# General

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/c/general/7.md?page=772

[Latest](https://discourse.nodered.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.nodered.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.nodered.org/tags.md)

**Page:** 773

---

## [Remote Conferencing](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/remote-conferencing/23235)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@dynamicdave](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dynamicdave)\
**Replies:** 41\
**Last updated:** [2 April 2020 23:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/remote-conferencing/23235 "2020-04-02T23:50:15Z")

</div>

I know it's off topic (so I'll say sorry now), just wanted to know if anyone has any experience or recommendations for free Remote Conferencing Software/apps ?? I'm looking into this so... (1) I can provide tuition to…

---

## [A new node that fascinates me](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-new-node-that-fascinates-me/24117)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@BartButenaers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartButenaers)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [2 April 2020 23:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-new-node-that-fascinates-me/24117 "2020-04-02T23:00:42Z")

</div>

Hi folks, From time to time I discover a new node that draws my attention. I discovered last week the node-red-contrib-msg-tracer node, which I find very fascinating ... Reason for my interest: a couple of years ago I…

---

## [Editor Themes on Windows not working](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/editor-themes-on-windows-not-working/24088)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@droberts](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/droberts)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [2 April 2020 22:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/editor-themes-on-windows-not-working/24088 "2020-04-02T22:49:47Z")

</div>

I'm struggling to get an editor theme working on Windows. I managed it on another PC I don't have access to at the moment. Below is my settings.js and the location of the theme file. My settings.js file is being loaded c…

---

## [HTML To Test Not providing all of the contents](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/html-to-test-not-providing-all-of-the-contents/23644)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@GilHub1](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/GilHub1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [2 April 2020 22:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/html-to-test-not-providing-all-of-the-contents/23644 "2020-04-02T22:23:40Z")

</div>

I hope that everyone stays safe from the C.Virus!! I am working from home and wondering if anyone knows how to solve this problem I am having? I am capturing certain tab names on the "left" side of the web page but I am …

---

## [Combine several payloads to http request](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/combine-several-payloads-to-http-request/24101)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@niclas.w82](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/niclas.w82)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [2 April 2020 18:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/combine-several-payloads-to-http-request/24101 "2020-04-02T18:23:27Z")

</div>

Hi. I have 3 different payloads I want to combine and make a http request. the result I want is this http://192.168.1.1:7001/ec2/bookmarks/add?guid=addeb4b0-74f3-11ea-a3ad-5fa546242389&description=Peter%20Svangren&star…

---

## [Send a private message on facebook using node-red?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-a-private-message-on-facebook-using-node-red/24093)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@LucasSaraivaAzevedo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/LucasSaraivaAzevedo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [2 April 2020 16:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-a-private-message-on-facebook-using-node-red/24093 "2020-04-02T16:43:04Z")

</div>

It's possible to send a message on facebook messenger to a private user using node-red? Thanks

---

## [Calculating payloads in a function, to adjust a time payload](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/calculating-payloads-in-a-function-to-adjust-a-time-payload/24106)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@SmudgeMarxUK](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SmudgeMarxUK)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [2 April 2020 15:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/calculating-payloads-in-a-function-to-adjust-a-time-payload/24106 "2020-04-02T15:58:22Z")

</div>

\[{"id":"1adf96e7.285aa9","type":"debug","z":"c23bf0c8.c3a58","name":"Test1","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"payload","targetType":"msg","x":770,"y":260,"wires":\[\]},{"id":"5ae80…

---

## [NodeRed Json to Influxdb](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodered-json-to-influxdb/24065)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@matzeeg3](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/matzeeg3)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [2 April 2020 15:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodered-json-to-influxdb/24065 "2020-04-02T15:25:17Z")

</div>

hi everyone, first post first question :slightly\_smiling\_face: i have a little flow witch grab data from a website and should push it to an influx db. in my debug i get a nice arry with all objects. now i try to oush…

---

## [JSONata: Tip of the Day](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/jsonata-tip-of-the-day/24100)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [2 April 2020 15:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/jsonata-tip-of-the-day/24100 "2020-04-02T15:12:44Z")

</div>

T.O.T.D. 01 - splitting a string and picking out a part Background: Let's say you have devices sending data into NR with topics like: wemos/node41/solar/voltage wemos/node13/sysinfo/upTime wemos/node28/battery/voltage …

---

## [Change msg.topic via function](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-msg-topic-via-function/24086)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@agoralive](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/agoralive)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [2 April 2020 13:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-msg-topic-via-function/24086 "2020-04-02T13:52:48Z")

