Can't delete timer

[BJH]

Did says it's in use by an event but it isn't that I can find. Show me the event or allow delete. I've deleted the device ok. It's the timer itself I cannot delete.

I seem to have a ghost event that runs at 6am daily that performs an action-runs an event- and resets this timer. It's there a way to hide events like there is to hide devices? If so how to, and undo.
Most odd.
Thanks Joe

[Roger D]

BJH

Greetings Joe,

More information will be needed to proceed.

• Does the Event show in the Events page at all?
• Please include the entries of the log including a few minutes before and after the event fired.
• Which version on HS?
• Which version of the Plug-in?
• A screenshot of the General page under the Setup tab.
• Is anything at all showing under the Tools - Timers/Counters page?
• Have you shutdown and restarted HomeSeer?
• When posting information, please ensure that no personal information is included.

Thanks!

RDP

[Roger D]

Also, check out the app called "Event Viewer & Documenter for HS4" that is hosted on Jon's website.

RDP

[randy]

+1 on Jon’s utility. It can find every Event using any timer.

[BJH]

Thanks for the reply Roger.
it will be a while before I can get the log and screen shots. But to answer what I can...

Does the Event show in the Events page at all? The called event does show, the action is just to make some entries in the log. The event action is called by other events as well.

Please include the entries of the log including a few minutes before and after the event fired. Later...

Which version on HS? version 4.2.17.0

Which version of the Plug-in? What plug in is relevant? This is timer, event, and log.

A screenshot of the General page under the Setup tab. What do you need? I'm not good at editing/redacting stuff on screen shots. License # location etc. I'm licensed for standard, not running beta.

Is anything at all showing under the Tools - Timers/Counters page? Yes the timer is there.

Have you shutdown and restarted HomeSeer? No. Mostly because there is no good way to do that without crashing it. I run other things on the PC and shutdown this the PC. A serious glad in hs4 I wish they fix, so it's complicated to do so.


When posting information, please ensure that no personal information is included. Ok, sure.
Thanks Joe

[BJH]

Here are partial logs...

The ghost event is at 6:00:01. I did have another event running at 6, but changed it to 5:59:40 to separate it from the ghost event and make sure this and the ghost occur at different times. Then 6:09 and after is normal stuff.
Device: Outside ZWave DrivewayG2 DriveTemp Set to 59.4 (F)
3/2/2023 6:09:40 AM
HomeSeer
Event
Deleting event after run: "Delayed Actions Bed light (Delayed Action)"
3/2/2023 6:09:40 AM
HomeSeer
Device Control
Device: Bedroom X10 Bed light to Brightness 99% (99)
3/2/2023 6:09:40 AM
HomeSeer
Event
Event Trigger "Delayed Actions Bed light (Delayed Action)"
3/2/2023 6:00:21 AM
Script
Joe
## Garage Work lights changed to Off. ##
3/2/2023 6:00:01 AM
Script
Joe
### Visionark~0 Lux DogWalk:No Backyard:Still Driveway:Still Garage:Still/CLOSED/Off/offline Outdoor Temp: 58.8 F ###
3/2/2023 6:00:01 AM
Script
Joe
## Log Status Invoked ##
3/2/2023 5:59:40 AM
Script
Version Info
HomeSeer HS4 is currently version 4.2.17.0
3/2/2023 5:59:40 AM
HomeSeer
Event
Running script statement immediately (Wake ): &nhs.WriteLog("Version Info", "HomeSeer HS4 is currently version " & hs.version)
3/2/2023 5:59:40 AM
HomeSeer
Device Control
Device: Virtual FLAG EarlyWakeSET Er-Wake to Normal (0)
3/2/2023 5:59:40 AM
HomeSeer
Device Control
Device: Kitchen X10 Sink to On (100)
3/2/2023 5:59:40 AM
HomeSeer
Device Control
Device: Kitchen X10 Dining table to On (


Here is the event...
Log-Sensors

IF
Timer LogPeriodic's value is more than 1h, 0m, 0s

THEN
Set Timer LogPeriodic to time 1 Second

Execute the command: &nhs.WriteLog("Joe","### Vision:" & hs.ReplaceVariables("$$DSR:196:") & "~" & hs.ReplaceVariables("$$DSR:223:") & " DogWalk:" & hs.ReplaceVariables("$$DSR:65:") & " Backyard:" & hs.ReplaceVariables("$$DSR:181:") & " Driveway:" & hs.ReplaceVariables("$$DSR:221:") & " Garage:" & hs.ReplaceVariables("$$DSR:108:") & "/" & hs.ReplaceVariables("$$DSR:66:") & "/" & hs.ReplaceVariables("$$DSR:105:")& "/" & hs.ReplaceVariables("$$DSR:7:")& " Outdoor Temp: " & hs.ReplaceVariables("$$DSR:222:") & " ###")
and only allow one instance of the script to run at a time.

[randy]

Did says it's in use by an event but it isn't that I can find. Show me the event or allow delete. I've deleted the device ok. It's the timer itself I cannot delete.

I seem to have a ghost event that runs at 6am daily that performs an action-runs an event- and resets this timer. It's there a way to hide events like there is to hide devices? If so how to, and undo.
Most odd.
Thanks Joe

Back to the original post. What do you mean by “ghost Event”? It appears you found the Event that involves the Timer. You initially posted “Can't delete timer”. Then you asked about hiding Events. If you want to delete the timer, you must delete the Event or delete the references to the Timer in the Event. An Event can be disabled, but not hidden. Even if an Event is disabled, you still cannot delete a Timer used in the Event. The rest of the posts seem to be going off in a new direction.

What exactly do you want to do?

[BJH]

All is OK now, but probably a HS4 version/update problem....

I'm sorry if it is confusing...but I could not find an event with HourTimer timer. I did install the Jon utility and it is great. It found lots of things EXCEPT it never found an event with HourTimer. I searched as text, and also HourTimer WAS present in the pulldown list of defined timers to search - but it returned 0 of 315 events - so Jon's utility still found NO event with that timer.

I was having HSBuddy problems (had to disable the plugin) and wanted to get to 18.2 or 3 as well. And this issue wasn't a show-stopper, mostly clean up.

This morning I updated to 18.3 and reloaded everything, including HSBuddy. SO FAR, it looks like no MAJOR issues. I was NOW able to delete the HourTimer!

I'm getting a few errors - if they don't stop I'll make them in another post...

3/15/2023 10:43:41 AM HomeSeer Warning Incorrect trigger date/time format in event Val=1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM: By Time Security lights on

3/15/2023 9:36:46 AM HomeSeer Warning Error displaying device (1) iRobot Plugin Error:A status graphic with that value set already exists Check with the owner of the plugin that created this device.

thanks for all your help,
Joe