Controlling flow from another flow (example)

alivinco · 24 November 2020 23:08

I’ve been asked several times whether it’s possible to start/stop one flow from another flow. The answer is - Yes.
Here is the flow, that can be registered as a virtual device with on/off button in the app, and the button can be used to start and stop another flow.
After importing the flow, use Settings to configure target flow-id.

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thingsplex/flows-collection/blob/master/tpflow/examples/flow-controller.json

{
    "Id": "PAfX59pkwv2nsDx",
    "ClassId": "PAfX59pkwv2nsDx",
    "Author": "",
    "Version": 0,
    "CreatedAt": "2020-11-24T22:41:27.443338+01:00",
    "UpdatedAt": "2020-11-24T23:09:57.540016+01:00",
    "Name": "Flow controls flow",
    "Group": "demo",
    "Description": "One flow starts and stops another flow",
    "Nodes": [
      {
        "Id": "1",
        "Type": "trigger",
        "Label": "Flow controller",
        "SuccessTransition": "3",
        "TimeoutTransition": "",
        "ErrorTransition": "",
        "Address": "pt:j1/mt:cmd/rt:dev/rn:flow/ad:1/sv:out_bin_switch/ad:PAfX59pkwv2nsDx_0",
        "Service": "out_bin_switch",

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KetilH · 17 December 2020 10:30

Hi,

There is something wrong with this flow, I tried to import, change destinations flow ID, registered as virtual flow, but in the app, the slider is grayed out and not able to switch

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Controlling flow from another flow (example)

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