Multi-threading and Global Variables

Can someone confirm something for me?

Last night I was trying to delay the change in a global variable. Four translators, one original trigger:

1. receive button press (arm track OFF)

2. send the 1st message (mute MACKIE track OFF)

3. react to the 1st message, if g1==1, skip outgoing, otherwise send 2nd message (mute DAW track OFF)

4. react to the 1st message, set timer

-- delay --

5. react to the timer, send 3rd message (arm DAW track OFF), make g1=0

I created a timer to delay the changing of the global variable, g1, but no matter how long I used, the 3rd step fails every time. It's supposed to still be g1==1, until I say so in the 5th step. This got me thinking the processing of the variable happens pre-emptive. And that the outgoing action may be delayed indefinitely but the rules of the 5th message are already processed.

Confirm?

g1 should not be made 0 until the delayed timer translator goes off. When, in the process, do you make g1=1?

no, g1=1, is set before any of this happens.

(when the arm button was turned on last)

What are the exact rules you're using? if it's

if g1==1 then exit rules, execute outgoing action

then try

if g1!=0 then exit rules, execute outgoing action

Yes, I updated my first post.
I am trying to NOT send the message if g1==1.

if g1==1 then exit rules, skip outgoing action

Good tip on the opposite though.

Do me a favor and deactivate the timer translator that sets g1 to 0. Go through the process and in the log window dump the global variables. Does g1=1 or g1=0?

AH!! thank you.

I've been muttering to myself how much better this would be if I could see the state of the variables.

Is that what "dump" means?

Yup. It took my a long time to figure that out.

Everytime I read that button in the log I thought:

"If I want to initialize the values why wouldn't I just re-open the file!?" (dump, as in "get rid of" in English?)

Ah. That's much better.

Is this working now, or are we still trying to figure it out? Got derailed

No, it's not working. But I'll have much better debugging and I'll get back to you tomorrow. (at work now)