Idle Command
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Do nothing. Use the Idle
command as a placeholder or to insert a calculated delay in a longer series of commands.
Properties
The Idle
command has no properties other than the common command properties. Set the type
property to Idle
.
The following example shows a command sequence that speaks "item7." The use of the Idle
command guarantees that the overall command lasts at least 3000 milliseconds even if the speech ends earlier.
{
"type": "Parallel",
"commands": [
{
"type": "Idle",
"delay": 3000
},
{
"type": "SpeakItem",
"componentId": "item7"
}
]
}
The idle command is ignored in fast mode
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