# Trigger Node Countdown Dashboard

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-node-countdown-dashboard/33050>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [18 September 2020 14:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-node-countdown-dashboard/33050 "2020-09-18T14:41:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rufus\_0815](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@Rufus\_0815](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Rufus_0815)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2020 14:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-node-countdown-dashboard/33050/1 "2020-09-18T14:41:17Z")

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Hi

for the plants in my garden i have a little automatic watering.  
I have a trigger node too, for start it automatically. Is there a way to show a countdown  
(for expl. set trigger to 15 Minutes) and in Dashboard it shows a litle countdown?

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2020 15:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-node-countdown-dashboard/33050/2 "2020-09-18T15:52:52Z")

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here is a bit of a flow I have that might help, you will need [node-red-contrib-mytimeout](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-mytimeout). I use this to shut off my coffeepot after 20 minutes (you can see the [project here](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/coffee-pot-timer/4743/1)) I've pulled this from the actual flow and used an inject to show how to start it up.

 ![Screen Shot 2020-09-18 at 11.48.58 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/d/4/d4a95ef62220a33609a0a20ee2e481c635555009.png)

```auto
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**Author:** ![Rufus\_0815](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@Rufus\_0815](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Rufus_0815)\
**Post date:** [19 September 2020 06:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-node-countdown-dashboard/33050/3 "2020-09-19T06:05:55Z")

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Yeah this is very good. Thanks a lot. It´s exactly what i searched for.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [3 October 2020 06:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-node-countdown-dashboard/33050/4 "2020-10-03T06:06:05Z")

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