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Make Schedule Script
A schedule script is a text file with. wpi file extension. You can use any text editor to
create and edit it. In the major of cases, using “nano” will be very convenient.
Below is a very simple schedule script and it will keep your Raspberry Pi on for 5
minutes in every 20 minutes.
Like many other scripting languages, Witty Pi’s schedule script also uses “#” to make
single line comment.
The first two lines define the time range for executing the script. Please make sure to
use the correct time format (YYYY-mm-DD HH:MM:SS). You can use one or more
white characters (space or tab) between BEGIN/END and the time string.
The rest of the script defines the states in the loop. It could be “ON” or “OFF”, and you
should define at least one “ON” and one “OFF” states in the loop. The ON and OFF
states are used in pair.
You should also specify the duration of each state. You can do so by putting one or
more parameters after ON/OFF text, separated by space or tab. Each parameter
starts with a capital letter and follows by a number, where the capital letter is the unit
of time:
 D = Days (D2 means 2 days)
 H=Hours (H3 means 3 hours)
 M=Minutes (M15 means 15 minutes)
 S=Seconds (S30 means 30 seconds)
For example, if you wish to define an ON state for one and a half hour, you can write:
ON H1 M30
When the script engine executes this line, it will actually schedule a shutdown at the
# Turn on Raspberry Pi for 5 minutes, in every 20 minutes
BEGIN 2015-08-01 00:00:00
END 2025-07-31 23:59:59
ON M5 # keep ON state for 5 minutes
OFF M15 # keep OFF state for 15 minutes