How to monitor a switch's state and do X if switch has remained in state B

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tgm1175:
One "hack" you could do to get this working fast, is every time you play the tone, reset the switchPin1TriggeredTime back to the current system clock.

Like so:

  if(switch_state && switch_timestamp && (millis() - switch_timestamp) >= switchPin1TriggeredTime)   {

//play a short alert tone every minute
     playWarningTone();
     switch_timestamp = millis() + ( 6000 );  //Re-fire the event every minute after the first 2 minute warning.
    }

Thank you for this hack, it seems to have a lot of potential. However when using it, I've found that what happens is that the warning tone is re-fired after switchPin1TriggeredTime - not every minute. Would you mind seeing if there's something simple to address to get it working? I've had a play myself to no avail :slight_smile:

THANKS AGAIN