# General

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## [Lay-Z-Spa integration](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/lay-z-spa-integration/98223)

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**Author:** [@Sean-McG](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sean-McG)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [20 July 2025 13:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/lay-z-spa-integration/98223 "2025-07-20T13:13:27Z")

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In my quest to automate everything in sight, I came across this project to add Wi-Fi remote control to Bestway Lay-Z-Spa branded inflatable hot tubs :grinning:. It's a really neat solution, which works by adding an ES…

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## [Excel Werte in je einer Spalte speichern](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/excel-werte-in-je-einer-spalte-speichern/98224)

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**Author:** [@rolf1](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rolf1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [20 July 2025 16:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/excel-werte-in-je-einer-spalte-speichern/98224 "2025-07-20T16:00:18Z")

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Hallo zusammen, wer kann einem Anfänger helfen ??? ich frage meinen Shelly über diese Flow ab ….. Alle Werte sind da…… Leider werden diese in meiner Excel Tabelle nur hintereinader/fortlaufen abgespeichert und nicht j…

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## [Mammotion Luba Lawnmower robot](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mammotion-luba-lawnmower-robot/98215)

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**Author:** [@Olaa](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Olaa)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [19 July 2025 16:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mammotion-luba-lawnmower-robot/98215 "2025-07-19T16:51:31Z")

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I have a Luba mini 800. It would be fun to handle it from NR and perhaps get some better functionality. One thing is to catch when one cutting is over and then start next cutting. Have a good mqtt. Is there someone no…

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## [Node-red docker high cpu usage](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-docker-high-cpu-usage/98196)

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**Author:** [@myozone](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/myozone)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [19 July 2025 11:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-docker-high-cpu-usage/98196 "2025-07-19T11:08:38Z")

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I have been using Node-red in Docker for some time and in the last two days I've started to see higher CPU usage from 11 to 35 %. This starts at 22:00 each day, I've looked at timers etc and all appears to be ok with not…

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## [We're Hiring at FlowFuse](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/were-hiring-at-flowfuse/98202)

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**Author:** [@sumitshinde-84](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sumitshinde-84)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [18 July 2025 16:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/were-hiring-at-flowfuse/98202 "2025-07-18T16:36:57Z")

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Hey folks! We're hiring an Engineering Manager at FlowFuse (remote). If you love coding AND leading teams, come join us! Apply: Job Application for Engineering Manager at FlowFuse

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## [Problem to var require = global.get('require'); - 3 scheet to 1 xlsx](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problem-to-var-require-global-get-require-3-scheet-to-1-xlsx/98195)

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**Author:** [@BaNod-Red](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BaNod-Red)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [18 July 2025 08:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problem-to-var-require-global-get-require-3-scheet-to-1-xlsx/98195 "2025-07-18T08:18:00Z")

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Want to use 3 queries and feed 3 sheets in excel all the time I have an error var require = global.get('require'); I corrected in settings file Nothing helped or maybe some quick solution what to change in code ? \[ …

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## [Merge data from multiple threads](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/merge-data-from-multiple-threads/98187)

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**Author:** [@KSum](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/KSum)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [18 July 2025 08:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/merge-data-from-multiple-threads/98187 "2025-07-18T08:12:34Z")

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I have need to collect the value of multiple datapoints and use them as a group. For a simplified example, I have X/Y points and want to graph them. But my data coming in is individual items. Each X value comes in and…

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## [How can I enter sftp password after connect sftp on a remote host via ssh](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-can-i-enter-sftp-password-after-connect-sftp-on-a-remote-host-via-ssh/98168)

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**Author:** [@okircali](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/okircali)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [17 July 2025 16:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-can-i-enter-sftp-password-after-connect-sftp-on-a-remote-host-via-ssh/98168 "2025-07-17T16:14:00Z")

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Hello, I want to develop a node that will connect sftp on a remote host via ssh and then enter the sftp password on the prompt. Is there any way to auto fill the password prompt? Best regards

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## [OPCUA server COMPACT](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/opcua-server-compact/98174)

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**Author:** [@dsalleras](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dsalleras)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [17 July 2025 13:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/opcua-server-compact/98174 "2025-07-17T13:54:37Z")

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Dear all, i used node-red-contrib-opcua-server. We use Compact server to perform a connection with a opc client. The client that connects to my server us a certificate, but the server don't accepts the certificate & th…

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## [Node-red behind reverse proxy with http-proxy-middleware](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-behind-reverse-proxy-with-http-proxy-middleware/98089)

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**Author:** [@stgj](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/stgj)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [16 July 2025 20:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-behind-reverse-proxy-with-http-proxy-middleware/98089 "2025-07-16T20:49:01Z")

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Hi. I'm trying to put Node-red and Grafana behind a reverse proxy with nodejs express and http-proxy-middleware. My situation: I have a 4G router that sits between a linux machine running Node-red and Grafana and the W…

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## [Function node to manually activate aqara smoke alarm buzzer](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/function-node-to-manually-activate-aqara-smoke-alarm-buzzer/98098)

