# ControlTimer sometimes does not pause

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/controltimer-sometimes-does-not-pause/61149>\
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**Created:** [12 April 2022 06:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/controltimer-sometimes-does-not-pause/61149 "2022-04-12T06:32:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![steerage250](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steerage250/32/38999_2.png) [@steerage250](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/steerage250)\
**Post date:** [12 April 2022 06:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/controltimer-sometimes-does-not-pause/61149/1 "2022-04-12T06:32:00Z")

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I have a common event that is fed into a Change node where the output is set to PAUSE.

- The output of that Change node is then sent to about 10 controltimers and they should all pause. (A similar common Change node outputs a CONTINUE and is sent to all controltimers to restart them.)

- sometimes one or more controltimers continue to run after the PAUSE is sent (different timers suffer this problem from time-to-time)

Any ideas ?

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [12 April 2022 08:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/controltimer-sometimes-does-not-pause/61149/2 "2022-04-12T08:13:07Z")

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> [@steerage250](#):
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> Any ideas ?

Not without a good deal more information I'm afraid.

What are these `controltimers`? nodes? external applications? hardware devices? PLC?

How are they connected / what protocol / what nodes are used to command these `controltimers`?

How have you arranged your flow to perform this?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [11 June 2022 08:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/controltimer-sometimes-does-not-pause/61149/3 "2022-06-11T08:14:03Z")

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