# Curtains doesnt trigger **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Tags:** flow, curtains-and-windows\ **Created:** [March 26, 2025, 8:16am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/curtains-doesnt-trigger/133493 "2025-03-26T08:16:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![snowed](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/snowed/32/121381_2.png) [@snowed](https://community.homey.app/u/snowed)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 8:16am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/curtains-doesnt-trigger/133493/1 "2025-03-26T08:16:39Z")
Hello i few days problem setting up smart curtains. They doesnt trigger even if it says flow plays correctly. Any tips? I am new user but in my logic it says it must work. They should start openning after sunrise until fully open. And after sunset or even before sunset they should close. I also added triger time to start flow but it didnt work. So dont know what i am doing wrong. Curtains are from switchrobot. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/9/d9a7116a7dde671a7d4209e8dce097429dbb4d80.png) and second room (master bedroom) is little bit different but have the same problem. It must decide if it is working day or weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Rmb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rmb/32/79135_2.png) [@Rmb](https://community.homey.app/u/Rmb)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 8:27am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/curtains-doesnt-trigger/133493/2 "2025-03-26T08:27:50Z")
Put a time line card direct after the trigger, so you know for sure your flow is started. Because maybe sunrise is after 05:00? ---
**Author:** ![snowed](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/snowed/32/121381_2.png) [@snowed](https://community.homey.app/u/snowed)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 8:40am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/curtains-doesnt-trigger/133493/3 "2025-03-26T08:40:36Z")
i tryed it without 5:00 trigger only. Only starting with sunrise trigger. Now it is at 5:30 sunrise ---
**Author:** ![snowed](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/snowed/32/121381_2.png) [@snowed](https://community.homey.app/u/snowed)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 8:47am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/curtains-doesnt-trigger/133493/4 "2025-03-26T08:47:45Z")
Well guys it helped me lot. Now it is working. I thought that and card is waiting. After some rearrange of cards is now working how i want. ---
**Author:** ![DirkH](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkh/32/78952_2.png) [@DirkH](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkH)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 8:57am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/curtains-doesnt-trigger/133493/5 "2025-03-26T08:57:01Z")
Hi @snowed , There is a big issue in understanding how flows work: _And_ cards do not wait until something is true, but check at this moment. As @Rmb stated if at 5 am it is not after sunrise the flow stops and will not resume until the next day at 5 am. If it is after sunrise at 5 am, it will do everything you want, until you check if the time is later than 17:20h. When you try to check for this it is about 6:30 plus a few seconds for setting the positions, so the answer is **no** and it will never close. In addition a delay of 90 minutes seem to be dangerous. If your Homey lost power or restarted or had any other problem during this time there seem to be a high risk that the flow freezes at this point and will not awake until you make a copy of the flow and delete the original one. So you better use any timer tool: my solution would be: ![curtain management](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/7/d7bd211b14841931ba578cb6da396588f1357612.png) Unfortunately my Homey is set to German, so you have to find the cards in your system and add the curtain cards, which I don’t have. Have fun Dirk ---
**Author:** ![Rmb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rmb/32/79135_2.png) [@Rmb](https://community.homey.app/u/Rmb)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 10:08am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/curtains-doesnt-trigger/133493/6 "2025-03-26T10:08:50Z")
You will understand the flow much better when you put a time line card with a clear text after every card. Not only when the condition (the AND card) is true but also false. Just make a connection to the second lower dot. By starting the flow manually, you don’t have to wait for the trigger to occur, and you can see in the time line what happens. And in the graphical representation of the flow itself also. Hover with your mouse over the cards to see the results of the cards.