**Author:** [@P.Macak](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/P.Macak)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [8 January 2025 11:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-pie-chart-labels-visibility-without-hover/94452 "2025-01-08T11:53:21Z")
Hello colleagues, I'm trying to create Pie chart from ui\_template widget in Dashboard 2, but I'm unable to make it work. Code below work only for older Dashboard pallete, but not for 2.0. Any ideas how to correct it? \
**Author:** [@Aimanfree](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Aimanfree)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [8 January 2025 07:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unable-to-install-pallete/94412 "2025-01-08T07:34:56Z")
Hi, I facing issue where i am unable to install some of the Palettes. Mostly palettes for UI (Tables summary, UI-Led). Error shown as in picture below. can anybody help provide solution for this?
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## [Detecting Doorbird relay activation](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/detecting-doorbird-relay-activation/94423)
**Author:** [@jim](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jim)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [8 January 2025 07:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/detecting-doorbird-relay-activation/94423 "2025-01-08T07:12:18Z")
Hi all, I want to open a light for some minutes whenever someone activates one of the 5 Doorbird relays. I can do that whenever the Doorbell event is generated, but I am unable to find a node to perform same functionali…
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## [Open voice assistants](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/open-voice-assistants/94337)
**Author:** [@Giamma](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Giamma)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [7 January 2025 23:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/open-voice-assistants/94337 "2025-01-07T23:13:35Z")
Could this be the future for NR too? (I would like to delete applestrudel)
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## [MQTT Brokers publicly available](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-brokers-publicly-available/94346)
**Author:** [@maxuser74](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/maxuser74)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [7 January 2025 22:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-brokers-publicly-available/94346 "2025-01-07T22:22:40Z")
Hello everybody, since I'm moving (or at least I'm willing to do) from my Digital Ocean VPS to a local hosted home server behind a Cloudflare Zero tunnel, I'm going to loose a fixed ip address for my Mosquitto MQTT Broke…
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## [Help with how to make a node to do this function](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-how-to-make-a-node-to-do-this-function/94381)
**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 42\
**Last updated:** [7 January 2025 21:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-how-to-make-a-node-to-do-this-function/94381 "2025-01-07T21:44:38Z")
From this link: Three and four-way switching – Basic Lighting for Electricians: Level 1. I'm wanting to make a node that (ok, 2 nodes) to emulate the switches in the diagrams. SPST and DPDT. No dashboard needed. inj…
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## [Node Red - Modbus Custom FC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-modbus-custom-fc/94438)
**Author:** [@bjarne97](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bjarne97)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [7 January 2025 21:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-modbus-custom-fc/94438 "2025-01-07T21:37:50Z")
Hello all, I am currently working on a project in which I need to read a specific device via Modbus in Node-RED. The problem is that this device uses a custom function code (FC66), and unfortunately in Node-RED I immedi…
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## [credentialSecret, settings.js and git](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/credentialsecret-settings-js-and-git/94290)
**Author:** [@ThingsTinkerer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ThingsTinkerer)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [7 January 2025 20:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/credentialsecret-settings-js-and-git/94290 "2025-01-07T20:10:28Z")
Happy new year everyone! Wanted to start the new year by improving my node red settings :smiley: I always used the credentialSecret: false in settings.js. But now I changed to a password. What is the consequence of this…
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## [Mqtt as a debugging aid](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-as-a-debugging-aid/94344)
**Author:** [@ozdw](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ozdw)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [7 January 2025 20:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-as-a-debugging-aid/94344 "2025-01-07T20:04:05Z")
I'm sure others have discovered this, but I don't see a recent mention so thought I would share this tip. I use mqtt for all the standard purposes, but also as the core of my flow and device monitoring. All important f…
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## [Going from ui-template 1.0 vs 2.0 fails](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/going-from-ui-template-1-0-vs-2-0-fails/94374)
**Author:** [@grawsom](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/grawsom)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [7 January 2025 20:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/going-from-ui-template-1-0-vs-2-0-fails/94374 "2025-01-07T20:03:53Z")
I have used this flow ex. flow (ui-template) in Dashboard 1.0, but can't get it to work in 2.0 It loads the map, butif you refresh the page it goes black. Also need to remove the "scope", but then I can't find out to f…
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## [Ok, just for the fun of it - best programmer memes](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ok-just-for-the-fun-of-it-best-programmer-memes/94376)
**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [7 January 2025 15:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ok-just-for-the-fun-of-it-best-programmer-memes/94376 "2025-01-07T15:25:52Z")
I was watching this: And saw this as one of the mames: I'm not sure if it is true, ironic, or what... But maybe just gives you a laugh.
