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Did anyone get the slider examples posted here actually get to work?
My set temperature slider always jumps back to the current value and also sends this, not the one I selected.

I figured it needs the sendCmd to be in the callbacks of the slider, however, if I try this:

<div style="display: none;" ng-init="slider = {
value: 0, 
options: {
  id: 'slider1',
  onChange: function(id) {
    console.log('on change ' + id);
  },
  floor: 15,
  ceil: 26,
  step: 0.5,
  precision: 1,
  showSelectionBar: true,
    selectionBarGradient: {
      from: 'white',
      to: '#FC0'
    }
  }     
  };">
  {{slider.value = itemValue('EGBueroThermostat_4_SetTemperature')}}
</div>
<rzslider rz-slider-model="slider.value"
      rz-slider-options="slider.options"
      ng-click="sendCmd('EGBueroThermostat_4_SetTemperature', slider.value)"> 
</rzslider>

I get a syntax error…