Delay 2 seconds, not delayed at all!

eaton.blumenstein · August 26, 2020, 7:38pm

I'm having a hard time getting some things to delay. they dont seem to be delaying at all

(ps. it was 2 seconds when I took this log)

am I missing somehting , what is the delay for if it does not delay.

[app:1764](http://10.0.0.203/logs/past#app1764)2020-08-26 03:30:30.517 pm [info](http://10.0.0.203/installedapp/configure/1764)Delay Over: Off: Transporter Room --> delayed: 0:00:05

[app:1764](http://10.0.0.203/logs/past#app1764)2020-08-26 03:30:30.499 pm [info](http://10.0.0.203/installedapp/configure/1764)Delay Over: On: Transporter Room --> delayed: 0:00:05

[app:1764](http://10.0.0.203/logs/past#app1764)2020-08-26 03:30:30.420 pm [info](http://10.0.0.203/installedapp/configure/1764)Delay Over: Off: Transporter Room --> delayed: 0:00:05

[app:1764](http://10.0.0.203/logs/past#app1764)2020-08-26 03:30:30.407 pm [info](http://10.0.0.203/installedapp/configure/1764)Delay Over: On: Transporter Room --> delayed: 0:00:05

[app:1764](http://10.0.0.203/logs/past#app1764)2020-08-26 03:30:30.356 pm [info](http://10.0.0.203/installedapp/configure/1764)Delay Over: Off: Transporter Room --> delayed: 0:00:05

[app:1764](http://10.0.0.203/logs/past#app1764)2020-08-26 03:30:30.301 pm [info](http://10.0.0.203/installedapp/configure/1764)Delay Over: On: Transporter Room --> delayed: 0:00:05

[dev:1445](http://10.0.0.203/logs/past#dev1445)2020-08-26 03:30:29.969 pm [info](http://10.0.0.203/device/edit/1445)Transporter Blink Switch was turned off

[app:1764](http://10.0.0.203/logs/past#app1764)2020-08-26 03:30:27.506 pm [info](http://10.0.0.203/installedapp/configure/1764)Delay Over: On: Transporter Room --> delayed: 0:00:02

[app:1764](http://10.0.0.203/logs/past#app1764)2020-08-26 03:30:25.384 pm [info](http://10.0.0.203/installedapp/configure/1764)Action: END-IF

[app:1764](http://10.0.0.203/logs/past#app1764)2020-08-26 03:30:25.365 pm [info](http://10.0.0.203/installedapp/configure/1764)Action: On: Transporter Room --> delayed: 0:00:02

[app:1764](http://10.0.0.203/logs/past#app1764)2020-08-26 03:30:25.360 pm [info](http://10.0.0.203/installedapp/configure/1764)Action: IF (Variable ON_True_Off_False(<span style='color:black'>true</span>) = true(T) [TRUE]) THEN

[app:1764](http://10.0.0.203/logs/past#app1764)2020-08-26 03:30:25.268 pm [info](http://10.0.0.203/installedapp/configure/1764)Action: Off: Transporter Room --> delayed: 0:00:05

[app:1764](http://10.0.0.203/logs/past#app1764)2020-08-26 03:30:25.251 pm [info](http://10.0.0.203/installedapp/configure/1764)Action: On: Transporter Room --> delayed: 0:00:05

[app:1764](http://10.0.0.203/logs/past#app1764)2020-08-26 03:30:25.234 pm [info](http://10.0.0.203/installedapp/configure/1764)Action: Off: Transporter Room --> delayed: 0:00:05

[app:1764](http://10.0.0.203/logs/past#app1764)2020-08-26 03:30:25.220 pm [info](http://10.0.0.203/installedapp/configure/1764)Action: On: Transporter Room --> delayed: 0:00:05

[app:1764](http://10.0.0.203/logs/past#app1764)2020-08-26 03:30:25.206 pm [info](http://10.0.0.203/installedapp/configure/1764)Action: Off: Transporter Room --> delayed: 0:00:05

[app:1764](http://10.0.0.203/logs/past#app1764)2020-08-26 03:30:25.164 pm [info](http://10.0.0.203/installedapp/configure/1764)Action: On: Transporter Room --> delayed: 0:00:05

[app:1764](http://10.0.0.203/logs/past#app1764)2020-08-26 03:30:25.160 pm [info](http://10.0.0.203/installedapp/configure/1764)Action: END-IF

[app:1764](http://10.0.0.203/logs/past#app1764)2020-08-26 03:30:25.157 pm [info](http://10.0.0.203/installedapp/configure/1764)Action: Set ON_True_Off_False to false (skipped)

[app:1764](http://10.0.0.203/logs/past#app1764)2020-08-26 03:30:25.153 pm [info](http://10.0.0.203/installedapp/configure/1764)Action: IF (Transporter Room(<span style='color:black'>on</span>) is off(F) [FALSE]) THEN (skipping)

[app:1764](http://10.0.0.203/logs/past#app1764)2020-08-26 03:30:25.078 pm [info](http://10.0.0.203/installedapp/configure/1764)Transporter Blink 2 Triggered

[app:1764](http://10.0.0.203/logs/past#app1764)2020-08-26 03:30:25.069 pm [info](http://10.0.0.203/installedapp/configure/1764)Transporter Blink 2: Transporter Blink Switch switch on

[dev:1445](http://10.0.0.203/logs/past#dev1445)2020-08-26 03:30:24.929 pm [info](http://10.0.0.203/device/edit/1445)Transporter Blink Switch was turned on

bertabcd1234 · August 26, 2020, 8:12pm

Can you show the entire rule? There is more in your logs than in your screenshot, so it's hard to say what's really happening. However, based on your logs, it looks like you might have a series of "On" and "Off" actions like this:

On: Transporter Room --> delayed: 0:00:05
Off: Transporter Room --> delayed: 0:00:05
On: Transporter Room --> delayed: 0:00:05
Off: Transporter Room --> delayed: 0:00:05

I suspect you really want something like this (almost always my preference for how to write these):

Delay 0:00:05
On: Transporter Room
Delay 0:00:05
Off: Transporter Room
Delay 0:00:05
On: Transporter Room
Delay 0:00:05
Off: Transporter Room

or, more or less equivalently in this case,

On: Transporter Room --> delayed: 0:00:05
Off: Transporter Room --> delayed: 0:00:10
On: Transporter Room --> delayed: 0:00:15
Off: Transporter Room --> delayed: 0:00:20

When you put a delay on an action, that action is scheduled for that time in the future, but the rule continues executing the next action. In my first example, this would cause all of those actions to be executed 5 seconds from now in rapid succession. My second and third examples are my best guesses as to what you may have intended, each action running 5 seconds after the next. A standalone "Delay" action (second example) stops at the delay and resumes the rule at the next action after the delay when the delay is up. Otherwise, you will have appropriately schedule each delayed action at the desired time into the future (third example).

If this isn't what you want, a screenshot of your entire rule and an explanation of the behavior you expect vs. what you see would be helpful. Otherwise, hope this helps!

eaton.blumenstein · August 26, 2020, 8:18pm

ok.. so yea, that is what I ended up doing.. the new rule looks like this
I did what you said, it works (sorta, as the devices don't always react fast enough, hence the reson for the 25 second delay at the end, so i know for sure its on or off. )