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## [Why not configure themes in .config.users.json?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-not-configure-themes-in-config-users-json/94393)
**Author:** [@ThingsTinkerer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ThingsTinkerer)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [7 January 2025 14:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-not-configure-themes-in-config-users-json/94393 "2025-01-07T14:35:44Z")
Currently it seems themes is configured inside settings.js, so it will be global for the entire node red instance. Why not have it in .config.users.json so each user can have their own?
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## [Can we install a module and a storage module in node-red user directory](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-we-install-a-module-and-a-storage-module-in-node-red-user-directory/93873)
**Author:** [@RomainPoltronieri](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RomainPoltronieri)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [7 January 2025 12:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-we-install-a-module-and-a-storage-module-in-node-red-user-directory/93873 "2025-01-07T12:28:28Z")
Hello, I have an issue with storage plugin and node module local installation. I have written: a node-red-contrib-postgres-storage module meant to be used as a storageModule a node-red-contrib-flow-metadata module th…
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## [Impossible de lire une variable opcua. msg.payload : undefined](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/impossible-de-lire-une-variable-opcua-msg-payload-undefined/94384)
**Author:** [@Baba288](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Baba288)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [7 January 2025 11:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/impossible-de-lire-une-variable-opcua-msg-payload-undefined/94384 "2025-01-07T11:32:36Z")
Bonjour, je suis débutant sur nodered et je cherche à lire une variable string sur un serveur opcua créer sur un automate pc embarqué beckoff. J'ai un rasberry pi 3 et nodered v4.06. J'ai bien créer le serveur et j'ai r…
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## [Button with a lower part that have info](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/button-with-a-lower-part-that-have-info/94397)
**Author:** [@grawsom](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/grawsom)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [7 January 2025 10:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/button-with-a-lower-part-that-have-info/94397 "2025-01-07T10:16:39Z")
Is there a way where a button can have an upper and lower part, so when you press the button the button change color and the text in the lower part changed. Either by Dashboard 2.0, html or any other way. Mockup pictur…
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## [Control of Quinetic Switches](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/control-of-quinetic-switches/94377)
**Author:** [@MakerMan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/MakerMan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [6 January 2025 22:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/control-of-quinetic-switches/94377 "2025-01-06T22:07:13Z")
Have some of these Quinetic switches and looking at whether it's possible to do anything with them via NodeRed. I think the integration route would be via their WiFi Gateway and then possibly HomeBridge to NodeRed. Jus…
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## [Modbus Kostal pio 7.0 problem](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/modbus-kostal-pio-7-0-problem/94409)
**Author:** [@RienPutmans](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RienPutmans)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [6 January 2025 19:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/modbus-kostal-pio-7-0-problem/94409 "2025-01-06T19:04:59Z")
I have a modul from ABB ILPH RS232-485 / Ethernet module to read a old PV-converter from Kostal. The type 7.0 don't have TCP/ip and only modbus-rtu. The configuration 9600 bps is the default baudrate, even parity is u…
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## [Layout Editor dosnt work](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/layout-editor-dosnt-work/94391)
**Author:** [@Fritz1](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Fritz1)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [6 January 2025 18:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/layout-editor-dosnt-work/94391 "2025-01-06T18:19:44Z")
Hi, Node Red 3.1.15 node-red-dashboard 3.6.5 when i login in to the Dashboard 2.0 the link is 192.168.96.253:3000/plugins/signalk-node-red/redApi/dashboard/page1 and it works when i would go to the layout editor the…
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## [\[HA\] Using Wait Until with a different payload](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ha-using-wait-until-with-a-different-payload/94401)
**Author:** [@pauloon](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/pauloon)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [6 January 2025 17:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ha-using-wait-until-with-a-different-payload/94401 "2025-01-06T17:23:19Z")
Hey guys! I use NodeRed with my Home Assistant, and with the recent changes that are happening in the Zigbee2MQTT add-on we are going to lose the "action sensor" entities, to capture scene button actions. With action be…
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## [Weather-icons in dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/weather-icons-in-dashboard/94373)
**Author:** [@Ino](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Ino)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [6 January 2025 15:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/weather-icons-in-dashboard/94373 "2025-01-06T15:48:35Z")
I am using the weather icons ( git clone GitHub - Paul-Reed/weather-icons: Node-red weather icons) in a dashboard and everything works fine, except the fa-2x wi wi-wind-beaufort-4 icon. Did someone else had the same prob…
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## [2FA on admin login screen](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/2fa-on-admin-login-screen/94375)
**Author:** [@Hans4711](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Hans4711)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [6 January 2025 15:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/2fa-on-admin-login-screen/94375 "2025-01-06T15:02:00Z")
How to enable 2FA on admin login screen?
