Timers and Button Pushes

[Topfox]

Have a remote that only recognizes button pushes and release.  No double tap or anything like that. 
 

id like to make this button a double use button and am trying to figure out a way to do that creatively. Was thinking maybe a timer. Press the button starts a timer. At the end of the timer it completes and action. Say turn off the system. However if you press the button a second time before the timer is complete it will switch inputs instead of turning off the system. 
 

I haven’t played around with timers at all, but would something like work/is that possible?  Or any other creative thoughts on how I might be able to turn a single button into a dual purpose button. 

[South Africa C4 user]

I do this with a 2 second timer.

Every button push adds 1 to a user variable (let’s call it ButtonPushed) 

On ButtonPushed changes, I have the following:

      If ButtomPushed = 1 start timer

On timer expires, I have:

     look at value of ButtonPushed and decide what to do (I use 1, 2, 3 and 4 or more as my conditionals).

     set ButtonPushed to 0

 

My primary use of this code is to give more flexibility to the 3 custom buttons on SR260 remotes and to make the red button on all of my remotes into a panic button (if pressed multiple times).

 

 

 

[Topfox]

22 minutes ago, South Africa C4 user said:

I do this with a 2 second timer.

Every button push adds 1 to a user variable (let’s call it ButtonPushed) 

On ButtonPushed changes, I have the following:

      If ButtomPushed = 1 start timer

On timer expires, I have:

     look at value of ButtonPushed and decide what to do (I use 1, 2, 3 and 4 or more as my conditionals).

     set ButtonPushed to 0

 

My primary use of this code is to give more flexibility to the 3 custom buttons on SR260 remotes and to make the red button on all of my remotes into a panic button (if pressed multiple times).

 

 

 

Cool. Thanks. I’m going to play with it. 

[Topfox]

although I ended up doing something else, I may still go back to this.  Can you tell me how you get the button presses to count in the variable? I couldnt seem to figure out how to get it to increment with out doing a set which then its not counting the pushes.  Unless Im missinog something which Im sure I am.

[South Africa C4 user]

There is an option (on the right) to add 1 (or any other number) to a variable.  I think it is called increment.  I if you are still stuck let me know and I will try and get you a screenshot when the HE problem comes to an end.

[Topfox]

I see it now. There is a + option when using a number variable. 
 

thanks again. 

[Topfox]

I got it all working now.  I actually needed to combine it with another scenario I had with the other thing I was doing.  Appreciate the share and the extra info.