Time calculations - based on HostComputer, or connected device?

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Hey,

me again with a kind of strange observation:

I managed to setup a lyrics prompter, consisting of a Screen connected to a Raspberry Pi, which is configured in Kiosk mode so it always starts browser after plugging in, directly routing to the ableset address (via IP to a specific lyrics canvas). So plug and play :slight_smile: - will show some pictures/description of the build project soon (really nice solution for my taste….)

Works like a charm, BUT: on the canvas I display the actual time and the “arrival time” until the end of the Setlist. Works flawlessly on any iPad or similar. However: On the raspberry, it is quite useless and shows something arbitrary (maybe because Raspberry always “looses” system time when being switched off, and system time on RasPi therefore is like 1970?!).

Could you indicate if the same canvas on different devices “draws” the time information/baseline differently? Any chance to make sure that the canvas on the Pi shows the time calculation from the host device which is running ableset, ignoring the “wrong” system time on the Pi?

Best,

Sebastian

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That’s a good observation! You’re correct, the time currently relies on the device’s clock to work properly. This is something I should be able to work around fairly easily, though. I’ll see if I can make it happen with the 3.0 release :slight_smile:

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Excellent :slight_smile:
It is absolutely amazing how quick you adopt such wishes. What a customer
care and product all around. Could not be happier!
Indeed, drawing the “time” information from the host would help a lot to
align all devices time-wise, and I do not see any situation the local clock
of a peripheral device would be better…
Looking forward to 3.0 :slight_smile:
Best,
Sebastian

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Solved with 3.0 - time now obtained from host, and calculated correctly :slight_smile:

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