# General

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## [NR running, but all flows disabled, should the CPU load for NR process(es) not be very low?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nr-running-but-all-flows-disabled-should-the-cpu-load-for-nr-process-es-not-be-very-low/59046)

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**Author:** [@Nodi.Rubrum](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Nodi.Rubrum)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [3 March 2022 14:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nr-running-but-all-flows-disabled-should-the-cpu-load-for-nr-process-es-not-be-very-low/59046 "2022-03-03T14:25:45Z")

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NR running, but all flows disabled, should the CPU load for NR process(es) not be very low? top - 23:16:15 up 45 min, 3 users, load average: 6.96, 5.02, 7.27 Tasks: 89 total, 5 running, 84 sleeping, 0 stopped, …

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## [Switch filname for data](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/switch-filname-for-data/59304)

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**Author:** [@Mersaia](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Mersaia)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [3 March 2022 13:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/switch-filname-for-data/59304 "2022-03-03T13:36:23Z")

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Hallo together, //Dateinamen zum speichern generieren msg.fname = "Charge\_" + yyyy + mm + dd + ".csv"; //Pfadangabe + Filename msg.filename = "M:/folder1/folder2"+ msg.fname; my problem is that i get an error with that…

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## [Working in NR with branches, Title doesn´t change. Bug?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/working-in-nr-with-branches-title-doesn-t-change-bug/59276)

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**Author:** [@nico25](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nico25)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [3 March 2022 13:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/working-in-nr-with-branches-title-doesn-t-change-bug/59276 "2022-03-03T13:05:08Z")

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I´ve been playing around with projects and branches since yesterday. One thing that is causing my problems is, that for some reason the title in the dashboard doesn´t change. So let´s say I create a Project called "Tool…

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## [NodeRED stop working -- Docker Container - Docker compose (Stack)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodered-stop-working-docker-container-docker-compose-stack/59307)

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**Author:** [@jose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jose)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [3 March 2022 12:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodered-stop-working-docker-container-docker-compose-stack/59307 "2022-03-03T12:46:11Z")

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Hello, I have NodeRed installed in docker with Docker compose (Stack). I was configuring a node (MODBUS Flex Server) and then appear the message "Lost connection", waiting for reconnecting. I stop the container, kill …

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## [How to set token in coap and add option](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-set-token-in-coap-and-add-option/59302)

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**Author:** [@tahasamy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tahasamy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [3 March 2022 12:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-set-token-in-coap-and-add-option/59302 "2022-03-03T12:18:50Z")

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i want to put own my token in request, I have tried many ways but it didn't work but why coap every time i send request it generate new different token

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## [Memory usage - am I making another mistake?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/memory-usage-am-i-making-another-mistake/59265)

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**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [3 March 2022 12:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/memory-usage-am-i-making-another-mistake/59265 "2022-03-03T12:09:32Z")

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I've just replaced an older RasPi with a new one. I am seeing this message: {"totalmem":968056832,"freemem":88260608,"memusage":90.88} When I break it down I see these values: Total memory 968056832 Free memory 88…

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## [HTTP Request - Matching functionality to Win 10 cURL request](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-matching-functionality-to-win-10-curl-request/59264)

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**Author:** [@jkw\_ee](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jkw_ee)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [3 March 2022 12:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-matching-functionality-to-win-10-curl-request/59264 "2022-03-03T12:08:28Z")

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Hi - Very new to this word, working through a examples and building up some functionality as I learn so thank you in advance. I am pulling a list of cameras from a video server as a "building block". I started verifyin…

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## [TCP/IP beacon on Raspberry](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tcp-ip-beacon-on-raspberry/59281)

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**Author:** [@coat](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/coat)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [3 March 2022 12:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tcp-ip-beacon-on-raspberry/59281 "2022-03-03T12:03:23Z")

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Hi all! I'm trying to understand which colud be the better configuration (hardware / software) to do this job: I have a BluEpyc gateway that receive advertises from many beacons and I would that the Gateway could send …

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## [Controlling smart socket based on data change](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/controlling-smart-socket-based-on-data-change/59244)

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**Author:** [@JHScen](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JHScen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [3 March 2022 11:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/controlling-smart-socket-based-on-data-change/59244 "2022-03-03T11:56:34Z")

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I am trying to create a flow that turns a smart socket on and off based on the data that is received. For example, if Temp \<=15 turn on and if temp \>=22 turn off. I would also like to customise it further to only do it…

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## [Can I save the flow file into a remote database?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-i-save-the-flow-file-into-a-remote-database/59290)

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**Author:** [@jijun](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jijun)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [3 March 2022 11:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-i-save-the-flow-file-into-a-remote-database/59290 "2022-03-03T11:17:31Z")

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How can I achieve real-time synchronization of flow when the application is running in two dockers? I want to store the active flow into a database.

