User manual TimerPRO

1Installation

• Run TimerPRO_Setup_<version>.exe.
• Windows asks for permission to make changes (administrator window) — confirm with Yes.
• Go through the installer steps and click Finish. A TimerPRO shortcut appears on the desktop and in the Start menu.
• Start the program from the shortcut. The program downloads new versions and offers to install them by itself — there is no need to download the installer again.

2Program window

• After start the program window opens on the Timer tab:
• 1 Tabs — all program functions (described in Main screen).
• 2 License plan — FREE or PRO (see License and activation).
• 3 Current time of the computer.
• 4 Preview — exactly what the speaker sees on the second screen.
• 5 Presentation timeline — the next talks; this is where you load a speaker’s time.

Result: The program is ready: set the time and press Start (see Time control).

3Clock window

• Together with the program the clock window opens — the screen for the speaker. When a second monitor (TV, projector) is connected, the clock window opens on it in full screen.
• 1 Time of the talk.
• 2 Current time.
• 3 Progress bar — how much time has passed.

4Program language

• The program works in Polish, English, German and Spanish.
• 1 Settings → Language — choose the language from the list. The change works immediately, without restarting.

1License tab

• 1 Current license — PRO — full version, Trial version or Free version and the days left.
• 2 Details — license type, status, expiry date, who the license belongs to.
• 3 License key and 4 E-mail used for the purchase — activation data (from the e-mail after purchase).
• 5 Activate — activates the key on this computer.
• 6 Buy full version — opens the shop on timerpro.eu.
• 7 Refresh — checks the license again (e.g. after a renewal).

2Activating a key

• Open the License tab.
• Enter the key in the License key field — in the form XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX.
• Enter the e-mail address used for the purchase in the E-mail used for the purchase field.
• Click Activate.

Result: The message “License activated” appears and the top right corner of the program shows PRO instead of FREE. PRO functions work immediately, without restarting.

3What the full version gives

• FREE — timer with preview and clock window, 5 lectures, monitor selection, clock page in the browser, up to 5 Stream Deck assignments.
• PRO — additionally: unlimited lectures, conference agenda (also online with a QR code), messages for the speaker, triggers, NDI, alpha channel, broadcast templates, Excel import and export, QR codes, unlimited Stream Deck.
• In the FREE version, PRO functions are marked with a PRO badge — you can see them but not use them.

1Tab bar

• 1 Timer — time control, messages, Timeline (this chapter).
• 2 Settings — clock appearance, monitors, sound, language, theme.
• 3 Lectures — list of talks: speaker, title, time (see Lectures).
• 4 Agenda — conference agenda, also online with a QR code (see Conference agenda).
• 5 License — license plan and key activation.
• 6 License plan — FREE or PRO; next to it the current time.
• Other tabs: Remote Access (control from a phone and the clock page in a browser — Remote access), Triggers (automatic actions — Triggers), Stream Deck (Stream Deck), Companion (Companion and API), NDI (NDI), Broadcast (graphics for production — Broadcast) and Help (Updates and help). Hover an icon to see its name.

2Timer tab

• 1 Preview — exactly what the speaker sees on the second screen.
• 2 Set time — hours, minutes, seconds and quick adjustments ±1 / ±5 minutes.
• 3 Start / Pause and Reset (see Time control).
• 4 Messages — text for the speaker on screen (see Messages).
• 5 Presentation Timeline — the next talks; Play starts the first one, Next moves to the next.
• 6 Predefined Messages — ready-made texts sent with one click.

3Preview

• 1 State — READY, LIVE, PAUSED, OVERTIME or STOPWATCH. This label is only in the preview — the speaker does not see it.
• 2 Current time — as on the speaker’s screen.
• 3 Time — the same font, colour and size as on the speaker’s screen.
• 4 Progress bar — how much time has passed.

4Keyboard shortcuts

• F1 … F4 — Timer, Settings, Lectures, Remote Access tabs.
• Ctrl+Space — Start / Pause; Ctrl+R — Reset.
• Ctrl+Enter — sends the message from the Messages field; Esc — clears the field or closes a window.
• Ctrl+N — new lecture; Ctrl+E — edit the selected lecture.
• Ctrl+1 … Ctrl+9 — switch tabs.
• Full list: the Help tab.

1Setting the time

• 1 Hours, 2 minutes, 3 seconds — enter the values (the fields accept digits only).
• 4 Set Time — sets the time on the clock (or Enter in a field).
• 5 Adjustments +1 min, −1 min, +5 min, −5 min — also work while counting down.
• 6 Countdown format — HH:MM:SS, Automatic or MM:SS (e.g. 1 h 15 min as 01:15:00 or 75:00). Changes immediately on the speaker screen, the web page and NDI; the same setting is in Clock appearance.

