# Dashboard

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## [Ui template - multiple elements?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-template-multiple-elements/52869)

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**Author:** [@GeorgeCastanza](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/GeorgeCastanza)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [29 October 2021 09:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-template-multiple-elements/52869 "2021-10-29T09:41:47Z")

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I'm attempting to combine two payloads in the dashboard. I've managed to combine them into 1 payload. Currently, this is what I have, in two different dashboard groups (Motion & Time) I'd like to get them into 1 grou…

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## [\[Beta\] node-red-contrib-ui-uPlot-charts](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/beta-node-red-contrib-ui-uplot-charts/52758)

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**Author:** [@Christian-Me](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Christian-Me)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [28 October 2021 22:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/beta-node-red-contrib-ui-uplot-charts/52758 "2021-10-28T22:05:08Z")

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Anybody into charts (like me)? Perhaps somebody likes to try out this one sitting on my desk too long: Still BETA so NOT on flows.node-red.org Have fun. Any feedback highly welcome (even my time is limited so prog…

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## [Hey! Is it possible to create a "bulls eye" graphical element using dashboard?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hey-is-it-possible-to-create-a-bulls-eye-graphical-element-using-dashboard/52900)

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**Author:** [@dwayne](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dwayne)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [28 October 2021 18:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hey-is-it-possible-to-create-a-bulls-eye-graphical-element-using-dashboard/52900 "2021-10-28T18:54:16Z")

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Essentially looking to have multiple layers of 360 gauges in a "bulls eye" format. I am building a lightning detector and want to be able to categorize strike data into rings such as 0-5 miles as the bulls eye, 5.1-10 mi…

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## [Form request using dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/form-request-using-dashboard/52899)

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**Author:** [@Zeca](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Zeca)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [28 October 2021 16:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/form-request-using-dashboard/52899 "2021-10-28T16:57:38Z")

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Hi, I'm having trouble getting data from a form and using node-red. I created a form using node-red and I need to save the filled data in the form in pgadmin. Can someone help me? //export nodes to clipboard: \[{"id":…

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## [Dashboard is not accessing from other laptop on same network](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-is-not-accessing-from-other-laptop-on-same-network/52890)

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**Author:** [@aminulhaq](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/aminulhaq)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [28 October 2021 15:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-is-not-accessing-from-other-laptop-on-same-network/52890 "2021-10-28T15:43:12Z")

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Hi, created dashboard with simple button which is accessing from my laptop but it is not accessing from other laptop or mobile on same network, can any one suggest how to access it from my mobile or other laptop on same…

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## [Read and write context variables in dashboard template script section](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-and-write-context-variables-in-dashboard-template-script-section/52886)

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**Author:** [@Fliens](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Fliens)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [28 October 2021 15:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-and-write-context-variables-in-dashboard-template-script-section/52886 "2021-10-28T15:13:05Z")

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So I'm trying to read and write context variables like flow or global in the script section of a dashboard template node. When trying to access the flow.get('x'); variable in a function, I get the console error that 'fl…

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## [UI Chart: struggling to plot two lines](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-chart-struggling-to-plot-two-lines/52510)

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**Author:** [@Sensors](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sensors)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [27 October 2021 14:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-chart-struggling-to-plot-two-lines/52510 "2021-10-27T14:55:35Z")

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Hello all, I've got a python script that kicks out two values from some sensors as a string in the format "\[float\] \[float\]". I'd like to plot both of these on the same chart, but am struggling. The documentation indica…

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## [World Map - Lines](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/world-map-lines/52376)

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**Author:** [@ScheepersJohan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ScheepersJohan)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [27 October 2021 11:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/world-map-lines/52376 "2021-10-27T11:54:48Z")

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Hi All, I am trying to draw lines representing a link between two points, dependent on the rssi, the color of the line changes. The "Link" function node is - if (msg.payload.rssi \> -100)( colour = "red") else …

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## [MySQL to dashboard chart - change function](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mysql-to-dashboard-chart-change-function/14418)

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**Author:** [@EdwardDM10](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/EdwardDM10)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [25 October 2021 12:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mysql-to-dashboard-chart-change-function/14418 "2021-10-25T12:18:21Z")

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This will be a newbie question, so please bear with me... I have a MySQL database with a test schema in. I can read and write to it using node red. So far so good. I gather that to get the information in to a chart …

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## [Tracking Users' IP Address](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tracking-users-ip-address/52801)

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**Author:** [@sefaguntepe](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sefaguntepe)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [27 October 2021 07:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tracking-users-ip-address/52801 "2021-10-27T07:23:48Z")

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Hello, more than one person is using the interface (Dashboard). I want to record them. For this reason, can I see the IP address of the computers connected to the interface?

