LUA 'ifConditionStaysTrue' Equivalent

Hi all,

Wondering what the best way would be to achieve an equivalent ifConditionStaysTrue type statement in LUA script?

For context the function / need for it is to monitor state change on a dummy group being used in a PE cell, and to only turn the relevant lighting group(s) on/off based on PE cell state IF the state has remained consistent for x seconds.

Thanks!

 

You could create an event script on that group and when it is triggered compare the current time to the last time it was triggered. You would need to create a user object to store the time in.

 

how many x sec do you need to wait before checking and making the change?

 

Thanks Ashley.

I'll have a play around with that method.

 

Up to 60 seconds would probably be all it would need.

 

Potentially a scheduled script to run every min/ 60 to check the values could work,
but it could also be out of sync depending on when the daylight cell changes and when the scheduled script runs/checks etc, this might get you started(run in a scheduled script ever 1 min with cron format */*/* etc )

Code:

Ga = grp.find('0/56/46') -- daylight cell ga

on_time = os.time() - Ga.updatetime 
log (on_time) -- this is the time in sec from the last activation of Ga

if on_time >= 60 and Ga.value == 255 then --  time has past 60 sec and daylight cell ga is on/ level 255
 
  log('timer has past')
  -- do command   

end 

 

Thank you very much for the example, that helps a lot.