Reload a scheduler using flow variable

[janderholm]

From what I've understood, I should be able to create a scheduler which uses a flow variable (flow.start in the example below). Every time msg.payload = "reload" is issued to the scheduler, it should update the schedule.

I just can't get it to work. It will only load the time when the flow is restarted. Am I missing something?

Here's a small example flow which should switches between two times using inject nodes:

[
    {
        "id": "96e7e4d5e866957a",
        "type": "tab",
        "label": "Flow 1",
        "disabled": false,
        "info": "",
        "env": []
    },
    {
        "id": "860a35e619d135c2",
        "type": "inject",
        "z": "96e7e4d5e866957a",
        "name": "15:50:00",
        "props": [
            {
                "p": "payload"
            }
        ],
        "repeat": "",
        "crontab": "",
        "once": false,
        "onceDelay": 0.1,
        "topic": "",
        "payload": "15:50:00",
        "payloadType": "str",
        "x": 340,
        "y": 320,
        "wires": [
            [
                "5d6addbe18afb9a4"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "0ff1de20321af4fc",
        "type": "inject",
        "z": "96e7e4d5e866957a",
        "name": "12:00:00",
        "props": [
            {
                "p": "payload"
            }
        ],
        "repeat": "",
        "crontab": "",
        "once": false,
        "onceDelay": 0.1,
        "topic": "",
        "payload": "12:00:00",
        "payloadType": "str",
        "x": 340,
        "y": 380,
        "wires": [
            [
                "5d6addbe18afb9a4"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "5d6addbe18afb9a4",
        "type": "change",
        "z": "96e7e4d5e866957a",
        "name": "",
        "rules": [
            {
                "t": "set",
                "p": "start",
                "pt": "flow",
                "to": "payload",
                "tot": "msg"
            }
        ],
        "action": "",
        "property": "",
        "from": "",
        "to": "",
        "reg": false,
        "x": 510,
        "y": 340,
        "wires": [
            [
                "2dfe83d48fa320c9"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "2dfe83d48fa320c9",
        "type": "change",
        "z": "96e7e4d5e866957a",
        "name": "set msg.payload = \"reload\"",
        "rules": [
            {
                "t": "set",
                "p": "payload",
                "pt": "msg",
                "to": "reload",
                "tot": "str"
            }
        ],
        "action": "",
        "property": "",
        "from": "",
        "to": "",
        "reg": false,
        "x": 740,
        "y": 340,
        "wires": [
            [
                "98a1352ebcc8cd53",
                "4f1d2a9f0bad89be"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "98a1352ebcc8cd53",
        "type": "debug",
        "z": "96e7e4d5e866957a",
        "name": "Reload",
        "active": true,
        "tosidebar": true,
        "console": false,
        "tostatus": false,
        "complete": "true",
        "targetType": "full",
        "statusVal": "",
        "statusType": "auto",
        "x": 980,
        "y": 340,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "4f1d2a9f0bad89be",
        "type": "chronos-scheduler",
        "z": "96e7e4d5e866957a",
        "name": "",
        "config": "2467c9c53ab2bed2",
        "schedule": [
            {
                "trigger": {
                    "type": "flow",
                    "value": "start",
                    "offset": 0,
                    "random": false
                },
                "output": {
                    "type": "msg",
                    "property": {
                        "name": "payload",
                        "type": "str",
                        "value": "test"
                    }
                }
            }
        ],
        "disabled": false,
        "multiPort": false,
        "nextEventPort": false,
        "delayOnStart": true,
        "onStartDelay": 0.1,
        "outputs": 1,
        "x": 860,
        "y": 480,
        "wires": [
            [
                "11a58acd9c6bc89e"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "11a58acd9c6bc89e",
        "type": "debug",
        "z": "96e7e4d5e866957a",
        "name": "Scheduler",
        "active": true,
        "tosidebar": true,
        "console": false,
        "tostatus": false,
        "complete": "true",
        "targetType": "full",
        "statusVal": "",
        "statusType": "auto",
        "x": 1030,
        "y": 480,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "2467c9c53ab2bed2",
        "type": "chronos-config",
        "name": "Home",
        "latitudeType": "num",
        "longitudeType": "num",
        "timezone": "Europe/London",
        "sunPositions": []
    }
]

[janderholm]

I managed to get it to work.

It seems like, flow.time must be an object, such as this:

{
"type": "time",
"value": "12:00:00",
"offset": 0,
"random": false
}

for reload to work. If the flow is restarted, flow.time can be a string. But not for reloads.