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**Author:** [@thomasvjohansen](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/thomasvjohansen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [16 July 2025 18:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/function-node-to-manually-activate-aqara-smoke-alarm-buzzer/98098 "2025-07-16T18:09:32Z")

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I have an Aqara smoke alarm where I want to use the buzzer as a siren for my alarm. It should be possible to activate the buzzer manually, To write (/set) a value publish a message to topic zigbee2mqtt/FRIENDLY\_NAME/s…

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## [Unexplained reboots of NR](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unexplained-reboots-of-nr/98140)

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**Author:** [@Becker](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Becker)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [16 July 2025 09:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unexplained-reboots-of-nr/98140 "2025-07-16T09:19:39Z")

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Hi, I had unexplained restarts of Node-Red yesterday and today of several devices: VM #2: Jul 08 22:57:02 webserver Node-RED\[684\]: 8 Jul 22:57:02 - \[info\] \[mqtt-broker:FlashMQ\] Verbindung zum Broker NodeRed@mqtt://loca…

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## [How to convert a US\_08 to decimal](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-convert-a-us-08-to-decimal/98145)

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**Author:** [@Desmond-Zeh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Desmond-Zeh)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [16 July 2025 07:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-convert-a-us-08-to-decimal/98145 "2025-07-16T07:35:42Z")

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Hello, I’m reading data from a Genset controller. The read data are in US\_08 formate. For example à nominal frequency of 50Hz when read returns 6. This value needs to be converted and divided by 256 to obtain the real va…

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## [Struggling to install node-red-contrib-modbus on Raspberry Pi 4 (Debian + Docker Compose) - gyp: Undefined variable error](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/struggling-to-install-node-red-contrib-modbus-on-raspberry-pi-4-debian-docker-compose-gyp-undefined-variable-error/98158)

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**Author:** [@maciejbilu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/maciejbilu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [16 July 2025 05:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/struggling-to-install-node-red-contrib-modbus-on-raspberry-pi-4-debian-docker-compose-gyp-undefined-variable-error/98158 "2025-07-16T05:23:47Z")

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Hello everyone, I'm facing significant challenges trying to get node-red-contrib-modbus working in my Node-RED setup on a Raspberry Pi 4. Previously, when I used Home Assistant Supervised (which includes Node-RED as an …

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## [How to set separate context storage for projects?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-set-separate-context-storage-for-projects/98163)

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**Author:** [@thePastPurpleWine](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/thePastPurpleWine)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [16 July 2025 03:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-set-separate-context-storage-for-projects/98163 "2025-07-16T03:37:39Z")

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i created some projects, and they use a same data context storage folder, and i can choice only is clear all data or keep all data. is any setting to make projects use separate context storage folder? or other way to ac…

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## [Node-red-contrib-cip-ethernet-ip Multiple Endpoints](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-cip-ethernet-ip-multiple-endpoints/98160)

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**Author:** [@BrallanH2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BrallanH2)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [15 July 2025 20:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-cip-ethernet-ip-multiple-endpoints/98160 "2025-07-15T20:07:18Z")

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Greetings, I have had a system working for a few years writing/reading from a ControlLogix PLC (1756-L73 and 1756-EN2T). I can't thank the contributors and everyone involved enough. On a Windows Server 2019 VM that can…

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## [Listing content of 2 folders with same user + permissions: One runs into EACCES: permission denied, the other not](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/listing-content-of-2-folders-with-same-user-permissions-one-runs-into-eacces-permission-denied-the-other-not/98148)

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**Author:** [@CreativeWarlock](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/CreativeWarlock)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [15 July 2025 19:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/listing-content-of-2-folders-with-same-user-permissions-one-runs-into-eacces-permission-denied-the-other-not/98148 "2025-07-15T19:52:43Z")

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Hello fellow Node-Red citizens, I've recently started with a super fresh Node-Red installation, and was trying to list some files from my family-shared folder (/volume1/Family/0\_Gemeinsamer\_Ordner/eBooks) on my NAS - b…

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## [Create simple counter with Brainboxes BB-400](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/create-simple-counter-with-brainboxes-bb-400/98152)

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**Author:** [@Matt5155](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Matt5155)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [15 July 2025 19:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/create-simple-counter-with-brainboxes-bb-400/98152 "2025-07-15T19:51:20Z")

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Hello, I just joined because I have a project at work. I'm wanting to count product on four lanes and show on the ui dashboard from a Brainboxes BB-400 inputs (three and one from a ED588). I also would like to have a re…

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## [How do you decide what to do when your mind is full of ideas?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-you-decide-what-to-do-when-your-mind-is-full-of-ideas/98038)

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**Author:** [@AllanOricil](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/AllanOricil)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [15 July 2025 18:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-you-decide-what-to-do-when-your-mind-is-full-of-ideas/98038 "2025-07-15T18:42:47Z")

