# Starting/Stopping Gateway Timer Scripts

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/starting-stopping-gateway-timer-scripts/4661>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 19, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/starting-stopping-gateway-timer-scripts/4661 "2012-06-19T15:57:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![ceidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@ceidson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ceidson)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/starting-stopping-gateway-timer-scripts/4661/1 "2012-06-19T15:57:51Z")

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Is there a way to Start/Stop Gateway Timers?

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/starting-stopping-gateway-timer-scripts/4661/2 "2012-06-19T16:10:49Z")

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No, the only thing you can do is make a memory tag that controls when the script actually runs:`run = system.tag.read("Path/To/MemoryTagForRunning").value
if run:
    ...... # your code`So, if you write a 0 to the memory tag it won’t run.