# \`gauge\` option suggestion

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gauge-option-suggestion/15549>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [15 September 2019 08:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gauge-option-suggestion/15549 "2019-09-15T08:06:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [17 September 2019 05:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gauge-option-suggestion/15549/7 "2019-09-17T05:10:29Z")

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Thanks.

Shall look at the flow soon.

It is only going to be 3 maybe 4 colours.

I've installed your `ui_level` node. That seems to be working fine.

Oh, somewhere - recently - I remember being told that I can send "text" payloads into the gauge and it will parse the "text" as a number.

So I can send "88" and it will be parsed by the gauge as 88 (number).

But I may be dreaming that someone said that.

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