# General

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## [I can't find Manage Palette](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-cant-find-manage-palette/11312)

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**Author:** [@VictorKobayashi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/VictorKobayashi)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [20 May 2019 16:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-cant-find-manage-palette/11312 "2019-05-20T16:41:40Z")

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Hello, Currently I have the node-red version v0.20.5 (latest version, I think) and I can't find the option manage palette in the menu in the top right corner. Someone knows how to fix it ? Thanks !

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## [Websocket-client onopen event](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/websocket-client-onopen-event/11321)

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**Author:** [@pmbsa](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/pmbsa)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [20 May 2019 15:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/websocket-client-onopen-event/11321 "2019-05-20T15:26:55Z")

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Hi, I was just wondering if anybody has a solution to providing a token to the web socket server "onopen". I have a wio node that publishes PIR events over was but requires a token from the client when the connection ope…

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## [Reading energy meter data using modbus serial comunication on Raspberry Pi Node red programming tool](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reading-energy-meter-data-using-modbus-serial-comunication-on-raspberry-pi-node-red-programming-tool/8358)

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**Author:** [@Geeta](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Geeta)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [20 May 2019 13:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reading-energy-meter-data-using-modbus-serial-comunication-on-raspberry-pi-node-red-programming-tool/8358 "2019-05-20T13:49:41Z")

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How to get data from thrid party devices like enegry meter using modbus-RS485 communication on Raspberry Pi using Node-Red programming tool?

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## [Redirecting to dashboard from flow](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/redirecting-to-dashboard-from-flow/11093)

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**Author:** [@mvidhya86](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mvidhya86)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [20 May 2019 08:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/redirecting-to-dashboard-from-flow/11093 "2019-05-20T08:25:05Z")

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Is there a way i redirect to dashboard from the flow. I get HTML as msg.payload and this i could send to dashboard, but user has to click on dashboard icon to preview it. How do i redirect to dashboard from the flow, sa…

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## [How to modify size of font and objects in sidebars](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-modify-size-of-font-and-objects-in-sidebars/11307)

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**Author:** [@cuxcrider](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cuxcrider)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [20 May 2019 05:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-modify-size-of-font-and-objects-in-sidebars/11307 "2019-05-20T05:04:47Z")

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I can change the node and font size in the flow panel easily with ctrl+ and ctrl- but I seem stuck at the moment with some very small nodes and fonts in the left and right sidebars and seemingly no matter where I click c…

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## [Is it possible to use NR-Runtime without http server?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-nr-runtime-without-http-server/11256)

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**Author:** [@minzojian](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/minzojian)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [20 May 2019 02:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-nr-runtime-without-http-server/11256 "2019-05-20T02:37:59Z")

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sorry,a newbie here with a newbie question i noticed the latest version NR has split editor and runtime,that's awsone! and i am planing to make a game server logic design by editor with nodes drag-n-drop, then export t…

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## [How to store data in context hierarchichally](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-store-data-in-context-hierarchichally/11287)

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**Author:** [@hazymat](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hazymat)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [19 May 2019 23:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-store-data-in-context-hierarchichally/11287 "2019-05-19T23:48:16Z")

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This is probably a really basic question. This seems to work fine: global.set("WaterSupplyUnit.LeakZone1",true) An expandable object appears in context explorer, with "LeakZone1" as an available subvalue. But if I wa…

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## [Problem with dynamic PID parameter change (node-red-contrib-pid)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problem-with-dynamic-pid-parameter-change-node-red-contrib-pid/10829)

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**Author:** [@batigolle](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/batigolle)\
**Replies:** 38\
**Last updated:** [19 May 2019 20:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problem-with-dynamic-pid-parameter-change-node-red-contrib-pid/10829 "2019-05-19T20:54:00Z")

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Hi all I am a homebrewing, the process I am trying to control requires the control of an electric pot with 28 liters of water in which some kg of malts are immersed, at different temperature steps. To try to keep the …

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## [Impossible to send lat and lon to darksky node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/impossible-to-send-lat-and-lon-to-darksky-node/11262)

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**Author:** [@mike67](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mike67)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [19 May 2019 20:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/impossible-to-send-lat-and-lon-to-darksky-node/11262 "2019-05-19T20:00:05Z")

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Hello I try to use the darksky node For this, I send msg.location.lat and msg.location.lon in a function node, and I send it with an inject node. \[{"id":"87c62aba.34caa8","type":"inject","z":"42048d2a.145da4","name":"…

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## [Who can help me improve my node (homekit)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/who-can-help-me-improve-my-node-homekit/11214)