Result: The new time appears immediately in the preview and on the speaker’s screen.

2Start, pause and reset

• 1 Start — starts the countdown; while running the same button is Pause (orange).
• 2 Reset — goes back to the set time and stops the clock.
• Shortcuts: Ctrl+Space — start / pause, Ctrl+R — reset.

Result: The clock state is shown in the preview: LIVE while running, PAUSED after stopping.

3When time is up

• 1 After zero the clock keeps counting up — the time over the limit, in the overtime colour (red by default), blinking.
• 2 The preview shows OVERTIME.

1Sending a message

• 1 Text field — Type a message….
• 2 Message colour — white, yellow, red, green.
• 3 aA — switches the text in the field to upper / lower case.
• 4 Clear — removes the message from the speaker’s screen.
• 5 Send — sends the message (or Ctrl+Enter in the field).

2Message on screen

• 1 Message — large, in the chosen colour, in the middle of the speaker’s screen.
• 2 Time — gets smaller and moves up so the message is easy to read.

Result: The speaker sees the message until you clear it (Clear) or — for ready messages — for the set number of seconds.

3Ready messages

• 1 New message — adds a ready message.
• 2 Edit — changes the text, colour and display time.
• 3 Send — sends it with one click.
• 4 Clear — removes the message from the speaker’s screen.
• 5 Bin — deletes the ready message from the list.
• 6 Display time — after this many seconds the message disappears by itself.

4New ready message

• 1 Text — the message text.
• 2 Color — colour (swatches or any colour).
• 3 Auto clear after (seconds, 0 = off).
• Click the confirm button at the bottom of the window — the message appears on the list.

1Clock window

• The window opens by itself when the program starts — on the selected monitor, in full screen.
• 1 Time of the talk.
• 2 Current time.
• 3 Progress bar.

2Choosing the monitor

• 1 Monitor list — choose the screen for the speaker. The clock window moves immediately.
• 2 Identify — each monitor shows its number for a moment.

Result: The choice is remembered — next time the clock window opens on the same monitor (if it is connected).

3With only one monitor

• Without a second monitor the clock window opens on the same screen as the program — switch between windows with Alt+Tab.
• For rehearsals and checks the Timer tab is enough — the preview shows exactly what the clock window shows.
• You can also show the speaker’s screen in a browser on another device (phone, tablet, TV with a browser) — the Remote Access tab (see Remote access).

1Lecture list

• 1 Add Lecture — a new talk (shortcut Ctrl+N).
• 2 Edit selected — change the selected lecture (shortcut Ctrl+E).
• 3 Add selected to timeline — appends the selected lecture to the end of the Timeline.
• 4 Import Excel — loads the list from an Excel file.
• 5 Export — saves the list to an Excel file.
• 6 Excel template — an empty Excel file with the right columns to fill in.
• 7 Clear all — deletes the whole list (the program asks for confirmation).
• 8 Search — filters the list by speaker or title.
• 9 Table — Speaker, Title, Duration, Start (how long after the start of the Timeline the talk begins) and the place in the Timeline.

2Row buttons

• 1 ▶ — sets the clock to the time of this lecture and goes to the Timer tab.
• 2 Duplicate — a copy of the lecture with a note in the title.
• 3 Timeline — adds the lecture to the Timeline (+) or removes it (×).
• 4 Edit — speaker, title, time.
• 5 Delete — removes the lecture from the list.

3New lecture

• 1 Speaker — name (shown in the Timeline and on the list).
• 2 Title of the talk.
• 3 Time in HH:MM:SS format, e.g. 00:20:00 is 20 minutes.
• Click Add — the lecture appears at the end of the list.

4Selecting several lectures

• 1 Check boxes — select several lectures (the box in the header selects all).
• 2 Counter — number of lectures, total time and number selected.
• 3 Add checked to timeline — appends all selected lectures to the Timeline.
• 4 Delete selected.
• 5 Clear selection.

5Import from Excel

• Click Excel template and save the file — it has columns for the speaker, title and time.
• Fill in the file in Excel (one lecture per row) and save it.
• Click Import Excel and choose the file — the lectures are added to the list.

