MiConnect: Timers

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Timers represent an internal time keeping mechanism that can be utilized in conjunction with system components, plugins and operations blocks to impact routine flow. Timers are global across the project.

Editing Timers

The following parameters are available to configure timers:

• Select Timer: Selects the timer to edit
  • "+": Press to create a new timer
  • "trashcan": Press to delete the selected timer
• Timer Name: Represents how the timer is displayed in Tool Connect
• Interval: The length of time in milliseconds for the timer to timeout
• Timer Behavior: Determines additional timer behavior. The following options are available
  • None: Timer has no additional behavior
  • Reset on Step Changed: Timer interval resets when the routine step changes
  • Reset on Routine Changed: Timer interval resets when the routine changes
  • Always Running: Timer continuously restarts at timeout
• Timer is configurable: When enabled, the timer's Interval setting can be changed from the local settings menu located in the run-time environment
• Timer runs periodically until stopped: When enabled, the timer will restart at its timeout interval until the stop timer operation block stops the timer.

Edit Timer Window