Hi everybody! It's my 1st time in the Forum and my 1st project too. I would like to have multiple timers available which will start according to a change state according to inputs. Therefore I could have simultaneously 1, 2 or N (max. 78) timers counting the seconds according to such inputs are ON…

[image] andre_messias: It's my 1st time in the Forum and my 1st project too. Welcome! [image] andre_messias: multiple timers available which will start according to a change state according to inputs Do you need the timer to be displayed interactively? Or do you just need the on time …

Thank you! :slight_smile: [image] TotallyInformation: Do you need the timer to be displayed interactively? Or do you just need the on time to be delivered after the output goes OFF? This will impact the approach you might take. The timer (or timers) must be displayed interactively. In past …

[image] andre_messias: What would you recommend? Record the start time, and then subtract it every second in order to have the the passed time? I think that you could probably optimise slightly further than that - but in essence yes. But you will do it in the client rather than at the server…

So you are using a function node which runs code on the server. But you don't need to make the server do a load of work when only a person needs to see the output. Because the Admin UI is not meant to be used as a dashboard, there are several nodes that let you build an end-user interface and pres…

@TotallyInformation I think that I understand what you meant. I will do and, if you don't mind, later I can send my code and you could do an evo. If not, no problem at all. I have appreciated a lot your support. Thank you!

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andre_messias 17 June 2019 14:54 5

Sorry, What do you mean?
I was experimenting the function setInterval, setTimeout and so one and I did not need the "Template node".

JavaScript for me is very difficult!

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