1Timeline card

• 1 Add — choose lectures from the list to append to the end of the queue.
• 2 AUTO NEXT — when a talk ends the program starts the next one by itself.
• 3 Play — starts the first talk (or resumes the queue).
• 4 Next — ends the current talk and starts the next one.
• 5 Clear all — removes all items from the queue (lectures stay on the list).
• 6 Reset — starts the queue again: all talks go back to Waiting.
• 7 From agenda… — loads the queue from the conference agenda.
• 8 Items — number, title, speaker, time and state.
• 9 Summary — how many talks are finished, total and remaining time.
• 10 Schedule… — automatic start of the queue at a chosen time (next chapter).

2Queue item

• 1 Time of the talk.
• 2 State — ON AIR, next, Waiting or Completed.
• 3 ▲ and 4 ▼ — move the item up / down in the queue.
• 5 ▶ — starts this talk right away.
• 6 × — removes the item from the queue (the lecture stays on the list).

3Adding to the queue

• The window shows lectures that are not in the Timeline yet.
• 1 From conference… — lectures assigned to a conference.
• 2 Select all (next to it: deselect all).
• 3 Check box next to a lecture.
• 4 Add selected — appends the selected lectures to the end of the queue.

4Queue from the agenda

• 1 Conference — choose which agenda to load the sessions from.
• 2 Preview — times, titles and durations of the sessions.
• 3 Load to Timeline — replaces the current Timeline with the agenda sessions.

Result: The conference name and the Refresh from agenda button appear above the queue — it loads changes from the agenda without interrupting the running talk.

5Running the talks

• 1 Current talk — marked ON AIR; the clock counts down its time. Below it: which talk is next.
• 2 Next — the next talk (also available on Stream Deck).
• 3 AUTO NEXT — turn it on if the talks should follow one another without your action.
• 4 Summary — progress of the whole queue.

1List of schedules

• 1 Schedule — when it starts, the next start and how soon, enabled options.
• 2 Start now — starts the current Timeline right away (the planned start is used up; a recurring schedule keeps starting on the next days).
• 3 Bin — deletes the schedule (the program asks for confirmation).
• 4 Counter — how many schedules are saved (up to 10).
• 5 New schedule — opens the form for a new schedule.

2New schedule

• 1 When — Once, Every day, Weekdays (Mon–Fri) or Selected days (then you tick the days of the week).
• 2 Date (one-time only) and 3 Time of the start.
• 4 Show a countdown message — how many minutes before the start and which message. Without your own message the program shows “Timeline starts in … min”.
• 5 Play a sound — a file from disk or the sound from Settings, up to 5 repeats; Test plays it.
• 6 Flash the screen and 7 System notification — at the same moment as the countdown.
• 8 Ask for confirmation before the start (no answer within 60 s = no start).
• 9 Cancel if nobody used TimerPRO for — protection against starting in an empty room (15, 30 or 60 minutes).
• Below: Write starts to the log — entries in the log file in the program profile (on by default).
• 10 Schedule — saves the schedule.

3Next start in the Timeline card

• 1 Next start — day and time.
• 2 How soon — live countdown; next to it the number of further schedules.
• 3 Details — opens the list of schedules.
• 4 Start now — start right away.
• 5 × — deletes the next schedule.

4Start confirmation

• When a schedule asks for confirmation, this window appears at the start time.
• 1 Start Timeline — starts the Timeline.
• 2 Cancel — does not start (a recurring schedule starts again at its next time).

5Missed start

• If TimerPRO was not running or the computer was asleep at the planned time, the program does not start “silently” — after launch it asks what to do.
• 1 Start now — starts the Timeline now.
• 2 Schedule again — opens the form with the same time (one-time schedules only).
• 3 Skip — skips this start.

1Agenda screen

• 1 Select Conference — choose one of the saved conferences.
• 2 New Conference — a new conference (name, date, times, venue).
• 3 Selected conference — name, date, venue, number of sessions and total time.
• 4 Edit Info — change the conference details.
• 5 Fix Times — recalculates session times in order (each starts when the previous one ends).
• 6 Add Session — a new session or break.
• 7 Local Network (QR & Link) and 8 Online TimerPRO.eu (QR & Link) — the agenda address for attendees (see Live agenda).
• 9 View — timeline or grid.
• 10 Session — one bar: number, times, type, title with speaker, room and duration. A long title is shortened — hover to see the full text. Click the bar to edit.

2Session order

• 1 Number — the order of sessions in the agenda (1, 2, 3…); updates by itself after reordering.
• 2 Handle — grab the bar with the mouse and drag it to a new place.
• 3 ▲ / ▼ — moves the session one place up or down. With the keyboard: click the bar, then Alt+↑ / Alt+↓.
• 4 ✎ — edit the session.
• After every change the program recalculates the times: from the conference start, one session after another. Add a break as a separate session of type Break.

