Start Timer

Description

Starts a named timer that can be used to control the flow through a Task System. The Timer Expired Transition and the timerExpired function can be used to evaluate whether the timer has expired.

Signature

action/start_timer

Required Parameters

timer

Example:MyTimer

Name for the timer

duration

Example:1.0

Duration

Optional Parameters

duration_units

Options:
us
ms
s
Default:us

Duration units

timebase

If set to the name of a timebase, the expiration time will be measured relative to that timebase. If omitted, the current time will be used as the timebase.