# Latest

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## [Flow for temperature control](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flow-for-temperature-control/23117)

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**Author:** [@LarsAndersen](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/LarsAndersen)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [16 March 2020 00:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flow-for-temperature-control/23117 "2020-03-16T00:34:00Z")

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I would like some input on the smartest way to do the following. I have 4 different states we can call them A, B, C and D. My states should run in a loop of 4 hours interval In case of state A I would like a switch do…

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## [Node-Red crashes with RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-crashes-with-rangeerror-maximum-call-stack-size-exceeded/22378)

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**Author:** [@oliv3](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/oliv3)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [15 March 2020 23:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-crashes-with-rangeerror-maximum-call-stack-size-exceeded/22378 "2020-03-15T23:21:50Z")

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Hi, I have a Node-Red instance that crashes from time to time with this error: kaalut-node-red | RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded kaalut-node-red | at trim\_prefix (/usr/src/node-red/node\_modules/expres…

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## [How to style UI template elements (buttons, text inputs)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-style-ui-template-elements-buttons-text-inputs/22261)

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**Author:** [@hazymat](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hazymat)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [15 March 2020 22:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-style-ui-template-elements-buttons-text-inputs/22261 "2020-03-15T22:39:19Z")

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This is made with dashboard buttons and text input nodes: It respects the chosen theme. How can I get this styling for elements in the Template UI node? For example, the following code produces this: \<md-button sty…

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## [How to read CSV from open data URL?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-read-csv-from-open-data-url/23147)

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**Author:** [@firedude144](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/firedude144)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [15 March 2020 22:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-read-csv-from-open-data-url/23147 "2020-03-15T22:35:33Z")

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Noobish question here. I'm trying to read some open data CSV files online to be able to parse it into a graph but I'm not catching on to what I need to do to actually get at the data behind the URL. Here's a sample URL. …

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## [UI template buttons inheriting node red css](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-template-buttons-inheriting-node-red-css/11333)

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**Author:** [@allebarbieri](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/allebarbieri)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [15 March 2020 21:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-template-buttons-inheriting-node-red-css/11333 "2020-03-15T21:59:24Z")

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Hi, is it possible to have a button defined in a ui\_template node inheriting the default node red css? In this way a change in the default theme style is automatically and properly updated in the ui\_template elements..…

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## [TRIGGER node -- bug report](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-node-bug-report/23129)

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**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [15 March 2020 15:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-node-bug-report/23129 "2020-03-15T15:22:39Z")

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Just found another bug with the trigger node. Details of my setup: NR 1.0.3 Dashboard 2.19.4 O/S Ubuntu 18.4 LTS By default the node is in the wait for mode. If you change it to wait to be reset and deploy the node…

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## [Open source project for respirator devices](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/open-source-project-for-respirator-devices/23136)

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**Author:** [@BartButenaers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartButenaers)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [15 March 2020 15:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/open-source-project-for-respirator-devices/23136 "2020-03-15T15:04:19Z")

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Hi folks, I read today about a very recent hackaton to create (on very short term) a medical respirator machine, since hospitals won't have enough of those devices to help all the corona patients. Their target is to ha…

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## [MQTT JSON Data in json input](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-json-data-in-json-input/23124)

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**Author:** [@icodesdeveloper](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/icodesdeveloper)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [15 March 2020 13:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-json-data-in-json-input/23124 "2020-03-15T13:31:09Z")

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Hello I am new to Node-Red and am experiencing with it. Now i am trying to dim and switch hue lights over the MQTT protocol with hassio. My app sends the following data to MQTT/Node-Red {"mqtt\_dashboard":{"color":"#8E8…

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## [Session variable](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/session-variable/23133)

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**Author:** [@glauberjnb](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/glauberjnb)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [15 March 2020 12:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/session-variable/23133 "2020-03-15T12:10:35Z")

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Hi, How can we store session variables similar to PHP's $ \_SESSION for the HTTP Request component in NODE-RED? We have already managed to create and read the browser cookie, but we don't know how to create a variable th…

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## ["Buttons", multi-press detection and problems with flow](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/buttons-multi-press-detection-and-problems-with-flow/23128)

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**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [15 March 2020 10:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/buttons-multi-press-detection-and-problems-with-flow/23128 "2020-03-15T10:10:24Z")

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(For reasons unknown to me, I'm looking at trying to get multiple press detection of a button) The button can't be the usual one, but one which was shown to me recently as I need two messages from it to detect it being …

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## [Exported audio wav file is distorted](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/exported-audio-wav-file-is-distorted/23115)

