Help with LUA script to run during a specific time period each day

Hi All

I have a basic script that monitors a GA and every time that group address level goes to 0 it will then ramp it back to 100.
example script below:

test = GetCBusLevel(0, 56, 43)
if (test == 0)
then
SetCBusLevel(0, 56, 43, 255, 0)
end

The issue I have is only want this script to activate during a specific time period every day (eg Business hours between 8:30am and 5:30pm).

I have done similar to this before on the C-touch logic just using something like:
and
(time <= "5:30:00 PM") and
(time >= "8:30:00 AM")
then

But this doesn't seem to work with LUA (or I am scripting it incorrectly). I think I need to use the os.time function somehow but i am stuck as to how.
Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

have a look at
https://www.lua.org/pil/22.1.html
-- os.date returns table of hour min sec etc
Something like this may be what you are looking for.

t = os.date(“*t”)
log(t)
—I’m not sure how the below will behave without testing… might need to change the first “and” to an “or”.
but it gives you the idea on how it can be achieved.

if ( t.hour >= 20 ) and ( t.hour <= 5 ) then

If t.min >= 30 then
— do stuff here
end

end

 

Hi Pie Boy

Thanks for your reply, i was just about to give it a go then a bolt of lightning hit me and i realised there is a simpler and more suitable (for me) way of doing it.

I just created another GA that is turned on or off by the business hours schedule.

I then just put an IF-THEN statement that controls the GA of the lights I want to ramp to 255 every time they drop to 0 within the IF statement that is monitors the state of the GA controlled by the schedule.

Seems to work 100% how I want and means the schedule times can be easily adjusted by the client of needed.

Code below if anyone is interested (setup to control 2 different GA's)

test = GetCBusLevel(0, 56, 43)
test2 = GetCBusLevel(0, 56, 45)
schedule = GetCBusState(0, 56, 44)

if (schedule == true) then

if (test == 0)
then
SetCBusLevel(0, 56, 43, 255, 0)
end

if (test2 == 0)
then
SetCBusLevel(0, 56, 45, 255, 0)
end
end

Cheers
Lliam