switch at specific times to scene in advanced scene switcher

TailsTheFox

New Member
What i want to do is that every :18 and :48 of every hour it switches to an scene here and then exactly 66 seconds later it switches back
i however have not found any to do this however in advanced scene switcher
 

AaronD

Active Member
The Date condition in the Macros can do a lot. Surely it can do :18 and :48 too?

Then use a Wait action for the 66 seconds, or another Macro for having been on that scene for at least 66 seconds. The former forces the second action always; the latter allows a manual escape by switching to any other scene.
 

TailsTheFox

New Member
How did *you* do it? Be nice to others that come later and have the same problem.
I disabled hide legacy tabs and then in the time tab I manually put for all the 24 hours the 20 and 50 minute mark and then I just selected switch to the scene I want it to switch to and that's it
 

AaronD

Active Member
I disabled hide legacy tabs and then in the time tab I manually put for all the 24 hours the 20 and 50 minute mark and then I just selected switch to the scene I want it to switch to and that's it
Thank you!

Just so you know, the author's long-term plan is to completely remove the non-Macro tabs. So if you want to be future-proof, you should seriously think about translating everything into Macros. If you find something that can't be translated, ask about it in the Adv. SS thread:

For reference, here's how to do the original request with Macros:
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It's important for the :18 and :48 time triggers to check the "Perform actions only on condition change" box. That makes the transition happen exactly once as soon as it matches, and not every scan until it no longer matches.
With no seconds specified, it will match continuously for one minute, and so the macro will run repeatedly for that entire minute if that box is not checked.

The way shown here allows a manual escape, by switching away from the "Feature - Media Test" scene before the 66 seconds expire. If you do that, it will not switch back to the previous scene because it hasn't been on that one for more than 66 seconds.
If you use a Wait action for 66 seconds and another Scene switch - 3 actions in each macro, and don't have the Return macro - then it'll force the second switch after 66 seconds regardless...and the Previous scene might not be what you expect if you've been switching manually during that time.
 

MasterMeatball

New Member
Why not just change the code in AdvanSS from a "timer countdown" response, to a response set by the real time clock? So many people want this, lets work on this! ( which means I have to learn yet another language LOL )
 

Lawrence_SoCal

Active Member
Why not just change the code in AdvanSS from a "timer countdown" response, to a response set by the real time clock? So many people want this, lets work on this! ( which means I have to learn yet another language LOL )
???
I've been running AdvSS for 3 years now using triggers using PC's clock time (which in turn, via NTP, is set properly).
 

AaronD

Active Member
Why not just change the code in AdvanSS from a "timer countdown" response, to a response set by the real time clock? So many people want this, lets work on this! ( which means I have to learn yet another language LOL )
???
I've been running AdvSS for 3 years now using triggers using PC's clock time (which in turn, via NTP, is set properly).
Lawrence is right. That feature already exists. If you need help with Adv. SS, it's better to ask in its Discussion thread, which you can find if you scroll up here. :-)
 
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