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## [Has anyone developed a node, pushed to github and used CI?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/has-anyone-developed-a-node-pushed-to-github-and-used-ci/16706)

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**Author:** [@ncherry](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ncherry)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [14 October 2019 21:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/has-anyone-developed-a-node-pushed-to-github-and-used-ci/16706 "2019-10-14T21:23:38Z")

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I've learned how to create a node, publish to NPM, use git (branch, merge, curse at ssh when using different keys) an test my node. I'm in the middle of using Robot Framework to test my node. How does one use the CI to a…

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## [Cannot order widget Switch created from subflow template](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-order-widget-switch-created-from-subflow-template/16702)

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**Author:** [@tinamore](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tinamore)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [14 October 2019 16:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-order-widget-switch-created-from-subflow-template/16702 "2019-10-14T16:11:47Z")

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Hi, I have create a teamplate subflow with one switch wiget in subflow. I call it: "Tasmota Sonoff Dynamic": But when I create multiple nodes from teamplate subflow (Tasmota Sonoff Dynamic): I can not sort order w…

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## [Audio Player Options](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/audio-player-options/16669)

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**Author:** [@manfacro](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/manfacro)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [14 October 2019 15:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/audio-player-options/16669 "2019-10-14T15:23:46Z")

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Hi all, with the play sound node, I'm trying to figure out the best way to loop some audio...lets say the application is for a background music player. I see the options to pause/resume, but no option to loop. I'm tryin…

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## [Node-Red security (LockDown)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-security-lockdown/16692)

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**Author:** [@MisterDraegus](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/MisterDraegus)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [14 October 2019 13:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-security-lockdown/16692 "2019-10-14T13:50:35Z")

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Hello, i am rather new to this platform. I was wondering if there is a way to LockDown Node-Red, meaning: Certain users can do certain stuff, but others can not. Each action/change can be logged (with if possible by w…

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## [How do you find missing node types?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-you-find-missing-node-types/16625)

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**Author:** [@nodecentral](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nodecentral)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [14 October 2019 13:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-you-find-missing-node-types/16625 "2019-10-14T13:09:19Z")

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The great thing about Node Red is the ability to share/import other peoples flows, this allows instant rewards, however it can be a little tricky when the flow being imported includes a node you don’t have, and the messa…

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## [Advice setting up node-red for a class](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/advice-setting-up-node-red-for-a-class/16650)

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**Author:** [@geoffreymbrown](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/geoffreymbrown)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [14 October 2019 10:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/advice-setting-up-node-red-for-a-class/16650 "2019-10-14T10:56:10Z")

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Here's the basic problem I want to use node-red in a cs course The students will likely work on multiple machines and multiple plaforms (lab, their own, etc) The students will each have one git repo for the course I'd …

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## [Node-red-contrib-mssql doesn't apear to install on thethingbox running on RPI](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-mssql-doesnt-apear-to-install-on-thethingbox-running-on-rpi/16647)

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**Author:** [@mauro\_mars](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mauro_mars)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [14 October 2019 09:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-mssql-doesnt-apear-to-install-on-thethingbox-running-on-rpi/16647 "2019-10-14T09:13:38Z")

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I was doing a tutorial to get started with node red and at the tutorial they use mssql and install with the built menage pallete option. But on my interface it doesn't appear. i tried to install through console with the…

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## [\[SOLVED\]Motion sensor flow will not work](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/solved-motion-sensor-flow-will-not-work/16659)

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**Author:** [@Jvdm](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Jvdm)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [14 October 2019 08:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/solved-motion-sensor-flow-will-not-work/16659 "2019-10-14T08:23:13Z")

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Hello there i am new to the forum and i did everything right but my flow will not work.. I have a fibaro motion sensor and want them to turn a light on and off. But i cant get it right. Looked over the internet but it wi…

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## [\[Announce\] node-red-contrib-html-entities](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-node-red-contrib-html-entities/16664)

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**Author:** [@afelix](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/afelix)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [14 October 2019 06:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-node-red-contrib-html-entities/16664 "2019-10-14T06:09:33Z")

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Hi all, After several days of messing around in a flow and a growing number of function nodes filled with regex replacements of HTML entities by the character they represented I decided it was time to replace it by a no…

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## [Hourly, Daily and Monthly Payload](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hourly-daily-and-monthly-payload/16642)

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**Author:** [@abajolle](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/abajolle)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [14 October 2019 04:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hourly-daily-and-monthly-payload/16642 "2019-10-14T04:10:26Z")

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Hi guys, I am looking at a way to get a reset signal generated on a couple of occasions : Hourly, on the hour. Daily at midnight. Monthly, at midnight on the last day of the month. For the hourly, the inject node wor…

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## [Node Red Watson Discovery Node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-watson-discovery-node/16655)

