# Hourglass Timer Node problem
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hourglass-timer-node-problem/25446
**Category:** General
**Created:** [24 April 2020 21:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hourglass-timer-node-problem/25446 "2020-04-24T21:19:20Z")
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### Author:  [@affinite](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/affinite)
#### Post date: [24 April 2020 21:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hourglass-timer-node-problem/25446/1 "2020-04-24T21:19:21Z")
Hi
I'm using the Hourglass node as a timer for engine hours on a boat.
The node works great if I treat it nicely by issuing it with "start" and stop" commands however if my (RPi) system is shut down with the timer running (ie I haven't issued a "stop" command before the system is shut down,) the timer continues to run.
Is there a way to automatically issue a "stop" command to the node on system shutdown or is there another node I could use to generate a msg.command stop on system shutdown?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [24 April 2020 22:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hourglass-timer-node-problem/25446/2 "2020-04-24T22:12:09Z")
Good question... I don't know the node is question personally - but that may be the intended behaviour from the author. It may be worth raising an issue on that nodes github page - [https://github.com/eschava/node-red-contrib-hourglass](https://github.com/eschava/node-red-contrib-hourglass) - to ask... and indeed if that is as intended then it could perhaps have an extra option to also self stop during a closedown. Worth an ask.
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### Author:  [@affinite](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/affinite)
#### Post date: [25 April 2020 07:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hourglass-timer-node-problem/25446/3 "2020-04-25T07:23:55Z")
> [@affinite](#):
>
> Hi
> I'm using the Hourglass node as a timer for engine hours on a boat.
> The node works great if I treat it nicely by issuing it with "start" and stop" commands however if my (RPi) system is shut down with the timer running (ie I haven't issued a "stop" command before the system is shut down,) the timer continues to run.
> Is there a way to automatically issue a "stop" command to the node on system shutdown or is there another node I could use to generate a msg.command stop on system shutdown?
> Thanks
Thanks - Ive just done that
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### Author:  [@eschava](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/eschava)
#### Post date: [25 May 2020 13:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hourglass-timer-node-problem/25446/4 "2020-05-25T13:47:36Z")
Would it work for you if hourglass doesn't persist its state and starts from 00:00 every time when node-red is restarted?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [24 July 2020 13:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hourglass-timer-node-problem/25446/5 "2020-07-24T13:47:40Z")
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