# \[APP\]\[Pro\] Chronograph - Adds precise timer, stopwatch and transition functionality to Homey **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Tags:** app, official, tools, homey-pro\ **Created:** [September 17, 2019, 5:55am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-chronograph-adds-precise-timer-stopwatch-and-transition-functionality-to-homey/18214 "2019-09-17T05:55:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Martijn\_Hoogenbosch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijn_hoogenbosch/32/10647_2.png) [@Martijn\_Hoogenbosch](https://community.homey.app/u/Martijn_Hoogenbosch)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-chronograph-adds-precise-timer-stopwatch-and-transition-functionality-to-homey/18214/124 "2021-01-07T20:27:06Z")
Haha warned you 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Francois\_Dieleman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/francois_dieleman/32/22774_2.png) [@Francois\_Dieleman](https://community.homey.app/u/Francois_Dieleman)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-chronograph-adds-precise-timer-stopwatch-and-transition-functionality-to-homey/18214/125 "2021-01-07T21:00:05Z")
Would be nice if something is done about it. Can’t use all of the app right now Groeten François ---
**Author:** ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 7:36am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-chronograph-adds-precise-timer-stopwatch-and-transition-functionality-to-homey/18214/126 "2021-01-08T07:36:25Z")
I performed two tests: **When
** This flow is started / At a certain time of day **And
** Delay of 5 s has passed **Then
** Text to speak Both flows worked. I don’t know what the problem could be. Have you tried a shorter delay? **EDIT** Btw, with the [Sun Events App](https://homey.app/en-us/app/com.cyclone-software.sunevents/Sun-Events/) you can set an offset of +/- 60 minutes for sun events. It’s not the solution for the Chronograph App but it’s an other way. ---
**Author:** ![Mazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mazar/32/29838_2.png) [@Mazar](https://community.homey.app/u/Mazar)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 9:24am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-chronograph-adds-precise-timer-stopwatch-and-transition-functionality-to-homey/18214/128 "2021-01-08T09:24:49Z")
Thank you for doing a test. Yes I saw this App but I thought it is not necessary to download this App for only this delay. With a shorter delay it is working. Maybe 30 minutes are to much or I am too impatient ---
**Author:** ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 9:39am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-chronograph-adds-precise-timer-stopwatch-and-transition-functionality-to-homey/18214/129 "2021-01-08T09:39:51Z")
> [@Mazar](#): > > Maybe 30 minutes are to much or I am too impatient I don’t think so, you have already tried it 3 times. I started a retest with 30 minutes delay (triggered by the time), I will inform you. ---
**Author:** ![Mazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mazar/32/29838_2.png) [@Mazar](https://community.homey.app/u/Mazar)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 9:48am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-chronograph-adds-precise-timer-stopwatch-and-transition-functionality-to-homey/18214/130 "2021-01-08T09:48:15Z")
I will try it again too. This time I will set a notification before I start the delay, so I will see what time the flow triggers exactly. ---
**Author:** ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 11:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-chronograph-adds-precise-timer-stopwatch-and-transition-functionality-to-homey/18214/131 "2021-01-08T11:23:51Z")
Indeed, it doesn’t work with a delay with 30 min. @BobKersten, is this an issue or is there a maximum delay time? ---
**Author:** ![Joka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Joka](https://community.homey.app/u/Joka)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 11:36am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-chronograph-adds-precise-timer-stopwatch-and-transition-functionality-to-homey/18214/132 "2021-01-08T11:36:42Z")
Another workaround: use the standard delay option in the Then part. ---
**Author:** ![Morgan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/morgan/32/15416_2.png) [@Morgan](https://community.homey.app/u/Morgan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-chronograph-adds-precise-timer-stopwatch-and-transition-functionality-to-homey/18214/133 "2021-01-08T14:28:43Z")
For sunrise/sunset timing it is also an alternative with app [Sun Events App för Homey | Homey](https://homey.app/sv-se/app/com.cyclone-software.sunevents/Sun-Events/) ---
**Author:** ![TheFops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ad7895/32.png) [@TheFops](https://community.homey.app/u/TheFops)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-chronograph-adds-precise-timer-stopwatch-and-transition-functionality-to-homey/18214/134 "2021-01-09T21:05:08Z")
Hey guys, I tried to use this app to start a dimming procedure for my hue lights. In the future, I want to use a Shelly 1 to start a flow to dim te lights when the button is pushed. Right now I don’t have a Shelly installed. I used the next flows: [https://homey.app/f/k9CZEr](https://homey.app/f/k9CZEr) [https://homey.app/f/ZtGZEr](https://homey.app/f/ZtGZEr) When I start the first flow, nothing happens, until I stop the transition and then the dim level changes of the light. Is it possible to actually see the light dim during the time period the flow is running? EDIT: if I change the transition values to max 2 steps per second and not more than about 30 steps it seems to work. It works even better if I let a variable store the transition value and change the dimming of the light according to the change of the variable. Is it possible to do more steps per second? So I can mimmick a dumb rotary dimmer or pulse switch? ---
**Author:** ![mattrix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mattrix/32/17475_2.png) [@mattrix](https://community.homey.app/u/mattrix)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-chronograph-adds-precise-timer-stopwatch-and-transition-functionality-to-homey/18214/135 "2021-02-11T11:52:52Z")
Hello, I can’t find how to set up my walli dimmer to dim from 0 to 60 in 20 seconds. Here is the flow: When light is on ![Screenshot_20210211-125130_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/4/3/4314d84c53ae0aafe180d172b0c65e4f3f1b0b0d.jpeg) Then ![Screenshot_20210211-130555_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/c/c/ccf98cd3dbd9fc05d4f8341f8c02156d78b5b032.jpeg) Shouldn’t it be as simple as that? ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_van\_der\_Aart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martin_van_der_aart/32/9658_2.png) [@Martin\_van\_der\_Aart](https://community.homey.app/u/Martin_van_der_Aart)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-chronograph-adds-precise-timer-stopwatch-and-transition-functionality-to-homey/18214/137 "2021-02-11T12:28:35Z")