3New session

• 1 Session Type — Presentation, Workshop, Panel, Break or Other. The type sets the session colour.
• 2 Item Title — the session title.
• 3 Start Time.
• 4 Duration (minutes) — the program sets the clock to this time.
• 5 Room/Track.
• 6 Save Item — saves the session in the agenda.

4Grid view

• 1 View switch — timeline (sessions one below another with times) or grid (tiles).
• 2 Session tile — number, title, duration, start time. Click a tile to edit the session; drag a tile to change the order (times and numbers update by themselves).

5Excel template, import and export

• In the agenda bar: Excel template — an Excel file to fill in (e.g. send it to speakers or organisers); Import — loads the agenda from an Excel file or a conference copy (.json); Export — saves the agenda to Excel (same layout as the template — you can edit it and import it back) or as a conference copy (.json, e.g. for another computer).
• The template has three sheets: Agenda — empty, with headers (one session per row: time, duration, type, title, speaker — several separated with a semicolon, position, company, room, description), Conference (name, date, times) and Instructions — description and example rows to copy.
• After you choose the file, the program shows a preview: 1 file and number of sessions, 2 the first sessions, 3 skipped rows with their number and reason (e.g. no title, wrong duration), 4 where to save — Add to the conference “…”… or New conference from file (with name and date), 5 Import.
• A ready file with data to try the import: docs/przyklady/Agenda-example.xlsx (PL: Agenda-przyklad.xlsx) — a conference day with speakers, breaks and a panel. When a session is not saved (e.g. it ends after the conference end time), the program shows the reason.

6Speakers from the Lectures tab

• Already have speakers in the Lectures tab (e.g. from an Excel import)? In the agenda bar click From lectures: 1 search, 2 select lectures (Select all / Deselect all), 3 Time of the first session — empty = after the last session, 4 Add sessions. Sessions get the title, speaker and duration of the lecture, one after another.
• In the session window, in the speaker section, the From lectures… button fills in the speaker, title and duration from one lecture. In a panel each chosen lecture adds another speaker. When the fields are already filled in, the program asks: Replace or Cancel (fills in only the empty fields).

7New conference

• 1 Conference Title — the conference name (also shown on the attendee page).
• 2 Date — the conference day.
• 3 Start Time and 4 End Time.
• 5 Venue.
• 6 Save Conference — saves the conference; you can add sessions right away.

8From the agenda to the clock

• On the Timer tab, in the Presentation Timeline card, click From agenda… and choose the conference (see Timeline).
• The sessions become the queue of talks — the clock counts down each session, and breaks are queue items too.
• When you change the agenda during the day, click Refresh from agenda above the queue.

1Live agenda bar

• 1 Publish online — sends the agenda to the internet page (timerpro.eu) and keeps it up to date. When off — the agenda is not sent.
• 2 Page language — Polish, English, German, Spanish or as in the program.
• 3 Local view — opens the local network agenda page in a browser.
• 4 Copy online link — copies the internet page address to the clipboard.
• 5 Logo… — event logo on the page (PNG, JPG or WEBP file from disk).
• 6 QR code — QR code for the internet page (for printing).
• 7 Create event and 8 Join event — joining several rooms into one event (below).
• 9 Agenda look… — the look of the agenda page: template, fonts and clock colour (below).

2Agenda look

• You choose the look of the page — attendees (local network and online) see only this one look, with no switch.
• 1 Template — Current, Stage, List only or Light (examples below).
• 2 Text font and 3 Clock font — fonts available to every viewer, also on phones.
• 4 Clock colour — the countdown colour (near the end the clock still turns orange, after time — red).
• 5 Preview — a sample of the fonts and colour.
• 6 Open the agenda page — the real page in a browser; 7 Save — the page for attendees changes within a few seconds.

3Template “Current”

• Now, Next and the agenda — for phones: the Now card with the clock, the Next card and the whole agenda with times.

4Template “Stage”

• Huge clock with the title — screen for the speaker or the room: the clock fills almost the whole screen, the title and speaker below, Next at the bottom.

5Template “List only”

• The whole agenda with times — TV in the lobby: large rows, the running session highlighted, finished ones dimmed.

6Template “Light”

• “Current” in light colours — projector, daylight.

7QR code for printing

• 1 QR code — leads to the agenda page of this conference.
• 2 Address of the page.
• 3 Save PNG — an image with the code, name and address (for a poster, slide, badge).
• 4 Print — an A4 page with the code.

