Changed method of preventing multiple rings to using a debounce timer…

… that prevents two rings from happening in the same minute.

src/schedule/scheduleManager.cpp

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ This file handles reading a schedule from the client, saving it to EEPROM, and c
 // Constructor for ScheduleManager class that initializes the EEPROMLayoutManager, TimeManager, and RelayManager objects
 ScheduleManager::ScheduleManager() : currentSchedule(4096) {
     loadScheduleFromEEPROM();
-    lastRingTime = "";
+    ringInterval = 60000; // 1 minute interval
+    lastRingTimeMillies = 0;
 }
 
 
@@ -74,8 +75,10 @@ String ScheduleManager::getScheduleString() {
  * The `handleRing` function checks if the bell should ring and activates the relay if necessary.
  */
 void ScheduleManager::handleRing() {
-    if (shouldRingNow()) {
+    unsigned long currentMillis = millis();
+    if (shouldRingNow() && (currentMillis - lastRingTimeMillies) >= ringInterval) {
         relayManager.activateRelay();
+        lastRingTimeMillies = currentMillis;
     }
 }
 
@@ -121,8 +124,7 @@ bool ScheduleManager::shouldRingNow() {
 
     // Look for the exact current time in today's schedule
     for (JsonVariant v : times) {
-        if (currentTime == v.as<String>() && currentTime != lastRingTime) {
-            lastRingTime = currentTime;
+        if (currentTime == v.as<String>()) {
             return true; // Time to ring the bell
         }
     }

src/schedule/scheduleManager.h

@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ class ScheduleManager {
         JsonArray getRemainingRingTimes();
         void sortScheduleTimes(DynamicJsonDocument& schedule);
         String dayOfWeekStr(int day);
-        String lastRingTime;
         void loadScheduleFromEEPROM();
         DynamicJsonDocument currentSchedule;
         bool validateSchedule(DynamicJsonDocument& schedule);
         bool isValidTimeFormat(const String& time);
+        unsigned long lastRingTimeMillies;
+        unsigned long ringInterval;
 };