[ViX_Misc] Zap timer problem

[IanSav]

Hi Birdman,

What's wrong with using a PowerTimer?

The current "Wakeup" "Power" timer does not have an option to select a service. perhaps we need a "Zap" timer to do this for us?

Regards,
Ian.

 

[birdman]

The current "Wakeup" "Power" timer does not have an option to select a service. perhaps we need a "Zap" timer to do this for us?

Already answered that in #34 and #37

 

[IanSav]

Hi,

I am having issues accessing this forum so my answers are not in the correct order.

Regards,
Ian.

 

[IanSav]

Hi,

So with all the comments and opinions, where are we now?

Regards,
Ian.

 

[birdman]

So with all the comments and opinions, where are we now?

I'm awaiting an answer to post #38 and any comments about this from post #35:

You are all discussing a sort of timer which does not currently exist but, for some reason, keep assuming that it is what the Zap timer is.

 

[IanSav]

Hi Birdman,

I don't have a good answer for when it was broken but it was a few years ago.

"Zap" timers used to be what we are now calling a "Watch" timer. You just need to look at the EPG code to see the work that went into handling "Zap" timers that had a duration. They had a green lightning bolt icon and coloured the cell green rather than the red as for "Recording" timers. I believe there is a need and place for all three types of timer ("Record", "Watch" and "Zap").

Regards,
Ian.

 

[birdman]

I don't have a good answer for when it was broken but it was a few years ago.

That'll do. It wasn't any time recently.

"Zap" timers used to be what we are now calling a "Watch" timer. You just need to look at the EPG code to see the work that went into handling "Zap" timers that had a duration. They had a green lightning bolt icon and coloured the cell green rather than the red as for "Recording" timers. I believe there is a need and place for all three types of timer ("Record", "Watch" and "Zap").

I'll look, but the code that sets the end of a Zap timer in Vix to start + end_margin is over 5 years old, so I'll never have seen anything else.