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TonDiening
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:53 pm   

[2.35] #ALARM firing first time wrong and subsequent times ok
 
Into command line:

#ALARM *3:00:00 {#ALARM}
#ALARM
*3:00:00 -> test [in 02:29:30]
#alarm *1:01:00 {#ALARM}
#ALARM
*1:01:00 -> test [in 28:41]
#alarm *60:00 {#ALARM}
#alarm
*60:00 -> test [in 27:16]
#alarm *10:00 {#ALARM}
#alarm
*10:00 -> test [in 6:56]

Once they fire, they reset to the proper time

ie when *10:00 fires all is now fine:
*10:00 -> #alarm (disabled)
#alarm
*10:00 -> #alarm [in 9:56]
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Zugg
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Location: Colorado, USA
PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:38 pm   
 
No, this is actually correct. The syntax you are creating sets up an absolute alarm time, not a relative time. In other words,

#ALARM *1:00:00 {#ALARM}

means to fire the alarm at the next hour. So if the current time is 10:35, the alarm will show a time remaining of 25:00 (firing at 11:00:00). From the help file for #alarm:
Quote:
You can also use the special wildcard *value which will match when the time MOD the value is zero. E.g. *10 matches 10, 20, 30, etc.
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