# How to make a reset function
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-make-a-reset-function/75411
**Category:** General
**Tags:** function-node
**Created:** [19 February 2023 09:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-make-a-reset-function/75411 "2023-02-19T09:23:59Z")
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### Author:  [@kelvin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kelvin)
#### Post date: [19 February 2023 09:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-make-a-reset-function/75411/1 "2023-02-19T09:23:59Z")
Hi everyone,
1. On my flow how to make a reset function to reset the hourglass?
2. For my gate node why only will open and will not be close.
thanks
```auto
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```
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [19 February 2023 10:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-make-a-reset-function/75411/2 "2023-02-19T10:20:31Z")
Did you read the information on the `Help` tab?
It also doesn't seem like a very friendly/intuitive node. You might want to open an issue on the node's [GitHub page](https://github.com/eschava/node-red-contrib-hourglass/issues)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [20 April 2023 10:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-make-a-reset-function/75411/3 "2023-04-20T10:20:43Z")
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