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**Author:** [@albydnc](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/albydnc)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [15 March 2020 11:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/exported-audio-wav-file-is-distorted/23115 "2020-03-15T11:50:02Z")

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I have a PCM buffer that has to be saved as a file. The raw audio is not distorted and by playing it with the node-red-contrib-play-audio works as expected. When I try to save it using the file node, the file saved is r…

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## [Writing buffer to file not writing correctly](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/writing-buffer-to-file-not-writing-correctly/23132)

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**Author:** [@albydnc](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/albydnc)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [15 March 2020 11:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/writing-buffer-to-file-not-writing-correctly/23132 "2020-03-15T11:10:00Z")

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I am trying to write a buffer coming from a wav audio file to file. By using an HTTP endpoint and then saving it from there, I get the file fully working. By saving it using the File Node in binary encoding, it gets me…

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## [Dashboads and detecting the device they are being shown on](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboads-and-detecting-the-device-they-are-being-shown-on/23090)

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**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [15 March 2020 10:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboads-and-detecting-the-device-they-are-being-shown-on/23090 "2020-03-15T10:36:23Z")

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Sorry if this is an easy peasy question. I'm wanting to learn. Normally most of my dashboards as designed to be shown on a computer monitor. Now and then I use a different device and the layout is changed. Not too …

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## [Filter a Payload](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/filter-a-payload/23119)

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**Author:** [@Zyan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Zyan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [15 March 2020 05:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/filter-a-payload/23119 "2020-03-15T05:35:44Z")

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Hello Guys, How can i Seperate the Last part of my Message that i only forward the part in the Circle ? That i only send "0" or in the Second "81" to the next node Thx in Advance

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## [MQTT and Environment Variables](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-and-environment-variables/22426)

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**Author:** [@ThisEndUp](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ThisEndUp)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [15 March 2020 03:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-and-environment-variables/22426 "2020-03-15T03:01:30Z")

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Hi. I've been running node-red on a BeagleBone Black Wireless for some time now and am trying to make some upgrades to the software, mainly to parameterize the MQTT connection. According to https://nodered.org/docs/use…

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## [How to concatenate multiple arrays](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-concatenate-multiple-arrays/23089)

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**Author:** [@rromele](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rromele)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [15 March 2020 01:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-concatenate-multiple-arrays/23089 "2020-03-15T01:35:55Z")

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Hi, i have 5 nodes that output an array, how can i concatenate them into a single array? example : node A -\>\> \[-8192, 17418\] node B -\>\> \[-13107, 17143\] node C -\>\> \[-15856, 18725\] node D -\>\> \[0, 18725\] node E…

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## [Join error with message complete](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/join-error-with-message-complete/23108)

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**Author:** [@albydnc](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/albydnc)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [14 March 2020 22:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/join-error-with-message-complete/23108 "2020-03-14T22:57:38Z")

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When trying to use the JOIN node by setting msg.complete, I get no output. here the console output RangeError \[ERR\_OUT\_OF\_RANGE\]: The value of "length" is out of range. It must be an integer. Received NaN at Functi…

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## [Convert gpio values to a binary sequence](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/convert-gpio-values-to-a-binary-sequence/23102)

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**Author:** [@Xhamse2dine](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Xhamse2dine)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [14 March 2020 22:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/convert-gpio-values-to-a-binary-sequence/23102 "2020-03-14T22:39:36Z")

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Hi guys, i want to reads values from 4 GPIO (1 or 0) and convert this 4 values to a binary sequence. can i use a "join" node in node-red ? if yes how ? Thanks in advance.

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## [RevPi and Remote AIO server](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/revpi-and-remote-aio-server/22867)

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**Author:** [@Marcos](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Marcos)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [14 March 2020 20:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/revpi-and-remote-aio-server/22867 "2020-03-14T20:06:44Z")

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Hi All, I'm here to ask for a suggestion. I currently use node-red and since some weeks ago I've been started to test new Revolution Pi and AIO module. Since I work on the RevPi, no problem with node-red nodes. I confi…

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## [Java script code testing on the fly](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/java-script-code-testing-on-the-fly/23114)

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**Author:** [@fil](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fil)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [14 March 2020 19:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/java-script-code-testing-on-the-fly/23114 "2020-03-14T19:48:29Z")

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Have i overlooked an on the fly code checking feature to execute java statements and test results prior to committing to a node and flow deploy. What flavour of java is used within node red is there a shell interpreter …

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## [Control a Sonoff Switch with Temperature and Date](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/control-a-sonoff-switch-with-temperature-and-date/22977)