8Event with several rooms

• When a conference has several rooms, each with its own computer running TimerPRO, you create one page with the agendas of all rooms like this:
• 1 Event name — a common name (e.g. the conference name).
• 2 Name of this room — the name of this computer’s room.
• 3 Create event — creates the event; the program shows the event link and the join code.
• On the computers in the other rooms: Join event → paste the link and the code, type the room name.

Result: Attendees get one link (or QR code) to the page with the agendas of all rooms.

9Agenda on the local network

• Without internet the agenda works on the local network (venue Wi-Fi): the attendee must be on the same network as the computer with the program.
• Address and QR code: in the agenda, the Local Network (QR & Link) button — the address looks like http://192.168.1.100:5000/live/… (with your computer’s address).
• Local view on the bar opens the same view in a browser — good for checking before the conference.

1New trigger

• 1 Trigger name — any name, e.g. “90% warning”.
• 2 WHEN — condition: Progress reaches %, Time remaining equals (min), Time elapsed equals (min) or an event (start, pause, reset, 00:00, overtime).
• 3 Condition value — percent or minutes.
• 4 THEN — action: message, predefined message, screen flash, sound, next lecture, start / pause / reset, add or subtract time.
• 5 Action parameter — here: which message to show.
• 6 Add Trigger — saves the trigger.
• 7 Clear — clears the form.

2Trigger list

• 1 Trigger — name and the rule in words.
• 2 Switch — a disabled trigger stays on the list but does not work.
• 3 Edit — change the rule in the form on the left.
• 4 Delete — removes the trigger.
• 5 Export and 6 Import — save triggers to a file and load them (e.g. on another computer).

1Timer digits

• 1 Small preview — what the digits will look like.
• 2 Font — choose a font (a window with a list of fonts).
• 3 Weight — Normal, Bold, Black.
• 4 Countdown format — with hours, automatic or minutes only (below; the same switch is in the Timer tab).
• 5 Digit Color.
• 6 Size — from 20% to 200%; the digits always fit on the screen.
• 7 Restore defaults — restores the default look of the digits.

2Countdown format

• 1 Countdown format:
• HH:MM:SS — always with hours, e.g. 00:05:00.
• Automatic — hours only from 1 hour: 05:00, but 01:15:00.
• MM:SS — minutes and seconds only, also above an hour: 75:00.
• 2 Effect — the preview shows the new format immediately (in the screenshot 1 h 15 min with MM:SS).

3Progress bar

• 1 Show progress bar — turns the bar on.
• 2 Show progress percentage — percentage on the bar.
• 3 Bar Thickness.
• 4 Position — Bottom, Top or Under digits.
• 5 Bar color (without phases) and 6 Bar background.

4Phase colours

• The color changes when the given percentage of time has elapsed; after the time is up — the last color.
• 1 Threshold 1 and 2 Threshold 2 — after what percentage of the time the colour changes.
• 3 Digits and 4 Bar — a switch and four colours: up to threshold 1, up to threshold 2, up to the end and overtime.
• 5 Digits and bar together (same colors).
• 6 Restore defaults — restores the default thresholds and colours.

5Current time

• 1 Show current time — the time of day above the counter.
• 2 Font, 3 Color, 4 Size.
• 5 Position — one of six corners / edge centres of the screen.

6Blinking

• 1 Message flashing — the speaker message blinks.
• 2 Blink the time when it is up.
• 3 Amplitude (how much it dims), 4 Speed (one blink), 5 Brightness (glow).
• 6 Show example — shows the blinking in the preview.

1Settings tab

• 1 Language — program language (changes immediately).
• 2 Theme — Dark or Light.
• 3 Save Settings — saves all fields once more.
• 4 Back — goes back to the Timer tab.

2Full-screen clock

• 1 Time format — 24-hour or 12-hour, with or without seconds.
• 2 Clock Font and 3 Font size.
• 4 Clock text color.
• 5 Full screen clock mode — the speaker screen shows only the time of day instead of the counter.

3Sound

• 1 Play sound when time is up.
• 2 Choose file — your own sound file.
• 3 Test — plays the sound as a test.

4Notifications

• Notifications are the messages in the corner of the program window (e.g. “Trigger added”).
• 1 Close notifications automatically — when off, a message stays until you click it.
• 2 Auto-dismiss time (seconds) — from 1 to 60 seconds.

5Background image

• 1 Enable background image.
• 2 Choose image — a file from disk; 3 preview of the chosen image.
• 4 Separately for each output — Timer window, Web timer (/timer) and NDI output — two switches: Show background and Timer on background. “Timer on background” off = the image alone, without the timer.
• Each output can look different, e.g. timer window: background with the timer, web timer: no background, NDI: the image alone.
• The clock mode (the time on the full screen when no countdown is running) is also shown on the background image; with Timer on background switched off — the image alone.

