How to show running time in VD?

[Guest samuelboerhoop]

How do I show the running time of the HC2 in a VD label ?

[alex88 71]

There are lots of ways to do this. I created a button on my VD called "Remote On". This is the code i pasted in that button:

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Where GLOBAL_VARIABLE is variable I created in the variables panel

I also update a label (Label12) to state the remote is "On"

 

I then have this code run in the main loop of the VD:

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Label13 reports the time in seconds that the remote has been running.

 

You can create an Off button as well or you can run down a counter using the above. In this case the a timer is counting down from 100:

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[Guest samuelboerhoop]

Does your example shows the "Server status"  under HC2 > Configuration > Tab "General" > Server status ?

I would like it to start automatically from the Server status, would that be possilbe ?

[alex88 71]

There is probably a smarter way to do this, but if you want the timer to line up with the server status then create a new scene with %%autostart which means that it will automatically start when your HC2 boots up and then have that scene push the virtual device "Remote On" button I described above.

[boerremk 84]

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[alex88 71]

See attached file.

 

Much better. Nice one!

[Guest samuelboerhoop]

Perfect: that worked for me.