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## [Nodered IBM Bluemix securing ui dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodered-ibm-bluemix-securing-ui-dashboard/28741)

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**Author:** [@frezee13](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/frezee13)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 17:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodered-ibm-bluemix-securing-ui-dashboard/28741 "2020-06-22T17:39:13Z")

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I deployed a node red starter kits application on ibm cloud and I have problem with securing ui dashboard. I was reading information, how i can make this with node-red-auth and generated the password hash but all of this…

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## [Raspivid and Node Red](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/raspivid-and-node-red/28585)

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**Author:** [@vlturner](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/vlturner)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 19:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/raspivid-and-node-red/28585 "2020-06-22T19:15:20Z")

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I'm trying to work with raspistill and raspivid and am getting an odd error I can seem to work around. raspistill is working but taspivid gets an error on file not found. I even wrapped it all in a shell script and it …

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## [Watson Assistant "context variable"](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/watson-assistant-context-variable/28751)

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**Author:** [@SufyanParkar](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SufyanParkar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 19:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/watson-assistant-context-variable/28751 "2020-06-22T19:08:26Z")

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I am using Node-RED for making a UI, this UI has a registration form with input fields as: Name: Email: Age: Phone no. my goal here is to have my Watson Assistant know the name of the user before the user starts to ch…

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## [\[Announce\] node-red-contrib-component-dashboard v1 beta](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-node-red-contrib-component-dashboard-v1-beta/28748)

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**Author:** [@cinhcet](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cinhcet)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 18:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-node-red-contrib-component-dashboard-v1-beta/28748 "2020-06-22T18:35:29Z")

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Hi, I have published a beta version of node-red-contrib-component-dashboard to npm. To install and get an example running: npm install node-red-contrib-component-dashboard@beta, restart Node-RED Then go to you…

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## [IF Statement for two DS18B20 Sensors](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/if-statement-for-two-ds18b20-sensors/28280)

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**Author:** [@Los\_Andros](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Los_Andros)\
**Replies:** 31\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 16:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/if-statement-for-two-ds18b20-sensors/28280 "2020-06-22T16:52:52Z")

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Dear Node Red Community, as part of an university project did I connect two DS18B20 sensors (via a Rasperry Pi) to Node Red. My goal is to insert a function flow, which will alert the user if both sensors show a payloa…

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## [I am looking to send Node-Red an Email to turn something on](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-am-looking-to-send-node-red-an-email-to-turn-something-on/28658)

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**Author:** [@RGebel](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RGebel)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 14:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-am-looking-to-send-node-red-an-email-to-turn-something-on/28658 "2020-06-22T14:57:09Z")

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How can i separate out the fields of an Email msg? Re: Message from Node-RED : msg : Object object payload: "Test↵" topic: "Re: Message from Node-RED" date: "2020-06-20T10:58:44.000Z" header: object from: "XXXXX" …

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## [Display chart using chartUI node taking x,y axis value from previously defined array](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/display-chart-using-chartui-node-taking-x-y-axis-value-from-previously-defined-array/28619)

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**Author:** [@deekshaha](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/deekshaha)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 14:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/display-chart-using-chartui-node-taking-x-y-axis-value-from-previously-defined-array/28619 "2020-06-22T14:42:44Z")

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I am using openweathermap api to access temp, wind speed and direction which i need in my ML model. I have accessed the relevant fields: and now my msg.payload gives output of array of 40 elements in this format: \[ {"Ti…

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## [Send updated images](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-updated-images/28228)

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**Author:** [@budiman098](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/budiman098)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 14:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-updated-images/28228 "2020-06-22T14:40:45Z")

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hallo master, can someone help me about my problem? I want to make a system simulation on node-red. I want to send some image data from my file. the image in the file is the image produced by my camera and saved directl…

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## [Best Homekit Dashboard for iOS](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/best-homekit-dashboard-for-ios/28731)

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**Author:** [@GiovanniG](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/GiovanniG)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 14:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/best-homekit-dashboard-for-ios/28731 "2020-06-22T14:22:08Z")

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Hi mates, there are dozens of apps based on Homekit wich actually improve the usage and style, can you please share here your experience? I'm going to test them soon, thank you For now I discovered: The Eve app HomeSe…

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## [Weird behaviour when processing an array of arrays having null values](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/weird-behaviour-when-processing-an-array-of-arrays-having-null-values/28615)

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**Author:** [@janvda](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/janvda)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 14:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/weird-behaviour-when-processing-an-array-of-arrays-having-null-values/28615 "2020-06-22T14:04:24Z")

