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## [Basic question for html template node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/basic-question-for-html-template-node/14887)

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**Author:** [@sysman83](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sysman83)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [29 August 2019 11:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/basic-question-for-html-template-node/14887 "2019-08-29T11:44:59Z")

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Hey everybody! I have created a text input with html template node and I want to typing a message, which will be sending continiously to msg.payload. \[{"id":"b414e5f8.578f58","type":"ui\_template","z":"5087a524.121224",…

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## [Running on PLC without Internet connection](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/running-on-plc-without-internet-connection/11233)

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**Author:** [@Schnatter](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Schnatter)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [29 August 2019 10:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/running-on-plc-without-internet-connection/11233 "2019-08-29T10:28:27Z")

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I want to run Node-RED on a IPC427E from Siemens, but it has no Internet connection. So I have to copy all files from my PC to the IPC and Node-RED is already running. Now I\`ve copied theProjekt from my PC to the IPC, …

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## [Adjustment in dashboard size](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adjustment-in-dashboard-size/14888)

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**Author:** [@Chinmay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Chinmay)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [29 August 2019 08:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adjustment-in-dashboard-size/14888 "2019-08-29T08:53:07Z")

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Hello, I would like to adjust my Dashboard size. Is there an option for this?. My Dashboard currently looks like this. I would like the map to be full screen. Thank you in advance

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## [Conceptual question: single or multiple mqtt input/output](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/conceptual-question-single-or-multiple-mqtt-input-output/14734)

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**Author:** [@insomniux](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/insomniux)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [29 August 2019 08:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/conceptual-question-single-or-multiple-mqtt-input-output/14734 "2019-08-29T08:36:06Z")

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Being rather new in the field of node-red I have a conceptual question. Lets say I have 3 lights I want to switch, for each light I define a switch. The switch has an MQTT input (for status update) and an MQTT output to…

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## [Popping message for world map line plot](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/popping-message-for-world-map-line-plot/14868)

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**Author:** [@Chinmay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Chinmay)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [29 August 2019 07:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/popping-message-for-world-map-line-plot/14868 "2019-08-29T07:01:03Z")

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Hello, I was creating a world map in a dashboard showing the flight path of a bird. I was able to plot it by giving series of latitudes and longitudes in “line“ of msg.payload. The flight path is visible well . But now …

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## [Arduindo Firmata Digital Pin Sensor Payload](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/arduindo-firmata-digital-pin-sensor-payload/5599)

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**Author:** [@SeanT](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SeanT)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [29 August 2019 06:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/arduindo-firmata-digital-pin-sensor-payload/5599 "2019-08-29T06:15:40Z")

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I fairly new at this. I am using an Arduino Uno, running 2 sensors: 1 analogue (soil moisture) and 1 digital (temperature). When running the Arduino IDE with self written sketch, the console results are fine, i.e. I ge…

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## [AWS beanstalk - Lost connection to server](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/aws-beanstalk-lost-connection-to-server/3313)

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**Author:** [@martin1](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/martin1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [29 August 2019 03:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/aws-beanstalk-lost-connection-to-server/3313 "2019-08-29T03:16:21Z")

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Hi I have deployed node-red on amazon Elastic Beanstalk using the tutorialand it works like a charm. However I have one issue in the admin that keeps showing "Lost connection to server..." and keeps on trying to reconne…

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## [Using a lookup to give volume result](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-a-lookup-to-give-volume-result/14841)

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**Author:** [@Andysev](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Andysev)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [28 August 2019 22:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-a-lookup-to-give-volume-result/14841 "2019-08-28T22:10:59Z")

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Hi Everyone, first time poster, so hopefully I get this correct. I'm receiving a measurement from an ultrasonic sensor or a pressure Transducer. This level will indicate the height of liquid in a vessel. I have formul…

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## [Node-red bash curl script install fails on Coral Dev board](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-bash-curl-script-install-fails-on-coral-dev-board/14769)

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**Author:** [@wb666greene](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/wb666greene)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [28 August 2019 21:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-bash-curl-script-install-fails-on-coral-dev-board/14769 "2019-08-28T21:48:52Z")

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Google used some "weird" and apparently poorly documented "Mendel-Chef" Debian variation. I managed to get OpenCV 4.0.0 to build on it following some instructions I'd found via Google search (although trying 4.1.0 fail…

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## [TCP output node - dynamically change HOST Address](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tcp-output-node-dynamically-change-host-address/1398)

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**Author:** [@sweetwater](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sweetwater)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [28 August 2019 20:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tcp-output-node-dynamically-change-host-address/1398 "2019-08-28T20:11:27Z")

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We have the Host/IP address hardcoded in as "192.168.1.74" and that works ok. However, we are looking to dynamically change the HOST/IP address via user Input. For example, we will allow User to enter tenter in the IP …

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## [Dashboard: Change X-Axis in graph with button or slider](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-change-x-axis-in-graph-with-button-or-slider/14864)

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**Author:** [@HeyJonny](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/HeyJonny)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [28 August 2019 19:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-change-x-axis-in-graph-with-button-or-slider/14864 "2019-08-28T19:57:03Z")

