Away mode seems to change the time..strange

Known bug and duplicate of:

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/away-mode-self-resets

dwinden

thanks – I have done the “cosmetic” bug fix, now it displays some additional information about when away mode will be enabled, I submitted a bug report with the link provided as well.

hi dwinden,

just wanted to let you know that after changing that thing yesterday, today away mode didn’t reset as it did before, so it seems to be fixed with that tweak ??

@gab81
No, I’m afraid the reset bug is not fixed. It is only a cosmetic fix.
The Away Mode Start time and End time controls will perhaps be reset today or most probably tomorrow (it depends on the actual Start and End time chosen)…

If you subsequently click on any of the “Save All Changes” buttons on the iTSec plugin Settings page (because eg you changed some other setting) the reset Start and End time controls values will be stored in the database.

From that moment on your Away Mode Start and End time are reset.

The content of the extra Away Mode status info (visible because of the cosmetic fix) will then confirm that the start and end times are reset.

The reason why it takes another day for the Start and End time controls to reset is because when you set a Start and End time the iTSec plugin adds 24 hours to it.
Example. Today you set Daily Away Mode:
Start time=12:00 AM
End time=08:00 AM

These values are stored in the database as unix dates of tomorrow (not today).
So after 08:00 AM the day AFTER tomorrow the Start and End Time controls values will be reset.

From then on you run the risk of accidentally resetting the Away Mode Start and End time stored in the database as described earlier in this post.

There is 1 situation that you will not notice any difference.
This is when you decide to set the Start and End time to 12:00 AM and
06:00 AM. Your chosen values are then identical to the reset values.

I hope this clarifies things a bit. Keep an eye on it and you will see.

dwinden

oh I see, thanks

Ok, so how are your (Daily) Away Mode controls set today ?

dwinden

hi dwinden,

I had a look and here’s what I have today:

The dashboard of this website will become unavailable every day from 00:00 until 08:00.

but then in the boxes below where you can select the time, I have:

Start time 12.00am
End time 06.00am

so who’s right there? I didn’t actually log on this morning, say at 07 to see if he lets me in or not

thanks,
Gab

Ok, so that’s exactly what I expected.
Away mode is still set correctly (in the database) BUT …

The Start and End time CONTROLS are now reset.

As long as you don’t click on any of the “Save All Changes” buttons on the iTSec plugin Settings page, Away Mode keeps working from 00:00 until 08:00.

If you do make a change in any settings which requires to click on any of the “Save All Changes” buttons in order to save that change don’t forget to set the Away Mode End time CONTROL to 08:00am.

Otherwise the Away Mode is reset to 00:00 until 06:00 in the database.

It is the Start and End time values saved in the database that matter.

dwinden

no worries, thanks for explaining how it works, I think this is key

any settings which requires to click on any of the “Save All Changes”

, maybe I will test it trying to log in at 07am ??

thanks,
Gab