</div>

So :slight\_smile: Always found this to be a nice way to start asking questions. I have an mqtt topic with a message where I wan't to keep the message but change the topic into 8 different topics. I have an incomming m…

---

## [Get time issue in function](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-time-issue-in-function/24076)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Kudrys](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Kudrys)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [2 April 2020 11:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-time-issue-in-function/24076 "2020-04-02T11:03:32Z")

</div>

Hello i need help with getting local time. If I use new Date() then I always get UTC time (2020-04-02T08:47:58.108Z"). But if I use the same command in in template (html) then I get time which I need (10:47:58 GMT +0200…

---

## [Sending msg object from a switch to more than one node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-msg-object-from-a-switch-to-more-than-one-node/24082)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@r0ller](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/r0ller)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [2 April 2020 10:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-msg-object-from-a-switch-to-more-than-one-node/24082 "2020-04-02T10:20:34Z")

</div>

Hi All, I hoped to find an already existing discussion about this but I haven't found any. The case is pretty simple: I'd like to send the output (1 single msg object) of a function node through a certain case of a swit…

---

## [Parsing the scientific numbers to general numbers format](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/parsing-the-scientific-numbers-to-general-numbers-format/24005)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Munier](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Munier)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [1 April 2020 15:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/parsing-the-scientific-numbers-to-general-numbers-format/24005 "2020-04-01T15:06:59Z")

</div>

Hi Everyone, How can I parse a scientific numbers to general numbers format?

---

## [Node-red lost connection](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-lost-connection/24068)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@ankit993](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ankit993)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [2 April 2020 10:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-lost-connection/24068 "2020-04-02T10:04:10Z")

</div>

using raspi 3A+ model with 16 gb sdcard node-red is disconnecting after using firebase node : https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-firebase and getting this after deploying, for first time getting this messa…

---

## [How to get messages from MQ server](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-get-messages-from-mq-server/24079)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@h-murakami](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/h-murakami)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [2 April 2020 09:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-get-messages-from-mq-server/24079 "2020-04-02T09:59:02Z")

</div>

I want to use the "@ node-red-tools / node-red-contrib-amqp" node to get messages from rabbitMQ. You are using the amqp in node. On rabbitMQ side, / test1 is created for vhost, the queue name is hello, the user / passw…

---

## [Control GPIO Raspberry pi with Node-red in Windows PC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/control-gpio-raspberry-pi-with-node-red-in-windows-pc/24055)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@FSN](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/FSN)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [2 April 2020 08:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/control-gpio-raspberry-pi-with-node-red-in-windows-pc/24055 "2020-04-02T08:11:20Z")

</div>

Good afternoon I have Node-red installed on a Windows PC. I would like to know how to control Raspberry Pi GPIO. I know that the Raspberry pi / Rasbian has the Node-Red installed Thank you

---

## [Node red wont load correctly after update - ip problem](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-wont-load-correctly-after-update-ip-problem/24041)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@user7](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/user7)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [2 April 2020 06:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-wont-load-correctly-after-update-ip-problem/24041 "2020-04-02T06:54:56Z")

</div>

I have recently attempted to update to node red 1.0 on pi 3b+ . I used the bash script to upgrade. After complete I tried to open the the gui and editor, but It wont load. I noticed that IP adress of the nodered is doffe…

---

## [Sum bar issue with no data at certain time](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sum-bar-issue-with-no-data-at-certain-time/22921)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Pac8](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Pac8)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [2 April 2020 06:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sum-bar-issue-with-no-data-at-certain-time/22921 "2020-04-02T06:32:23Z")

</div>

Hello all, Having an issue with sum bar read out chart where I am logging input data on an hourly basis but for some reason even though I am logging the data, the data will not show on the sum bar chart. Sorry I should…

---

## [Passing JSON from MQTT into InfluxDB](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/passing-json-from-mqtt-into-influxdb/14563)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Axiom](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Axiom)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [2 April 2020 06:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/passing-json-from-mqtt-into-influxdb/14563 "2020-04-02T06:25:33Z")

</div>

Hello everyone, I am running into problems sending my JSON data into InfluxDB. My JSON is being pulled in via MQTT in this format: \[ { "measurement": "sensor data" }, { "tags": { …

---

## [Help comparing two temp sensor output](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-comparing-two-temp-sensor-output/24059)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Troypearce](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Troypearce)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [2 April 2020 04:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-comparing-two-temp-sensor-output/24059 "2020-04-02T04:03:22Z")