6Settings backup

• Export to a .timerpro file for backup or sharing.
• 1 Export — saves the settings to a .timerpro file.
• 2 Import — loads settings from a .timerpro file (e.g. on a second computer).
• 3 Reset to defaults — restores the default settings (the program asks for confirmation).

7Performance

• Hardware acceleration (restart required) — draws the clock using the graphics card; the change works after restarting the program.

1Remote access tab

• 1 Web Timer — Clean full-screen timer view for mobile devices and tablets.
• 2 Open link — opens the page in a browser on this computer; 3 copies the address; 4 shows a QR code to scan with a phone.
• 5 Admin Panel — Full control interface for advanced timer management and settings.
• 6 Alpha Channel — the clock on a transparent background for vMix / OBS (see Broadcast and alpha channel).
• 7 Local address — the computer’s address on the network; Copy copies it.
• 8 Network Status.

2Clock in a browser

• 1 Time — in the same look as on the speaker screen (see Clock appearance).
• 2 Current time.
• 3 Online — the page is connected to the program.

3Web panel

• 1 Time and progress bar.
• 2 Set time — hours, minutes, seconds.
• 3 Start / Reset and 4 ±1 / ±5 minute adjustments.
• 5 Message for the speaker — Send / Clear.
• 6 Menu — clock, lecture list, settings.

1Templates

• 1 Template — 7 ready looks: Minimal, TV Lower Third, Countdown, Circle Timer, Three Circles, Nexus Cyberpunk, Training Timer.
• 2 Template address (to paste into the production software).
• 3 Copy the address to the clipboard.
• 4 Open the template in a browser on this computer.
• 5 Customize — colours, size, position, font (below).
• 6 Steps: Choose → Customize → Copy URL → Go live.

2Customizing a template

• 1 Template settings — depending on the template: colour, size, position, font, time format, shadow.
• 2 Preview Aspect ratio — 16:9, 4:3, 21:9 or custom.
• 3 Set position by clicking — click in the preview where the clock should be (or drag it with the mouse).
• 4 Template preview.
• 5 Address with your settings — Copy and paste it into the production software.
• 6 Defaults and Close.

3Template on air

• This is the Circle Timer template opened from its address (on a black background in the screenshot) — in the production software the background is transparent.
• The template refreshes by itself when the time in TimerPRO changes.

4OBS, vMix, XSplit

• OBS Studio: Add a new Browser Source; Copy the URL from a template above; Set Width 1920, Height 1080; Enable “Shutdown source when not visible”; Click OK — the timer appears with a transparent background.
• vMix: Add Input → Web Browser; Paste the URL from a template above; Set the resolution to match your production; The template refreshes automatically when the timer changes.
• XSplit: Add Source → Webpage; Enter the URL from a template; Adjust size and position as needed; Use Chroma Key if needed (usually not necessary).

5Alpha channel

• The alpha channel is the clock on a transparent background — address in the Remote Access tab, Alpha Channel card; the Settings button opens this window.
• 1 Clock color and 2 Font family.
• 3 Show message — speaker messages in the graphic too.
• 4 Preview.
• 5 Apply & Save.

1Connection method

• 1 USB direct (default) — TimerPRO drives the Stream Deck itself, without the Elgato app and without installing a plugin. Requires the Elgato Stream Deck app to be closed (only one program can use a Stream Deck at a time). No plugin needed.
• 2 Elgato plugin — as before: Requires the Elgato Stream Deck app and the TimerPRO plugin. Choose it when the Elgato app also controls other programs (OBS, vMix).
• 3 Status — Connected, No Stream Deck connected, Busy — the Elgato Stream Deck app is running or No access to the device. Plugging in and unplugging are detected automatically (every 2 s).
• 4 Device — model, number of buttons and grid (e.g. 15 = 5×3, XL 32 = 8×4, Mini 6 = 3×2). With several connected — device choice.
• 5 Button brightness.
• 6 Last pressed button — a quick check that the buttons work.
• 7 Try again — e.g. after closing the Elgato app.

