Subj : Re: Timed Event in windows file?  (batch possibly?)
To   : comp.programming
From : Sc0rpi0
Date : Tue Jul 19 2005 12:51 am

ratedr1@aol.com:

> what the above does is sets the heating element to 50 amps, and then
> turns the heating element on (hon).  In this program I can have a timer
> to set how long it will run the heat for with an item like this:
> 1,timer,30  (setting the timer to 30 seconds).  however...what I am
> REALLY trying to accomplish, is to have it do something like the
> following, but the program cannot
> 
> 
> 1,amps,50
> 1,hon
> 1,timer,30
> 1,hoff
> 1,amps,300
> 1,hon
> 1,timer,30
> 
> 
> The above would set the amps to 50 and30 seconds, then turn off and
> immediately set the amps to 300 and 30 seconds.  the prog cannot do
> that...so is there a way to have the actual text or batch file, use the
> computers timer to send programs at a timed point?

1. Maybe scheduler (something like cron in windows) and batch file running
a serie of commands joined together ?
2. Do it in C/C++ and just exec that program from there at spec.
time points.


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