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I'm constantly thinking about new stuff I want to build. This chain of thoughts sometimes are branches of other thoughts, and sometimes are totally different branches. My mind never ceases. Even when I'm with no energy i…

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## [JSONata use sequence index](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/jsonata-use-sequence-index/98141)

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**Author:** [@L4RS](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/L4RS)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [15 July 2025 07:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/jsonata-use-sequence-index/98141 "2025-07-15T07:22:37Z")

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Hello everbody, i have a number messages which are the result of a split node. I want to use the parts.index property of this messages to set the message topics. I try to do it by a change node with the follwing JSONata…

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## [Help with Join node please](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-join-node-please/98134)

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**Author:** [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [15 July 2025 06:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-join-node-please/98134 "2025-07-15T06:04:34Z")

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I have two arrays, derived from scraping a web page. eg \["Sydney", "Perth"\] and \[24, 33\] I need to join them to create an array of objects based on the topic and array element number \[{"location": "Sydney", "temperatu…

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## [Pipe2jpeg - inject images separately?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/pipe2jpeg-inject-images-separately/98111)

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**Author:** [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [14 July 2025 22:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/pipe2jpeg-inject-images-separately/98111 "2025-07-14T22:13:03Z")

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Perhaps @kevinGodell could provide some guidance. Is it possible to inject a buffer into pipe2jpeg and have that become an endpoint with a 'video' stream ? ie. I have a single image sitting in flow context as a buffer,…

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## [Source code of node red](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/source-code-of-node-red/97962)

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**Author:** [@fouadchouag](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fouadchouag)\
**Replies:** 33\
**Last updated:** [14 July 2025 20:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/source-code-of-node-red/97962 "2025-07-14T20:14:28Z")

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Hi everyone, I cloned the Node-RED GitHub repository, but I can’t find the source code in the packages folder. I expected to see folders like node-red-editor-api/ and node-red-editor-client/. Could someone please expla…

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## [Roborock Multi Map Error](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/roborock-multi-map-error/98133)

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**Author:** [@Mark.Resting](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Mark.Resting)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [14 July 2025 14:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/roborock-multi-map-error/98133 "2025-07-14T14:28:36Z")

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Hey all, I remember, this discussion was already somewhere,... but I cand find id anymore :-(. I have node-red-contrib-miio-roborock installed and most of it works fine. But when i try to use "load\_multi\_map" I'm gett…

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## [How to send a picture through Telegram?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-send-a-picture-through-telegram/20327)

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**Author:** [@Palmhoej](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Palmhoej)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [22 January 2020 07:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-send-a-picture-through-telegram/20327 "2020-01-22T07:29:08Z")

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I am trying to do something very simple, but i just can't get it to work. I want to send a picture of a cat thats stored on my raspberry pi: /home/pi/Pictures/cat.jpg I have the flow like this: And in the function i …

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## [Would you like a vscode extension to work with node-red/flowfuse?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/would-you-like-a-vscode-extension-to-work-with-node-red-flowfuse/98092)

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**Author:** [@AllanOricil](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/AllanOricil)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [13 July 2025 18:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/would-you-like-a-vscode-extension-to-work-with-node-red-flowfuse/98092 "2025-07-13T18:47:05Z")

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Which tools/features would you like to see in vscode when working on node-red projects?

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## [Display a list in an ui-template](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/display-a-list-in-an-ui-template/98110)

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**Author:** [@duaw](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/duaw)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [13 July 2025 12:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/display-a-list-in-an-ui-template/98110 "2025-07-13T12:04:22Z")

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Hi! I have to use ui-template to display msg.payload. msg.payload ist an array of (at most) 10 objects, each has "time" and "text" I can display msg.payload but I thought I could have a nice list. \<template\> \<div\>…

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## [Help with a project to display real time bus/train time tables](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-a-project-to-display-real-time-bus-train-time-tables/98107)

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**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [13 July 2025 11:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-a-project-to-display-real-time-bus-train-time-tables/98107 "2025-07-13T11:33:31Z")

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I'm bored and am playing with having a dynamic display of bus arrival times from Point 1 to Point 2. I live in Sydney and there is a page which I can use to get the times but it has me curious. This link to get times (…

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## [Understanding ratelimit per topic](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/understanding-ratelimit-per-topic/98070)

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**Author:** [@waquete](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/waquete)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [13 July 2025 10:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/understanding-ratelimit-per-topic/98070 "2025-07-13T10:47:07Z")

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I am confused by the delay / rate limit node, not sure it can do what I want. Here is what I wish to: sending message with different topics (say topic1, topic2). rate limit for each topic (say 1 msg per minute). just…

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## [MQTT vs HTTP request](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-vs-http-request/98075)

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**Author:** [@John1995](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/John1995)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [13 July 2025 08:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-vs-http-request/98075 "2025-07-13T08:35:25Z")

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Hello to everybody, I have got a Raspberry Pi 4 with Node-RED installed. I have set a lot of sensors and I am sending data to my server by means of a HTTP post request. I have on my server both Grafana and Influxdb. I …

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