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**Author:** [@kabonker](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kabonker)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [14 October 2019 01:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-watson-discovery-node/16655 "2019-10-14T01:21:35Z")

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I set up a node red flow for Watson Assistant.. It was simple and worked well, had an input with an inject node, then a watson assistant node and a debug output. Easy. Then I went to set up the same pattern for the…

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## [\[Help\] How to get all GoogleCalendar events using node-red-contrib-google?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-how-to-get-all-googlecalendar-events-using-node-red-contrib-google/16667)

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**Author:** [@JuliusDB](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JuliusDB)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [13 October 2019 20:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-how-to-get-all-googlecalendar-events-using-node-red-contrib-google/16667 "2019-10-13T20:34:34Z")

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Hello, I am using node-red-contrib-google to get all events between a given timeMin and timeMax, however, I can only get my All-Day events? How do I instead get All-Day events as well as regular time bound events? I …

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## [Node-red Windows7x64 serialport missing bindings file](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-windows7x64-serialport-missing-bindings-file/16657)

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**Author:** [@m\_elias](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/m_elias)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [13 October 2019 19:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-windows7x64-serialport-missing-bindings-file/16657 "2019-10-13T19:29:44Z")

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I'm trying to get contrib-gpio package installed on windows. I followed this guide for installing Node-Red, https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/windows I installed the build tools. It looks like contrib-gpio needs …

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## [Display nested tables using Template node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/display-nested-tables-using-template-node/16548)

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**Author:** [@Josov](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Josov)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [13 October 2019 14:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/display-nested-tables-using-template-node/16548 "2019-10-13T14:46:56Z")

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I need a bit advise in order to display a nested table: I pass the table on to the template node in msg.group\_table. The group\_table is an array of objects, each object contains a group\_name and an object with a list…

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## [These errors occurred on the installation node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/these-errors-occurred-on-the-installation-node/16652)

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**Author:** [@shj-123558](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/shj-123558)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [13 October 2019 14:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/these-errors-occurred-on-the-installation-node/16652 "2019-10-13T14:32:34Z")

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Node-red version: v1.0.1 node.js version: v10.0.0 visual studio version: visual studio 2017 2019-10-13T12:54:26.412Z 安装 : node-red-contrib-gpio 0.14.0 2019-10-13T12:54:26.428Z npm.cmd install --no-audit --no-update-…

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## [\[ANNOUNCE\] node-red-contrib-sony-audio 1.2.0 released](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-node-red-contrib-sony-audio-1-2-0-released/16656)

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**Author:** [@jens\_rossbach](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jens_rossbach)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [13 October 2019 14:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-node-red-contrib-sony-audio-1-2-0-released/16656 "2019-10-13T14:25:23Z")

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Hi all, I've released version 1.2.0 of node-red-contrib-sony-audio which supports overriding either the command or the low-level request service/method/version via msg.topic propery. This especially helps when you want …

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## [Node-red-node-arduino bord node and node-red-contrib-gpio nodebot node lost](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-node-arduino-bord-node-and-node-red-contrib-gpio-nodebot-node-lost/16637)

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**Author:** [@shj-123558](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/shj-123558)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [13 October 2019 13:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-node-arduino-bord-node-and-node-red-contrib-gpio-nodebot-node-lost/16637 "2019-10-13T13:23:32Z")

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Node-red-node-arduino bord node and node-red-contrib-gpio nodebot node lost,how to solve

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## [Just to check about the gauge node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/just-to-check-about-the-gauge-node/16636)

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**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [13 October 2019 10:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/just-to-check-about-the-gauge-node/16636 "2019-10-13T10:00:34Z")

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I know the chart can take two input series. The gauge can't - yeah? I am just messing around and it would be nice if it can, but I can't find any definite yes/no. But it is tending towards the NO. :frowning:

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## [SQLite Foreign key ignored](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sqlite-foreign-key-ignored/16624)

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**Author:** [@AsHex\_66](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/AsHex_66)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [12 October 2019 22:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sqlite-foreign-key-ignored/16624 "2019-10-12T22:06:41Z")

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I have an issue an unsure if this a bug or not. I created a test database (SQLite) as follows: -- DataBase example CREATE TABLE artist( artistid INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, artistname TEXT ); CREATE TABLE track( tra…

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## [A newer idea for having \*dangerous\* buttons in a flow](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-newer-idea-for-having-dangerous-buttons-in-a-flow/16634)

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**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [12 October 2019 22:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-newer-idea-for-having-dangerous-buttons-in-a-flow/16634 "2019-10-12T22:00:30Z")

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If you have dangerous buttons in a flow, it is sometimes nice to have a safety switch to stop them being accidentally pressed. I have posted flows in the library in the past which do this but in a more complicated way. …

