requesting data from controller (Domoticz)

[Nigel31]

Hi All,

I have a battery node, which I wish to poll the latest data from the controller.
I am using a presentation
present(CHILD_ID_WATERTIME1, S_HEATER, "Water Time1 Min", false);

I request data
request( CHILD_ID_WATERTIME1, V_HVAC_SETPOINT_HEAT);

The returned and actioned result has no data payload

119631 TSF:MSG:SEND,33-33-0-0,s=11,c=2,t=47,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
119676 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-33,s=11,c=2,t=47,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:

the true data is 13

I have tried V_VAR1, indeed, in a loop I have tried types "0" to "50"

I have gotten round this by having the node set a value of a child item, and then run a script to "push" the values to the node, which works fine,
The code in the "command" and "request" functions is identical, one returns a data value, one does not.

I realise I must be doing something fundamentally wrong.
Does Domoticz have issues with requests? It all seems fine on the controller page on this website.

The code is a bit of a mess at the moment, as I have been trying to get the request working.

Regards and thanks, Nigel

Got a work around, used S_INFO and V_TEXT.

THE CONTROLLER page definitely shows Thea requests are supported for almost all types, so something isn't right.