2Ready-made boards and the countdown on a button

• Once connected, the Stream Deck immediately has three boards matched to the number of buttons (Mini 6, 8, 15, XL 32). The preview in the card shows the same images as the device.
• 1 Countdown on a button — the remaining time live, in the phase colours from Clock appearance (e.g. green → yellow → orange), after time is up +MM:SS in red. Press = start / pause.
• 2 Start / pause — the button shows the state (▶ start, ❚❚ pause). Next to it: reset.
• 3 Adjustments +1′ −1′ +5′ −5′ and 4 times 5–60 min.
• 5 Next board — the last button; its caption says which board comes next.
• 6 Arrows in the preview — browse the boards in the window (the device stays on its board).
• 7 Board bar — Rename, Add board, ← → (order), Delete board, Export / Import (a .json file, e.g. for another computer), Restore defaults. Without a connected device the bar starts with the layout choice (15 / 6 / 8 / 32 / 3 buttons).
• Board Messages & screen: predefined messages 1–5 (text and colour from the message list), clear message, flashing, current time, progress bar, clock mode.
• Board Timeline & agenda: start Timeline, Next (caption = title of the next lecture), reset Timeline, AUTO NEXT (ON / OFF), Agenda online (ON / OFF for the conference loaded into the Timeline), countdown and start / pause.

3Your own buttons and boards

• Click a button in the preview — the edit window opens. Changes are saved immediately and appear on the device right away.
• 1 Button preview — how it will look on the Stream Deck (updates live).
• 2 Function → Choose… — 3 search and 4 categories: all program functions (the same as in assignments) and the Stream Deck group: Countdown (live remaining time), Next lecture (Timeline), Agenda online on / off, Next board, Previous board.
• 5 Function parameters — e.g. message text, time, number of a predefined message.
• 6 Caption — your own caption; empty = automatic in the program language.
• 7 Icon — type a character or pick one from the palette (∅ = automatic).
• 8 Background and Text — your own colour or automatic.
• 9 Clear button — the button will be empty (black).

4Elgato plugin and connection state

• 1 Server (WebSocket 8089) — the program server the plugin connects to.
• 2 Plugin installed — whether the TimerPRO plugin is in the Stream Deck app (and which version).
• 3 Plugin connected — whether the plugin is connected to the program now.
• 4 Install plugin — copies the plugin into the Stream Deck app; then restart the Stream Deck app.
• 5 Open plugin folder — the Stream Deck app plugins folder.
• 6 How it works — four steps from installation to the first button.
• 7 Refresh status.

5Button and key assignments

• 1 Filter — all, Stream Deck only, keyboard only, function category.
• 2 Search assignments.
• 3 Assignment — button or key, function, title, parameters, state (two example keys in the screenshot).
• 4 Add, 5 Edit, 6 Clone.
• 7 Test — runs the function right away, without pressing the button.
• 8 Remove (next to it: remove selected).

6New assignment

• 1 Stream Deck button or Keyboard key.
• 2 Find — press the button on the Stream Deck (or the key), the program recognises it.
• 3 Function — choose from the list (search or categories).
• 4 Function categories.
• 5 Title — the label on the button and on the assignment list.
• 6 Save.

7Time presets

• Used by the functions “Load Timer Preset 1-3”, “Save Current as Preset” and “Quick Save”.
• 1 Preset name and 2 time in HH:MM:SS format.
• 3 Save presets.

8Available functions

• 1 Search function….
• 2 Categories — the number next to each is the number of functions in it.
• 3 Function — name, category and action identifier (needed e.g. in Companion).
• 4 Functions documentation — description of all functions.

1Server and Companion setup

• 1 WebSocket (8089) and 2 HTTP API (8090) — program server state.
• 3 Connected clients — how many programs are connected now (e.g. Companion, the Stream Deck plugin).
• 4 Start server / Stop server — the server starts by itself with the program when automatic start is on (below).
• 5 Bitfocus Companion setup — four steps: install Companion, a Generic HTTP connection with the address http://localhost:8090, import the configuration, live state over WebSocket.
• 6 Download Companion config — a file to import into Companion.
• 7 Note in the program — HTTP commands (POST /api/command) are disabled for now; control works over WebSocket or the Stream Deck plugin.

2Shortcuts

• 1 Category — shortcut filter.
• 2 Add shortcut.
• 3 Import and 4 Export — the shortcut set to and from a file.
• 5 Reset — the default shortcut set.
• 6 Shortcut — button colour and label, name, action; Edit, test and delete.

3New shortcut

• 1 Shortcut name.
• 2 Category and 3 Target (e.g. the main timer).
• 4 Action — what the button does.
• 5 Button text (up to 8 characters) and 6 colour — button preview next to it.

4Control API

• 1 Tabs — Commands, HTTP endpoints, Examples.
• 2 WebSocket commands — JSON with action, target, data fields, e.g. { "action": "START", "target": "main" }.

