# Subflow looptimer doesn't stop

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/subflow-looptimer-doesnt-stop/21824>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [17 February 2020 04:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/subflow-looptimer-doesnt-stop/21824 "2020-02-17T04:25:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![bedo2405](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/34f0e0/32.png) [@bedo2405](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bedo2405)\
**Post date:** [17 February 2020 04:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/subflow-looptimer-doesnt-stop/21824/1 "2020-02-17T04:25:12Z")

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Can anyone tell me why my looptimer doesn't stop my alarm?  
My google homes and xaiomi play an alarm mp3 which is about 10 seconds long. So I use a Looptimer node to replay it every 10 seconds. To stop it, I send a payload of "STOP" to the looptimer which stops my alarms initally, however they startup again a few seconds later. I'm very confused.

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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:** [17 February 2020 07:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/subflow-looptimer-doesnt-stop/21824/2 "2020-02-17T07:20:41Z")

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Start by putting a debug node showing all the messages going to the loop node to see if something in your flow is starting it again.

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**Author:** ![bedo2405](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/34f0e0/32.png) [@bedo2405](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bedo2405)\
**Post date:** [23 February 2020 23:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/subflow-looptimer-doesnt-stop/21824/3 "2020-02-23T23:35:41Z")

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Thanks, I worked it out, stupid me, I was calling seperate instances

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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:** [23 April 2020 23:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/subflow-looptimer-doesnt-stop/21824/4 "2020-04-23T23:35:50Z")

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