# Is it possible to change a node property by sending node a message?
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-a-node-property-by-sending-node-a-message/4287
**Category:** Dashboard
**Created:** [25 October 2018 13:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-a-node-property-by-sending-node-a-message/4287 "2018-10-25T13:17:43Z")
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### Author:  [@garynl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/garynl)
#### Post date: [25 October 2018 13:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-a-node-property-by-sending-node-a-message/4287/1 "2018-10-25T13:17:43Z")
Is it possible to change a node property by sending the node a message?
I'd like to be able to set the min, max range of a gauge to values entered by a user.
thanks
gary
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [25 October 2018 13:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-a-node-property-by-sending-node-a-message/4287/2 "2018-10-25T13:26:16Z")
If you are talking about the ui\_guage node then NO, it isn't currently possible to dynamically change the min/max values (as far as I can see)
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### Author:  [@garynl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/garynl)
#### Post date: [25 October 2018 13:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-a-node-property-by-sending-node-a-message/4287/3 "2018-10-25T13:30:35Z")
Ok, thanks for the quick reply!
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### Author:  [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)
#### Post date: [25 October 2018 13:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-a-node-property-by-sending-node-a-message/4287/4 "2018-10-25T13:36:32Z")
In general, no. But it depends on the individual node as to what they allow to be set on a per-message basis.
In the case of the `ui_gauge` node, you _can_ set the min/max values by passing in `msg.ui_control` set to `{min: 10 , max: 20}`.
Here's a full reference of the dashboard node fields you can set using `msg.ui_control`: [https://github.com/node-red/node-red-dashboard/blob/master/config-fields.md](https://github.com/node-red/node-red-dashboard/blob/master/config-fields.md)
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### Author:  [@garynl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/garynl)
#### Post date: [25 October 2018 13:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-a-node-property-by-sending-node-a-message/4287/5 "2018-10-25T13:40:41Z")
Thank you!
I had been trying something along those lines, but was using the name I had assigned to the gauge
gary
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [25 October 2018 13:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-a-node-property-by-sending-node-a-message/4287/6 "2018-10-25T13:54:27Z")
Ok, you learn something new everyday
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### Author:  [@jchen5057](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jchen5057)
#### Post date: [3 March 2020 23:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-a-node-property-by-sending-node-a-message/4287/7 "2020-03-03T23:30:07Z")
How to dynamically change server IP address?
say if I have a modbus, there is a "Server dropdown" box to select the server, can I pass "msg.Server" to select it?
In the Server configuration, can I pass msg.Host and msg.Port to specify these values?
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [3 March 2020 23:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-a-node-property-by-sending-node-a-message/4287/8 "2020-03-03T23:31:58Z")
@jchen5057 This thread is over a year old and will be closed. You should start a new thread with your issue.
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [3 March 2020 23:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-a-node-property-by-sending-node-a-message/4287/9 "2020-03-03T23:32:06Z")