Read with Wait function

[Thomas]

Hello
I'm looking for a function which sends read request to KNX bus and waits for the result. The reason is I have two inputs which I need to be sure their values are actual.
This works but it's ugly because I don't check if the readings of both values were successful:

grp.read('6/4/28')
grp.read('6/4/45')
os.sleep(5)

val_a=grp.getvalue('6/4/28')
val_b=grp.getvalue('6/4/45')


Is there such
err,val_a=grp.readAndWait('6/4/28')
?

[admin]

Use this function:

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function readresponse(alias, timeout)   local obj, lb, ts, tu, delta, value   obj = grp.find(alias)   if not obj then     return nil, 'object not found'   end   timeout = timeout or 3   lb = require('localbus').new(timeout / 10)   lb:sethandler('groupresponse', function(event)     if event.dst == obj.address then       value = busdatatype.decode(event.datahex, obj.datatype)     end   end)   grp.read(obj.address)   ts, tu = os.microtime()   repeat     lb:step()     delta = os.udifftime(ts, tu)   until value ~= nil or delta >= timeout   if value ~= nil then     return value   else     return nil, 'timeout'   end end res, err = readresponse('0/0/3') log(res, err)

[Thomas]

Excellent as usual Admin. Thank you.
But does lb:step() do yield? Isn't the cycle utilising the CPU to 100%?

[admin]

It returns once a single local bus message has been received or timeout happens. Script does not consume CPU while waiting.

[benanderson_475]

Is it possible for the timeout to re-trigger and over ride the last timeout every time the function i called? i am having a few instances running at the same time

[admin]

Do you mean that you want to send several read requests at once and then return once all responses are received or timeout happens?