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## [Dashboard CSS - Visualising changes during development](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-css-visualising-changes-during-development/52664)

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**Author:** [@letshin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/letshin)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [26 October 2021 18:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-css-visualising-changes-during-development/52664 "2021-10-26T18:09:14Z")

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Hi. Wanted to ask during CSS changes how do people visualise changes. Uploading changes and reloading the webpage takes forever. Is there a way to get a 'dummy' html/css onto jsfiddle and edit the css from there before…

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## [Style normal buttons to match the multistate-switch](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/style-normal-buttons-to-match-the-multistate-switch/52534)

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**Author:** [@BartButenaers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartButenaers)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [26 October 2021 15:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/style-normal-buttons-to-match-the-multistate-switch/52534 "2021-10-26T15:17:20Z")

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Hi folks, Some users have been asking us if we could add a button-like-behaviour to our node-red-contrib-multistate-switch. But of course - like @dceejay already mentioned - a switch is not a button... But to make sur…

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## [Dashboard crashing with Node.js 16 (& Gecko based browsers)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-crashing-with-node-js-16-gecko-based-browsers/52572)

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**Author:** [@PizzaProgram](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/PizzaProgram)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [25 October 2021 13:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-crashing-with-node-js-16-gecko-based-browsers/52572 "2021-10-25T13:32:52Z")

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Finished my first NR Dashboard. But it does NOT work with my (latest version v4.1) SailFishOS phone's Brower well. :frowning: https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Browser The switch component is OK, :+1: but when I try to se…

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## [Creating an animated dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creating-an-animated-dashboard/52563)

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**Author:** [@FrancisLeung](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/FrancisLeung)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [25 October 2021 06:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creating-an-animated-dashboard/52563 "2021-10-25T06:38:32Z")

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Hi, I appreciate what IBM developers put so much effort on the development and improvement of Node-Red; which is very useful in term of saving much more time in developing SCADA and HMI functions. May I suggest whether o…

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## [Progress bar into slow functions](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/progress-bar-into-slow-functions/52648)

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**Author:** [@Geppy57](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Geppy57)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [24 October 2021 12:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/progress-bar-into-slow-functions/52648 "2021-10-24T12:35:10Z")

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On a file reading function, needed for show historic values on a chart, when the file is very long (about process that takes hours), there is a waiting time between showing request and chart dispaying that can be up to 1…

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## [UIBuilder Dark Theme](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uibuilder-dark-theme/52626)

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**Author:** [@TheadehAnank](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TheadehAnank)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [24 October 2021 00:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uibuilder-dark-theme/52626 "2021-10-24T00:54:48Z")

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Please point me in the direction of where I can learn how to change the CSS to a dark theme, using vue/bootstrap in uibuilder I see the theming topic on the bootstrap website, but I'm not sure how that applies when usin…

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## [View dashboard on internet](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/view-dashboard-on-internet/52525)

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**Author:** [@mill4590](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mill4590)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [24 October 2021 00:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/view-dashboard-on-internet/52525 "2021-10-24T00:46:03Z")

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evening all so i have created a dashboard pulling information from sensors i have on LoRa, is it possible to have this dashboard publish on a live hdmi page for public view if so does anyone have a link to an example t…

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## [How to specify colours for bar chart](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-specify-colours-for-bar-chart/52536)

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**Author:** [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [22 October 2021 19:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-specify-colours-for-bar-chart/52536 "2021-10-22T19:51:19Z")

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The Chart node editor dialog gives 9 colours. There are a further 24 colours specified somewhere in the background, but once they are used up the bars on a chart are uncoloured. Can the chart be persuaded to repeat c…

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## [Dashboard tooltips](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-tooltips/11874)

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**Author:** [@Stylo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Stylo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [22 October 2021 19:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-tooltips/11874 "2021-10-22T19:44:20Z")

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Is there a way to add hover-over tooltips to text on the dashboard? I'd like to do this to give other users a hand while they're using my project.

