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As seen below, I edited the state node so that when the garage temp sensor reports a temp < 55, the garage heater turns on. This is great and it works.
My “problem” is, I would like to be able to change the number (55 at the moment) through the HA dashboard and not have to go into Node red to do it.
I’ve created a input.number helper (input_number.garage_heater_turn_on_temp). Is there anyway to get the state node to base its decision off whatever number is in that helper?
Heres my flow:
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