Help needed wih TimerWidget

Need Help With My Project
1

Hi,

after browsing through many posts on TimerWidget issues, I am still stuck.
Project is about a few doors I need to open/close remotely. Esp8266, some sensor, motors -> good. Blynk with LEDs, charts, Buttons, etc. -> great. EventorWidget to open/close at given times -> also good.
Now to open and close doors at sunrise/sunset I wanted to use the TimerWidget. Two more reasons for TimerWidget below.
After a lot of trying, TimerWidget totally doesn’t behave as advertised for me and since I couldn’t find any other report on such behaviour, I guess I screw up, not Blynk.
TimerWidet connected to VPin V11, all conf. options on (sunrise/set, start/stop/timezone,…).
Simple code below. Setup/Version below.

Symptoms:

  1. VPin IS NOT triggered at the time set. Not at start, not at stop.
  2. VPin IS triggered when I change the settings in the app.
  3. The Value transmitted is not 0 or 1, but 11760, 73680, or 66540. Depending on what setting I changed, not on the value of the setting.,

What am I screwing up?

Thanks
Rolf

Code:

#define BLYNK_PRINT Serial // Enables Serial Monitor
#include <BlynkSimpleEsp8266.h>
#define timer1VPin V11
BLYNK_WRITE(timer1VPin) {
  Serial.print("Got a value: ");
  Serial.println(param.asStr());
}

Serial output when changing TimerWidget settings, NO output at set times:

Got a value: 11760
Got a value: 73680
Got a value: 66540
Got a value: 66540

Project:

  • ESP8266 with blynk 0.4.8
  • android app 2.10.1
  • arduino IDE 1.6.13

PS: Why I would like to use TimerWidget, not Eventor:

  • can act on sunrise/sunset
  • gives info on current settings in widget when project is running
  • can change setting without stopping the app. Actually this is a show-stopper for EventorWidget, since several People should be able to change time settings, without stopping/starting the project.
2

Is this an issue with Timer or Time Input widget?

The Timer widget will trigger a pin but does not have sunrise/sunset control.

The Time Input widget will not trigger a pin. It is merely an Input widget for passing time information to your code.

You need to use the Time Input widget to setup your Timer, not trigger it

3

Thanks. Human stupidity can be amazing. Don’t ask my when I managed to replace the timer widget in my project by a time input widget.

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