property in route undefined in controller - ember.js

Question

In the IndexRoute of my Ember hello world app, I start a setInterval function that I wish to allow the end user to turn off (with clearInterval) by clicking a dom element in the template, which triggers an action in the IndexController. So, the setIntervalId is set in the IndexRoute, and I need to pass it to clearInterval in the IndexController, but the way I have it below, the setIntervalId is undefined. I also tried to use App.IndexRoute.setIntervalId to no avail.
How would I accomplish this?
(function() {
window.App = Ember.Application.create({
LOG_TRANSITIONS: true,
LOG_ACTIVE_GENERATION: true
});
App.IndexRoute = Ember.Route.extend({
setIntervalId: 0,
model: function() {
this.setIntervalId = setInterval(this.someInterval, 5000)
},
someInterval: function(){
var datasource = 'http://hackernews/blahblah';
return new Ember.$.ajax({url: datasource, dataType: "json", type: 'GET'}).then(function(data){
return data;
})
},
});
App.IndexController = Ember.ObjectController.extend({
actions: {
clearTimeout: function(){
console.log('clearing interval', this.setIntervalId); //undefined
clearInterval(this.setIntervalId);
}
}
})
})();
template
<script type="text/x-handlebars" data-template-name="index">>
<h1>Hi Babe</hi>
{{ outlet }}
<label {{action "clearTimeout" on="click"}}>clear timeout</label>
</script>

Answer 1

To set the model, you need to return the value in the route’s model function:
model: function() {
return this.setIntervalId = setInterval(this.someInterval, 5000)
}
To access the model in the controller, you need to use this.get('model').
actions: {
clearTimeout: function(){
console.log('clearing interval', this.get('model');
clearInterval(this.get('model'));
}
}