# \[SOLVED\] Input controls even as output?

**URL:** <https://forums.losant.com/t/solved-input-controls-even-as-output/262>\
**Category:** Feature Request\
**Created:** [October 11, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/solved-input-controls-even-as-output/262 "2016-10-11T20:51:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Geir\_andersen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@Geir\_andersen](https://forums.losant.com/u/Geir_andersen)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/solved-input-controls-even-as-output/262/1 "2016-10-11T20:51:53Z")

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I really like the new input controls that lets me e.g. switch on the heating pump in my vacation house.  
However if I turn on the heating pum manually, I would have to create a indicator block to see the actual state of the heating pump relay.  
It would be much more convenient to be able to set the state of a control e.g. a toggle control to reflect the actual state of the device’s senors / activators. In other words - Input/output controls!!

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**Author:** ![Dylan\_Schuster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/dylan_schuster/32/2850_2.png) [@Dylan\_Schuster](https://forums.losant.com/u/Dylan_Schuster)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/solved-input-controls-even-as-output/262/2 "2016-10-13T20:25:49Z")

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Great suggestion! We’ve been thinking about how best to handle this; it gets a little hairy since input controls can fire a workflow OR send commands to multiple devices at once, and in those cases, how do we determine an input’s state since different devices can be in different states?

We’re noodling on this and will let you know when we have a solution in place.

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**Author:** ![Dylan\_Schuster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/dylan_schuster/32/2850_2.png) [@Dylan\_Schuster](https://forums.losant.com/u/Dylan_Schuster)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/solved-input-controls-even-as-output/262/3 "2017-02-07T18:03:33Z")

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@Geir_andersen this feature is finally live! You can now reflect the state of your devices in your input controls. More info is available here -

> **[Platform Update - Dynamic Input Controls and Workflow Switch Node](https://www.losant.com/blog/platform-update-20170207)**
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> Today's release provides major new features for your dashboards and workflows with dynamic input controls and the new switch node.