Feature request: Recurring schedules

[frozendevl]

Hi Niel,

Great job on the scheduler so far! I would like to request a feature that allows to set recurring schedules within the same schedule job.

Use case: I have a fan that I want to turn on every every 2 hours and turn it off every 2 hours (alternating between the two, so that it's on for an hour and off for an hour). This would require me to set and manage 24 different schedules.

[nielsfaber]

I agree that a scheduler should be able to run things periodically.
I must say that adding it is not very straight-forward though, since many parts are really working based on a time+day combination.

Somewhere next week i plan to release an update, allowing you to group multiple actions within the same schedule.
I think this should help already.

Dealing with your feature request will take a bit longer though, this is not really a priority right now.
Thanks for the idea, i will think about it.

[frozendevl]

Appreciate the response. I'm okay with this being a low priority/not a priority, since I'm not sure how useful this is to people using the scheduler. I was able to solve my use case with a cron job in node-red.

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On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 1:30 PM Niels Faber ***@***.***> wrote: I agree that a *scheduler* should be able to run things periodically. I must say that adding it is not very straight-forward though, since many parts are really working based on a time+day combination. Somewhere next week i plan to release an update, allowing you to group multiple actions within the same schedule. I think this should help already. Dealing with your feature request will take a bit longer though, this is not really a priority right now. Thanks for the idea, i will think about it. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#22 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABRYCRJWSRZX5S5G5ZJ7YDTSGD75HANCNFSM4RPCQNXQ> .

[nielsfaber]

Did you try the time scheme editor?
It allows you to plan multiple tasks for different timeslots.
It should do more-or-less what you want.

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