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## [Can I use \_msgid for naming temporary file](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-i-use-msgid-for-naming-temporary-file/14428)

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**Author:** [@ianmacs](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ianmacs)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [12 October 2019 20:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-i-use-msgid-for-naming-temporary-file/14428 "2019-10-12T20:24:05Z")

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I want to create a temporary file with a unique name alongside an execution path in a node-red flow. I know that this would be safe: Node1 - exec, calls mktemp, which creates a temporary file with a unique name Node2, …

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## [Value out of range stopping node red?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/value-out-of-range-stopping-node-red/16632)

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**Author:** [@Matt](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Matt)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [12 October 2019 19:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/value-out-of-range-stopping-node-red/16632 "2019-10-12T19:11:36Z")

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After a power outage i have lost the service of node red. if i SSH into the Pi that is running node red and entering: node red --safe i can briefly load the UI and deploy a change then the connection fails after a c…

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## [How to action MySQL queries inside function node?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-action-mysql-queries-inside-function-node/16631)

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**Author:** [@swiftnesses](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/swiftnesses)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [12 October 2019 18:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-action-mysql-queries-inside-function-node/16631 "2019-10-12T18:40:07Z")

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Good day, I'm trying to transition one of my flows away from using global context, to MySQL so the data is available to other sources outside Node-RED. It's a real headache. The function in question is rather complex …

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## [Pythonshell in node-red and Plotly](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/pythonshell-in-node-red-and-plotly/16443)

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**Author:** [@aliadalal](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/aliadalal)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [12 October 2019 17:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/pythonshell-in-node-red-and-plotly/16443 "2019-10-12T17:55:35Z")

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I am trying to generate plotly charts from node red by running python script from python-shell. The python script runs fine in the shell, the print (text) out is seen in the debug node, however the offline or online plot…

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## [Node Red stopped - Max call stack size exceeded](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-stopped-max-call-stack-size-exceeded/16620)

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**Author:** [@Thewaver](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Thewaver)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [12 October 2019 11:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-stopped-max-call-stack-size-exceeded/16620 "2019-10-12T11:43:34Z")

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Hi, Node-red just suddenly stopped and I can't access it anymore. I was working on a flow when this happened and not matter what I try, I cant get it to display with the :1880. Is there a way I can get this going as th…

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## [\[Announce\] node-red-contrib-ui-level \[New Feature\]](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-node-red-contrib-ui-level-new-feature/16626)

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**Author:** [@hotNipi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hotNipi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [12 October 2019 11:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-node-red-contrib-ui-level-new-feature/16626 "2019-10-12T11:29:57Z")

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I'v got some feedback lately In short .. If value field is not displayed then just colors of stripes and min max values are not enough to represent current conditions of measurement. User needs to figure it out by know…

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## [FontAwesome icon with incorrect color](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fontawesome-icon-with-incorrect-color/16521)

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**Author:** [@BartButenaers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartButenaers)\
**Replies:** 31\
**Last updated:** [12 October 2019 10:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fontawesome-icon-with-incorrect-color/16521 "2019-10-12T10:45:10Z")

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Hi folks, This question is related to our new node-red-contrib-ui-svg node. We got some good news from Joseph Liard that has released a new version of DrawSvg, which now supports FontAwesome icons (which he has especia…

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## [RPi hangs/freezes after running a few days](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rpi-hangs-freezes-after-running-a-few-days/16381)

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**Author:** [@FarfarGoHai](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/FarfarGoHai)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [12 October 2019 10:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rpi-hangs-freezes-after-running-a-few-days/16381 "2019-10-12T10:26:15Z")

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Hi, I've done a Node-red code for a home automated ventilation system - that freezes after running a few days :frowning: I have tested changing the update interval of some of my nodes (data reads and date/time updates e…

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## [Key 'node-red-node-email/email: (en\_US)' object not string](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/key-node-red-node-email-email-en-us-object-not-string/16311)

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**Author:** [@communig8-public](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/communig8-public)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [12 October 2019 09:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/key-node-red-node-email-email-en-us-object-not-string/16311 "2019-10-12T09:51:41Z")

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Node-RED V0.19.3 running on an Amazon Lightsail Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS instance. I have a simple flow for testing sending an email that used to work without any error. However, it is now showing "key 'node-red-node-email/e…

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## [Node-red-contrib-knxjs not working with node-red 1.0](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-knxjs-not-working-with-node-red-1-0/16427)

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**Author:** [@zieherf](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zieherf)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [12 October 2019 07:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-knxjs-not-working-with-node-red-1-0/16427 "2019-10-12T07:51:13Z")

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Hi, https://bitbucket.org/ekarak/node-red-contrib-knxjs offers three nodes knx-in, knx-out, and a knx-device node. After upgrading node-red to 1.0, the knx-in is not working anymore. Instead of outputting knx telegram me…

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