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## [BigExec node input format](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bigexec-node-input-format/58880)

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**Author:** [@SS-Akhilesh-Appala](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SS-Akhilesh-Appala)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [3 March 2022 09:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bigexec-node-input-format/58880 "2022-03-03T09:47:01Z")

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HI Team @Colin, @Steve-Mcl,@HaroldPetersInskipp I am using bigExec node for executing the command. when I am triggering the arguments (strings) using inject node- the big exec is executing perfectly. But when I execu…

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## [Spacer problem with configuration/s](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/spacer-problem-with-configuration-s/59269)

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**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [3 March 2022 08:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/spacer-problem-with-configuration-s/59269 "2022-03-03T08:48:02Z")

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I have only just (today) brought a new RasPi online to replace an older one. I imported (well installed) the flow from the older machine and put it in/on the new one. I have done a bit of work tidying up things and now…

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## [Splitting and converting values](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/splitting-and-converting-values/59240)

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**Author:** [@Olivia](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Olivia)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [3 March 2022 08:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/splitting-and-converting-values/59240 "2022-03-03T08:21:58Z")

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Hello everyone, I have an question ab my data visualised on my dashboard. As you can see in the picture below is all the data from the array just dropped in the text node. I would like to split it at the "," so you can …

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## [A working node, suddenly is claiming "Invalid Properties" - confignode. Yet I haven't changed it](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-working-node-suddenly-is-claiming-invalid-properties-confignode-yet-i-havent-changed-it/59202)

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**Author:** [@cthierman](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cthierman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [3 March 2022 05:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-working-node-suddenly-is-claiming-invalid-properties-confignode-yet-i-havent-changed-it/59202 "2022-03-03T05:45:05Z")

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Trying to figure out how to track down exactly what is the issue with one of my pallets. Seems it now has the little red triangle on top of every node, claiming "invalid properties: - confignode" When I open the node, I…

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## [Strategy to slow down debug info?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/strategy-to-slow-down-debug-info/59150)

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**Author:** [@craigcurtin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/craigcurtin)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [3 March 2022 00:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/strategy-to-slow-down-debug-info/59150 "2022-03-03T00:52:52Z")

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Guys, I send out a broadcast every 30 seconds to 3 inverters for status information - and use this to populate a dashboard. Since upgrading to 2.2.2 and also the latest Buffer Parser i have had problems with the calcul…

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## [Nordpool data on graph](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nordpool-data-on-graph/59256)

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**Author:** [@thomasvjohansen](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/thomasvjohansen)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [2 March 2022 22:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nordpool-data-on-graph/59256 "2022-03-02T22:28:24Z")

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hi im trying to plot only future prices to my chart. this plots one days hourly price from 0-23. var msg1 = {} for (var i = 0; i\<msg.payload.length;i++){ msg1 = { topic:msg.payload\[i\].Area + " " + m…

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## [Node-red-contrib-jwt passing signing secret in via flow](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-jwt-passing-signing-secret-in-via-flow/59247)

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**Author:** [@HarryPottar](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/HarryPottar)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [2 March 2022 20:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-jwt-passing-signing-secret-in-via-flow/59247 "2022-03-02T20:28:34Z")

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Hi. I making a subflow that will incorporate jwt verify, I have a signing secret that normally would be added to the environment variables of the jwt verify node. I have my own environment variable for my subflow with …

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## [Need help finding groups in hex buffer](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/need-help-finding-groups-in-hex-buffer/59253)

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**Author:** [@JohnnyPicnic](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JohnnyPicnic)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [2 March 2022 20:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/need-help-finding-groups-in-hex-buffer/59253 "2022-03-02T20:11:12Z")

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I have a hex buffer that contains information about my oven. I may be reinventing the wheel a bit here as some of this has been done in python. I would like to be able to sort out any of these oven codes from the buffer…

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## [Update/Upgrade from pretty old Version installed by "The Scipt" from Peter Scargil](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/update-upgrade-from-pretty-old-version-installed-by-the-scipt-from-peter-scargil/59191)

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**Author:** [@DerMega](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/DerMega)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [2 March 2022 19:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/update-upgrade-from-pretty-old-version-installed-by-the-scipt-from-peter-scargil/59191 "2022-03-02T19:11:38Z")

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Hey Guys, between 2-3 years ago I installed Node-RED and many other tools with Peter Scargils "The Script". Now its a pretty old Version. I recently updated Zigbee2Mqtt to the current Version and now it doesn´t work an…

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## [Can't write buffer to file in hex](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-write-buffer-to-file-in-hex/59201)

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**Author:** [@JohnnyPicnic](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JohnnyPicnic)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [2 March 2022 18:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-write-buffer-to-file-in-hex/59201 "2022-03-02T18:45:23Z")