Your flow updates the tag value but doesn’t set your dimmer to the new value. Make a second flow with “when” tag value changed “then” set dimmer to the new value. ---
**Author:** ![mattrix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mattrix/32/17475_2.png) [@mattrix](https://community.homey.app/u/mattrix)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-chronograph-adds-precise-timer-stopwatch-and-transition-functionality-to-homey/18214/138 "2021-02-11T16:55:04Z")
I set another flow test2 with “when” tag value changed “then” set dimmer to the new value. But it s not working. ![Screenshot_20210211-175346_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/0/708e2174fd07888b6f4402ba27ab8c77837e1fda.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20210211-175352_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/1/0/10b4fc3a9db59804bb00ab82741293d2922051b3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Edwin\_D](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/edwin_d/32/136417_2.png) [@Edwin\_D](https://community.homey.app/u/Edwin_D)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-chronograph-adds-precise-timer-stopwatch-and-transition-functionality-to-homey/18214/139 "2021-02-21T11:51:48Z")
The when clause should not use transition started, but transition reached a step. What you did only does the first step. And the then step should use the local tag with the transition value for the luminocity, not a constant 13%. And last but not least: dimming values are 0 to 1 (as in 1=100%) so the transition should not run from 0 to 60 but from 0 to 0.6 to make it all work. ---
**Author:** ![Witteflits](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/witteflits/32/34155_2.png) [@Witteflits](https://community.homey.app/u/Witteflits)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 9:47am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-chronograph-adds-precise-timer-stopwatch-and-transition-functionality-to-homey/18214/140 "2021-03-02T09:47:20Z")
I’m on homey 5.0 but i can’t add a new timer, stopwatch or transition. The message is “No new devices found” ---
**Author:** ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 11:08am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-chronograph-adds-precise-timer-stopwatch-and-transition-functionality-to-homey/18214/141 "2021-03-02T11:08:43Z")
First you have to use the functions (timer, stopwatch or transition) in flows to be able to add a “device”. As far as I know, the devices shows only the status or the time of the selected timer, stopwatch or transition. So in my opinion there is no need to add a Chronograph “device”. But maybe other users can give useful examples. ---
**Author:** ![Witteflits](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/witteflits/32/34155_2.png) [@Witteflits](https://community.homey.app/u/Witteflits)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-chronograph-adds-precise-timer-stopwatch-and-transition-functionality-to-homey/18214/142 "2021-03-02T13:41:12Z")
Thanks, That would do the trick ---
**Author:** ![HanZ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/hanz/32/18371_2.png) [@HanZ](https://community.homey.app/u/HanZ)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 10:11am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-chronograph-adds-precise-timer-stopwatch-and-transition-functionality-to-homey/18214/143 "2021-03-07T10:11:39Z")
Hi, is it possible to see the timer in minutes in a button on the dash? now shows like this ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/f/a/fac674f97f48159b181fe831c2f05e9995e8c90c.png) thnx ---
**Author:** ![vezet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/vezet/32/36423_2.png) [@vezet](https://community.homey.app/u/vezet)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-chronograph-adds-precise-timer-stopwatch-and-transition-functionality-to-homey/18214/144 "2021-03-09T21:11:17Z")
Hi. I would like to use the “delay has passed” feature within the “and” section of a flow, but somehow it looks like this works only up to 59 seconds. Did anybody observe same behavior? Maybe a bug? As soon as I enter any value above 59 seconds this stops working ---
**Author:** ![Homey2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/homey2/32/37387_2.png) [@Homey2](https://community.homey.app/u/Homey2)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-chronograph-adds-precise-timer-stopwatch-and-transition-functionality-to-homey/18214/146 "2021-04-22T16:13:51Z")
Hi, I am using CountDown and Chronograph looks nice, but very similar. (I looked previously at another [timer](https://community.homey.app/t/countdown-vs-countdown-timers/13896), but decided to move back to CountDown, due to lack of support and I prefer the flows to be uniform) **Why did some of you move? Advantages/disadvantages?** Thanks Update (here’s my list, happy if you can add): Chronograph: - I can conveniently set hours, days, not only seconds (nice to have). - You can create a device with the timer, although some reported it may create app stalling. - A list of live timers can be found in the app configuration and can be paused/stopped. - A timer created with a text variable containing the name cannot be used in a device (reported bug). CountDown: - I can edit the timer while it is running, it’s very useful for testing. - The timer is available as a variable and can be read at any time, not only when the timer has stopped (Chronograph) - Has no stopwatch and no transition. PS. to add to the confusion, there are so many timer apps now, I guess a first thing to check is support by the developer. In Chronograph I did not see a reponse from the developer since Nov 2019 to some questions/bugs (but the app works and has happy users). Here are some other apps I was using: > **[CountDown](https://homey.app/en-us/app/nl.bevlogenheid.countdown/CountDown/)** > > Use CountDown timers to control your flows > [@Countdown vs Countdown Timers](https://community.homey.app/t/countdown-vs-countdown-timers/13896): > > I’m trying to figure out the real differences between these to apps before I use them too extensively. I hope someone who have tested them both could help me fill out the blanks. Countdown by Ralf van Dooren are simple but effective. You have to create the Timer variable in the app and you can then use it in the flows, set the number of seconds (start/update) and stop it by setting 0 seconds. You can also manually set seconds in the app for testing purposes. The downside is that all your varia
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