HS3 has humbled me again this time hs.timervalue

[rmorton27]

In an ASP page I add this instruction hs.timervalue("HVAC Cool Runtime") and I wrap around html like this:

<td class="RegRowCntr"><%=hs.timervalue("HVAC Cool Runtime")%></td>

The timer name exists and when the page loads it vomits up this helpful message:

"Script error: Type mismatch: 'Cstr'

response.write Cstr( hs.timervalue("HVAC Cool Runtime"))

Adding Cstr to the instruction does NOT change the result so I wonder what I’m doing wrong now…"

[Uncle Michael]

I suspect you are getting the error because hs.TimerValue returns a time span and your statement is expecting a string input. (CStr is the function that converts other data types to the string data type.)
Does adding the CStr function give you what you want?

[waynehead99]

To piggy back on what Mike stated, see if any of this helps you. These you can convert to string.

Sub Main(ByVal Parm As Object)

    Dim ts As TimeSpan = hs.TimerValue("Kitchen Ceiling Lights")

    hs.writelog("tSpan", "Total Hours: " & ts.TotalHours)
    hs.writelog("tSpan", "Total Minutes: " & ts.TotalMinutes)
    hs.writelog("tSpan", "Total Seconds: " & ts.TotalSeconds)
    hs.writelog("tSpan", "Days: " & ts.Days)
    hs.writelog("tSpan", "Hours: " & ts.Hours)
    hs.writelog("tSpan", "Minutes: " & ts.Minutes)
    hs.writelog("tSpan", "Seconds: " & ts.Seconds)
End Sub

[rmorton27]

Sub Main(ByVal Parm As Object)

    Dim ts As TimeSpan = hs.TimerValue("Kitchen Ceiling Lights")

    hs.writelog("tSpan", "Total Hours: " & ts.TotalHours)
    hs.writelog("tSpan", "Total Minutes: " & ts.TotalMinutes)
    hs.writelog("tSpan", "Total Seconds: " & ts.TotalSeconds)
    hs.writelog("tSpan", "Days: " & ts.Days)
    hs.writelog("tSpan", "Hours: " & ts.Hours)
    hs.writelog("tSpan", "Minutes: " & ts.Minutes)
    hs.writelog("tSpan", "Seconds: " & ts.Seconds)
End Sub

This looks like VB.net and is beyond me. This makes me wonder can hs.timervalue be only supportable with VB.net?

-r

[Uncle Michael]

Instead of using the timer itself, you could try using the device string of the associated HS device. You will need to enable the device creation in Setup if you haven't already.

[rmorton27]

Cool, didn't see the devices when I first went looking... Thanks!