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I am using node-red-contrib-spreadsheet-in to read an excel file into node-red. This produces a json array of arrays having null values for those cells that are not populated. E.g. here below the debug output of the sh…

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## [\[Feature Request\]Duplicate existing switch statements](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/feature-request-duplicate-existing-switch-statements/28268)

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**Author:** [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 13:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/feature-request-duplicate-existing-switch-statements/28268 "2020-06-22T13:38:43Z")

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I'm doing a lot of Alexa phrase parsing nowadays and therefore using "contains" a lot. It's very repetitive to having to keep going thru the sequence off adding new rule,selecting contains and retyping a complete string …

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## [📆 Node-RED sessions at OpenJS World](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-sessions-at-openjs-world/28573)

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**Author:** [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 12:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-sessions-at-openjs-world/28573 "2020-06-22T12:37:47Z")

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Next week is OpenJS World - our parent foundation's annual conference. As with many events in the current times, it's an entirely virtual conference and better yet - completely free to attend (but you do have to regis…

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## [How to join two payloads, when one is intermittent?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-join-two-payloads-when-one-is-intermittent/11894)

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**Author:** [@nodecentral](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nodecentral)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [12 June 2019 23:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-join-two-payloads-when-one-is-intermittent/11894 "2019-06-12T23:19:30Z")

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Hi I am trying to build a flow that can handle the output of two separate payloads from an alarm system, where one (payload A) tells me the name of the room/sensor and the other (payload B) tells me if that sensor is op…

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## [GUNJS Database nodes - pre-release, v0.0.4](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gunjs-database-nodes-pre-release-v0-0-4/26919)

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**Author:** [@thinkbig1979](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/thinkbig1979)\
**Replies:** 90\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 12:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gunjs-database-nodes-pre-release-v0-0-4/26919 "2020-06-22T12:06:02Z")

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Hi there, I'm trying to build an app using gun.js, which is a distributed database. Gun.js is a seriously powerful and useful tool, and I'd love to be able to integrate it seamlessly in my flows. Someone (a developer wh…

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## [Who was thinking of making a WS28xx (NeoPixel etc) LED emulator node?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/who-was-thinking-of-making-a-ws28xx-neopixel-etc-led-emulator-node/28726)

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**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 12:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/who-was-thinking-of-making-a-ws28xx-neopixel-etc-led-emulator-node/28726 "2020-06-22T12:01:08Z")

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A fair while ago it was brought up in discussion about making a NeoPixel LED emulator node, and it was asked "What would you want?" It hasn't been top of my priority but I just thought of some tricks that could be used …

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## [Template: accessing msg in the \<head\> section](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/template-accessing-msg-in-the-head-section/28639)

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**Author:** [@drozel](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/drozel)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 12:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/template-accessing-msg-in-the-head-section/28639 "2020-06-22T12:03:57Z")

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I already accessed the msg from a template and it worked perfectly. Now I need to generate multiple similar widgets, which should show data for different rooms. They have: code for reacting on the msg and editing HTM…

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## [View SQLite records show empty (but actually full)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/view-sqlite-records-show-empty-but-actually-full/28692)

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**Author:** [@EDsteve](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/EDsteve)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 11:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/view-sqlite-records-show-empty-but-actually-full/28692 "2020-06-22T11:49:25Z")

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Hi, i have problem to display SQLite content on the dashboard. It find all the content in the DB and shows it in the debug nodes. But It won't display it on the dashboard. What am i doing wrong here? I already tried se…

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## [Blue Iris v5 with INSTAR MQTT Cameras](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/blue-iris-v5-with-instar-mqtt-cameras/28718)

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**Author:** [@mpxd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mpxd)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 11:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/blue-iris-v5-with-instar-mqtt-cameras/28718 "2020-06-22T11:10:54Z")

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The version 5 of Blue Iris now sports an MQTT interface through which you can use a couple of Admin Commands to take control over the software with Node-RED. Connect Blue Iris to your Broker I am using an MQTT Broker/Ca…

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## [Monitor node-red performance with Prometheus](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/monitor-node-red-performance-with-prometheus/28715)

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**Author:** [@gauravdasgupta](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gauravdasgupta)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 10:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/monitor-node-red-performance-with-prometheus/28715 "2020-06-22T10:30:18Z")

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Hi here, this is the very first time I am asking a question here! I have node-red running on top of a Kubernetes cluster, I want to perform stress/load testing for my node-red, I want to monitor the metrics like CPU usa…

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## [Working with the GitLab API](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/working-with-the-gitlab-api/28720)

