Help - updating an iobroker object value via node red flow

[Feral]

I've got iobroker running on my nas in docker with node red and adapters for Kodi, Ring and Denon.

I'm fine for updating HS devices via node Red, I can read iobroker object values and flow from those. I can also for example go into the denon objects and change the input select.

What i am struggling with an cannot find any reference online is how to change an iobroker object value from the node red flow. I'm sure this is just a syntax issue but i'm drawing blanks.

Below is the object in iobroker




I'm assuming that i need to update this via an Iobroker out flow:







I'm sure this is something simple but I'm just not getting it. Hopefully someone has a quick flow link to point me in the right direction.

Thanks

[ksum]

I have not used the iobroker and don't believe I have anything to test it with, but when you select an iobroker out now placed on the central flow field, have you looked at the Information and Help for the node? On the far right of the browser window there are tabs and hopefully there is more information there as to what the node is looking for.

This image is highlighting the Dashboard location but the Information and Help area also shown.

[Feral]

Hi Karl,

The dashboard view doesn't show anything useful but thanks for checking. Ithink i have it sussed though I started with an inject:




This was changing the value in the iobroker object but was not changing the input on the AVR.

I had the iobroker out node set to value, but changing it to control appeared to change the input on the AVR so all looking good now.



Next thing will be to replicate the inject nodes with Change nodes so that i can flow the input change based on other values.

[ksum]

Sorry, I grabbed an image that highlighted the Dashboard yeah selection but intended it as a way to also show where the Information and Help tabs are found. I'm away from a computer so I couldn't grab an image for the intended tabs. The Help or Information should have notes on a selected node's use. Including what it is looking for. Off the top of my head I believe it is the Help tab. At the eye it should have a link to online documentation.

[jfla]

Hello Ferel,
why not use McsMQTT/Mosquitto, and MQTT client in IOBROKER

JF

[Feral]

Hi JF,

Apologies have been away. I've got MQTT working from iobroker as i use that to update HS with battery levels etc. It seemed to make more sense to utilise the objects that are natively in iobroker/node red objecta via adaptors then to send MQTT commands to replicate them.

[Feral]

Got this working properly now. When I take the Nvidia shield out of standby it powers on the sub and switches the avr input to media player. I was using the Kodi iobroker addin but saw from another thread on here that the shield has chromecast built in, the iobroker adapter for chromecast will report the state of the device.