[edited to clarify some points] This is kind of a question AND an idea for a contrib (if it doesn't exist). There are a tonne of scheduling nodes and I've tried quite a few of them. Here's a good list . Perhaps I've missed this as I haven't tried them all, in which case would love to know. Here's w…

Okay cronplus is really cool, really like the cronplus object it adds into the msg. If I need msg.foo = bar, I can set msg.payload to a JSON message {"foo": "bar"}, then just use a change / function node to basically overwrite the msg object with whatever comes in from msg.payload. Also the expres…

Node-red-contrib-cron-plus does pretty much all of this.

Great node but I fail to see how I could construct an entire message as it only allows one "Output property". The OP wants [image] hazymat: any number of message properties

Have you used it? You can have 1 or hundreds of, schedules, each with own topic and unique payload, from one output pin or many. It is 100% dynamically programmable, has solar schedules with offset and pretty much everything the OP asked for. [image] LosinIt: it only allows one "Output propert…

[image] Steve-Mcl: Have you used it? Yes. [image] Steve-Mcl: Did you read the readme? Yes. I can see that a msg.payload can be quite extensive but how do I assign a msg.topic in addition to the msg.payload?

The 2nd field is the topic. The 1st field is the name of the schedule. It's described in the built in help.

It couldn't be easier... [Inkedcron_LI] Cron+ IMO is the better choice.

[image] Paul-Reed: It couldn't be easier... Hmm it could be a teeny bit easier if the two fields you have filled with "name" and "topic" were not both initialised to "schedule1" Or, to be fair, if I'd noticed the tooltips or RTFM. :upside_down_face: [Untitled 4]

[image] jbudd: Hmm it could be a teeny bit easier if the two fields you have filled with "name" and "topic" were not both initialised to "schedule1" Look at the image I posted, in the second row I typed name, topic, payload...

Yes, I saw that thanks @Paul-Reed . I just wanted to suggest that initial values "name1" and "topic1" would be clearer. Until now I had not realised the topic field was there, now I can go and remove the change nodes I used to st msg.topic.

[image] jbudd: I just wanted to suggest that initial values "name1" and "topic1" would be clearer Yes, I also agree, maybe it's something that @Steve-Mcl could consider? (I guess we are drifting off-topic, sorry @hazymat )

Is there a scheduling node that does this

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Paul-Reed 28 December 2021 22:13 11

Yes, I also agree, maybe it's something that @Steve-Mcl could consider?
(I guess we are drifting off-topic, sorry @hazymat)

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