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Clock Widget-Correct usage

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2016 12:28 pm
by davidf
Hi
Is there any documentation on the correct usage of the Virtual Console's Clock Widget?

I've not been able to get it to execute the function that I've assigned it.
I assume if I set the countdown time and assign a chaser function to execute, then after counting down to 0, the widget should cause the chaser to run. It doesn't seem to, so I assume I'm not using it correctly. On the other hand, if that's how it's intended to operate, it'd be great if I could reset the countdown to its starting value, so that I could hold off executing the chaser (e.g. via a VC widget, not by right-clicking the mouse). Anyway some direction to an explanation as to how it works would be appreciated!

I'm using v4.10.4

Thanks

David

Re: Clock Widget-Correct usage

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2016 1:16 pm
by mcallegari
From http://www.qlcplus.org/docs/virtualconsole.html:
Add a new Clock widget to the currently selected frame. This widget can be used for 3 purposes: System clock, Stopwatch and Countdown.
In the last two cases and when QLC+ is in operate mode, clicking with the mouse left button will pause the counter, while clicking with the mouse right button will reset the counter to the initial value.
When in system clock mode, it is possible to schedule when to start a QLC+ function during the time of day.
At the moment, functions cannot be started in Stopwatch and Countdown mode.

Re: Clock Widget-Correct usage

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2016 11:14 pm
by davidf
Thanks for the response :)

Can we do anything currently with stopwatch/countdown?

Re: Clock Widget-Correct usage

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2016 7:54 am
by mcallegari
No. At the moment they're just counters

Re: Clock Widget-Correct usage

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 11:08 am
by richbass
Hi Massimo,
Is there any backdoor to make a stopwatch start counting as soon as VC enters operate mode?
(I'm running 4.12.0 of your RPI build)
Thanks

Re: Clock Widget-Correct usage

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:28 am
by Andrew
richbass wrote: Thu Jan 10, 2019 11:08 am Is there any backdoor to make a stopwatch start counting as soon as VC enters operate mode?
You can create a chaser where the first step is an empty function. The hold time for step 1 becomes your delay. Then after the hold time the next step will be activated.

This works when attached to a button on the Virtual Console. I've tried setting the chaser as the startup function but it doesn't seem to work when doing that. (Although I'm not using the latest QLC+ yet.)