I'm looking to making an adjustable timer for a sprinkling system. I'm very new to coding and have found a forum post with a code that looks like it is exactly what i want but just cant get it to work. I believe i have everything where they should be and have the numerical topic set to "value" and the button topic "start". I'm sure I'm missing something I just don't know what. Here is the code: [{"id":"ce5534a3.3f8b98","type":"function","z":"be10358d.5f3058","name":"","func":"\nvar value = context.get('value') || 60000;\n\nif (msg.topic == "value")\n{\n value = msg.payload * 60000;\n context.set('value',value); \n}\n\nelse if (msg.topic == "start")\n{\n\nvar timer = setTimeout(function(){msg.payload = "now";node.send([msg,{ payload: "Ende" }]);var countdownstop = context.get('countdown');clearInterval(countdownstop)},value);\ncontext.set('timer',timer); \n\nvar count = value/60000;\n//count = count -1 ;\nmsg.payload=count;\nnode.send([null,msg]);\nvar countdown = setInterval(function() {count=count-1;msg.payload=count; node.send([null,msg]) }, 60000);\ncontext.set('countdown',countdown);\n\n}\n\nelse if (msg.topic == "stop")\n{\nvar timerstop = context.get('timer')\nclearTimeout(timerstop);\n\nvar countdownstop = context.get('countdown')\nclearInterval(countdownstop);\n\n}\n\n\n","outputs":"2","noerr":0,"x":410,"y":220,"wires":[["a70f86ce.c18f58"],["fa7c7eb.15f9d8"]]},{"id":"a70f86ce.c18f58","type":"debug","z":"be10358d.5f3058","name":"","active":true,"console":"false","complete":"payload","x":590,"y":180,"wires":},{"id":"6c4f84d8.656ebc","type":"ui_button","z":"be10358d.5f3058","name":"","group":"637d8cb3.d53d74","order":0,"width":0,"height":0,"label":"Start","color":"","bgcolor":"","icon":"","payload":"","payloadType":"str","topic":"start","x":190,"y":200,"wires":[["ce5534a3.3f8b98"]]},{"id":"1f4a748.bcd498c","type":"ui_numeric","z":"be10358d.5f3058","name":"","label":"Minuten","group":"637d8cb3.d53d74","order":0,"width":0,"height":0,"passthru":true,"topic":"value","format":"{{value}}","min":"1","max":"300","step":1,"x":180,"y":280,"wires":[["ce5534a3.3f8b98"]]},{"id":"8dba67c8.f2a418","type":"ui_button","z":"be10358d.5f3058","name":"","group":"637d8cb3.d53d74","order":0,"width":0,"height":0,"label":"Stop","color":"","bgcolor":"","icon":"","payload":"","payloadType":"str","topic":"stop","x":190,"y":240,"wires":[["ce5534a3.3f8b98"]]},{"id":"fa7c7eb.15f9d8","type":"ui_text","z":"be10358d.5f3058","group":"637d8cb3.d53d74","order":0,"width":0,"height":0,"name":"","label":"Restzeit","format":"{{msg.payload}} Minuten","layout":"row-spread","x":600,"y":240,"wires":},{"id":"637d8cb3.d53d74","type":"ui_group","z":"","name":"Default","tab":"7fe8c0a9.8eebd","disp":true,"width":"6"},{"id":"7fe8c0a9.8eebd","type":"ui_tab","z":"","name":"tests","[20180618_211752]icon":"dashboard"}]

