LUA Newbie: TriggerEvent depending on Current Time

[mhund]

Hi Guys,

I am a LUA Newbie and have done the first successfull steps with skripting. But there is one thing I cannot solve.

My Task:
I want to switch on TV backgroung light when TV is switched on between 8:00 pm and 06:00 am. Sofar I have a command which uses LUA with TriggerEvent to put on the light (x10 works great) and a related Event which is activated when the TV is started. Can someone help me with the skript?

Thanks,

mhund

[Promixis]

Sure,

Search here for the date function.

You will do something like

if date &#40;"$H"&#41; > "18" and date &#40;"$H"&#41; < "6" then
  TriggerEvent &#40;"turnonbacklight"&#41;
end

[mhund]

Hi Mike,

thanks for your help. I changed the skript a little bit to adjust the variable types and it works great. This way I learn more and more about LUA.

thanks,

mhund

[Promixis]

Sure,

Please post some of your script here when done, so others can see how to use the date function in an if statement.

[mhund]

Hi Mike,

I follow your idea and write down my short skript:

if tonumber&#40;date &#40;"%H"&#41;&#41; > 19 or tonumber&#40;date &#40;"%H"&#41;&#41; < 6 then
  TriggerEvent &#40;"IE Light TV On",203&#41;
end

To compare the numbers and not the ASCII Codes, I changed the data type to integer (number). The date format qualifier has to start with %, not with $.

Girder is a great thing with skripting,

mhund

[quixote]

if tonumber&#40;date &#40;"%H"&#41;&#41; > 19 or tonumber&#40;date &#40;"%H"&#41;&#41; < 6 then 
  TriggerEvent &#40;"IE Light TV On",203&#41; 
end

what is the 203 on the second line? I thought it was supposed to be 18.

:-?

[mhund]

if tonumber&#40;date &#40;"%H"&#41;&#41; > 19 or tonumber&#40;date &#40;"%H"&#41;&#41; < 6 then 
  TriggerEvent &#40;"IE Light TV On",203&#41; 
end

what is the 203 on the second line? I thought it was supposed to be 18.

:-?

Hi,

with the TriggerEvent ("IE Light TV On",203) I trigger an internet event because the x10 module for switching the light is located on a different machine. The 203 is the girder device ID for the Internet Event Server.

regards,

mhund