# Is there an easy way to tell a momentary pad to only send the on value?

**URL:** <https://forum.electra.one/t/is-there-an-easy-way-to-tell-a-momentary-pad-to-only-send-the-on-value/2891>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Created:** [May 3, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/is-there-an-easy-way-to-tell-a-momentary-pad-to-only-send-the-on-value/2891 "2024-05-03T12:27:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![jhh](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.electra.one/jhh/32/951_2.png) [@jhh](https://forum.electra.one/u/jhh)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/is-there-an-easy-way-to-tell-a-momentary-pad-to-only-send-the-on-value/2891/1 "2024-05-03T12:27:36Z")

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Subject says it all. I noticed that a momentary pad by default sends the on value when triggered, and immediately afterwards sends the off value. Is there a (easy) way to tell the pad to NOT send the off value?

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**Author:** ![jhh](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.electra.one/jhh/32/951_2.png) [@jhh](https://forum.electra.one/u/jhh)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/is-there-an-easy-way-to-tell-a-momentary-pad-to-only-send-the-on-value/2891/2 "2024-05-03T12:36:26Z")

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Ok. That turned out to be easy: simply set the off value to the empty string.