Timers

A timer is one part of your show, such as a talk, a panel or a break. Timers run in the order you list them.

Add, copy and delete

Click Add Timer to add a 5-minute countdown to the end of the stage you're looking at. Each timer's ⋯ menu has more options:

• Add above and Add below put a new timer in that spot.
• Duplicate adds a copy right after it, with the same name, labels and settings.
• Delete removes it straight away, with no confirmation. To get it back, use Restore in the activity log.

Deleting the running timer stops its stage. Deleting the active timer makes the first timer active.

Title, speaker and comment

Click a timer's title to edit it:

Each field keeps its last 5 values. Open its history to restore one.

Labels

Labels are coloured tags that help you group timers, such as "Keynote" or "Break". They show on the Agenda.

Add them in the same dialog as the title. A label has a name of up to 10 characters and a colour from the palette. A timer can have 5 labels, and a room 24.

Editing a label changes it on every timer that uses it. Delete from all removes it everywhere. A label nothing uses any more is deleted automatically.

Duration and end time

Click a timer's duration to choose how long it runs:

• Duration runs for a set time. Type hours, minutes and seconds.
• End time runs until a set time of day, however late it starts. Set the time in Ends at.

An end time that's already passed shows in red, and the timer won't start.

You can't change the type, duration or end time while the timer is running or paused. To change the time of a running timer, use the +1m and −1m buttons.

Appearance

The same dialog sets how the timer reads on the outputs:

You can change the appearance while the timer runs. For the format of the digits, see Countdown format.

Run a timer

Each row has its own buttons:

• Play starts that timer and makes it the active one. If another timer on the stage is running, this one takes over.
• Pause stops the clock and keeps the time. Press Play to carry on. A timer with an end time keeps heading for that end while paused.
• Reset puts the timer back to the start.
• Make active selects the timer without starting it, and resets the one that was active.

To run the show from the top, use the transport controls instead.

Skip a timer

Skip in the ⋯ menu takes a timer out of the show without deleting it. It stays in the list marked Skipped, keeps its number and settings, and takes no time in the schedule. Restore brings it back.

You can't skip a running or paused timer, or the last timer that isn't skipped. If you skip the active timer, the next one becomes active.

Reorder

Drag a timer by its grip, or use Move up and Move down. Numbers, linked timers and calculated times update straight away.

Timers stay on their stage. To move one to the other stage, create it there.

Wrap-ups and colours

Wrap-ups warn your presenter that time is running out. Set them for the whole room in Settings ▸ Wrap-ups & colors:

• Thresholds: when the yellow and red warnings start, as minutes and seconds before the end.
• Colours: the start, yellow and red colours of the Viewer's wrap-up bar and of the running timer's row in the Controller and the Agenda. The digits stay white.
• Flash: how many times the digits blink at each point, from none to three times or without stopping.
• Chime: a sound at each point, with a preview button. Chimes need a Pro or Premium plan.

To give one timer its own wrap-ups, open Settings in its ⋯ menu and turn off Use room wrap-ups.

Limits

How many timers you can add depends on your plan. The Free plan has 3 per stage.