States

Timer Actions

A timer action operates a timer — start it, stop it, restart it, set its preset. The timer is named as a placeholder in the generic state; it is linked to a real timer instance when the state is used in a composite.

The dialog

Add → Timer Action asks for a Timer Name (the placeholder) and an Operation. The operation dropdown offers all six:

The Configure Timer Action dialog: Timer Name is DelayTimer, and the Operation dropdown is open showing Start, Stop, Restart, Reset, SetPreset and Capture — A timer placeholder `DelayTimer` and the operation menu: Start, Stop, Restart, Reset, SetPreset, Capture.

Timer.Start(DelayTimer)
Timer.Stop(DelayTimer)
Timer.Restart(DelayTimer)
Timer.Reset(DelayTimer)
Timer.SetPreset(DelayTimer, 5000)   // preset in ms

The operations

Operation	Effect
`Start`	Begin timing (no-op if already running).
`Stop`	Halt timing, keep the elapsed value.
`Restart`	Reset to zero and start again.
`Reset`	Reset to zero (stopped).
`SetPreset`	Set the target time in milliseconds (literal or from a variable).
`Capture`	Capture the current high-resolution time (ms) into a Time variable.

The timer name is a placeholder. As the dialog itself notes, DelayTimer is just a name in the generic state. In the composite you bind it to an actual timer instance — and if none exists yet, you add one to the composite's Timers section first. See Composite Mapping.