# Rbe deadband stops first message
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rbe-deadband-stops-first-message/27540
**Category:** General
**Created:** [30 May 2020 21:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rbe-deadband-stops-first-message/27540 "2020-05-30T21:13:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [31 May 2020 17:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rbe-deadband-stops-first-message/27540/22 "2020-05-31T17:00:41Z")
Yes I think it should pass the first message through.
the fix is fairly simple if you want to manually edit.
Find the file rbe.js in your .node-red/node\_modules/node-red-node-rbe directory and fix line 57 to be
```
if (node.previous[t] === undefined) { node.previous[t] = n - node.gap - 1; }
```
IE add the -1 to the existing line (which forces the initial value to always be outside the range and thus get sent. I'll fix the node and update it soon.
Fixed in version v0.2.9
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### Author:  [@john-arvid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/john-arvid)
#### Post date: [31 May 2020 21:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rbe-deadband-stops-first-message/27540/23 "2020-05-31T21:47:05Z")
Thank you all for your input.
And thank you @dceejay for the quick remedy. Working good for me!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [14 June 2020 21:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rbe-deadband-stops-first-message/27540/24 "2020-06-14T21:47:10Z")
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