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    Desire to Turn On Outlet for 5 sec Upon Manual Input (w/feed cycle?)

    Hi,
    I would like to use the classic (non-fusion) UI to manually turn on an outlet for a 5 second period and then turn it off again.

    I would just use the slider control (off, auto,on) but I cannot control it well enough to ensure the 5 second period.

    I need a manual input so a push button would be great to trigger it. (do I use a feed cycle button?)

    I think this is simple, but I don't know enought to figure it out.

    Thanks in advance.

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    Create a virtual outlet Named "Trigger_5" or something similar.

    In its coding put
    Fallback OFF
    Set ON
    When On > 00:05 Then OFF

    In the outlet you want on for 5 seconds add
    If Output Trigger_5 = On then On


    Now leave Trigger_5 in the Off position. Whenever you slide it to Auto it will stay on for exactly 5 seconds and switch back to Off


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    Thanks for your solution.
    It seems to do just what's needed.
    I'll need to upgrade to V4.52 (next week) and then I can test it.
    Thanks again for your help.


    Quote Originally Posted by eschulist View Post
    Create a virtual outlet Named "Trigger_5" or something similar.

    In its coding put
    Fallback OFF
    Set ON
    When On > 00:05 Then OFF

    In the outlet you want on for 5 seconds add
    If Output Trigger_5 = On then On


    Now leave Trigger_5 in the Off position. Whenever you slide it to Auto it will stay on for exactly 5 seconds and switch back to Off


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    SOLVED:
    After some delay I have upgraded the firmware. Your code example works very well.

    I have played around with the timing (When On > 00:05 Then OFF) and have observed that the minimium "on" time is around 2-2.5 seconds regardless of the desired (entered) time .

    Thanks for your help


    Quote Originally Posted by eschulist View Post
    Create a virtual outlet Named "Trigger_5" or something similar.

    In its coding put
    Fallback OFF
    Set ON
    When On > 00:05 Then OFF

    In the outlet you want on for 5 seconds add
    If Output Trigger_5 = On then On


    Now leave Trigger_5 in the Off position. Whenever you slide it to Auto it will stay on for exactly 5 seconds and switch back to Off


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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