \'BathroomFanTimer\' and set an initial value. In the response logic this variable name would be used. And the user is given access to change the value of the variable.
Maybe in the variable definition the engineer sets 4 things:-
Variable Name
Initial value
Minimum value
Maximum value
The user would be limited to change the value between Min & Max only.
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No Idea who this andy chap is
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Hi All,
I am trying something similar - basically a variable timer.
My thought is to store the timer value in a counter, then create a menu option to set the counter value, then to use the counter value for the timer.
So, something like:
Get Counter GateTimeSecs(1)
Do CloseGate After 0 Seconds Using GateTimer(1)
Will this work? Has anyone tried this?
Thanks, Clinton.
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Well interesting let us know if it works
Even andy did not suggest all these parameters