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## [Display a log file in dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/display-a-log-file-in-dashboard/11134)

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**Author:** [@Paul-Reed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paul-Reed)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [22 October 2021 08:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/display-a-log-file-in-dashboard/11134 "2021-10-22T08:46:15Z")

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Continuing the discussion from I need to display a program event log in dashboard: @shrickus tried your suggestion in post #8, and it almost works, except there are no line breaks, and the log displays as one long strin…

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## [Modbus data to SGV graphic "command": "update\_text" not change on dashboard nor no error found](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/modbus-data-to-sgv-graphic-command-update-text-not-change-on-dashboard-nor-no-error-found/52250)

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**Author:** [@littlestupid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/littlestupid)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [22 October 2021 00:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/modbus-data-to-sgv-graphic-command-update-text-not-change-on-dashboard-nor-no-error-found/52250 "2021-10-22T00:11:44Z")

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Dear virtual colleague, Thank you for coming in this discussion, I am new on node red and doing my final year project. I am polling chiller data via modbus communication. Now I am trying to display the data nicely using…

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## [Ui as root fails after flow modification (Balena)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-as-root-fails-after-flow-modification-balena/52507)

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**Author:** [@Razio](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Razio)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [21 October 2021 14:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-as-root-fails-after-flow-modification-balena/52507 "2021-10-21T14:09:54Z")

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Hi, A topic that probably passed here several times and I don't seem to be able to find a solution. I am running node red as a service container in balenaOS. I would like to set the dachboard-ui as root. I manage to a…

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## [Payload in dashboard template script section](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/payload-in-dashboard-template-script-section/52509)

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**Author:** [@metter](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/metter)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [21 October 2021 12:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/payload-in-dashboard-template-script-section/52509 "2021-10-21T12:43:53Z")

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First: Forgive me that this is yet another question about getting a msg.payload into the dashboard template node. I have found all the others, I have read the official documentation (that was very unclear and kind of apo…

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## [Struggling with group hiding](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/struggling-with-group-hiding/52452)

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**Author:** [@oliv3](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/oliv3)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [21 October 2021 12:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/struggling-with-group-hiding/52452 "2021-10-21T12:13:06Z")

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Hi, I'm using version 2.0.6 and have issues hiding a group. I have a tab named "Home" and a group "Group1", so I'm basically sending this message to the UI control node: { payload: { group: { hide: \[ 'Home\_G…

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## [Msg.payload array to the dashboard template script](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/msg-payload-array-to-the-dashboard-template-script/8309)

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**Author:** [@Petr](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Petr)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [21 October 2021 05:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/msg-payload-array-to-the-dashboard-template-script/8309 "2021-10-21T05:36:59Z")

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I have a working example of table using DataTables libraries (with static test data). Data array is now deployed inside the script (var = ...) in the Dashboard Template node. Now I am trying to input live data (injecti…

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## [Include Plotly to NodeRed when there is no internet access](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/include-plotly-to-nodered-when-there-is-no-internet-access/52487)

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**Author:** [@windex](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/windex)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [20 October 2021 20:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/include-plotly-to-nodered-when-there-is-no-internet-access/52487 "2021-10-20T20:50:40Z")

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Hello! I am trying to use plotly when there is no internet access. Someone on here suggested downloading plotly-latest.min.js and putting plotly-latest.min.js in a static folder, but I am not sure how to do that. Could s…

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## [Help with node red and TTN sensors](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-node-red-and-ttn-sensors/52462)

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**Author:** [@mill4590](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mill4590)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [20 October 2021 16:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-node-red-and-ttn-sensors/52462 "2021-10-20T16:04:34Z")

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good afternoon all so i am completely new to node red and i am struggling with using it with the things network i have a temp and humid sensor connected to a LoRa gateway and using TTN i am sending the data to my node …

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## [How to select all checkboxes in UI\_table](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-select-all-checkboxes-in-ui-table/52261)

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**Author:** [@MiguelSoares](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/MiguelSoares)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [20 October 2021 14:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-select-all-checkboxes-in-ui-table/52261 "2021-10-20T14:39:09Z")

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Hello everyone, I'm recent in using node red and I have the following question. In my project, I'm listing the contents of a directory in a UI\_table and I have check boxes that allow selecting one or more lines. Howeve…

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## [Mit Node-Red automatisch in Webanwendung schreiben](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mit-node-red-automatisch-in-webanwendung-schreiben/52455)

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**Author:** [@noodie](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/noodie)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [20 October 2021 12:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mit-node-red-automatisch-in-webanwendung-schreiben/52455 "2021-10-20T12:59:51Z")

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Hallo, ich möchte gerne automatisiert Daten von Node-Red in das Eingabefeld einer Webanwendung schreiben und diese Eingabe bestätigen. Hintergrund ist hier die Automatisierung einer Absauganlage die anhand von OPC-UA Da…

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## [Node-red-contrib-led does not show properly the dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-led-does-not-show-properly-the-dashboard/52160)

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**Author:** [@castigliano](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/castigliano)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [20 October 2021 08:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-led-does-not-show-properly-the-dashboard/52160 "2021-10-20T08:54:47Z")

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Hi eveyone, I start this thread because I have a problem in my dashboard after installing the node-red-contrib-led. My node-red is running in localhost in port 1881,using that using that "node-red -p 1881 -u c:/node-re…

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