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## [How to remove the \_msgid?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-remove-the-msgid/77386)

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**Author:** [@Dreamer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Dreamer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [9 April 2023 19:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-remove-the-msgid/77386 "2023-04-09T19:38:24Z")

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Hi There, how can I remove the "\_msgid" from the Object array? I want to store the data "PIR01" in InfluxDB, but not the msgid.The msg Object looks like this: {"PIR01":0,"\_msgid":"7fa2112a.cc128"} PLS help! …

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## [\[SOLVED\]I need to convert date and time format](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/solved-i-need-to-convert-date-and-time-format/77389)

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**Author:** [@json\_lame](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/json_lame)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [9 April 2023 18:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/solved-i-need-to-convert-date-and-time-format/77389 "2023-04-09T18:15:21Z")

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I need your help, because i'm struggling with formatting date and time The situation looks that I need year, month, day, hour and minute and I want to use node-red-contrib-iiot-ntptime for taking date and time. I need p…

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## [Solar calculating](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/solar-calculating/76544)

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**Author:** [@corin.corvus](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/corin.corvus)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [9 April 2023 17:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/solar-calculating/76544 "2023-04-09T17:41:56Z")

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Hi, I have a solar system and use multiple plug sockets to monitor my devices. I add up the total power consumption of all devices and subtract this from the total solar generation, which I call "grid consumption." This…

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## [New release of ESPeasy 2023/April/09](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/new-release-of-espeasy-2023-april-09/77390)

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**Author:** [@dynamicdave](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dynamicdave)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [9 April 2023 17:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/new-release-of-espeasy-2023-april-09/77390 "2023-04-09T17:01:13Z")

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I know quite a few people on the forum use ESP8266 devices flashed with ESPeasy (e.g Wemos D1 Mini) to interact with Node-RED. Just to let you know - there was a new release of ESPeasy firmware on 2023/April/09. It was…

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## [Detailed steps for packaging node red](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/detailed-steps-for-packaging-node-red/77384)

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**Author:** [@Mr\_Li](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Mr_Li)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [9 April 2023 13:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/detailed-steps-for-packaging-node-red/77384 "2023-04-09T13:45:14Z")

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Detailed steps for packaging node red

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## [How to send insecureHTTPParser Request with the http request node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-send-insecurehttpparser-request-with-the-http-request-node/77162)

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**Author:** [@mickym2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mickym2)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [9 April 2023 12:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-send-insecurehttpparser-request-with-the-http-request-node/77162 "2023-04-09T12:34:45Z")

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Hello i'm not a WEB specialist - but I want to know, if I can send insecureHTTPParser requests with the http-Request Node. It seems that "Disable strict HTTP parsing" does not work. Using the search function guides me…

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## [Create a filename to write to using date](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/create-a-filename-to-write-to-using-date/77373)

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**Author:** [@Svemor](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Svemor)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [9 April 2023 12:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/create-a-filename-to-write-to-using-date/77373 "2023-04-09T12:28:04Z")

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I want to create a new file every hour to write to and append to the file. Anyone know how?

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## [User Input start date and stop date, and how to extract data from the sql according to dates](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/user-input-start-date-and-stop-date-and-how-to-extract-data-from-the-sql-according-to-dates/77378)

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**Author:** [@ksthar](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ksthar)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [9 April 2023 10:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/user-input-start-date-and-stop-date-and-how-to-extract-data-from-the-sql-according-to-dates/77378 "2023-04-09T10:54:25Z")

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Hello everyone, I would like to ask something regarding to take out the data from the mySQL database. I took the start date and stop date with the date picker node. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////…

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## [How to determine if a dashboard tab is active](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-determine-if-a-dashboard-tab-is-active/77284)

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**Author:** [@Moosbueffel](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Moosbueffel)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [9 April 2023 09:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-determine-if-a-dashboard-tab-is-active/77284 "2023-04-09T09:54:58Z")

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Is there a way to see in a flow, if a dashboard tab is visible? Somthing like a gate, to only continue flow, if tab is visible.

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## [Yet another dropdown list Q](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/yet-another-dropdown-list-q/77281)

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**Author:** [@znetsixe](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/znetsixe)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [9 April 2023 09:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/yet-another-dropdown-list-q/77281 "2023-04-09T09:21:56Z")

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Hey hey, Been searching the forum but havent found the answer I was searching for. Appologies in advance if it is in here some where but havent seen it. I want to generate a custom dropdown box from an existing object …

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## [\[Flexdash\]: dark theme and b/w text / value color](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-dark-theme-and-b-w-text-value-color/77355)

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**Author:** [@PLCMercenary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/PLCMercenary)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [9 April 2023 04:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flexdash-dark-theme-and-b-w-text-value-color/77355 "2023-04-09T04:10:58Z")

