Writing a macro for display timing of cues.

You want a macro that temporarily activates display timing?

You can record the macro with [Learn]+[Macro]+[Number]+[Enter]
Then press and hold [About]+[Time] once to activate display timing and then just [About] to decativate it again.

Go into the macro-editor by pressing [Macro]+[Macro] or [Tab 18]. Edit the Macro you just recorded and insert a "Wait" (Softkey) before the last "About". After the Wait you can specify the time Macro should wait.

This will activate the Display Timing and deactivate it again after the specified time.
There is no function where you could hold down a macro button to temporarily active something.
Macros always fire when pressed, run the whole procedure and terminate.

You want a macro that temporarily activates display timing?

You can record the macro with [Learn]+[Macro]+[Number]+[Enter]
Then press and hold [About]+[Time] once to activate display timing and then just [About] to decativate it again.

Go into the macro-editor by pressing [Macro]+[Macro] or [Tab 18]. Edit the Macro you just recorded and insert a "Wait" (Softkey) before the last "About". After the Wait you can specify the time Macro should wait.

This will activate the Display Timing and deactivate it again after the specified time.
There is no function where you could hold down a macro button to temporarily active something.
Macros always fire when pressed, run the whole procedure and terminate.

is this about seeing countdown in the PSD ("cuelist") or seeing discrete timing in a Live/Blind display?

the countdown display in PSD is controlled by a tab setting: click the gears symbol in the bottom left corner of your PSD (this PSD has to be the active tab so it has to have the gold border), you will see an option Display PSD Time Countdown.

if it's about seeing discrete time you can also latch the timing display: About+Time+Time will enable it until you press About again.

the thing about macro wait is, that it will interrupt as soon as you type something else