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**Author:** [@Herrner](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Herrner)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 10:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/working-with-the-gitlab-api/28720 "2020-06-22T10:17:50Z")

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I'm unable to read or write files to a private GitLab repository via the API. I can successfully do both using curl in the terminal, but not through the http request module or the GitLab GetRepositoryFile or CreateReposi…

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## [Anyone running Node-red inside Firebase cloud functions?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyone-running-node-red-inside-firebase-cloud-functions/28717)

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**Author:** [@bogorad](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bogorad)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 09:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyone-running-node-red-inside-firebase-cloud-functions/28717 "2020-06-22T09:56:49Z")

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Would make a perfect prototyping tool for mobile apps - run inside firebase, use firebase services. No additional hosting required. I wonder if it's even possible. And if it is, what are the downsides?

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## [Manual install module with no nodes (before worked)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/manual-install-module-with-no-nodes-before-worked/27682)

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**Author:** [@Joris6](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Joris6)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 08:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/manual-install-module-with-no-nodes-before-worked/27682 "2020-06-22T08:13:35Z")

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Hi, Last night I reinstalled my Pi from scretch and I manually alter the node for Bluetooth from node-red-contrib-ignoble to point to noble from abandonware . This allways worked and I have done this several times, at l…

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## [Problem reading csv file with quotes](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problem-reading-csv-file-with-quotes/28709)

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**Author:** [@mikeh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mikeh)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 08:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problem-reading-csv-file-with-quotes/28709 "2020-06-22T08:09:26Z")

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My CSV file contains these kind of information in one column "FS Peru, IL" Somehow the csv node is not reading it properly. How can I fix this please so the csv node will also read quotes as one column and not 2?

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## [Java Function Node issue](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/java-function-node-issue/28624)

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**Author:** [@fatmamasmoudi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fatmamasmoudi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 06:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/java-function-node-issue/28624 "2020-06-22T06:10:42Z")

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Hello I tried to use the javafunction node by following the example in Node-red website node-red-contrib-java-function (node) - Node-RED But I've got this message in the debug window \*\* Could you help me ? TypeErro…

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## [Dashboard as website logout](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-as-website-logout/14843)

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**Author:** [@manal](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/manal)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 02:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-as-website-logout/14843 "2020-06-22T02:36:47Z")

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I use dashboard as website using Apache and proxy, it is secured using username and password, and I can access it using login page, however I cannot do logout. Is there any way to do that, please?

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## [UI\_Control node question](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-control-node-question/28671)

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**Author:** [@SteveMann](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SteveMann)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2020 02:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-control-node-question/28671 "2020-06-22T02:20:00Z")

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I have a list of buttons on my dashboard, and after selecting one, I want to reset my page back to the top. It looks like UI\_Control Node is what I want, but no matter what I put into the mag.payload, nothing happens M…

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## [Multiple Node-red instances in IBM cloud for redundancy not working for me](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multiple-node-red-instances-in-ibm-cloud-for-redundancy-not-working-for-me/28597)

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**Author:** [@etawyy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/etawyy)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [21 June 2020 21:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multiple-node-red-instances-in-ibm-cloud-for-redundancy-not-working-for-me/28597 "2020-06-21T21:22:56Z")

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Hi, I have one node-red app running perfectly in IBM cloud, and I wanted to make it redundant by adding another instance. I allready know that this would break the flow editor, but this is fine: it is a production app, …

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## [Why debug node can only show 'msg' message?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-debug-node-can-only-show-msg-message/28613)

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**Author:** [@Nodi.Rubrum](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Nodi.Rubrum)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [21 June 2020 21:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-debug-node-can-only-show-msg-message/28613 "2020-06-21T21:22:52Z")

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Why debug nodes can only show 'msg' messages? This seems very restrictive and limited. Why can't global or flow context variables be displayed by a debug node? Or is there a way to do it?

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## [New rpi video driver](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/new-rpi-video-driver/28698)

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**Author:** [@gerry](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gerry)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [21 June 2020 19:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/new-rpi-video-driver/28698 "2020-06-21T19:56:24Z")

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In case you missed it there is a new video driver for the pi. Haven't used it so I can't comment on it.

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## [Dashboard alt views for Iphone, iPad screens](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-alt-views-for-iphone-ipad-screens/28689)

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**Author:** [@StrongTown](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/StrongTown)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [21 June 2020 19:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-alt-views-for-iphone-ipad-screens/28689 "2020-06-21T19:26:48Z")

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Currently I cannot access my Dashboard (via local wifi access) using my cell phone (nothing is displayed) and often when using my iPad the screen layout is way messed up. Is it possible to have the dashboard recognize …

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