Automate Your Music: Auto-Time Out after X Minutes
- By: GRhoades
- On: 03/06/2013 11:30:38
- In: Training News
YES! Our Director of Technical Services explains in detail below, you can time-out by second, minute, or hour. Also, establish a "User Setting" so that you can adjust the duration of audio from your iPhone or Touchscreen at any time!
Here's how:
You will need to use a Flag and a Button (or two) also. Use the Flag to set the duration and use the Button(s) to manually or programmatically turn the Audio Zone on/off.
First, name a Flag (e.g. BR Flag). Second, name the Buttons (e.g. BR Audio On and BR Audio Off). Third, name the Audio Zone (e.g. Bedroom).
Next, create the following programming:
WHEN BR Audio On
THEN Bedroom AUDIO ON
THEN BR Flag ON FOR 20 MINUTES
WHEN BR Flag Off
THEN Bedroom AUDIO OFF
WHEN BR Audio Off
THEN BR Flag OFF
Now when you run the “BR Audio On” User Button, the bedroom audio will come on for the duration that is set by the “BR Audio” Flag. When you run the “BR Audio Off” User Button, the bedroom audio will turn off.
To make this even more functional, you can add a User Setting to manually control the duration. You will need to name a User Setting (e.g. BR Audio Timer) and configure the Setting Type to “Duration”. Then, change the first program block as follows:
WHEN BR Audio On
THEN Bedroom AUDIO ON
THEN BR Flag ON FOR BR Audio Timer
You can manually or programmatically set the duration (i.e. BR Audio Timer) to: indefinitely (don’t turn off), 1-99 seconds (turn off in this many seconds), 1-99 minutes (turn off in this many minutes, or 1-18 hours (turn off in this many hours).