Encoder Input to select a value 0 to 10,000

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This will, with a bit of luck, be the first post of many. I have started a project that is way in excess of my capabilities! The end goal is to create a control panel for the control of some industrial equipment. My plan is to build the outline of the control system by using Node-Red; I will heavily rely on this community in order to do so. Once I have a rough system working the plan will be to seek the help of a "professional" to "write it properly" using my project as a rough guide...

So one of my first hurdles is to maximize the use of an encoder. I would like the push button part of the encoder to select/scroll through a variety of parameters such as Velocity, Acceleration and Deceleration. By twisting the encoder I would like to generate a value between 0 and 10,000 for one parameter then push to select the value and move on to the next parameter... I have found some flows on the forum but nothing that increments, selects and then moves on.

All guidance and suggestions will be appreciated, thanks in advance.

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Welcome to the forum Graham.
Have you already got the encoder connected and data coming from it? If so then what events have you got so far(button, inc, dec etc).

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Yes, I have the encoder connected and receiving a stream of 1 for every CW click and -1 for each CCW click. I am using the method below copied from:

https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-rotary-encoder/29775/13?u=graham

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You won't find a flow to do exactly what you want. You will have to work out the logic and then implement it. I suggest building a bit at a time, so you could start with the logic to manage the 0:10000 up/down and showing that on the dashboard. Doing it incrementally like this will mean that you have to re-work bits as you add more features but that is a good way of learning.

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