Timers

Membrane actions can be invoked manually or automatically, on a timer. We support three types of timers:

1. Delays
2. Scheduled
3. Crons

To set up a timer, navigate to the Navigator panel, click on any program, find the action you want to run, and click the clock icon to configure when the program should run. Right click a timer to delete.

Delay Timer Options

When using “Invoke after delay…”, you can specify durations using these time units:

• ms - milliseconds (e.g. “500ms”)
• s - seconds (e.g. ”10s”)
• m - minutes (e.g. “5m”)
• h - hours (e.g. “12h”)
• d - days (e.g. “7d”)
• w - weeks (e.g. “2w”)

Setting timers in code

You can also set up timers programmatically in Membrane. These three methods can be chained to actions, corresponding to the three types of timers listed above:

1. .$invokeIn()
2. .$invokeAt()
3. .$cron()

See our actions API reference for information on these methods.