Simple help question

[madradrakie]

Hello,

I'am trying to get the tado client working but need some help.

I'am simply trying to set the temperature for a specific device but it is not working. I configured the tado node with the home id and selected the function Set a zone's overlay.. I also configured the other requested data. The input message to trigger the node contains the following code:

msg.payload J: { "setting": { "type": "HEATING", "power": "ON", "temperature": { "celsius": 21 } } }

Unfortanuatly, the temperate as set in the node itself is send tot the tado and not the information as inputed in the input. Does anybody knows what i am doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.

[mattdavis90]

Hi, thanks for using the library. The node expects that the parameters are set in the top level of the msg object. Something like

{
    "power": "ON",
    "temperature": 21
}

should achieve what you're after.

[madradrakie]

Thanks Matt for your answer. Unfortunately it is still not working. Could you maybe send an example of how your flow is working?

I have set an inject node with msg.payload = {} {"setting":{"type":"HEATING","power":"ON","temperature":{"celsius":21}}}

The Tado node is set on SetZoneOverlay and all the field contain information. To test if the inject node overwrite the temperature value i put 18 degrees in the Tado node.

Op di 31 aug. 2021 om 21:35 schreef Matt Davis @.***>:

Hi, thanks for using the library. The node expects that the parameters are set in the top level of the msg object. Something like

{ "power": "ON", "temperature": 21 }

should achieve what you're after.

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[mattdavis90]

Hi madradrakie, the issue is that you're putting the content into msg.payload instead of msg and the structure is slightly incorrect. The example I showed above should work on an inject node but for completeness here is a flow that should work if you enter your Tado credentials. Hope this helps.

[
    {
        "id": "e587f42f7616fa77",
        "type": "tab",
        "label": "Flow 1",
        "disabled": false,
        "info": ""
    },
    {
        "id": "c844438ffd15c67d",
        "type": "inject",
        "z": "e587f42f7616fa77",
        "name": "",
        "props": [
            {
                "p": "temperature",
                "v": "21",
                "vt": "num"
            },
            {
                "p": "power",
                "v": "on",
                "vt": "str"
            },
            {
                "p": "type",
                "v": "heating",
                "vt": "str"
            }
        ],
        "repeat": "",
        "crontab": "",
        "once": false,
        "onceDelay": 0.1,
        "topic": "",
        "x": 80,
        "y": 140,
        "wires": [
            [
                "bd2fc0ae5834348b"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "bd2fc0ae5834348b",
        "type": "tado",
        "z": "e587f42f7616fa77",
        "configName": "d1cf260f.0bb368",
        "apiCall": "setZoneOverlay",
        "homeId": "1234",
        "deviceId": "",
        "zoneId": "1",
        "power": "on",
        "temperature": "18",
        "terminationType": "manual",
        "terminationTimeout": 900,
        "name": "",
        "reportDate": "",
        "presence": "HOME",
        "geoTracking": true,
        "temperatureOffset": 0,
        "windowDetection": true,
        "windowDetectionTimeout": 900,
        "openWindowMode": true,
        "timetableId": "",
        "x": 230,
        "y": 140,
        "wires": [
            [
                "feafedd1d240c031"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "feafedd1d240c031",
        "type": "debug",
        "z": "e587f42f7616fa77",
        "name": "",
        "active": true,
        "tosidebar": true,
        "console": false,
        "tostatus": false,
        "complete": "false",
        "statusVal": "",
        "statusType": "auto",
        "x": 390,
        "y": 140,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "d1cf260f.0bb368",
        "type": "tado-config",
        "name": ""
    }
]

[madradrakie]

and another simple question but i can not figure it out. How do i set the inject node to msg. The only option i have is msg.(someyhing). When i delete payload , the inject node is not working. Thanks again for helping me out..... (i'am still learning nodered every day ;-))

[mattdavis90]

Hi,

If you use the add button (near the bottom of the panel) to create 3 fields; name them power, temperature, and type. Then set them to string, number, and string respectively. Then add in the values it should work. You should end up with something like the following.

[madradrakie]

wow, that was super simple! Thank you for your patience and help. It is working! 👍

[mattdavis90]

No problem. Glad I could help and glad you're using the library. Let me know if there's anything else. I'll close this for now.