Correct way to set Temp from dashboard slider

[gmum4d]

Hi, I'm a complete noob to node red so please bear with me...

What is the correct way to set the temp from a dashboard slider? I have a slider that has it's value populated from "getZoneState". when I adjust the slider, the msg.payload has the new value, How do I inject the new value into Tado? I have tried the "SetZoneOverlay" node but I don't know how to get the payload into the temperature field.

Any help is much appreciated

[Brewj]

Hi Gmum, I've not yet worked out how to dynamically set the temperature I have some 'preset' buttons that set a room or series of rooms to a specific temperature. B y using a Set a zones's overlay call to set the specific temperature. One of these for every zone.

[gmum4d]

Thank you for the quick reply. I shall do the same until a dynamic alternative is available. to set it from a slider would be really great. Thanks again.

G

[mattdavis90]

Hi @gmum4d Thanks for the question. If I have understood correctly I think you will need to add a function block between the slider input and the Tado node. The function block should take the msg.payload and translate it to msg.temperature. Something like;

msg.temperature = msg.payload;
return msg;

[mattdavis90]

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