From 92185ad2660b4a4b01c4f76ccae2402ddfd159ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Bender <scott@scottbender.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 21:41:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: send-path-value ignores the entered path

---
 signalk-send-pathvalue.js | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/signalk-send-pathvalue.js b/signalk-send-pathvalue.js
index c2b0a42..a11977f 100644
--- a/signalk-send-pathvalue.js
+++ b/signalk-send-pathvalue.js
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
     }
     
     node.on('input', msg => {
-      if ( !msg.topic ) {
-        node.error('no topic for incomming message')
+      let path = config.path ? config.path : msg.topic
+
+      if ( !path ) {
+        node.error('no topic or path configured')
         return
       }
 
-      let path = config.path ? config.path : msg.topic
-
       if ( typeof config.meta !== 'undefined' && config.meta !== "" && !sentMeta[path] ) {
         let delta = {
           updates: [