Remaining time or counter

[davidchispas]

Hi,

You need to add the blocking after the kill part to make sure the previous script is killed when the new one started.

Code:

-- ** Staircase logic with external time object and retriggering on input object Version 3.2 ** -- -- ****************************** Created by Erwin van der Zwart **************************** -- -- ************************************** SET PARAMETERS ************************************ -- -- Set input address AddressInput = '21/1/40' -- 01. 1 bit (boolean) -- Set output address AddressOutput = '1/1/40' -- 01. 1 bit (boolean) -- Set external time address (optional) AddressExternalTime = '55/1/4' -- 07. 2 byte unsigned integer -- Use time left indication UseTimeLeft = true -- Set to false if no time left indication is used -- Set feedback adress of time left indication (optional) AddressTimeLeft = '55/1/5' -- 255 byte string -- Set blocking address AddressBlocking = '40/1/40' -- Set time delay (Used when external time is not available) SetDelay = 120 -- 2 minutes -- Seconds or Minutes SetSec = true -- Set to false for Minutes -- Set factor delay (Multiplies Delay) SetFac = 1 -- Logic can be turned of by value 0 Off_by_Value_Zero = false -- ************************************** END PARAMETERS ************************************ -- -- *************************** DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING UNDER THIS LINE ************************ -- Input_Value = event.getvalue() if Off_by_Value_Zero == false and (Input_Value == false or Input_Value == 0) then return else tpid = storage.get('PID:' .. _SCRIPTNAME) if tpid == nil then      pid = os.getpid()      storage.set('PID:' .. _SCRIPTNAME, pid) else    pid = os.getpid()      storage.set('PID:' .. _SCRIPTNAME, pid)    os.kill(tpid, signal.SIGKILL) end blocking = grp.getvalue(AddressBlocking) if not blocking then    return end function Calculate_Time(StairCaseTime)    if StairCaseTime > (86400 -1) then      StairCaseTime = (86400 -1)    end    local hours = math.floor(StairCaseTime / 3600 % 24)    local minutes = math.floor(StairCaseTime / 60 % 60)    local seconds = math.floor(StairCaseTime % 60)    time = {      day = 0,      hour = hours,      minute = minutes,      second = seconds,    }    time =string.format('%02d:%02d:%02d',time.hour,time.minute,time.second)    return time end if Input_Value == true or Input_Value == 1 then    ValueExternalTime = grp.getvalue(AddressExternalTime) or SetDelay    if SetSec == true then      Multiply_Seconds = 1    else      Multiply_Seconds = 60    end    StairCaseTime = ValueExternalTime * Multiply_Seconds * SetFac    ValueOutput = grp.getvalue(AddressOutput)    if ValueOutput == false then      grp.write(AddressOutput, true)    end    if UseTimeLeft == true then      if StairCaseTime > 0 then        time = Calculate_Time(StairCaseTime)        grp.update(AddressTimeLeft, time)        repeat          StairCaseTime = StairCaseTime - 1          time = Calculate_Time(StairCaseTime)          grp.update(AddressTimeLeft, time)          os.sleep(1)        until StairCaseTime == 0      end       else      os.sleep(StairCaseTime)    end    grp.write(AddressOutput, false) elseif Input_Value == false or Input_Value == 0 then    ValueOutput = grp.getvalue(AddressOutput)    if ValueOutput == true then      if UseTimeLeft == true then        time = Calculate_Time(0)        grp.update(AddressTimeLeft, time)      end      grp.write(AddressOutput, false)    end end storage.delete('PID:' .. _SCRIPTNAME) end

BR,

Erwin

Thank you so much for the correction! Now it works perfectly! It is a great script!