# Enable Disable Node RED Flow or Node with Home Assistant

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/enable-disable-node-red-flow-or-node-with-home-assistant/80003>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Tags:** home-assistant\
**Created:** [22 July 2023 09:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/enable-disable-node-red-flow-or-node-with-home-assistant/80003 "2023-07-22T09:03:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![mimk97](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@mimk97](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mimk97)\
**Post date:** [22 July 2023 09:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/enable-disable-node-red-flow-or-node-with-home-assistant/80003/1 "2023-07-22T09:03:54Z")

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Hi,

I use Node RED (Bigtimer) to switch my pool pump  
This runs from 12pm to 5pm  
Now I would like to use a switch, for example to start the pump at 6 p.m. and switch it off again after 2 hours and activate the Bigtimer again  
Is this possible?  
I just don’t want to deactivate the Bigtimer every time in Node Red, switch on the pump, and then switch it off manually later and activate the Bigtimer again

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [22 July 2023 10:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/enable-disable-node-red-flow-or-node-with-home-assistant/80003/2 "2023-07-22T10:59:23Z")

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Do you just mean that you want two different schedules, one the existing bigtimer schedule, and a new one that goes on a 6 and off at 8? If so can you not dynamically change the schedule in bigtimer? If not you could use cronplus instead. Alternatively use two bigtimer nodes and a couple of Switch nodes (not dashboard switch) to allow the current active one's messages through.

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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:** [21 August 2023 11:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/enable-disable-node-red-flow-or-node-with-home-assistant/80003/3 "2023-08-21T11:00:18Z")

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