Is it possible to use cron in flow to run every 5 seconds or more?
I tried this:
*/5 * * * * *
But the app says:
Cron expression contains 6 parts but we expect one of [5]
How should I do this?
Try to remove one unit as KWGT only use 5:
*/5 * * * *
Then it won’t do seconds but minutes. Exactly 5 minutes.
Is there a way to use cron in seconds in KLWP?
If you want to run a FLOW every 5 seconds you need a formula trigger just use $df(S)/5$, then select “on output changed” in the trigger options, this will trigger the flow every 5 seconds. You can use the same formula anywhere.
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Thank you, this worked.
Btw, for example, I have a text global count. And a flow to increment the count global by 1, automatically every 5 seconds.
Suppose the count is now 10 but I manually override it to 5, and when the flow starts to change the count, it does not change the count from 5 to 6 but instead 11.
How do I workaround this issue?
Tried this but it changes and then rapidly changes to the following number.
For example: if it was meant to change from 1 to 2, it changes to 2 then in next second to 3.
Visually:
1 > 2,3
3 > 4,5
5 > 6,7
7 > 8,9
9 > …
If you want to increment a variable every 5 seconds this is not the right way to do it, its much better to count seconds from a given time and then divide by 5. So for example.
$tf(0m0s, S)/5$
Will give the number of seconds from the start of the current hour (0 mins and 0 secs) up to now divided by 5.
If you want to reset this with a button you can set a global variable to
dp()
Then parse it back like:
$tf(gv(globalsetwithdp), S)/5
This will tell you how many “5 seconds clicks” have passed since “globalsetwithdp” has been set with dp()
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