TADO AC / Swing "OFF" gives "not allowed" error

[RedOctoberSUI]

Hi

First of all thank you very much for the great integration. Really the only way i can use Tado - as out of the box the AC Controller doesnt really work for us. Thanks again!

Im not sure if this is a bug or i am to daft to set correctly:

When i set to heat i set Swings to "OFF"

However i then get an error that swings are not allowed.

I would have expected that Swing "OFF" solves the problem, but it does not :)

Thanks!!

[mattdavis90]

Hi,

I'm glad the node is helpful for you.

Can you confirm which version of the node you're using? I'm pretty certain this has been raised before and I had hoped it had been fixed.

If you can log in to https://app.tado.com and create an overlay in the web app that does what you want then it should be replicable here. If you can get this working and you're comfortable using Chrome (or Firefox) DevTools then it would be great to see what API calls are being made by the app, particularly what is being send as the payload for the call to /overlay

Thanks

[RedOctoberSUI]

Wow, Matt - thank you for the very fast reply!

I am on 0.11.0

Sorry, but im an absolute noob re DevTools. I can open them, but no idea what i am looking for and where :(

If you want to point me in the right direction, i can certainly try...

[mattdavis90]

Oh wow, I've never seen the overlay for an AC before - you get a lot of options.

Thanks for giving it a go. In Devtools if you open the "Network" tab, then set up the overlay you should see something like the following.

If you can click on the call to overlay then find the data in the payload tab, that's pretty much what I'm after. That should help work out what the Tado API is expecting. Thanks

[RedOctoberSUI]

Much appreciated directions!

Seems much aligned with your settings - except for the horizontal swing. seems it really doesnt like that one :)

[mattdavis90]

Oh, interesting. You don't have a horizontalSwing at all. Ok. I'll see if I can work out some logic to auto remove that field

[RedOctoberSUI]

Oh, interesting. You don't have a horizontalSwing at all. Ok. I'll see if I can work out some logic to auto remove that field

much appreciated!

[mattdavis90]

I've push v0.11.1 to npm - sometimes it can take NodeRed a little time to pick it up

[mattdavis90]

The new version calls getZoneCapabilities and checks whether horizontalSwing or verticalSwing is present in the FAN or AUTO mode before setting either property - hopefully that works for you

[RedOctoberSUI]

Works like a charm.. thank you so much! How can i buy you a beer?

[mattdavis90]

Woop woop 🥳

No problem, glad to help!