Increase duration of GCS messages and Quick panel named float

ArduPilot Lua Scripting
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Hi all,

I am implementing a seed-dropping drone. Servo commands trigger a seed to drop, and will hit a limit switch on the way down.

This switch is implemented with button setup, and a LUA script is used to detect a momentary trigger of the switch to send GCS messages and quick panel data.

I have got GCS messages to display and quick panel data to change from 0 to 1 upon detection of a seed dropping. However, as it is only momentary, I want the GCS messages and quick panel data to last longer.

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The following is the LUA script i am currently using:

-- This script detects momentary button presses and sends a specific message to the GCS
-- It also sets a custom parameter to show seed drop status

local button_number = 1 -- the button number we want to read, as defined in AP_Button
local button_active_state = true -- the 'pressed' state of the button
local last_button_state

function update() -- this is the loop which periodically runs
  local button_new_state = button:get_button_state(button_number) == button_active_state

  -- the button has changed since the last loop
  if button_new_state ~= last_button_state then
    last_button_state = button_new_state
    if button_new_state then
      gcs:send_text(0, "Seed Drop Success")
      gcs:send_named_float('DROP_CNFRM', 0)
    else
      gcs:send_named_float('DROP_CNFRM', 1)
    end
  end

  return update, 0.1 -- reschedules the loop (10Hz)
end

return update() -- run immediately before starting to reschedule

I am running on the Pixhawk 6C ArduCopter 4.5.2.

Any help would be much appreciated, thank you!