will start an already started timer cause trouble?

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Hi:

I have an action which periodically starts an timer. So the action will try to start an already started timer every 10 sec. Will that cause a trouble in dataminer engine?

Thanks

Marieke Goethals [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] Selected answer as best 7th July 2023

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Hi,

When verifying the protocol development checklist, that can be downloaded here, there is mentioned in chapter 3.5.4.4 Starting/Stopping Timers:

  • The use of conditions must always be favored over starting, stopping and restarting timers, but a condition on a group is favored over a condition on a timer, since the timer performs a regular check on that condition to see if it becomes true. In case an action is used to start or stop a timer, a timer that is already started must not be started again, as this could lead to issues.

Regards,

Marieke Goethals [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] Selected answer as best 7th July 2023
Mark Miao commented

Thank you very much for the help