Fixed date & time

[MartinJWilliams]

Hi,

Is there a way of setting a rule so that it starts at a pre-determined time but finishes with a relevancy to the start time of the race?
Thanks,

[Derek27]

Hi,

Is there a way of setting a rule so that it starts at a pre-determined time but finishes with a relevancy to the start time of the race?
Thanks,

You can set the start time using the rule trigger condition (fixed date and time), you can use a condition to stop the rule, by testing the number of seconds in-play stored value.

[MartinJWilliams]

Thanks. I'm new to automation so bear with me
I have some other green up rules pre-off that form part of the automation so didn't want this rule to reference the in-play time. Based on your solution, I've come up with the following and wanted to see if you thought this would work?

1) New rule Set/Modify signal called 'Seconds until start time', always armed.
2) Stores a value called 'startime' for the current selection with ' the seconds until the Event Start Time'
3) Add a Signal Value condition to the rule that I want to reference the start time.
4) The value of the signal names 'startime' for the selection is greater than 10.

It makes logical sense to me but it's all very new.

Thanks again.

[Derek27]

Thanks. I'm new to automation so bear with me
I have some other green up rules pre-off that form part of the automation so didn't want this rule to reference the in-play time. Based on your solution, I've come up with the following and wanted to see if you thought this would work?

1) New rule Set/Modify signal called 'Seconds until start time', always armed.
2) Stores a value called 'startime' for the current selection with ' the seconds until the Event Start Time'
3) Add a Signal Value condition to the rule that I want to reference the start time.
4) The value of the signal names 'startime' for the selection is greater than 10.

It makes logical sense to me but it's all very new.

Thanks again.

If, for example, you want a rule to be armed from 15:00 today until 5 minutes before event start time, you can simply arm the rule for 15:00 until the end of the day's trading.

Then, include a condition in the rule: [The seconds until the event start time] > 300

The rule will continue to be armed but it will never trigger after 5 minutes to event time because the above condition will prevent it from triggering.

[MartinJWilliams]

Yes, I tried that today but couldn't get the automation to fire at all once I'd added that additional rule. I've posted some screen shots on the shared file page of the rule I was playing around with, no doubt I've just set it up incorrectly.

viewtopic.php?p=341532#p341532

[Derek27]

Yes, I tried that today but couldn't get the automation to fire at all once I'd added that additional rule. I've posted some screen shots on the shared file page of the rule I was playing around with, no doubt I've just set it up incorrectly.

viewtopic.php?p=341532#p341532

There's no need to use a signal or SV. Just use a condition like this. The condition below will stop the rule from firing from 30 seconds before the event start time.

Edit: that should be greater or equal to, not less than.

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[MartinJWilliams]

Ahhh, that makes sense... I basically over complicated it. I'll give that a go. Thank you!