# Queue or gate or function
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/queue-or-gate-or-function/21774
**Category:** General
**Created:** [16 February 2020 08:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/queue-or-gate-or-function/21774 "2020-02-16T08:57:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@debouttek](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/debouttek)
#### Post date: [16 February 2020 08:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/queue-or-gate-or-function/21774/1 "2020-02-16T08:57:42Z")
Need some advice on the direction that I need to search for.
I have a MQTT node with msg.payload ON that stays ON for 3 sec and then goes OFF until MQTT sends out a new message. (Motion sensor)
Sometimes when the sun is shining harder the motion sensor is triggered and I get false messages.
So I would like to delay or trigger or gate or Queue. I don't know.
So only when MQTT sends longer than 5 seconds there has to be an output otherwise the message needs to be skipped.
Delay works but does not skip when message is lower than 5 seconds.
Any ideas?
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [16 February 2020 09:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/queue-or-gate-or-function/21774/2 "2020-02-16T09:50:07Z")
A trigger node set to send Nothing immediately, Wait for 5 seconds, Then Send orginal message, Reset Trigger if msg.payload = "OFF".
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### Author:  [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)
#### Post date: [16 February 2020 12:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/queue-or-gate-or-function/21774/3 "2020-02-16T12:06:35Z")
Just to add to this - you might want to add in a switch node that will let the OFF messages bypass the trigger node
And if you don't want to get multiple OFF messages - then add an RBE node into the mix as well
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### Author:  [@debouttek](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/debouttek)
#### Post date: [16 February 2020 19:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/queue-or-gate-or-function/21774/4 "2020-02-16T19:20:21Z")
Cymplecy
I did a test with the second example and this looks OK.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [16 April 2020 19:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/queue-or-gate-or-function/21774/5 "2020-04-16T19:20:23Z")
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