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Triggering scene with real time clock
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 4:39 pm
by joshbailz
Hi,
I am planning on using QLC+ for an outdoor installation and running it on a raspberry pi. I want to be able to trigger recorded looks based on the time of day, so for example if the time is 9am load preset 1, if the time is 2pm load preset 2. Is this possible in QLC+?
Triggering scene with real time clock
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 9:48 pm
by Jano Svitok
Add clock widget to console, set it to system time (the default) and add some function to schedule list.
http://www.qlcplus.org/docs/virtualconsole.html
Triggering scene with real time clock
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 11:45 am
by Massimo Callegari
An additional note on this, specific to the Raspberry Pi.
Please keep in mind that the RPi doesn't have a backup battery to keep the system time, so every time you power off the device, the system time gets lost.
The image provided, retrieves the system time via NTP, so from the internet.
If you don't have an internet connection, the system time is wrong, so your clock programming with QLC+ might not work as you expect.
Another way is to power on the RPi, access it via ssh and manually set the system time.
You'd need to do this every time the power goes off.
Otherwise, I believe there are plenty of articles on how to add a backup battery or RTC functionality to the Pi:
http://www.repairhub.co.uk/content/reso ... ery-backup
http://afterthoughtsoftware.com/products/rasclock