Gauge color changes do not always align with the outer segments

[colin-grierson]

Gauge color changes do not always align with the outer segments

[colinl]

Have you tried restarting node-red?

[colin-grierson]

And then I restarted node-red and the gauge appeared! However there appears to be a discrepancy in the coloring of the inner and outer rings

This happens because my data range (10-100) and segments range (0-100) were not the same

The color changes align when the ranges are the same, e.g. both the green segment and the range starting at 10

It goes wrong the other way too. Starting the data range at zero and the first segment at 20 I get this:

I think the segment colors need to be positioned within the data data range so the color changes always align. Either that or the editor should insist the ranges are the same.

Cheers, Colin

[colin-grierson]

Thanks ColinL, I'll add a restart to my trouble shooting in future.

[colinl]

It should not be necessary, but I think there are still some issues to be sorted out with D2 that mean that a restart may be required under various conditions.

[joepavitt]

Restart isn't necessary, this occurs when the min of the Gauge doesn't match the first segment provided in the list of colours.

I have it on my list to make this check more robust

[joepavitt]

Summarising todos in here:

• Update the documentation to specify msg.payload is how to set the value
• Better validation in the NR Editor to make sure that the min value aligns with the smallest provided segment.
• Can also offer validation if a segment is provided that is larger than the max.