functions/other/Start-PSUTimer.ps1

function Start-PSUTimer
{
<#
    .SYNOPSIS
        Creates a timer that will alarm the user after it has expired.
     
    .DESCRIPTION
        Creates a timer that will alarm the user after it has expired.
        Provides both visual and sound warnings.
        Also provides a progress bar with a time remaining display.
     
    .PARAMETER Duration
        The time to wait.
     
    .PARAMETER Message
        What to wait for.
     
    .PARAMETER NoProgress
        Disables progress bar.
     
    .PARAMETER AlarmInterval
        In what time interval to write warnings and send sound.
     
    .PARAMETER AlarmCount
        How often to give warning.
     
    .EXAMPLE
        PS C:\> timer 170 Tea
     
        After 170 Duration give warning that the tea is ready.
#>

    [Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("PSUseShouldProcessForStateChangingFunctions", "")]
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param (
        [Parameter(Position = 0, Mandatory = $true)]
        [Alias('Seconds')]
        [PSFDateTime]
        $Duration,
        
        [Parameter(Position = 1, Mandatory = $true)]
        $Message,
        
        [switch]
        $NoProgress,
        
        [int]
        $AlarmInterval = 250,
        
        [int]
        $AlarmCount = 25
    )
    
    begin
    {
        Write-PSFMessage -Level InternalComment -Message "Bound parameters: $($PSBoundParameters.Keys -join ", ")" -Tag 'debug', 'start', 'param'
        
        $start = Get-Date
        $end = $Duration.Value
        
        function Get-FriendlyTime
        {
            [CmdletBinding()]
            param (
                [int]
                $Seconds
            )
            
            $tempSeconds = $Seconds
            $strings = @()
            if ($tempSeconds -gt 3599)
            {
                [int]$count = [math]::Floor(($tempSeconds / 3600))
                $strings += "{0}h" -f $count
                $tempSeconds = $tempSeconds - ($count * 3600)
            }
            
            if ($tempSeconds -gt 59)
            {
                [int]$count = [math]::Floor(($tempSeconds / 60))
                $strings += "{0}m" -f $count
                $tempSeconds = $tempSeconds - ($count * 60)
            }
            
            $strings += "{0}s" -f $tempSeconds
            
            $strings -join " "
        }
    }
    process
    {
        if (-not $NoProgress)
        {
            Write-Progress -Activity "Waiting for $Message" -Status "Starting" -PercentComplete 0
        }
        
        while ($end -gt (Get-Date))
        {
            Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
            
            if (-not $NoProgress)
            {
                $friendlyTime = Get-FriendlyTime -Seconds ($end - (Get-Date)).TotalSeconds
                [int]$percent = ((Get-Date) - $start).TotalSeconds / ($end - $start).TotalSeconds * 100
                Write-Progress -Activity "Waiting for $Message" -Status "Time remaining: $($friendlyTime)" -PercentComplete ([System.Math]::Min($percent, 100))
            }
        }
        
        if (-not $NoProgress)
        {
            Write-Progress -Activity "Waiting for $Message" -Completed
        }
        
        $countAlarm = 0
        while ($countAlarm -lt $AlarmCount)
        {
            Write-PSFMessage -Level Warning -Message "### $($Message) ###"
            [System.Console]::Beep(3000, $AlarmInterval)
            Start-Sleep -Milliseconds $AlarmInterval
            $countAlarm++
        }
    }
    end
    {
        
    }
}
Import-PSUAlias -Name "timer" -Command "Start-PSUTimer"