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dictionary:more:dolater [2018/01/15 15:23] – [Do Later] added more info and link to motion controlled light James Sentmandictionary:more:dolater [2018/01/15 15:28] – James Sentman
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 Don’t use do later for things that you need to adjust the timing of, or things where you might create more and more of them like a motion controlled light. Use the [[tutorials:motion_controlled_light|Motion Controlled Light]] technique for things like that. Don’t use do later for things that you need to adjust the timing of, or things where you might create more and more of them like a motion controlled light. Use the [[tutorials:motion_controlled_light|Motion Controlled Light]] technique for things like that.
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 +If you need a regular callback to the same handler or need to create such an event in another script use the [[dictionary:xtension:startidler|Start Idler]] command.
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 +A Global Script named “[[xtension_manual:specialscripts|Idle Script]]” will be run every minute so that is another place to put repeating tasks.
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 ===Usage:=== ===Usage:===
 **do later** [text] the name of the handler to do later. This will always be in the same script, you cannot do later into a different script. This works for Global Script, unit ON or OFF scripts or Interface scripts.\\ **do later** [text] the name of the handler to do later. This will always be in the same script, you cannot do later into a different script. This works for Global Script, unit ON or OFF scripts or Interface scripts.\\
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   end partThree   end partThree
 </code> </code>
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 +===See Also:===
 +  * [[dictionary:xtension:startidler|Start Idler]]
 +  * [[dictionary:xtension:stopidler|Stop Idler]]
 +  * [[xtension_manual:specialscripts|Idle Script]]
  
 ===Notes:=== ===Notes:===
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