# contrib-easybotics-vl53l0x
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/contrib-easybotics-vl53l0x/100097
**Category:** General
**Created:** [6 January 2026 13:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/contrib-easybotics-vl53l0x/100097 "2026-01-06T13:52:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Roman2809](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Roman2809)
#### Post date: [6 January 2026 13:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/contrib-easybotics-vl53l0x/100097/1 "2026-01-06T13:52:12Z")
Hello,
I'm using several VL53L0X sensors.
They are switched individually via the XShut without any problems.
I start the node with an injection interval (pollstart), but I need to switch the node back to pollstop when changing the sensor.
Does anyone have any ideas? All attempts so far have failed.
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [6 January 2026 14:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/contrib-easybotics-vl53l0x/100097/2 "2026-01-06T14:32:09Z")
The [readme](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-easybotics-vl53l0x) says to pass in msg.payload = start or stop. I presume it means strings.
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### Author:  [@Roman2809](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Roman2809)
#### Post date: [6 January 2026 15:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/contrib-easybotics-vl53l0x/100097/3 "2026-01-06T15:04:39Z")
I've already tried that, but without success.
If I deactivate the node and then reactivate it, it works.
I can't close or terminate it with just one command.
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [6 January 2026 15:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/contrib-easybotics-vl53l0x/100097/4 "2026-01-06T15:56:52Z")
> [@Roman2809](#):
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> I've already tried that, but without success.
It would have been helpful to say that in your first message.
Unfortunately the github repository does not allow issues to be posted so you can't ask there, but if you go from their to the author's page there is an email address so you could try emailing him.
First, though, add a debug node showing what you are sending to the node to stop it. Set it to Output Complete Message, and show us what you see. Does the node pass on an error message when it fails?
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### Author:  [@ralphwetzel](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ralphwetzel)
#### Post date: [6 January 2026 16:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/contrib-easybotics-vl53l0x/100097/5 "2026-01-06T16:02:55Z")
Looking into the source of of the [easybotics version of this node](https://github.com/easybotics/node-red-contrib-vl53l0x/blob/master/vl53l0x.js), there's no way to start / stop anything.
It yet is a fork of [another node](https://github.com/mskutta/node-red-contrib-vl53l0x), originally created by a person named Mike Skutta. This node has a start / stop scheme ... according to its source.
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### Author:  [@Roman2809](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Roman2809)
#### Post date: [6 January 2026 16:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/contrib-easybotics-vl53l0x/100097/6 "2026-01-06T16:28:54Z")
I'll try contacting him.
Maybe he can help me.
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### Author:  [@ralphwetzel](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ralphwetzel)
#### Post date: [6 January 2026 16:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/contrib-easybotics-vl53l0x/100097/7 "2026-01-06T16:53:53Z")
I'd like to propose you install the node of Mike (from it's GitHub repo) and try if it works better than the first one.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [6 April 2026 16:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/contrib-easybotics-vl53l0x/100097/8 "2026-04-06T16:54:33Z")
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