Determine short/long pushbutton press from script

[edgars]

In case a pushbutton doesn't have a long press feature or you need to be more flexible with long press time, here is a script which will do the job.
In the settings specify "Send 1" on rising edge, "Send 0" on falling edge. And add the following event-based script:

Code:

resolution = 0.25 -- short press check resolution
longpress = 5 -- long press time in seconds

value = event.getvalue()
if value then
  timeout = longpress / resolution

  -- wait for timeout or OFF signal
  while timeout > 0 do
     os.sleep(resolution)
     timeout = timeout - 1
 
     value = grp.getvalue(event.dst)
     if not value then
        break
     end
   end

  if timeout > 0 then
     alert('short press')
  else
     alert('long press')
  end
end