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Topic: Scheduler device correction

Consider an example:
mn:/15+4          should fire every 15minutes at 04,19,34,49 (but actually goes off at 11,26,41,56);

mn:/15+11        actually does it right.

The text in help is right:
"A spec can be a number, * (will match every), or in the form of /n+m, which matches when (value+m)%n = 0"

But the example is wrong.

In the example “mn:/15+4†, the match occurs when  (clock minutes + 4) is a multiple of 15.
The device doesn't seem to recognise "-" in the Config String.

A better formula for event at clock time "n (multiple) + m", would be "/n+x", where x = n – m

So “mn:/15+11† achieves the desired result.


I’ve also found that when you start to enter text in the Config String box, the first character isn’t visible (but is actually there).

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Re: Scheduler device correction

Just a (another) reminder that help for Scheduler has disappeared since 1.2.6.

When you stick it back in, please have a look at the issue I raised "a little while" ago, and just confirmed.

Thanks

Last edited by phils (2009-03-16 11:56:09)

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