# Does the hour meter transaction group still capture accurately with timer set for 1 hour?

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**Created:** [July 21, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/does-the-hour-meter-transaction-group-still-capture-accurately-with-timer-set-for-1-hour/76725 "2023-07-21T18:41:14Z")\
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I have retentive checked, but all my hour meters reset to 0 when I reset the Boolean to 0.

I have a boolean for running.  
It sets the hour meter tags for the the machine.  
However, it was 7 earlier and now it is only 1, so it reset.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/b/2/b21c701783afd5e607d34c898308b0d33a67e9a4.png)

I have a script that sets the booelean to 0 at the end of shifts.  
However, my meter is never supposed to reset.

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Well the reset happened 30 minutes ago for running booleans.  
They toggle on and off all the time.  
I did just add a machine to the transaction group today though. So maybe when I added that, the meters reset?  
Do hour meters reset if the gateway goes down?

Testing, setting one to 10.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/9/5/95b8d509ff76074d5c1a6f42140eac70dcf3630a.png)

Moments later it broke.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/e/e/ee0ac5d82437419b9e4fccb8c63b5922cbf75af4.png)

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Oh no, this hour meter is useless?  
[Retentive Hour Meter Resets on Group Disable](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/retentive-hour-meter-resets-on-group-disable/7691)]

I need an accurate hour meter from the gateway, not the plc.  
I am going to use event scripting till I learn a better way.

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