Problem: How do I get my temperature setpoints to activate my switch? (thermostat operation) I have a feeling it’s something stupid to connect that last dot. I’ve just been staring at this for so long, it’s time to bounce it off of someone else’s head. What am I trying to do? Short: Write a f…

You need to set the topic to: cmnd/SON/power with a payload of ON/OFF, thus add a set msg.topic to.... People can help if you also paste the flow here (with some dummy data instead of your mqtt nodes), so that we can what is happening. And a small tip, set the debug nodes output to complete msg ob…

@bakman2 Thanks! And sorry, I meant to include the code, but got side-tracked. So, in my 'round-a-bout' flow, simply plugging in "set msg.topic..." per your instructions made it all work correctly. Many thanks again for that! Here's what the working flow looks like now: [{"id":"64179d70.37f584"…

Since I'm excited about finally getting something to work, here's a flow that works with a Sonoff 4Chan R2 relay to ramp up/down fan speeds per various temperature ranges. I know it's not the most elegant (and probably not most effective) way to do it, but it was fun to go to a next step. [{"id":"…

Sorry about that. I edited it and followed directions, but it still doesn't look right. How do you get it on one line like your example above?

It is key that you export your flow again (as it is already incorrectly formatted now), then edit your post and click this icon and past the code between the backticks. [Screenshot 2020-05-18 at 23.07.13]

three back tics, then your code gos onthe next line then on the next line three more back tics. I edited it for you.

Thanks for the help and the patience guys! I went ahead and re-exported the flows for both posts, and fixed post #3.

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Please export your flow again, read this post and edit your post.

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