Timer Block Module

The Timer Block module allows the user to interact with Timer Blocks on the grid. This module is useful as it allows Mother to interoperate with existing automations on your grid.

Commands

start

Start execution for a timer block or group of timer blocks.

timer/start <TimerBlock|Group> [--options]

Options

Option	Values	Unit	Description
`delay`	1 - 3600	seconds	Set the delay of the timer block before starting execution.

Example

Terminal
; Start the timer block with a delay of 10 seconds
timer/start MainTimerBlock --delay=10;

trigger

Trigger the immediate execution of a timer block or group of timer blocks

timer/trigger <TimerBlock|Group> [--options]

Example

Terminal
; Trigger immediate execution of the timer block.
timer/trigger MainTimerBlock;

stop

Stop execution of a timer block or group of timer blocks

timer/stop <TimerBlock|Group> [--options]

Example

Terminal
; Stop the timer block
timer/stop MainTimerBlock;