# Help me understand homey's thinking

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**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Tags:** homey-pro\
**Created:** [May 24, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/help-me-understand-homeys-thinking/81095 "2023-05-24T18:24:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 5:01am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/help-me-understand-homeys-thinking/81095/3 "2023-05-25T05:01:59Z")

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> [@Peter\_Kawa](#):
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> Execute “Every time” is obvious for a sensor, but for other purposes it can be set to “Only once”.

Well, not abvious i guess Peter 😉  
Trigger Every time means it will keep triggering continueantly each 2 minutes, as long as the motion\_alarm is false.  
And there is no use for that in those cases.  
execute One time means it will execute once everytime the motion is switched from on to off, but will then only fire once, and not continueantly.

I guess i need to work on my flowcard description 😉

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