Time limits
Lauschkiste can keep listening within bounds: quiet hours in which nothing plays, and a daily listening time. It is off until you switch it on: Settings → Playback and audio → Time limits → Use time limits.
Quiet hours
Section titled “Quiet hours”A list of times in which nothing plays, each with a start, an end and the days it applies to (every day, Monday to Friday, Saturday and Sunday). The default entry is the night from 19:30 to 07:00. An entry that runs past midnight belongs to the day it starts on: “Monday to Friday” covers Friday evening until Saturday morning, but not Saturday evening.
Whatever is started in quiet hours stops at once, and the player shows “Quiet time until 07:00”.
Daily listening time
Section titled “Daily listening time”The minutes that something plays are counted per day (pausing does not count), starting again at midnight.
| Setting | Meaning | Default |
|---|---|---|
daily_limit_minutes |
the limit per day, 0 for none | 120 |
weekend_limit_minutes |
a different limit for Saturday and Sunday | none |
warn_minutes |
a warning sound this long before the end, 0 for none | 5 |
fade_seconds |
the sound fades out over this time when the limit is reached |
When the time is used up, the sound fades out and the player stops. Playing again the same day stops at once.
Extra time for grown-ups
Section titled “Extra time for grown-ups”The action time_limits.allow adds minutes for today and lifts quiet hours for that time. You can call it from the web
page, or register a card with the action time_limits.allow and the argument minutes (for example 30) and keep it
where the children do not find it. time_limits.reset_today counts the day from zero.
What it cannot do
Section titled “What it cannot do”- It is not a lock. Anyone who can open the web page or knows the card can add time or switch the limits off. It helps with agreements in the family; it does not stop a determined child.
- It needs the right time. The box has no clock of its own and takes the time from the network. If the time is not synchronised (for example in a car without WiFi), quiet hours are not enforced, because the time cannot be trusted; the player says so. The daily time counts playing time and works without a clock.