# Chronograph timers in AVD tile **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [January 10, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/chronograph-timers-in-avd-tile/74891 "2023-01-10T19:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tirrazo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tirrazo/32/55444_2.png) [@Tirrazo](https://community.homey.app/u/Tirrazo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/chronograph-timers-in-avd-tile/74891/1 "2023-01-10T19:00:00Z")
Hi, Would it be possible with a script to show active timers of Chronograph in a tile? Like if there is 1 timer active, this will be shown. If there is 7 active timers, this will show? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/0/5/0538b9960bfd9952cee1c1682bb47de2a5066d5b.png) I see now that I am not able to even show one of the timers in an AVD šŸ¤” ---
**Author:** ![Arie\_J\_Godschalk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/arie_j_godschalk/32/63027_2.png) [@Arie\_J\_Godschalk](https://community.homey.app/u/Arie_J_Godschalk)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 8:41am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/chronograph-timers-in-avd-tile/74891/2 "2023-01-11T08:41:15Z")
Do you mean you want to show the active amount of timers in the Device Tile? ---
**Author:** ![Tirrazo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tirrazo/32/55444_2.png) [@Tirrazo](https://community.homey.app/u/Tirrazo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 9:08am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/chronograph-timers-in-avd-tile/74891/3 "2023-01-11T09:08:20Z")
Yes, I would very much like that if possible šŸ˜Š ---
**Author:** ![Mike1233](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mike1233/32/20991_2.png) [@Mike1233](https://community.homey.app/u/Mike1233)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/chronograph-timers-in-avd-tile/74891/4 "2023-01-11T12:18:29Z")
And if it is possible also the time that the timer is running (in a tile.) So you can see, for example, how long the front door was open, if you have made a flow with a timer. If this already asked and was not possible, sorry for asking again. And maybe this is already possible I have missed it. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/chronograph-timers-in-avd-tile/74891/5 "2023-01-11T13:35:08Z")
> [@Mike1233](#): > > the time that the timer is running (in a tile.) In the meantime you could do that this way, Mike: > [@\[APP\]\[Pro\] Chronograph - Adds precise timer, stopwatch and transition functionality to Homey](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-chronograph-adds-precise-timer-stopwatch-and-transition-functionality-to-homey/18214/398): > > Hi @GibStorm, Not exactly what you were looking for, but it triggered me to create a script/flow/device for that purpose. You can find importable flows for a [Timer](https://community.homey.app/t/share-your-device-advanced-virtual-devices-from-device-capabilities/68676/57), and for a [Stopwatch](https://community.homey.app/t/share-your-device-advanced-virtual-devices-from-device-capabilities/68676/58) Flow example: AVD device: [Screenshot from 2023-01-05 16-53-49] Script (use it with Homeyscript flow card ā€œRun code with argument, and return number-tagā€): // Get value (milliSeconds) of a running timer; Argument = timer name. var timerName = (args[0]); let app = aā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Mike1233](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mike1233/32/20991_2.png) [@Mike1233](https://community.homey.app/u/Mike1233)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/chronograph-timers-in-avd-tile/74891/6 "2023-01-11T13:40:37Z")
> [@Peter\_Kawa](#): > > In the meantime you could do that this way, Mike: Thank you, I will give it a try. ---
**Author:** ![Arie\_J\_Godschalk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/arie_j_godschalk/32/63027_2.png) [@Arie\_J\_Godschalk](https://community.homey.app/u/Arie_J_Godschalk)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/chronograph-timers-in-avd-tile/74891/7 "2023-01-11T13:53:27Z")
Ill look onto it. Please create a feature ticket at the support link in the app store. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Arie\_J\_Godschalk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/arie_j_godschalk/32/63027_2.png) [@Arie\_J\_Godschalk](https://community.homey.app/u/Arie_J_Godschalk)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 9:49am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/chronograph-timers-in-avd-tile/74891/8 "2023-02-10T09:49:11Z")