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I have a hex buffer that I would like to write to a file. It seems no matter what type of encoding I try I can't get the File node to write it in hex. Setting File node to hex provides no new lines. Auto gives me the f…

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## [Node-red C program communication](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-c-program-communication/59225)

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**Author:** [@Oliver98t](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Oliver98t)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [2 March 2022 17:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-c-program-communication/59225 "2022-03-02T17:47:24Z")

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I am attempting to pass in and extract data from a C program from my node-red application. I have successfully been able to pass out data in my C program from stdout into node red but am unsure as to how to get data into…

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## [Tts-ultimate choosing voice](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tts-ultimate-choosing-voice/56264)

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**Author:** [@bs-eng](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bs-eng)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [2 March 2022 15:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tts-ultimate-choosing-voice/56264 "2022-03-02T15:38:55Z")

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Hi! I am very happy with the results of the node-red-contrib-tts-ultimate. I got it working in no time. In my test flow I use it to simply convert a text to audio, play it directly in the browser and make the file avai…

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## [Strange Data from postgres node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/strange-data-from-postgres-node/59188)

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**Author:** [@markush](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/markush)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [2 March 2022 13:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/strange-data-from-postgres-node/59188 "2022-03-02T13:52:29Z")

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Hello, i'm trying to implement a bar display of some data stored in a postgres database. With a query executed in Postbird Tool i get the following output: The query in node-red with a function node and a postgres no…

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## [\[Solved\] New directory on FTP](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/solved-new-directory-on-ftp/59223)

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**Author:** [@skom](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/skom)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [2 March 2022 12:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/solved-new-directory-on-ftp/59223 "2022-03-02T12:01:36Z")

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Hello, how can I create a new directory on the FTP server (I'm using node-red-contrib-ftp)?

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## [Parsing text sent from Telegram](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/parsing-text-sent-from-telegram/59230)

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**Author:** [@CerealPort](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/CerealPort)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [2 March 2022 11:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/parsing-text-sent-from-telegram/59230 "2022-03-02T11:57:02Z")

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Hi all, I've been using Node-Red for a few months for a school project, and it's great. I'm trying to do something that is probably simple, but I don't even know what terms to search for. I want to write simple text me…

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## [How to hide categories or nodes in palette?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-hide-categories-or-nodes-in-palette/59207)

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**Author:** [@EzrealK](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/EzrealK)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [2 March 2022 10:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-hide-categories-or-nodes-in-palette/59207 "2022-03-02T10:58:33Z")

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How to hide categories or nodes in palette, for example hide common and network categories ?

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## [Something weird is happening with \`msg.delay\` and \`trigger\` node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/something-weird-is-happening-with-msg-delay-and-trigger-node/59220)

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**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [2 March 2022 10:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/something-weird-is-happening-with-msg-delay-and-trigger-node/59220 "2022-03-02T10:56:22Z")

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I have an inject node spitting out messages every 40 seconds. I originally added a msg.delay to it, but a node into which the message went didn't pass on that, so I had to stick a change node after that to set msg.delay.…

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## [Trouble with GrovePi and NodeRed - driving me crazy please help!](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trouble-with-grovepi-and-nodered-driving-me-crazy-please-help/59198)

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**Author:** [@FlyingDutchman](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/FlyingDutchman)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [2 March 2022 10:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trouble-with-grovepi-and-nodered-driving-me-crazy-please-help/59198 "2022-03-02T10:46:35Z")

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Hello all. I am running Raspbian for Robots on a raspberry pi model 2. After hours of trying I somehow was able to install "node-red-contrib-grovepi". However now that I have installed it I can not find any nodes anywher…

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## [Dynamically retrieve global values based on msg keys](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dynamically-retrieve-global-values-based-on-msg-keys/59222)

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**Author:** [@icepod](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/icepod)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [2 March 2022 10:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dynamically-retrieve-global-values-based-on-msg-keys/59222 "2022-03-02T10:41:59Z")

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Hi all... Node-Red is supposed to be all about doing the 'programing' visually, but I'm stuck on some function coding. I'm used to processing data with Excel, so this is the the mind-set/tool-set I'm coming from. I als…

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## [Door contact to turn light on off via IR so need an on off](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/door-contact-to-turn-light-on-off-via-ir-so-need-an-on-off/59137)

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**Author:** [@keithcrooks1](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/keithcrooks1)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [2 March 2022 10:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/door-contact-to-turn-light-on-off-via-ir-so-need-an-on-off/59137 "2022-03-02T10:15:35Z")

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Hi guys, I have a D1 mini with an IR shield, I have a door to the room my hotub is in. currently when you open the door (then Close the door) this toggles a light to come on and when we come out the Door Opens and Closes…

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