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Hello All, I have tried reading all of the threads and I have been through the flexdash docs several times, and I havent found any discussion about how to either 1) detect that dark mode is selected on client so that wid…

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## [WYSIWYG Editor for Dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/wysiwyg-editor-for-dashboard/41701)

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**Author:** [@linhtranvu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/linhtranvu)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [9 April 2023 04:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/wysiwyg-editor-for-dashboard/41701 "2023-04-09T04:09:10Z")

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This project start as a side-project of mobile app client for Node-RED. At first, it is an experiment with a "hack" to real dashboard. However, I have decided to rework and make a real WYSIWYG Editor in Admin, with stabl…

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## [Best Practices - Subflow versionning between multiple NR instances](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/best-practices-subflow-versionning-between-multiple-nr-instances/77344)

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**Author:** [@Barbudor](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Barbudor)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [8 April 2023 19:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/best-practices-subflow-versionning-between-multiple-nr-instances/77344 "2023-04-08T19:28:00Z")

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Hi everyone We are using multiple NR instances and we have designed a few tenth of subflows to manage API calls to our system + other re-usable pieces of flows. We now have a lot of trouble to manage coherency and vers…

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## [https://www.reddit.com/r/nodered/comments/bw6o84/gnuroot\_debian/](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/https-www-reddit-com-r-nodered-comments-bw6o84-gnuroot-debian/11785)

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**Author:** [@SoumyadeepChatterjee](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SoumyadeepChatterjee)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [7 April 2023 11:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/https-www-reddit-com-r-nodered-comments-bw6o84-gnuroot-debian/11785 "2023-04-07T11:54:42Z")

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I have got a android device running 4.1.2 and I wanted to use it as a Node-Red server and for that i rooted it and installed GNURoot Debian and now that I ran the commands the nodejs version is not updated enough for the…

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## [IR Device and Tuya Local](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ir-device-and-tuya-local/75772)

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**Author:** [@meccip](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/meccip)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [7 April 2023 17:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ir-device-and-tuya-local/75772 "2023-04-07T17:18:35Z")

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Hello, I have a S06ProWB3S IR Device with temperature and humidity. I use it with Tuya and i control my air conditioner and tv from tuya app. I try to use it with nodered to start my AC when I get to much power from my …

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## [Uibuilder quick update](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uibuilder-quick-update/77366)

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**Author:** [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [8 April 2023 15:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uibuilder-quick-update/77366 "2023-04-08T15:18:06Z")

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For folk following the ongoing progress of uibuilder development. v6.4 is in development. So far with just a few improvements baked in. The big one so far being that I've added VSCode links if you are running Node-RE…

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## [How to properly handle node.done()](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-properly-handle-node-done/77315)

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**Author:** [@thalesmaoa](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/thalesmaoa)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [8 April 2023 14:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-properly-handle-node-done/77315 "2023-04-08T14:17:39Z")

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I'm a little confused about node.done() function and how to use it after a for loop. Let's suppose that I have 10 messages to send async. I must tell nodered the that it has finished due to timeout issues. In my exampl…

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## [Settings.js httpStatic feature to pass options to express.static (non-breaking)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/settings-js-httpstatic-feature-to-pass-options-to-express-static-non-breaking/76688)

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**Author:** [@kevinGodell](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kevinGodell)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [8 April 2023 13:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/settings-js-httpstatic-feature-to-pass-options-to-express-static-non-breaking/76688 "2023-04-08T13:27:02Z")

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I would like to extend the functionality of httpStatic in settings.js to receive an options object and have that passed to express.static(filePath, options). The change would be non-breaking and give a finer control ove…

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## [Dashboard widgets, msg.className should append to not replace widget's Class](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-widgets-msg-classname-should-append-to-not-replace-widgets-class/77363)

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**Author:** [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [8 April 2023 12:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-widgets-msg-classname-should-append-to-not-replace-widgets-class/77363 "2023-04-08T12:41:49Z")

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Dashboard widgets eg switches can defined as Class "STEAM" in the editor. Now groups of widgets can be styled alike across dashboard tabs and groups The CSS path is ... md-card.nr-dashboard-switch.\[blah\].STEAM.visible…

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## [There are no new node posts in Mastodon Node-RED Nodes](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/there-are-no-new-node-posts-in-mastodon-node-red-nodes/77334)

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**Author:** [@Folgore](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Folgore)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [7 April 2023 20:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/there-are-no-new-node-posts-in-mastodon-node-red-nodes/77334 "2023-04-07T20:33:36Z")

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Hi @knolleary and @cymplecy(for knowledge) , there is a problem with a new posts @nodes@social.nodered.org Mastodon channel. I receive the news only from twitter. For help, I have used a rss node with certificate expir…

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## [Accessing external libraries](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/accessing-external-libraries/77340)