1Receiving an NDI source

• 1 NDI state — e.g. whether there are NDI sources on the network.
• 2 NDI Source — source selection; 3 Refresh — search for sources again; 4 Connect.
• 5 Preview of the source image with overlays.
• 6 Show Timer and 7 Show message — clock and messages on the image; below them position, size, colour. The overlay always stays fully on the image: at an edge (e.g. “Top Left”) it moves into the corner, and a font that is too large is reduced.
• 8 Display on the monitor — sends the image with overlays to the speaker screen instead of the plain clock.
• 9 Secondary Display Quality — quality and frame rate of the image on the speaker screen.
• 10 Source information — details of the connected source.

2NDI output

• Stream the timer to broadcast equipment.
• 1 Start NDI Output / Stop NDI Output.
• 2 State — Ready, Streaming (… fps), NDI not available or Error.
• 3 Source name — the clock appears under this name in the production software (e.g. vMix, OBS with an NDI plugin).
• 4 Frame rate — 30, 25, 15 or 10.

1Help tab

• 1 Program version.
• 2 Free and 3 Pro — what each version includes (see License and activation).
• 4 Latest version — whether you have the latest version; 5 Last check — when the program last checked.
• 6 License — FREE or PRO.
• 7 Documentation on the timerpro.eu website.
• 8 Check for updates — checks right away, without waiting.
• 9 Keyboard shortcuts — the list of shortcuts (below).

2Update bar

• The program checks for updates one minute after starting, then every 6 hours.
• When there is a new version, a bar appears at the top of the window: first Downloading version ……, then Timer PRO … is ready to install — Your license and data are kept.
• Install now — installs right away.
• On exit — installs when you close the program (e.g. after the event).
• Skip this version — the program will not offer this version again.

3Keyboard shortcuts

• A window with all shortcuts — e.g. F1 … F4 and F6 … F11 (tabs), Ctrl+Space (start / pause), Ctrl+R (reset), Ctrl+Enter (send message), Ctrl+N (new lecture).

1“Port 8089 / 8090 is already in use”

• Symptom: an error window with Port 8089 is already in use… or Port 8090 is already in use….
• Cause: another program uses the program server port — most often a second running copy of TimerPRO.
• What to do: close the second copy of TimerPRO (check the taskbar and Task Manager) and restart the program. The program keeps working, but until then Stream Deck and Companion may not work.

2Clock on the wrong screen

• Symptom: the clock window opens on the operator monitor or is not on the second screen.
• What to do: Settings → Secondary Display → choose the monitor from the list; Identify shows the number of each screen (see Clock window and second monitor).
• If the monitor is not on the list, Windows does not see it — check the cable and the Windows display settings.

3A phone does not open the clock page

• Symptom: the Remote Access tab shows Local only — check network or the phone does not connect to the address.
• What to do: the phone and the computer must be on the same Wi-Fi / LAN; type the address exactly as in the Remote Access tab (or scan the QR code); check that the Windows firewall does not block TimerPRO (see Remote access).

4License activation

• Enter a license key / Enter the e-mail used for the purchase — fill in both fields.
• Activation failed — check the key and e-mail from the purchase message (the same e-mail as at purchase) and the internet connection.
• Details: License and activation; help — the timerpro.eu website.

5FREE version limits

• Free version allows maximum 5 lectures… — the FREE version allows 5 lectures.
• The FREE version allows 5 assignments — buy the full version for more.
• Features marked PRO (e.g. agenda, triggers, messages) need the full version — the purchase button is in the License tab.

6Stream Deck does not respond

• Not installed — click Install plugin and restart the Stream Deck app.
• Stream Deck app not installed — install the Elgato Stream Deck app.
• Not connected / The Stream Deck plugin is not connected — install it and restart the Stream Deck app, then press the button…
• The Stream Deck server is not running — start the server in the Companion tab and turn on its automatic start in Settings.
• This key is used by Timer PRO shortcuts — choose another.
• Details: Stream Deck.

7NDI

• No NDI sources found — there is no NDI source on the network: check that the NDI sender is running and on the same network, then Refresh.
• NDI not available — the program did not load the NDI send module; the NDI output will not work (see NDI).

8Online agenda and event

• No connection with timerpro.eu / Could not publish this agenda online — check the internet connection — check the internet connection.
• Wrong join code / Event not found — ask the room that created the event for the current link and code.
• The event already has the maximum number of rooms (30).
• Events with several rooms are available in the PRO version.
• Details: Live agenda and online event.

9Other messages

• Timeline is busy — try again — wait a moment and click again.
• Cannot play this sound file — choose another sound file.
• Invalid settings file / Invalid triggers file — choose a file saved by TimerPRO (export).
• Windows SmartScreen during installation — click More info and check that the publisher is AS LIVE MEDIA (see Installation and first start).