I am trying to inject a true or false value into my Siemens S7-300 PLC. I can only manage to send numbers trough inject node JSON for example: {"Value":[5]}. I need to toggle inputs on my PLC with a boolean value. Here is my node red flow: [{"id":"91d339ac.1bae68","type":"debug","z":"2a98a51b.fd07…

Please see this post for how to share flows so that they are importable. You can edit your previous post to fix it. [image] How to share code or flow json FAQs To share code samples or flow json in this forum, you need to take care to format it properly so that it is disp…

I think you may be using a contrib node, if so please tell us what it is, probably node-red-contrib-something.

Yes, ok now, but we need to know which node you are using, node-red-contrib-???

Sorry it's my first time using node red and I didn't know I was using such a node. I am using node-red-contrib-s7.

[image] Kroissantti: I am trying to inject a true or false value into my Siemens S7-300 PLC. I can only manage to send numbers trough inject node JSON for example: {"Value":[5]}. I need to toggle inputs on my PLC with a boolean value Hi and welcome. I don't use the s7 nodes so I'm guessing b…

Yes I tried using 1 and 0 and it didn't work.

[image] Kroissantti: I am using node-red-contrib-s7. I think you must be using another one. Your flow has a node of type write that does not appear to be in the S7 node. If you go to manage palette in node-red it will show you all the nodes you have installed.

Hi All I suggest using the 'button' from dashboard. It is configured to output 'true' and 'false'

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Please see this post for how to share flows so that they are importable. You can edit your previous post to fix it.

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