Timeout function

[Ron Schioldager]

 

The scenario is this - LJ is going to run unattended creating all sorts of patterns... but I want the crowd to be able to interact. So using the IPAD (via OSC) the user flips a switch which deactivates a scene. Got that working bidirectionally between LJ and the IPAD. But, if the user walks away, I want the scene to start up by itself in 15 seconds. I suspect it is a matter of using the timeout(X,Y) function.... but I just cant seem to figure it out.

[Mathieu]

Hi Ron,

Good question :)

The trigger function is all you need in this case. This formula returns 100% as long as there's been activity (user constantly flipping the switch!) in the last 15 seconds in the osc(0) value:

trigger(onbeat( osc(0) ), 15, 0, 100, 0)

In your case, you need to reverse the result, since you want to deactivate a scene when there's user activity, so the formula becomes:

100 - trigger(onbeat( osc(0) ), 15, 0, 100, 0)

or

!trigger(onbeat( osc(0) ), 15, 0, 100, 0)

Hope this helps!

Cheers,

Mathieu