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## [Okta SSO stopped functioning after upgrading from v3.02 to v4.05](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/okta-sso-stopped-functioning-after-upgrading-from-v3-02-to-v4-05/94405)
**Author:** [@helenzhang43](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/helenzhang43)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [6 January 2025 15:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/okta-sso-stopped-functioning-after-upgrading-from-v3-02-to-v4-05/94405 "2025-01-06T15:23:16Z")
After upgrading Node-Red docker image from v3.0.2 to v4.0.5, okta sso login stopped working with an error: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'substring'). The settings.json file contains t…
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## [Bar Code Scanner](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bar-code-scanner/94073)
**Author:** [@dynamicdave](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dynamicdave)\
**Replies:** 35\
**Last updated:** [6 January 2025 14:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bar-code-scanner/94073 "2025-01-06T14:35:55Z")
I've been thinking (on and off) for over a year of a way to improve how I store and more importantly, how I find my electronic components. Like a lot of people I have (plastic and metal) storage cabinets that comprise of…
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## [credentialSecret not applied when using projects](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/credentialsecret-not-applied-when-using-projects/94388)
**Author:** [@ThingsTinkerer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ThingsTinkerer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [6 January 2025 10:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/credentialsecret-not-applied-when-using-projects/94388 "2025-01-06T10:39:33Z")
Got a Node Red running in docker with projects enabled. Originally I had credentialSecret: false in settings.js. But now I changed to a secret string (ie. credentialSecret: "a-secret-string). How to enable this? I thoug…
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## [Event-trigger for join node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/event-trigger-for-join-node/94301)
**Author:** [@micha53](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/micha53)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [6 January 2025 09:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/event-trigger-for-join-node/94301 "2025-01-06T09:55:36Z")
Hi, I am just starting with node red and want to join several payloads from an OBD2-Adapter and a wallbox. I want to write into a csv-file depending on the alternating status between "online" and "offline". In my proj…
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## [Performance-related concerns regarding Node-RED](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/performance-related-concerns-regarding-node-red/94382)
**Author:** [@ramakant](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ramakant)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [6 January 2025 09:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/performance-related-concerns-regarding-node-red/94382 "2025-01-06T09:55:13Z")
Hi everyone, performance-related concerns regarding Node-RED. Specifically, I’d like to know if Node-RED has an LRU (Least Recently Used) cache mechanism implemented? While reviewing the setup, I noticed that the lru-c…
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## [Anyone know what this is?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyone-know-what-this-is/94242)
**Author:** [@Cathprotech](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Cathprotech)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [6 January 2025 08:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyone-know-what-this-is/94242 "2025-01-06T08:40:21Z")
I have not used Node-Red for quite some time now and I noticed it was still running on my RPi4. I opened the web server page only to be greated with this: (Hopefull the image is below). First thing is, none of my fl…
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## [Dashboard 2 table column width](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-table-column-width/94297)
**Author:** [@NodyRed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/NodyRed)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [6 January 2025 08:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-table-column-width/94297 "2025-01-06T08:35:03Z")
Using dashboard 2, 1.21.0 table node with manual columns and setting a width for the columns. Whatever I enter in width seems to be ignored. I can not control the width of columns. Any ideas? Testing width 2015 but no…
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## [After deploy two instances of the same node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/after-deploy-two-instances-of-the-same-node/94343)
**Author:** [@wangenkuesse](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/wangenkuesse)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [5 January 2025 16:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/after-deploy-two-instances-of-the-same-node/94343 "2025-01-05T16:08:24Z")
I am developing an 4-state switch node with integrated dashboard 2 widget. After deploy it seems to me that I find 2 instances of the same node, with the same nodeId communicating with the widget. There is a function u…
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## [HELP! Displaying Dashboard on public webpage like Wordpress](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-displaying-dashboard-on-public-webpage-like-wordpress/94359)
**Author:** [@letshobby](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/letshobby)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [5 January 2025 15:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-displaying-dashboard-on-public-webpage-like-wordpress/94359 "2025-01-05T15:33:36Z")
HELLO! I am looking to figure out a way to display my Nodered dashboard on a website like wordpress. I am building my own personal resume portfolio site and I built a dashboard in node red I want displayed on my website…
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