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Unforunately, an XControl's facade does not run continiously. I learned this a while back when I tried to create a variable blink rate tri-state LED some time ago. Stephen Mercer of NI created an example of an XControl to simulate a scrolling LED sigh that continiously updates, but it probably isn't any easier than the other brute-force methods mentioned already. His example is on the community forum, available here ->