# If ( var1 = true and var2 = true ) then / else **URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/if-var1-true-and-var2-true-then-else/3359 **Category:** General **Created:** [22 September 2018 13:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/if-var1-true-and-var2-true-then-else/3359 "2018-09-22T13:40:02Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1

### Author: ![maxmueller50](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/maxmueller50/32/2621_2.png) [@maxmueller50](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/maxmueller50) #### Post date: [22 September 2018 13:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/if-var1-true-and-var2-true-then-else/3359/1 "2018-09-22T13:40:02Z")

hi in my project, node-red is for me complete new, but I like it very very much but in this case, I'm not able to finde a way out to solve the following function a) it is a scheduler where is set the time to start a sequence automatically b) a switch, for manually start (without scheduler) or for automatic start (with scheduler) I have tried several ways without any success - what is there wrong ??? I would be very thankful for any help Max I would be very thankful for any help Max ---

### Author: ![ukmoose](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ukmoose/32/13_2.png) [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose) #### Post date: [22 September 2018 14:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/if-var1-true-and-var2-true-then-else/3359/2 "2018-09-22T14:06:13Z")

Please see this post and then edit the flow in your post above > [@How to share code or flow json](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-share-code-or-flow-json/506): > > To share code samples or flow json in this forum, you need to take care to format it properly so that it is displayed correctly. The easiest way to do that is to click the 'Preformatted Text' button in the toolbar: [image] Then paste in your code or flow json. You should end up with three back-tick characters - ``` - on their own line before and after the code. On standard US English keyboards, this is on the same key as the ~ character. Using the backticks will ens… ---

### Author: ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation) #### Post date: [22 September 2018 14:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/if-var1-true-and-var2-true-then-else/3359/3 "2018-09-22T14:58:52Z")

Very hard to make out what you are doing but a quick glance seems to show that you have `=== "true"` - are your true/false entries actually strings? If not, it should probably be `=== true` ---

### Author: ![craigcurtin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@craigcurtin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/craigcurtin) #### Post date: [22 September 2018 16:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/if-var1-true-and-var2-true-then-else/3359/4 "2018-09-22T16:38:26Z")

Once you repost as per the above it will be easier to see - but i would suggest before you go much further - have a look at 1. Schedex 2. MyTimeout - ncherry 3. BigTimer - Peter scargill All of these are programmable timers that can operate at slightly different levels and in slightly different ways - i have yet to find a home automation scheduing problem that i am not able to manage with one of these three nodes Craig ---

### Author: ![maxmueller50](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/maxmueller50/32/2621_2.png) [@maxmueller50](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/maxmueller50) #### Post date: [22 September 2018 17:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/if-var1-true-and-var2-true-then-else/3359/5 "2018-09-22T17:09:56Z")

thank you MyTimeout by "ncherry" I have seen, but this timer is for my project much, to much complex I'm worry about only of this problem, why I can not make a decision like, if (var1 = 1 AND var2 = 1) then 1, else 0 (when one of this var are 0) but may be this "AND" would be a problem, I think Max ---

### Author: ![craigcurtin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@craigcurtin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/craigcurtin) #### Post date: [22 September 2018 17:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/if-var1-true-and-var2-true-then-else/3359/6 "2018-09-22T17:15:34Z")