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**Author:** [@NickB](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/NickB)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [19 May 2019 11:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/who-can-help-me-improve-my-node-homekit/11214 "2019-05-19T11:56:56Z")

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Hi, since a long time I want to add homekit to my home automation, but the node I have written is so buggy that half the time it doesn't work. If you look at the debug it's also obvious why. So, I use the node-red-cont…

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## [Problems with flow from GoogleCalendar to Telegram Push](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problems-with-flow-from-googlecalendar-to-telegram-push/10323)

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**Author:** [@Baggerfahrer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Baggerfahrer)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [18 May 2019 22:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problems-with-flow-from-googlecalendar-to-telegram-push/10323 "2019-05-18T22:22:07Z")

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Hi all, I just dont know what to change anymore, I tested everything what I could think of, but unsuccessfull. I hope anyone can help me. My flow settup is like that: The content if the "Info" flow: var mypayloa…

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## [Filter out data](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/filter-out-data/11249)

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**Author:** [@niclas.w82](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/niclas.w82)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [18 May 2019 16:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/filter-out-data/11249 "2019-05-18T16:03:47Z")

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Hi. Have a change node that changes from NL1 to a Json string. That works fine but I want to remove everything else and just let the json pass. Any idea how I can accomplish this?

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## [Node-Red Flow Pasting Issues](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-flow-pasting-issues/11274)

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**Author:** [@scargill](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/scargill)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [18 May 2019 16:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-flow-pasting-issues/11274 "2019-05-18T16:01:49Z")

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I'm having some terrible issues with FLOW pasting in Node-Red. I'm over in Spain right now for the summer where my Node-Red setup is months old. I could not safely remotely update Node-Red, NPM etc here to the latest ve…

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## [BLE / trilateration / positioning indoor](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ble-trilateration-positioning-indoor/11277)

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**Author:** [@RogierQ](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RogierQ)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [18 May 2019 15:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ble-trilateration-positioning-indoor/11277 "2019-05-18T15:59:55Z")

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Any one some experience with ble trilateration for ble positioning indoors? I saw this beeing used in the mcdonalds and have some ideas with it. On the web most exmples articles are more then 5 year old Thanks for you…

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## [Some help needed Influx DB](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/some-help-needed-influx-db/11247)

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**Author:** [@TimTist](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TimTist)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [18 May 2019 14:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/some-help-needed-influx-db/11247 "2019-05-18T14:15:24Z")

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Hello all. Just created an Influx database called "test" and I want to do some tests from a simple flow. I'm new with Influx so I wonder if someone can guide me how to write the value "123" to the database. As far as I …

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## [Writing HTTP request values to InfluxDB](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/writing-http-request-values-to-influxdb/11074)

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**Author:** [@HaVi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/HaVi)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [18 May 2019 11:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/writing-http-request-values-to-influxdb/11074 "2019-05-18T11:57:40Z")

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As a newbie I discover problems writing measurements to my InfluxDB. The flow writes msg.payload.latest.data to the debug frame but I did not succeed writing msg.payload.latest.data to the database. When I connect Influx…

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## [How to suppress Alexa error connecting message?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-suppress-alexa-error-connecting-message/11240)

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**Author:** [@bwims](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bwims)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [18 May 2019 09:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-suppress-alexa-error-connecting-message/11240 "2019-05-18T09:54:39Z")

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Hi, Is there any way to suppress this intermittent message from Alexa that mucks up my debug area? "Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 34.240.81.189:8883" It does not seem to be a real problem, but I cannot find any node res…

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## [Split incoming meta-data from Lora in Node-Red](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/split-incoming-meta-data-from-lora-in-node-red/11265)

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**Author:** [@smbunn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/smbunn)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [18 May 2019 09:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/split-incoming-meta-data-from-lora-in-node-red/11265 "2019-05-18T09:01:23Z")

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I have data coming in from The ThingsNetwork using the TTN connectors. All works just fine but now there are more LoRa gateways around I am seeing the meta-data showing multiple sources. \[{"gtw\_id":"eui-60c5a8fffe71ab2…

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## [Unique bot project](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unique-bot-project/11258)

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**Author:** [@alexander](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/alexander)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [17 May 2019 22:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unique-bot-project/11258 "2019-05-17T22:58:19Z")

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Hello everyone, I'm new in node red Dev and community and I started with a really hard project, a long short story: I'm working with a chatbot development, actually creating a webhook inside the node red. I had some qu…

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## [Payload's number to two 16 bit register to be send via modbus](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/payloads-number-to-two-16-bit-register-to-be-send-via-modbus/4112)

