Screen Delay
Posted: 23 Jan 2017 15:40
This flow adds two variables.
The first one, global_screen_delay, gets set to 5 minutes ahead of your current time if the screen is off, 1 minute ahead if the screen is on.
The other variable gets set to the number 5 and 1. I'll get back to why.
The interesting thing about this flow is the trigger : Global Variable Date/Time:global_screen_delay, which is activated whenever the current time equals the variable.
What this basically does is enable any/all of your flows to be activated based on said variable instead of on a timer, which I find to be more flexible.
The second variable is in case you don't want a certain action to be done 5 times quicker because the screen is on.
Most of my flows are based off this variable, so be sure to use it if you want to use my other ones.
The first one, global_screen_delay, gets set to 5 minutes ahead of your current time if the screen is off, 1 minute ahead if the screen is on.
The other variable gets set to the number 5 and 1. I'll get back to why.
The interesting thing about this flow is the trigger : Global Variable Date/Time:global_screen_delay, which is activated whenever the current time equals the variable.
What this basically does is enable any/all of your flows to be activated based on said variable instead of on a timer, which I find to be more flexible.
The second variable is in case you don't want a certain action to be done 5 times quicker because the screen is on.
Most of my flows are based off this variable, so be sure to use it if you want to use my other ones.