take a look on this https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-smartswitch scottp/node-red-contrib-smartswitch/blob/master/example.json [{"id":"1407598a.ebf8a6","type":"smartswitch","name":"","topic":"shed","timeout":"30","x":754,"y":575,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[["dad11b35.252ee8"]]},{"id":"4b820e09.b47df","type":"smartswitch","name":"","topic":"lights/lounge","timeout":"120","x":756,"y":233,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[["87876e30.78789"]]},{"id":"d08fd670.2f7028","type":"inject","name":"","topic":"toggle","payload":"","payloadType":"none","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"x":155,"y":77,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[["4b820e09.b47df","87a2aee8.785d5"]]},{"id":"38e26560.c71d9a","type":"inject","name":"ON","topic":"state","payload":"1","payloadType":"string","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"x":155,"y":115,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[["4b820e09.b47df"]]},{"id":"72592272.8da6dc","type":"inject","name":"off","topic":"state","payload":"0","payloadType":"string","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"x":150,"y":153,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[["4b820e09.b47df"]]},{"id":"c68fdc51.39702","type":"inject","name":"PIR reset timer","topic":"reset","payload":"","payloadType":"none","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"x":108,"y":326,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[["4b820e09.b47df","c74c4227.38b3c"]]},{"id":"fd5663ee.02a9a","type":"inject","name":"enable Timer","topic":"set","payload":"1","payloadType":"string","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"x":97,"y":255,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[["4b820e09.b47df"]]},{"id":"ef258e6.f10da7","type":"inject","name":"disable Timer","topic":"set","payload":"0","payloadType":"string","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"x":96,"y":290,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[["4b820e09.b47df"]]},{"id":"87876e30.78789","type":"debug","name":"","active":true,"console":"false","complete":"true","x":999,"y":222,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[]},{"id":"347fbea7.cb8042","type":"inject","name":"","topic":"timeout","payload":"3","payloadType":"string","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"x":512,"y":92,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[["4b820e09.b47df","c74c4227.38b3c","59ff8b6.fa60074","dd276f75.22d89","87a2aee8.785d5"]]},{"id":"c74c4227.38b3c","type":"smartswitch","name":"","topic":"lights/entrance","timeout":"30","x":754,"y":307,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[["87876e30.78789"]]},{"id":"aa6d7bae.559288","type":"inject","name":"","topic":"toggle","payload":"","payloadType":"none","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"x":393,"y":364,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[["c74c4227.38b3c"]]},{"id":"5debfaf.fa21404","type":"comment","name":"Buttons: Toggle, On, Off","info":"","x":121,"y":38,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[]},{"id":"faa3548b.055ca8","type":"comment","name":"Reset Timer from Motion","info":"","x":107,"y":220,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[]},{"id":"2e654924.d19ab6","type":"comment","name":"All Off - going to bed in 3 seconds (only lights that are already on)","info":"","x":646,"y":49,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[]},{"id":"dd276f75.22d89","type":"smartswitch","name":"","topic":"lights/wardrobe","timeout":"15","x":761,"y":462,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[["c595ae50.3a6a5"]]},{"id":"59ff8b6.fa60074","type":"smartswitch","name":"","topic":"lights/bedroom","timeout":"60","x":760,"y":392,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[["87876e30.78789"]]},{"id":"6991c611.966e38","type":"inject","name":"","topic":"toggle","payload":"","payloadType":"none","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"x":394,"y":409,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[["59ff8b6.fa60074"]]},{"id":"38825945.c77da6","type":"comment","name":"Output: MQTT Topic or Similar","info":"","x":1039,"y":174,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[]},{"id":"94b1dd08.6b4e2","type":"inject","name":"","topic":"toggle","payload":"","payloadType":"none","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"x":391,"y":467,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[["dd276f75.22d89"]]},{"id":"7dd25aa3.822da4","type":"inject","name":"","topic":"toggle","payload":"","payloadType":"none","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"x":261,"y":571,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[["1407598a.ebf8a6"]]},{"id":"aabc8cbb.55437","type":"inject","name":"PIR reset timer","topic":"reset","payload":"","payloadType":"none","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"x":115,"y":624,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[["1407598a.ebf8a6"]]},{"id":"dad11b35.252ee8","type":"debug","name":"","active":true,"console":"false","complete":"true","x":1011,"y":583,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[]},{"id":"fcb4820.f034b8","type":"debug","name":"","active":true,"console":"false","complete":"true","x":1149,"y":408,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[]},{"id":"85eea479.7a1158","type":"debug","name":"","active":true,"console":"false","complete":"true","x":1151,"y":462,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[]},{"id":"c595ae50.3a6a5","type":"switch","name":"","property":"payload","rules":[{"t":"eq","v":"1"},{"t":"eq","v":"0"}],"checkall":"true","outputs":2,"x":998,"y":434,"z":"895e0869.76a1f8","wires":[["fcb4820.f034b8"],["85eea479.7a1158"]]},{"id":"55ccdb97.aa3324","type":"comment","name":"On or Off separate (good for 433Mhz controllers)","info":"","x":1066,"y":369," This file has been truncated. show original If you look on the flows on the forum u will find a lot of sprinkling projects already too. Regards

Please edit your post to create a “code block” around that flow text – just put a single line with 3 backticks like ``` before and after the json text. Without that, we are not able to copy/paste your flow, since discourse modifies the double guotes to be “smart” (sic) quotes…

I’m a big fan of the Big Timer node that I use in a heater control. While the UI appears intimidating, it basically works by sending the target time in seconds to the input: Function node: //This sets the timer to 20 minutes //Payload is in seconds msg.payload = “timer 1200”; return msg;

It seems @River tries to implement what's implemented here: [image] Timer with UI feedback Dashboard Thank you, Craig. Peter replied that’s normal behavior of BigTimer. So, as solution, I just over-passed the BigTimer node, connecting parse_timeout straight to switch control. All works now, every day slight_smile Code here, maybe helpful for someone. [ { "id": "6491080e.1afc78", "type": "ui_switch", "z": "669e4b2e.c077d4", "name": "enable_water", "label": "Enable Watering", "group": "e6e9e9c5.46a0c8", "order": 1, "width":…

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It seems @River tries to implement what's implemented here:

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