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**Author:** [@Iqapps](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Iqapps)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [17 May 2019 16:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/payloads-number-to-two-16-bit-register-to-be-send-via-modbus/4112 "2019-05-17T16:07:44Z")

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Hi! I need help width, how to split/create two 16 bit from payload to be send via modbus leater. We get payload value trough kplex and tcp in node, leater use switch node to take those rows we need. in GPRMC function …

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## [SQLite and data from http with html](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sqlite-and-data-from-http-with-html/11244)

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**Author:** [@irantxu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/irantxu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [17 May 2019 14:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sqlite-and-data-from-http-with-html/11244 "2019-05-17T14:39:14Z")

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Hello!! I'm developing a flow where I want to obtain some data from a webpage (specifically daily electricity prices) and I want to introduce them in a database I have created and in the end be able to visualize them an…

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## [\[SOLVED\] How to import and deploy a flow from a bash script?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/solved-how-to-import-and-deploy-a-flow-from-a-bash-script/11180)

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**Author:** [@njager](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/njager)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [17 May 2019 13:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/solved-how-to-import-and-deploy-a-flow-from-a-bash-script/11180 "2019-05-17T13:21:09Z")

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hi, I have a docker image with node-red running. I would like to know if (and how) it is possible to import a flow saved in a text file then to deploy it. My goal is to give a docker ready to deploy with a flow automati…

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## [Serial Port Locked](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/serial-port-locked/10655)

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**Author:** [@tcontrada](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tcontrada)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [16 May 2019 17:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/serial-port-locked/10655 "2019-05-16T17:07:30Z")

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I am running Node Red on a RPi3 and I am having issues with Serial Port Errors in that it indicates: serial port /dev/ttyUSB0 error: Error: Error Resource temporarily unavailable Cannot lock port I have NodeJS version …

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## [UI-Template DataBase Help](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-template-database-help/10928)

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**Author:** [@Battassini](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Battassini)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [17 May 2019 12:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-template-database-help/10928 "2019-05-17T12:06:28Z")

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Hello All right with you. I'm trying to display values from a database in Firebird and showing them to a table of type UI-Template NODE - I can read normally in the database by SELECT Query but I can not see. I try seve…

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## [Example of a user UI to disable a flow?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/example-of-a-user-ui-to-disable-a-flow/11218)

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**Author:** [@ncherry](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ncherry)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [17 May 2019 12:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/example-of-a-user-ui-to-disable-a-flow/11218 "2019-05-17T12:04:56Z")

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I have a couple of Google Home devices and I'd like to have a User interface to disable any updates to each device. I have a general function node on each device's flow but is there a sample UI that can set conditions t…

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## [Introduce inputs in exec node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/introduce-inputs-in-exec-node/11118)

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**Author:** [@irantxu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/irantxu)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [17 May 2019 11:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/introduce-inputs-in-exec-node/11118 "2019-05-17T11:59:31Z")

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Hello!! I'm trying to execute a Java program from node-red in my raspberry pi that consists on entering a name so that it can be displayed as an output, and I wonder how can I introduce the input that I want (the name M…

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## [Loops in node red](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/loops-in-node-red/11235)

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**Author:** [@rjdugar](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rjdugar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [17 May 2019 11:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/loops-in-node-red/11235 "2019-05-17T11:55:55Z")

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Hello Everyone , I am new to node-red I am trying to create a flow in which i have to loop for condition and within loop i need to add sub flows based on value of loop . ex -- index value -- sce1 then subflow sc1 lik…

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## [Installation of Node-Red on Suse Linux](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installation-of-node-red-on-suse-linux/11237)

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**Author:** [@Immrgreen](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Immrgreen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [17 May 2019 11:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installation-of-node-red-on-suse-linux/11237 "2019-05-17T11:53:18Z")

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How to install Node-Red on SUSE linux installed on Raspberry Pi?

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## [Dashboard audio node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-audio-node/11232)

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**Author:** [@RogierQ](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RogierQ)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [17 May 2019 11:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-audio-node/11232 "2019-05-17T11:11:53Z")

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Hi! Windows talks to me instead of playing a pling This is what i send to the node msg.payload = "C:\\Windows\\Media\\kennisgeving.wav" return msg; what is wrong about this, in the manual i says it can play wav files t…

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## [Converting payload output](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/converting-payload-output/11215)

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**Author:** [@Bert](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Bert)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [16 May 2019 23:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/converting-payload-output/11215 "2019-05-16T23:32:31Z")

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Hi all, This is my first question on this forum. Please keep in mind that i am not a programmer... I am using node-RED next to my openHAB home automation system instead of the rule engine of openHAB. For scheduler stu…

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