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**Author:** [@mimk97](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mimk97)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [14 March 2020 16:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/control-a-sonoff-switch-with-temperature-and-date/22977 "2020-03-14T16:48:28Z")

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Hi, I´m new to Node Red. Have installed it on Home Assistant. Can someone please explain how I control a Sonoff switch depending on date and temperature? For Example: Monday - Friday 06:00 - 18:00 and Temperatur (an…

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## [Help 8 paralel switch one relay](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-8-paralel-switch-one-relay/23096)

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**Author:** [@adisah](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/adisah)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [14 March 2020 17:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-8-paralel-switch-one-relay/23096 "2020-03-14T17:41:30Z")

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I have a problem that I can't solve. I have in each room a thermostat that controls the opening or closing of the electric valve depending on the temperature set for the radiator.I have an automation that with the openin…

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## [Signal at specified interval](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/signal-at-specified-interval/23106)

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**Author:** [@Miko7](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Miko7)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [14 March 2020 17:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/signal-at-specified-interval/23106 "2020-03-14T17:00:43Z")

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I need to set up sending data to the database at a specified interval (eg 10s). The data is now stored in the interval as they go from the sensor (1sec.). Is it possible to use some nodes? I tried node "delay", but that…

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## [Novice struggling,,](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/novice-struggling/22914)

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**Author:** [@fil](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fil)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [14 March 2020 16:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/novice-struggling/22914 "2020-03-14T16:39:12Z")

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Please help when using the node-red-contrib-xiaomi-ble node i am failing to pass it an address property correctly. I am not a programmer only a user and a tinkerer.. I have been up all night with this, and cannot s…

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## [Repeat loop not working properly. Controlling a 240v Petrol Generator](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/repeat-loop-not-working-properly-controlling-a-240v-petrol-generator/23097)

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**Author:** [@Mobile\_NR\_Env](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Mobile_NR_Env)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [14 March 2020 15:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/repeat-loop-not-working-properly-controlling-a-240v-petrol-generator/23097 "2020-03-14T15:33:19Z")

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Hello! Scenario. I have a petrol power generator triggered with two switches (for security). Flow: Inject 'on' \> Switch 1 turn on Switch 2 turn on \> delay \> Switch 1 and 2 turn off \> check if genny is running via sen…

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## [Multiline Chart with JSONata](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multiline-chart-with-jsonata/23032)

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**Author:** [@baqwas](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/baqwas)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [14 March 2020 13:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multiline-chart-with-jsonata/23032 "2020-03-14T13:43:06Z")

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Hello @Andrei, Could you indulge for one+ iteration yet again? I need to display (retrieved in the sense that I have control over the rows and columns) data in a multi-line chart. I have read some of the discussions and…

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## [Nora google, ikea tradfri lamp](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nora-google-ikea-tradfri-lamp/22956)

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**Author:** [@sniperxnl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sniperxnl)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [14 March 2020 13:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nora-google-ikea-tradfri-lamp/22956 "2020-03-14T13:39:28Z")

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Hi Guys I have a Ikea tradfri lamp that i control with Nora and google for ON and OFF When i want to control the brightness the problem starts This is how the flow now looks like \[{"id":"ddfed62f.093d68","type":"nora…

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## [RPi 3 installation](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rpi-3-installation/23085)

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**Author:** [@Robert126](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Robert126)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [14 March 2020 09:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rpi-3-installation/23085 "2020-03-14T09:53:43Z")

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I followed This installation https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/raspberrypi I trying to make it secure following this link: https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/runtime/securing-node-red#user-permissions I Cann…

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## [Transfer data from NodeRed to uibuilde](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/transfer-data-from-nodered-to-uibuilde/23091)

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**Author:** [@duongtien512](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/duongtien512)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [14 March 2020 04:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/transfer-data-from-nodered-to-uibuilde/23091 "2020-03-14T04:54:43Z")

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Hello, I am currently having trouble passing variables from NodeRed to the uibuilder. I tried but could not succeed, looking forward to the help from everyone \[{"id":"dc0d2300.808ca","type":"uibuilder","z":"45e6321b.f…

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## [Install on Centos 7 question](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/install-on-centos-7-question/22975)

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**Author:** [@jerthemost](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jerthemost)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [13 March 2020 22:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/install-on-centos-7-question/22975 "2020-03-13T22:04:28Z")

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Can Node-Red be installed on centos 7 or Ubuntu? I have tried installing it apprx. 20 times and it says installed but I can never bring it up with my browser, it says cant be found.

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