# How to turn off Hourly Time on new install **URL:** \ **Category:** AllStarLink\ **Created:** [September 4, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/how-to-turn-off-hourly-time-on-new-install/17522 "2020-09-04T17:23:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VE3HL](https://community.allstarlink.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@VE3HL](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/VE3HL)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/how-to-turn-off-hourly-time-on-new-install/17522/1 "2020-09-04T17:23:12Z")
Hello, can someone tell me how to turn off the time setting that comes on hourly on a new RPI Allstar install. I’ve commented out everything in Rpt.conf that deals with say\_time but can’t seem to get it to go silent. Len VE3HL 51762 & 52402 (monitor only) ---
**Author:** ![W5MGM](https://community.allstarlink.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@W5MGM](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/W5MGM)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 6:28am UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/how-to-turn-off-hourly-time-on-new-install/17522/2 "2020-09-05T06:28:57Z")
Putty into your node. Go to the command line and type in crontab -e. Put a # in front of the line that starts with 00 0-23. That will shut off the hourly time. ---
**Author:** ![VE3HL](https://community.allstarlink.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@VE3HL](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/VE3HL)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/how-to-turn-off-hourly-time-on-new-install/17522/3 "2020-09-05T13:14:26Z")
That worked. Thank You ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.allstarlink.org/uploads/default/original/2X/4/42700284e201b031bd667c3f63bbae05a74b3104.png) [@system](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/how-to-turn-off-hourly-time-on-new-install/17522/4 "2020-09-08T13:14:28Z")
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