How do I create a timer?

[TM-Amy]

Hello,

I am very new user to Look out 5.1.  I am currently needing create a timer for my system to calculate actual time system has been running. I would like it to have an on/off switch since at times we shut down the system to peform maintence.

Thanks for your help

[Mike@DTSI]

You could use an "elapsedtime" timer.  The quickest, easiest way to count would be to set the On/Off to 1=1, this would count the time the process is open.  Where it may get more complicated is when you need to archive the times between shutdowns. 

Another option would be to create and expression (1=1) and log to the database.  Used SQL to pull the "uptime" from the database.

Mike