From fe57adec26e4d4123e4c3b30ecaf094ed9d6ad4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sfan5 <sfan5@live.de>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 15:10:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Permit number type for 'distance' in digiline message again

fixes #680
---
 mesecons_detector/init.lua | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mesecons_detector/init.lua b/mesecons_detector/init.lua
index 6ed16bf..a8d0300 100644
--- a/mesecons_detector/init.lua
+++ b/mesecons_detector/init.lua
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ local node_detector_digiline = {
 
 			if type(msg) == "table" then
 				if msg.distance or msg.scanname then
-					if type(msg.distance) == "string" then
+					if type(msg.distance) == "number" or type(msg.distance) == "string" then
 						meta:set_string("distance", msg.distance)
 					end
 					if type(msg.scanname) == "string" then