Software Control Timing Best Practices (Consumer Loop/State Machine)

[JScherer]

Say I have a simple piece of code that needs to execute once, wait n seconds, and then execute again.

For Example a Stoplight:

Change to Red

-holds-

Change to Green

-holds-

Change to Yellow

What is the best way to keep the front panel responsive without continuously repeating the "Change to [Color]" state until you want the next color?

[JasonCorwin]

Look at the Time-Delayed Send Message from the ActorFramework, <vilib>/ActorFramework/Time-Delayed Send Message. It allows for sending a message after a specified delay.