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**Author:** [@bwims](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bwims)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [7 April 2023 20:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/accessing-external-libraries/77340 "2023-04-07T20:23:01Z")

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Hello! One for the JS programmers... I can gain access to an external library using the setup tab of the function node and this works well in the case where access is gained either by a "require (module)" or an "import…

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## [DOMParser https stream](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/domparser-https-stream/77350)

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**Author:** [@niclas.w82](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/niclas.w82)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [7 April 2023 19:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/domparser-https-stream/77350 "2023-04-07T19:48:47Z")

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Hi. I have a http Connection that needs to be open and listen to events in realtime. (http stream) Today i use the reuest function to connect to the stream but my problem is that sometimes the xml comes in chunks and i…

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## [Tuya Smart Device wont hold dps values](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tuya-smart-device-wont-hold-dps-values/75205)

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**Author:** [@Jsimon003](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Jsimon003)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [7 April 2023 17:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tuya-smart-device-wont-hold-dps-values/75205 "2023-04-07T17:44:23Z")

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I'm attempting to change the color of my light from its current setting to blue. When i try to set it to blue it sets dps 21 to "colour", then it sets dps 21 to "white", then it sets dps 24 to "333303E803E8" which is blu…

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## [Dashboard 'button' label normal/capital text](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-button-label-normal-capital-text/77339)

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**Author:** [@gNeandr](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gNeandr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [7 April 2023 17:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-button-label-normal-capital-text/77339 "2023-04-07T17:16:25Z")

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The label of a button in the dashboard always seems to use capital letters ... afais!? Need to change the 'label' dynamically with {{msg.payload}}. The generated string has "kWh", but the button on the dashboard shows "…

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## [Modbus Serial - Best way to request data](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/modbus-serial-best-way-to-request-data/76721)

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**Author:** [@thalesmaoa](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/thalesmaoa)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [7 April 2023 16:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/modbus-serial-best-way-to-request-data/76721 "2023-04-07T16:43:39Z")

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Hi, I'm using NodeRed v3.0.2 and node-red-contrib-modbus (last version). My modbus hardware uses a RS485 RTU. After some reading, I noticed that best practice to request data is to make a single request with a higher nu…

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## [Onkyo volume +5 or -5](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/onkyo-volume-5-or-5/77282)

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**Author:** [@schorrie](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/schorrie)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [7 April 2023 15:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/onkyo-volume-5-or-5/77282 "2023-04-07T15:25:51Z")

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I use eiscp out and managed to make a button controlling my volume of the onkyo receiver. I want to make buttons in home assistant for volume up or down, When clicking on it, it first has to read the current volume and…

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## [IOT server: LAMP + node-red with autostart on Android 11](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/iot-server-lamp-node-red-with-autostart-on-android-11/77338)

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**Author:** [@msillano](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/msillano)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [7 April 2023 12:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/iot-server-lamp-node-red-with-autostart-on-android-11/77338 "2023-04-07T12:53:01Z")

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I like, for my dedicated IOT servers that work 24/7, to use a Tv Box (not rooted). Why? They are small, ready to use, with a good case, and require little power (5V, 2A) that is easily upgradable to UPS. The last HW is …

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## [Node-red is not letting me work with Simatic Manager online](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-is-not-letting-me-work-with-simatic-manager-online/76845)

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**Author:** [@romenger](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/romenger)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [7 April 2023 13:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-is-not-letting-me-work-with-simatic-manager-online/76845 "2023-04-07T13:45:20Z")

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While connected with Node-red on my PLC s7-300, I cannot connect with the simatic manager on this plc (192.168.9.30) but I can connect to another plc (192.168.9.12) on the same network and it is using the one flow differ…

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## [How do I get the time from the last point in a Node-red dashboard chart](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-i-get-the-time-from-the-last-point-in-a-node-red-dashboard-chart/77318)

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**Author:** [@alveron](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/alveron)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [7 April 2023 13:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-i-get-the-time-from-the-last-point-in-a-node-red-dashboard-chart/77318 "2023-04-07T13:09:43Z")

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I have a chart being populated from a datalogger. Sometimes the connection goes bad, so I would like to publish the time of the last plotted point so I can monitor it and potentially act if I have not received data for a…

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## [Use MQTT for Shelly Thermostatic Radiator Valves](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/use-mqtt-for-shelly-thermostatic-radiator-valves/72368)

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**Author:** [@BartButenaers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartButenaers)\
**Replies:** 64\
**Last updated:** [7 April 2023 09:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/use-mqtt-for-shelly-thermostatic-radiator-valves/72368 "2023-04-07T09:31:25Z")

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Hi folks, Continuing the discussion from New smart wifi radiator valves from Shelly Thought it would never happen again, but finally I have ordered a Shelly TRV to experiment. But not quite sure what is the best way t…

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