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The Ontime device connects Fabl to Ontime, the event and rundown timer, so your show can drive the countdown the stage and gallery are watching — and react when that countdown changes.

Connection

Provide the host and port of the machine running Ontime.

Commands

Playback

Timer display

Auxiliary timers

Ontime has three auxiliary timers alongside the main one:

Rundown

Binding Set message to a field on your page puts live show data on the studio timer — the next guest’s name, or a note to the presenter — without anyone typing into Ontime.

Triggers

Rules can react to:
  • The Ontime connection changes
  • The playback state changes
  • The loaded event changes
  • The timer phase changes — warning, danger, or overtime
  • The on-air flag changes
The phase trigger is the useful one for a director: a rule can fire when a segment crosses into danger or overtime, cueing a wrap signal or a graphic automatically.

State

The device reports its connection state, the playback state, the loaded event’s id, title and cue, the current timer phase, and whether Ontime is on air.