# Visualizing Countdown
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/visualizing-countdown/85026
**Category:** Dashboard
**Created:** [29 January 2024 19:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/visualizing-countdown/85026 "2024-01-29T19:25:45Z")
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### Author:  [@Berx](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Berx)
#### Post date: [29 January 2024 19:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/visualizing-countdown/85026/1 "2024-01-29T19:25:45Z")
Hi,
... after an event, I would like to visualize preset time in a countdown graphicon my dashboard.. So far I have a function node, which is node triggered by an injector repeating number ''1' every 200 milliseconds just for testing what it looks like and it seems to work fine - here the code within the function node:
if (context.get('count') === undefined)
{
context.set('count', 14);
}
context.set('count', context.get('count') -0.5);
msg.payload = context.get('count');
if (context.get('count') === 0)
{
context.set('count', 14);
}
[//msg.payload.toFixed](https://msg.payload.toFixed)(1);
return msg;
I used a the following gauge to show the ongoing countdown:
How can I get the remaining seconds to appear in the center and does anyone have any sugestions how to make a nice countdown display?
Any help/suggestinos are much appreciated, thanks.
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [29 January 2024 20:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/visualizing-countdown/85026/2 "2024-01-29T20:28:56Z")
Take a look at this flow I’m still using
> [@Coffee Pot Timer](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/coffee-pot-timer/4743):
>
> platform: PiZero W also running MQTT SonOff S20 switch running ESPeasy mega-20181025 NR: v0.19.4 Node.js: v8.12.0 dashboard: v2.10.1 Extra node(s): node-red-dashboard node-red-contrib-mytimeout node-red-contrib-alexa-local (optional) Goal: Shut off a coffee pot 20 minutes after it is turned on and allow it to be turned on/off remotely or by voice (Alexa) The story: I make coffee for myself and sometimes (ok, enough times to make me come up with this solution) I forget to shut off the po…
This might fit your needs
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [28 February 2024 20:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/visualizing-countdown/85026/3 "2024-02-28T20:29:34Z")
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