Foreign node: required
cronplus
This is complicated and this is not the entire flow.
That is just expecting too much from anyone remote to take this on completely.
So I've made this which is a cut down version of the important parts of the flow.
The times and values won't be found if you run the code as is.
code:
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Walk through: (Keep reading more at the bottom)
cronplus sends me a dusk` signal.
Things start to happen.
30 minutes + a given time a signal is sent to dim the brightness and it gets through.
This repeats a few times and finally an OFF signal is sent to turn off the display.
Again: that works.
Only out of curiosity I added the bit of code to the right (after the change node where it goes back on itself).
This sends a signal to my neopixel strip and it flashes (twice) the LED to indicate a dulling.
Twice as said LED is busy doing other things and sending it twice means I will see it if it arrives just before it does a colour change.
Pressing the dusk (TEST) button it works. ALL blinks are seen.
Left to do it from the dusk signal sent from the cronplus node: I only see some blinks now and then.
I think the first and last, but sometimes others are seen. Other times not.
Am I missing something?
GIVEN
All external variables are set and correct.
(It wouldn't work in the test mode if they were wrong,so it is kind of a given they are correct.)
(more on the walk through)
Picture:
Yellow: Timer part.
Green: Sends sequential message with a value to control the brightness
Blue: Working.
Red: Problem area.
Orange arrow: Test injection and all works when pressed.
Breakdown of GREEN section:
Message received, build message with all times in it.
Send into DELAY node (set for VARIABLE CONTROL).
That then goes to the next function node that reads the next time value to wait. (Yeah, they are all the same - I think. Work in progress, maybe.)
If the message is not null (switch node after function node) to reduced size function node.
This just wipes values and sends a reset signal to the next delay node.
5 second delay node.
Then it is off to the BLUE section. That is ok.
The RED section also gets that message.
Sorry it is a dog's breakfast here, but it is just how I got the code to handle the messages.
This constructs a message to send to the neopixel LED strip.
The message is fine in format, but I seldom see it happen.
Why?