</div>

Hello all, I am a complete newbie to all things node red.... through a bunch of trial and error I have managed to set up a rasberry pi as a mosquitto server and node red server and have two working flows on my network b…

---

## [Updating Hassio Entities with context received from a WLAN server](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/updating-hassio-entities-with-context-received-from-a-wlan-server/24063)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@srynearson](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/srynearson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [2 April 2020 03:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/updating-hassio-entities-with-context-received-from-a-wlan-server/24063 "2020-04-02T03:16:22Z")

</div>

Hi guys I am looking for some help with conforming data I get from an HTTP GET request into the appropriate form to update a home assistant entity via API. I have this one but the data structure is a little different wi…

---

## [Controlling Udemy player via Node Red](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/controlling-udemy-player-via-node-red/24056)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@ahakobyan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ahakobyan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [1 April 2020 21:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/controlling-udemy-player-via-node-red/24056 "2020-04-01T21:17:03Z")

</div>

Has anyone every tried to automate the Udemy player via node red? I want to create, play, pause, rewind , forward buttons on my Nodered dashboard, to control the Udemy player currently open on a page.

---

## [Node-red on ppp connection](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-on-ppp-connection/23917)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@mortencallesen](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mortencallesen)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [1 April 2020 20:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-on-ppp-connection/23917 "2020-04-01T20:49:18Z")

</div>

Hi, I have a node-red setup on a raspberry pi. when running on wlan it works fine... collects data and drops it of on google firestore when I disconnect wlan, and setup a connection via ppp (gprs connection) data does…

---

## [Automatic irrigation](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/automatic-irrigation/24053)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@cmartens](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cmartens)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [1 April 2020 20:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/automatic-irrigation/24053 "2020-04-01T20:10:33Z")

</div>

Hi, I have build the node below in Home Assistant. Goal is that the irrigation system irrigates the garden automatically between 7 and 8 h AM on specific days. Switching on and off the automatic program is arranged via …

---

## [How to make a flow?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-make-a-flow/24051)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@dpap](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dpap)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [1 April 2020 16:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-make-a-flow/24051 "2020-04-01T16:53:14Z")

</div>

---

## [Phillips hue and other light](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/phillips-hue-and-other-light/24044)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@oddmn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/oddmn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [1 April 2020 17:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/phillips-hue-and-other-light/24044 "2020-04-01T17:42:07Z")

</div>

Hi. i have an outdoor hue motion sensor and 2 outdoor light stripes. I have set this up and it is working fine, but i also have some other light outside that i want this sensor to turn on. The other light is fibaro and …

---

## [FRED online service seems to be outdated](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fred-online-service-seems-to-be-outdated/24035)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@bertg](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bertg)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [1 April 2020 16:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fred-online-service-seems-to-be-outdated/24035 "2020-04-01T16:52:04Z")

</div>

Hello, I use FRED online service for some app prototyping. It works well except that everything is oudated. For example, the official version of Node-red is 1.0.4 while my FRED's version is 0.20.4. Same thing for Dashbo…

---

## [Node red GUI won't load after update](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-gui-wont-load-after-update/16673)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@mjdula](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mjdula)\
**Replies:** 31\
**Last updated:** [1 April 2020 15:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-gui-wont-load-after-update/16673 "2020-04-01T15:41:28Z")

</div>

I have recently attempted to update to node red 1.0.0 on pi 3 and zero w. I used the bash script to upgrade. After complete I start node red and when I attempt to open through local ip and server addresses but the pages …

---

## [Unable to add Hasta blinds as device with Tellstick Duo](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unable-to-add-hasta-blinds-as-device-with-tellstick-duo/24036)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Mastiff](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Mastiff)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [1 April 2020 14:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unable-to-add-hasta-blinds-as-device-with-tellstick-duo/24036 "2020-04-01T14:50:24Z")

</div>

I have a bunch of RollerTrols, which use the Hasta protocol selvlearning V2. I have no problems reading them on the in-node, but I can't add them as out devices. Hasta isn't among the protocols that I get to choose betwe…

---

## [Help simplifying flow](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-simplifying-flow/8765)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@jeff65](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jeff65)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [1 April 2020 14:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-simplifying-flow/8765 "2020-04-01T14:20:24Z")

</div>

I have been using node-red for several years, but I've only learned just enough to get by. I've attached a screenshot of my flow that does the following: Captures wifi probe requests (lower left which is a pcap node) …

[Previous page](https://discourse.nodered.org/c/general/7.md?page=771)

[Next page](https://discourse.nodered.org/c/general/7.md?page=773)