Okay @Mike1233@Peter_Kawa and @Tirrazo, I just thought of the solution and created a ticket my self. What we need is triggerflowcards that trigger each x [period] during when a timer/stopwatch/transition is running. Kinda like the ones below, but not a one-type-trigger, but on interval while running (we already have started and stoped flowcards). ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/5/2/524830fd704fb41f5862ef5da8e0b5d975423594.png) You could then set a Flowcard to trigger each 1 second that a Timer/Stopwatch/Transition is running. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/chronograph-timers-in-avd-tile/74891/9 "2023-02-10T17:56:20Z")
As I was playing with it, @PV2134 had a similar question, and also wanted to know if displaying a timer value by a slider is possible. It is, with the Device Capabilities app and the Chronograph app. (note, the .gif recording is not realtime) > ![Peek 2023-02-10 18-53](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/3/2/322dbab4aa447856107dde5d0e89d678fec35353.gif) - The slider settings: ![Screenshot from 2023-02-10 18-40-32](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/0/4/04c24895bc89111bdff9b71b6ae667078d200323.png) - The used flow (while Arie is busy with an in app solution?): (note, the conversion to hh:mm:ss is not needed for a 30s timer ofcourse, I use it for timers in the hour range) ---
**Author:** ![Arie\_J\_Godschalk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/arie_j_godschalk/32/63027_2.png) [@Arie\_J\_Godschalk](https://community.homey.app/u/Arie_J_Godschalk)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/chronograph-timers-in-avd-tile/74891/10 "2023-02-10T19:24:05Z")
Cool solution @Peter_Kawa ! Would love to see that as a AVD template! ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/chronograph-timers-in-avd-tile/74891/11 "2023-02-10T22:38:04Z")
[Done](https://community.homey.app/t/share-your-device-advanced-virtual-devices-from-device-capabilities/68676/63) šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Dietrich\_Kassner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dietrich_kassner/32/176924_2.png) [@Dietrich\_Kassner](https://community.homey.app/u/Dietrich_Kassner)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/chronograph-timers-in-avd-tile/74891/12 "2023-10-05T21:18:04Z")
Hello Peter, I like your solution. There are only some questions I have that belong to the shared device. In the web app I see the status. In the moble app I dont see the status. And ther is no difference in stating yes or no. What do I miss here. Next question is, is there a way to get the value of the slider? The idea is to set the the timer on the setting of the slider. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 3:49am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/chronograph-timers-in-avd-tile/74891/13 "2023-10-06T03:49:10Z")
Thanks Dietrich, > [@Dietrich\_Kassner](#): > > In the moble app I dont see the status. The mobile app often doesnā€™t show (your new) the status field by itself. In these cases, youā€™ll have to pick the status indicator yourself. Sometimes you also need to enter some other zone and go back to ā€˜activateā€™ it. > [@Dietrich\_Kassner](#): > > And ther is no difference in stating yes or no. Ah, had a hard time what you meant with this, but suddenly I got it. You meant setting the `Optionally update mobile app` to Y or N in the flowcard ![Screenshot from 2023-10-06 06-02-47](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/5/f/5f0bf5108778a9226aa88542de544a994c98b505.png) Not needed anymore, in this case šŸ˜‰ I use the sick function ā€œReflectā€ which works without flows. > [@Dietrich\_Kassner](#): > > there a way to get the value of the slider? You can tick the box ā€œcreate tagā€, and then the value is available in flows. You can see it in the examples below > [@Dietrich\_Kassner](#): > > The idea is to set the the timer on the setting of the slider. Ha, that made me think of this AVD (made possible by Arie šŸ‘Š ): > [@Share Your Device! - Advanced Virtual Devices from Device Capabilities](https://community.homey.app/t/share-your-device-advanced-virtual-devices-from-device-capabilities/68676/63): > > Demo with the web- and mobile app in one gif: > > ![Peek 2023-10-06 05-36](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/d/7d0a43b4ca07c2692e5a8cce93d8112f549c1e58.gif) > > ### AVD Settings: > > ![Screenshot from 2023-10-06 05-14-12](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/9/d9bbca1f3055ee08092ad013c7b846194fe845f2.png) > > ![Screenshot from 2023-10-06 05-14-55](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/0/2/02e6acad68308ee7beb6b43de5b1df3f1441dfdc.png) > > ![Screenshot from 2023-10-06 05-15-21](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/f/2/f20929dcf5026efce35f17d1d56802dc2c1d4de2.png) Full post with shared AVD+flow here: > [@Share Your Device! - Advanced Virtual Devices from Device Capabilities](https://community.homey.app/t/share-your-device-advanced-virtual-devices-from-device-capabilities/68676/63): > > Chronograph timer/stopwatch/transition monitor and settable through Sliders (Update Oct. 6th '23) This is an AVD with flow to view your timer/stopwatch/transition elapsed time / duration through SLIDERs, and if you like in a tileā€™s status field Also you can SET the timer/transition duration with a separate SLIDER Demo flow which comes with the AVD Additional apps used: [Chronograph](https://homey.app/a/nl.fellownet.chronograph)Note The sliderā€™s MAX. value has to match the timerā€™s target ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Dietrich\_Kassner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dietrich_kassner/32/176924_2.png) [@Dietrich\_Kassner](https://community.homey.app/u/Dietrich_Kassner)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 8:25am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/chronograph-timers-in-avd-tile/74891/14 "2023-10-06T08:25:52Z")
Thank you, that is nearly what I was thinking about. ---
**Author:** ![DirkdeDraak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkdedraak/32/8620_2.png) [@DirkdeDraak](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkdeDraak)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/chronograph-timers-in-avd-tile/74891/15 "2024-03-28T21:17:49Z")
I think I havenā€™t seen this solution here. I wanted to show my remaining time of a chronograph timer in an AVD tile in _HH:mm:ss_ format. So I used the _Text_ field option in AVD, with the cool _reflect_ option to include the chronograph timer and combined that with a BLL function named _duration_ that transform the milliseconds chronograph value into the text string format _HH:mm:ss_. AVD setting: ![Screenshot 2024-03-28 220643](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/9/5/9574efe3003b519c922433a8f6f05ec316f457e1.png) BLL function _duration_ ![Screenshot 2024-03-28 221118](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/e/d/edebba32ec89b3fb230dd77a80c6192be4d07015.png) Homey device with timer ![Screenshot 2024-03-28 221634](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/0/d09585d0b0e15d9d8750d39b3d38f64d9a4aaf56.png) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/chronograph-timers-in-avd-tile/74891/16 "2024-03-28T21:28:06Z")
Try to enter just this in the _BLL expression_ field: > [@\[APP\]\[Pro\] Advanced Virtual Device (Device Capabilities App) with Unique Text Status Indicator](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-advanced-virtual-device-device-capabilities-app-with-unique-text-status-indicator/68198/399): > > `time('DD:hh:mm', $value)` Or maybe this works as well: > [@\[APP\]\[Pro\] Advanced Virtual Device (Device Capabilities App) with Unique Text Status Indicator](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-advanced-virtual-device-device-capabilities-app-with-unique-text-status-indicator/68198/442): > > Math.round((Number($value) / 1000 + 30) / 60) ---
**Author:** ![DirkdeDraak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkdedraak/32/8620_2.png) [@DirkdeDraak](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkdeDraak)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/chronograph-timers-in-avd-tile/74891/17 "2024-03-28T21:38:34Z")
> [@\[APP\]\[Pro\] Advanced Virtual Device (Device Capabilities App) with Unique Text Status Indicator](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-advanced-virtual-device-device-capabilities-app-with-unique-text-status-indicator/68198/442): > > Math.round((Number($value) / 1000 + 30) / 60) Both seem to workā€¦ Simpler than my method šŸ™‚ Thanks @Peter_Kawa ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/chronograph-timers-in-avd-tile/74891/18 "2024-03-28T21:57:33Z")
Youā€™re welcome. Not to ā€˜know betterā€™ or such, but I just wanted to show BLL has so many possibilities. ---
**Author:** ![Rrrr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rrrr/32/629_2.png) [@Rrrr](https://community.homey.app/u/Rrrr)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 11:36am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/chronograph-timers-in-avd-tile/74891/19 "2024-12-01T11:36:46Z")
I have no luck with the slider in AVD. It does not show % or any other unit. I am not using a timer, just wanted to keep track of volume by % or by kg. Has this changed in Homey since you wrote the post? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/chronograph-timers-in-avd-tile/74891/20 "2024-12-01T12:17:14Z")
It only shows a value when you move the slider. And it shows only with the mobile app. The right screen at my screenvid shows the Homey app on an Android emulator šŸ˜¬ You can see it at the start of the vid > [@Share Your Device! - Advanced Virtual Devices from Device Capabilities](https://community.homey.app/t/share-your-device-advanced-virtual-devices-from-device-capabilities/68676/63): > > Demo with the web- and mobile app in one gif: [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/chronograph-timers-in-avd-tile/74891.md?page=2)