# Step down number increments over time node red dimming

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/step-down-number-increments-over-time-node-red-dimming/3156>\
**Category:** Developing Nodes\
**Created:** [14 September 2018 23:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/step-down-number-increments-over-time-node-red-dimming/3156 "2018-09-14T23:56:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![chris1988](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@chris1988](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/chris1988)\
**Post date:** [14 September 2018 23:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/step-down-number-increments-over-time-node-red-dimming/3156/1 "2018-09-14T23:56:20Z")

</div>

looking to a node to drop an number value down over time i have seen it today when looking for something but i cant remember what it is called

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Unpuertomex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/unpuertomex/32/655_2.png) [@Unpuertomex](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Unpuertomex)\
**Post date:** [15 September 2018 00:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/step-down-number-increments-over-time-node-red-dimming/3156/2 "2018-09-15T00:23:18Z")

</div>

> [@chris1988](#):
>
> number value down over time

there are several, here are the two I use  
node-red-contrib-mytimeout  
node-red-contrib-stoptimer

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![JayDickson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/jaydickson/32/90592_2.png) [@JayDickson](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JayDickson)\
**Post date:** [15 September 2018 01:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/step-down-number-increments-over-time-node-red-dimming/3156/3 "2018-09-15T01:17:57Z")

</div>

do you mean like decrementing a brightness value or like a countdown until an event?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![shrickus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/shrickus/32/517_2.png) [@shrickus](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/shrickus)\
**Post date:** [15 September 2018 04:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/step-down-number-increments-over-time-node-red-dimming/3156/4 "2018-09-15T04:42:21Z")

</div>

Here is a recent discussion about this same topic:

> [@PCF9685 Dimmen slow](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/pcf9685-dimmen-slow/2731/4):
>
> Hello and thanks for the quick reply. I set it up like this. [{"id":"100823ba.fc696c","type":"PCA9685 out","z":"a945a343.02499","name":"PWM Output 0 (Led)","pca9685":"27d30447.9cc9ec","channel":"0","payload":"","unit":"percent","onStep":"0","x":633,"y":630,"wires":[],"icon":"node-red/light.png"},{"id":"bb11f48e.8d6398","type":"ui\_button","z":"a945a343.02499","name":"","group":"420d5227.34751c","order":6,"width":"2","height":"1","passthru":false,"label":"button","color":"","bgcolor":"","icon":"…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![chris1988](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@chris1988](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/chris1988)\
**Post date:** [17 September 2018 22:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/step-down-number-increments-over-time-node-red-dimming/3156/5 "2018-09-17T22:21:15Z")

</div>

cant import mate can you resend