Repost your flow as the other guys have said so we can import it. Then document in plain english (words) what real world problem you are trying to solve and your thoughts on the logic that you are using to approach it. We may be able to come up with something for you. Here is an example of how i am using Mytimeout in a simple scenario ```auto [{"id":"6ea69ec4.cfb7c","type":"ui_button","z":"a78930fe.ed232","name":"Manual 8hr Turn on of Circulating Pump","group":"2b345d73.f4d042","order":3,"width":0,"height":0,"passthru":false,"label":"Manual CP 8 Hr Turn on","color":"","bgcolor":"","icon":"","payload":"{ \"payload\": \"on\", \"timeout\": 28800, \"warning\": 5 }","payloadType":"json","topic":"topic/circulatingpumpoverride","x":220,"y":780,"wires":[["a3177923.ca0018"]]},{"id":"868c3c0f.4264d","type":"mqtt out","z":"a78930fe.ed232","name":"","topic":"topic/circulatingpumpoverride","qos":"","retain":"","broker":"389dd264.7716de","x":940,"y":900,"wires":[]},{"id":"da81147e.1b8758","type":"inject","z":"a78930fe.ed232","name":"Turn off CP Override","topic":"topic/circulatingpumpoverride","payload":"0","payloadType":"str","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":"","x":170,"y":940,"wires":[["a3177923.ca0018"]]},{"id":"45112e1b.eb1e7","type":"ui_button","z":"a78930fe.ed232","name":"Manual 4hr Turn on of Circulating Pump","group":"2b345d73.f4d042","order":2,"width":0,"height":0,"passthru":false,"label":"Manual CP 4 Hr Turn on","color":"","bgcolor":"","icon":"","payload":"{ \"payload\": \"on\", \"timeout\": 14400, \"warning\": 5 }","payloadType":"json","topic":"topic/circulatingpumpoverride","x":220,"y":820,"wires":[["a3177923.ca0018"]]},{"id":"467580d3.350e2","type":"ui_button","z":"a78930fe.ed232","name":"Turn off Manual Override of CP","group":"2b345d73.f4d042","order":4,"width":0,"height":0,"passthru":false,"label":"Turn off Manual Override of CP","color":"","bgcolor":"","icon":"","payload":"0","payloadType":"str","topic":"topic/circulatingpumpoverride","x":190,"y":900,"wires":[["a3177923.ca0018"]]},{"id":"a3177923.ca0018","type":"mytimeout","z":"a78930fe.ed232","name":"Circulatiing Pump Manual Turn on","outtopic":"topic/circulatingpumpoverride","outsafe":"1","outwarning":"","outunsafe":"0","warning":"5","timer":"3600","debug":false,"ndebug":false,"ignoreCase":false,"repeat":false,"again":false,"x":640,"y":860,"wires":[["868c3c0f.4264d","7e21acd2.904284"],["8511d477.998b38","e516bdb2.36da9"]]},{"id":"b6dc0aa1.e05c68","type":"ui_button","z":"a78930fe.ed232","name":"Manual 2hr Turn on of Circulating Pump","group":"2b345d73.f4d042","order":1,"width":0,"height":0,"passthru":false,"label":"Manual CP 2 Hr Turn on","color":"","bgcolor":"","icon":"","payload":"{ \"payload\": \"on\", \"timeout\": 7200, \"warning\": 5 }","payloadType":"json","topic":"topic/circulatingpumpoverride","x":220,"y":860,"wires":[["a3177923.ca0018"]]},{"id":"7e21acd2.904284","type":"debug","z":"a78930fe.ed232","name":"CP Fire up - Node 1","active":false,"tosidebar":true,"console":true,"tostatus":false,"complete":"payload","x":920,"y":860,"wires":[]},{"id":"8511d477.998b38","type":"debug","z":"a78930fe.ed232","name":"CP Fire up - Node 2","active":false,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"payload","x":920,"y":960,"wires":[]},{"id":"e516bdb2.36da9","type":"change","z":"a78930fe.ed232","name":"Set Variable to get it onto Dashboard","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"CIrculatingPumpTimeToRun","pt":"flow","to":"payload","tot":"msg"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":610,"y":1020,"wires":[["caf1a13f.d8d6"]]},{"id":"caf1a13f.d8d6","type":"change","z":"a78930fe.ed232","name":"Take Variable and Put into Payload","rules":[{"t":"move","p":"CIrculatingPumpTimeToRun","pt":"flow","to":"payload","tot":"msg"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":600,"y":1080,"wires":[["d5602c1e.081f4"]]},{"id":"d5602c1e.081f4","type":"ui_text_input","z":"a78930fe.ed232","name":"","label":"Manual Pump - Time to run (Sec)","group":"2b345d73.f4d042","order":0,"width":0,"height":0,"passthru":true,"mode":"text","delay":300,"topic":"","x":960,"y":1080,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"2b345d73.f4d042","type":"ui_group","z":"","name":"Circulating Pump Control","tab":"c9d53e06.a95c8","order":4,"disp":true,"width":"5"},{"id":"389dd264.7716de","type":"mqtt-broker","z":"a78930fe.ed232","broker":"localhost","port":"1883","clientid":"Node-Red","usetls":false,"compatmode":true,"keepalive":"60","cleansession":true,"birthTopic":"","birthQos":"0","birthPayload":"","willTopic":"","willQos":"0","willPayload":""},{"id":"c9d53e06.a95c8","type":"ui_tab","z":"","name":"CURTIN house main page","icon":"dashboard","order":1}] ``` Nothing fancy in here and fairly straight forward Here is an example i am doing now with Schedex that is equally as simple ```auto [{"id":"c27bb157.46dde","type":"debug","z":"6865126d.1bde1c","name":"Raw MQTT from the Pump Relay","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","x":480,"y":720,"wires":[]},{"id":"c82a1ddf.22956","type":"mqtt in","z":"6865126d.1bde1c","name":"Incoming MQTT from Tank Pump","topic":"Tank_Top_Up_Pump/Tank_Relay/Switch","qos":"2","broker":"e2ed99fb.aa45d8","x":190,"y":640,"wires":[["c27bb157.46dde","99ce6aa4.7369b8"]]},{"id":"8ddc3312.3b0ff","type":"mqtt out","z":"6865126d.1bde1c","name":"Water Tank Top Up","topic":"Tank_Top_Up_Pump/GPIO/12","qos":"","retain":"","broker":"e2ed99fb.aa45d8","x":470,"y":580,"wires":[]},{"id":"b1246216.6755b","type":"inject","z":"6865126d.1bde1c","name":"Turn off Relay","topic":"","payload":"0","payloadType":"num","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":170,"y":400,"wires":[["8ddc3312.3b0ff"]]},{"id":"63fea32f.f1fd2c","type":"inject","z":"6865126d.1bde1c","name":"Turn on Relay","topic":"","payload":"1","payloadType":"num","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":170,"y":460,"wires":[["8ddc3312.3b0ff"]]},{"id":"7d8236d1.3c4ac8","type":"schedex","z":"6865126d.1bde1c","name":"Timer to Top up Water Tank","suspended":true,"lat":"","lon":"","ontime":"3:15","ontopic":"","onpayload":"1","onoffset":0,"onrandomoffset":0,"offtime":"3:35","offtopic":"","offpayload":"0","offoffset":0,"offrandomoffset":0,"mon":true,"tue":true,"wed":true,"thu":true,"fri":true,"sat":true,"sun":true,"x":180,"y":580,"wires":[["8ddc3312.3b0ff","3c4dd8f5.c34618","e4b7f9a0.8f9b68"]]},{"id":"2914711a.99b39e","type":"comment","z":"6865126d.1bde1c","name":"Automatic 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msg3,];\n\n","outputs":3,"noerr":0,"x":490,"y":640,"wires":[["9fda007f.37ac4","9c9c07be.2df6a8"],["6add9bdb.1edc64"],["abf71e7c.4fb0c"]]},{"id":"9fda007f.37ac4","type":"debug","z":"6865126d.1bde1c","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","x":770,"y":600,"wires":[]},{"id":"9c9c07be.2df6a8","type":"file","z":"6865126d.1bde1c","name":"Log info to the file","filename":"/home/pi/logs/Tank_Pump_Run_Stats","appendNewline":true,"createDir":true,"overwriteFile":"false","x":790,"y":640,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"b6bf6503.a904d8","type":"comment","z":"6865126d.1bde1c","name":"Send MQTT to the Sonoff (ESPEasy)","info":"The ESPEasy firmware will echo back when it gets the command\nThats what we are looking for to then log to the file","x":530,"y":540,"wires":[]},{"id":"c48484b9.6be268","type":"ui_template","z":"6865126d.1bde1c","group":"c4fb7801.2972a8","name":"Water Tank Pump 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msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":820,"y":680,"wires":[["c48484b9.6be268"]]},{"id":"89d5b067.7701c","type":"inject","z":"6865126d.1bde1c","name":"","topic":"press","payload":"","payloadType":"str","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":"","x":570,"y":820,"wires":[["abf71e7c.4fb0c"]]},{"id":"abf71e7c.4fb0c","type":"ui_text","z":"6865126d.1bde1c","group":"c4fb7801.2972a8","order":1,"width":"1","height":"1","name":"Water Tank Pump Running Status","label":"","format":"{{msg.payload}}","layout":"row-center","x":840,"y":740,"wires":[]},{"id":"90919ebb.9e648","type":"inject","z":"6865126d.1bde1c","name":"","topic":"","payload":"