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Other stopwatch options
Finally, you can choose other options to modify the behavior of the stopwatch:
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Milliseconds enabled: Allows you to display milliseconds instead of seconds on the displays in
the "Stopwatch" and "Elapsed time" states, thus shifting the rest of the information to the left
(seconds instead of minutes and minutes instead of hours).
N.B: If your timing times are short (less than one hour) and you do not have a display with seconds
(HMS), you can use this option to have the minutes and seconds displayed on your Hour-Minute
display (HM).
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Continue after end of count: By default the chronometer will stop and flash the end value when
it reaches it (or the end date). This option allows the stopwatch to continue even if it has reached
the end value.
Info: With this setting, the stopwatch can reach negative values which are shown at the top
of the Stopwatch web page, but only the absolute value can be displayed
This setting is very useful, associated with the change of color when the end value of the
chronometer is exceeded
For example, in the case of a presentation or a conference, the speaker is given
15 minutes for the speaker to make his presentation. You could set the start value to 15 minutes
and the end/change value to 2 minutes. This will allow the speaker to see his remaining time and
to have an additional visual information: when he has less than 2 minutes left, the display will turn
red to indicate that it is time to conclude and will continue to count down until an operator stops it
manually.
Configuration of Dates / Threshold Values
In the right-hand part of the Advanced Stopwatch tab, you can configure the operation of the stopwatch
in more detail than in basic mode.
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Start Value: start value of the chronometer. If not entered, the start value can be calculated
automatically according to the other data.
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End value: end value of the chronometer. If not entered, the end value can be calculated
automatically according to the other data or set to zero by default.
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Start date and direction of the Chrono (countdown/count up) for an automatic start of the
Stopwatch. When it is not entered (for manual start mode), the date on which the Stopwatch or
Countdown button is pressed is used.
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End Date: expected end date of the chronometer. If not entered, it can be calculated if the end
value is entered in count mode (otherwise the count is infinite) or in countdown mode.
To validate the configuration click on the 'Validate' button at the bottom of the page. If an automatic
start has not been chosen, you will have to click on the control buttons (Counting / Uncounting) to
start the chronometer.
Warning: Some combinations do not make sense and will be rejected. For example, trying to
set a start value, an end value and an end date that are incompatible will be rejected.
Similarly, a start value greater than an end value in count mode (or vice versa in count mode)
will be rejected. On the other hand, a start date in the past will be accepted and the
chronometer will start immediately, updating the information on the displays as if it had
actually started at the date and time set.
Warning: the start and end dates must be entered in UTC in order to be sure to avoid time
change problems. In order to facilitate the programming, you can use the 'Set to current time'
button which will convert your current local time to UTC in the configuration fields.