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16pxdesign wrote: ↑Friday 03 May 2019 2:52 Hi, I want to achieve this effect using dzVents
https://www.domoticz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18848
I don't know how to set time for this counter, there is no problem when the counter is just counter but when I change it to time version I have a problem. Can anybody help?

16pxdesign wrote: ↑Friday 03 May 2019 19:25 Ok so I have dummy counter and I set the counter in Domoticz as time counter. When I try to use a method "updateCounter()" and pass any number it not change any state of this counter. This method works for the normal counter but doesn't want to work with a time counter. So my question is how I can set time counter values in dzVents

16pxdesign wrote: ↑Friday 03 May 2019 23:43 OK, Good to know, thanks. I got 3 heaters but I need to know how long they work in minutes or hours. I know you got logs but it hard to read total time it been ON or OFF.

felix63 wrote: ↑Friday 30 April 2021 16:38 I have a similar use case. When a device is switched off I want to update a virtual device - (timer) counter so I can track the time the device has been on. In dzvents I tried but can't get it to work.

return
{
    on =
    {
        devices =
        {
            1324, -- device for which you want to record the On time.
        },
    },
    data =
    {
        lastOn = { initial = 0 },
    },
    logging = {
        level = domoticz.LOG_DEBUG,
        marker = 'timeKeeper',
    },

    execute = function(dz, item)
        local secondsActive = 0
        local iCounter = dz.devices('timeKeeper') -- define as virtual incremental counter

        if item.active then
            if dz.data.lastOn == 0 then dz.data.lastOn = os.time() end
            return
        else
            if dz.data.lastOn == 0 then
                secondsActive = os.time() - item.lastUpdate.dDate
            else
                secondsActive = os.time() - dz.data.lastOn
                 dz.data.lastOn = 0
            end
            iCounter.updateCounter(secondsActive)
        end
    end
}

felix63 wrote:Works, thanks. But I am still completely baffled by (incremental) counters.

felix63 wrote: ↑Saturday 01 May 2021 10:57 I am trying to find some info on:

- difference between counter, managed counter and incremental counter

- what is the function of counter type 'Time', and how to use it from a script. The following command for instance doesn't do anything on a counter of type time.

Lostnode wrote: ↑Tuesday 18 May 2021 18:54 I tried your code and it works for logging on-time for each event.
But what if you'd like a counter that records total time a device has been turned on over a longer period (accumulated time)?

waaren wrote: ↑Tuesday 18 May 2021 22:36

Lostnode wrote: ↑Tuesday 18 May 2021 18:54 I tried your code and it works for logging on-time for each event.
But what if you'd like a counter that records total time a device has been turned on over a longer period (accumulated time)?

Maybe I do not completely understand what you mean but if you used incremental counter as device type when creating the counter it should already do just that. If not please elaborate on your question.