Re: Connecting the tvosd to the network

[Frank Mc Alinden]

Hi John
> You could try the following:
> Create a new determinator.
> Leave the conditions page empty.
> On the actions page, click Add.
> Select your VFD (or whatever you want to display the time on) and
select
the option to display a message.
>
> In the "Message to display" box, type:
> {SYS::TIME}

Tried executing the determinator and the text displayed is
{SYS::TIME}...????doesnt see this as a command????

the xpl message ...text={SYS::TIME}

Frank

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Subject: Re: [ukha_xpl] Connecting the tvosd to the network


> Hi Frank,
>
> > Thanks for the info....I just took a multimeter to it as i didnt
> > realise that 2+3 were crossed..now i can relocate the vfd
...;-))..Is it
> > possible to say send the time to the vfd every so often
????....Never
seems
> > to be a clock working in this house....
>
> You could try the following:
> Create a new determinator.
> Leave the conditions page empty.
> On the actions page, click Add.
> Select your VFD (or whatever you want to display the time on) and
select
the option to display a message.
>
> In the "Message to display" box, type:
> {SYS::TIME}
>
> (must be in caps)
> Set the delay to whatever you want and click OK.
> Complete the new determinator wizard to create your determinator.
>
> To test it, right-click on it and select Execute Now - you should see
the
current time appear on your VFD.
>
> Next, you want to fire that determinator on a regular basis, lets say
every 15 minutes for our example:
>
> Right-click on Events and select New Event.
> On the Welcome screen, click Next.
> Enter a name for the event, and click Next.
> Select "Repeating event" and click Next.
> Now select "Execute a determinator" and select the
determinator you just
created from the list.
> Click Next.
> Click the "All day" button, which will set the start and end
times for
you.
> Set the interval to 15 minutes.
> Click Next.
> Leave the randomisation at 0 and click Next.
> Leave all the tick boxes checked so that the event executes every day,
and
click Next.
> Finally, click Finish.
>
> And that's it... your VFD will now show the time every 15 minutes.
>
> Regards,
>
> John
>
>
>
>
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