Subj : Re: Event Timing
To   : 2twisty
From : Zip
Date : Thu Mar 31 2022 09:06 pm

Hello 2twisty!

On 31 Mar 2022, 2twisty said the following...
 2t> There isn't a good description or hint available as to what these fields
 2t> actually mean.  If I set "hour" to "1," does that mean run every hour
 2t> (and then 2 would mean every 2 hours) or does it mean run at 1AM?

For Interval events, it's the former -- Exec Hour: 1 and Exec Min: 30 would mean every 1« hour (every 90 minutes).

*Which* minute on the hour it will be is determined by MIS -- I think it keeps track of the last time of execution to determine if it's OK to launch the event at any given moment.

It's also worth noting that MIS needs to be restarted for event changes to take effect.

 2t> If I want to run an event on the 27th minute of every hour, for example,
 2t> would I set hour to "1" and "minute" to 27?

For non-Interval and non-Semaphore events to fire on a certain minute every hour, I believe you would have to create 24 events (one for each hour), and specify the desired hour (Exec Hour) and minute (Exec Min) for each of them.

Best regards
Zip

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