From 61c5be1a084815cb7ce79970a5d93b39145f4106 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SpudGunMan <kellykeeton@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 11:39:36 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] throttleEAS

---
 modules/system.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/system.py b/modules/system.py
index f35a87b..7989d18 100644
--- a/modules/system.py
+++ b/modules/system.py
@@ -642,9 +642,12 @@ def handleMultiPing(nodeID=0, deviceID=1):
 
 
 def handleWxBroadcast(deviceID=1):
-    # only allow API call every 15 minutes
+    # only allow API call every 20 minutes
+    # the watchdog will call this function 3 times, seeing possible throttling on the API
     clock = datetime.now()
-    if clock.minute % 20 == 0:
+    if clock.minute % 20 != 0:
+        return False
+    if clock.second > 17:
         return False
     
     # check for alerts