Timed display question

jonny · Post by **jonny** » December 30th, 2005, 12:30 am

does anyone have a way to turn off the backlight after a few seconds? Ive tried to use the timer plugin, but the only one i found counts up to a certain time. I think i could eventually get it to work using algebraic functions, but i was hoping someone has it figured out already.

Any suggestions?

Post by **limbo** » December 30th, 2005, 12:47 am

I believe that if you use my warnif plugin you can set the time you want to switch the state a value to appear in this time...
after that you have to go to actions and set the proper configutration for the return value!

jonny · Post by **jonny** » January 1st, 2006, 11:31 pm

how would i use the warnif plugin to shut off the timer after say, 15 seconds after a state change in winamp? I'm trying to get the backlight to come on when a new song comes on, or i pause the player, etc, and then shut off in 15 seconds.

Post by **limbo** » January 2nd, 2006, 5:10 pm

Sorry I misunderstood the whole thing...
I 'll try to create an "escalate" plugin to cover this need...
I need some time

Post by **limbo** » January 2nd, 2006, 6:58 pm

NEWS

Please try alpha (it's buggy for the moment) version of my escalate plugin...

You will find info inside the archive...

Please post feedback here

jonny · Post by **jonny** » January 4th, 2006, 6:57 am

Thanks Limbo-
this is exactly what I was looking for. I have it set up now, and i will send you any suggestions/bugs when I run across them.

btw: I set parameter 2 to 60 for about 15 seconds of wait time. It seems to be fairly consistent.

Thanks again!

Jonny

jonny · Post by **jonny** » January 7th, 2006, 8:30 pm

After playing with this plugin for a bit, i can make a few suggestions. While this plugin works great for the winamp status as was mentioned in the readme file, it doesnt work as well for other things. I have it set up (as a test) with the hotkey plugin:

$dll(hotkey,3,,) > 0 then BacklightToggle
$dll(escalate.dll,1,30,$dll(hotkey,3,,)) = 0 then BacklightToggle

this action combination should turn the backlight on when hotkey 3 is pressed, and shut it off after a period of time, but it doesnt work.

Did i set it up correctly?

Other than that, this is a great plugin, Thanks Limbo!

Post by **limbo** » January 8th, 2006, 2:55 pm

I didn't had on my mind the toggle function and co-operation with other command when I coded down this dll.

I tried to make a quick solution for your needs because I found it smart idea...

In next version I 'll try to fix these bugs and make it more flexible but for now the alpha version is best I can (no time to start coding again).