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Hey everybody! I have a rather simple question, but I'm trying for 2 days to solve my issue and found nothing, which would help me. So that's my problem: I have a chart and I want to adjust the X-Axis (Timestamps) usin…

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## [Noobie Function question](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/noobie-function-question/14668)

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**Author:** [@Exit2Studios](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Exit2Studios)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [28 August 2019 18:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/noobie-function-question/14668 "2019-08-28T18:40:54Z")

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I am not a programmer, so struggling a bit trying to figure out how to accomplish the following with a function node. I'm sure it's pretty simple stuff for a pro :slight\_smile: I'm trying to consolidate/simplify a code…

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## [Import a library by global method vs script src method](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/import-a-library-by-global-method-vs-script-src-method/14823)

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**Author:** [@Nxito](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Nxito)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [28 August 2019 15:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/import-a-library-by-global-method-vs-script-src-method/14823 "2019-08-28T15:57:45Z")

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Why are there two ways to import libraries? : By calling with "require" in settings.js to take it to a global variable and via httpStatic to settings.js to take it to a port and call it from a template node with \<script…

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## [Wildcard in http-in node (catch-all mode)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/wildcard-in-http-in-node-catch-all-mode/14852)

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**Author:** [@yalinsayi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/yalinsayi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [28 August 2019 15:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/wildcard-in-http-in-node-catch-all-mode/14852 "2019-08-28T15:50:42Z")

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Hi, Do you have any plans to extend http-in node to have a catch-all mode? a wildcard url like http://somesite.com/subdir/\* to catch all requests to http://somesite.com/subdir/ http://somesite.com/subdir/foo http:/…

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## [Control of video and data in one](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/control-of-video-and-data-in-one/14812)

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**Author:** [@Georg25](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Georg25)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [28 August 2019 13:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/control-of-video-and-data-in-one/14812 "2019-08-28T13:09:25Z")

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Hi guys, I have a new interesting assignment. I want to film over a network camera and have data available over modbus tcp at the same time. Now I would like to control my video material, say the last 5 min, and the las…

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## [HTTP Request node does not obey time out settings](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-node-does-not-obey-time-out-settings/14849)

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**Author:** [@mvidhya86](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mvidhya86)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [28 August 2019 12:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-node-does-not-obey-time-out-settings/14849 "2019-08-28T12:22:47Z")

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I use HTTP Request node configured with POST url. This request takes close to 5 mins for completion, i modified the settings file to have httpRequestTimeout: 360000, after restarting the instance, the request still fail…

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## [How to transpose data of a json file into a sql table](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-transpose-data-of-a-json-file-into-a-sql-table/14847)

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**Author:** [@stud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/stud)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [28 August 2019 10:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-transpose-data-of-a-json-file-into-a-sql-table/14847 "2019-08-28T10:47:08Z")

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I'm working on a mysql database for measurements. The data of the measurements are saved as a csv file, which I managed to be converted into json. Now my problem is that I want only the last rows of the csv to be transpo…

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## [Bug/Crash nodered and alexa](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-crash-nodered-and-alexa/14346)

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**Author:** [@seymour](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/seymour)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [28 August 2019 10:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-crash-nodered-and-alexa/14346 "2019-08-28T10:40:35Z")

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Hi there I’ve been using node-red (now at 0.20.7) in a raspberry pi 3 and 4 with node-red-contrib-alexa-home-skill, node-red-contrib-mdashboard and node-red-contrib-knx-easy with 40 nodes to integrate my knx net with al…

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## [Parsing sensors from Tasmota to InfluxDB](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/parsing-sensors-from-tasmota-to-influxdb/14848)

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**Author:** [@igrowing](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/igrowing)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [28 August 2019 07:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/parsing-sensors-from-tasmota-to-influxdb/14848 "2019-08-28T07:59:41Z")

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Tasmota is more popular than Espurna, ESPHome, and Homie. However, it doesn't update InfluxDB. I hoped to find ready code or method... Seems I searched bad. var GAS\_WORST\_VALID = 50; // kOhm. Empirical... maybe wrong va…

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## [Relays for dummies](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/relays-for-dummies/13714)

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**Author:** [@BartButenaers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartButenaers)\
**Replies:** 65\
**Last updated:** [28 August 2019 08:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/relays-for-dummies/13714 "2019-08-28T08:32:37Z")

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Hi folks, My wife reminded me yesterday that I bought - more than a year ago - a series of relay devices, a.o. to control the garage doors via Node-RED. And this time she is right: I should finish that project in the n…

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## [Setting Authorization Headers in IBM API Connect Test and Monitor](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-authorization-headers-in-ibm-api-connect-test-and-monitor/14846)

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**Author:** [@priyankamakke](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/priyankamakke)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [28 August 2019 08:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-authorization-headers-in-ibm-api-connect-test-and-monitor/14846 "2019-08-28T08:15:03Z")

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It's probably me being a doofus, but I'm struggling to find a way to add an Authorization header to my request using IBM API Connect Test and Monitor. In cURL I would use something like this: - -H 'Authorization: Beare…

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## [Dashboard back to main page button](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-back-to-main-page-button/13452)

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**Author:** [@Poodlepapa](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Poodlepapa)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [27 August 2019 23:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-back-to-main-page-button/13452 "2019-08-27T23:28:46Z")

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Is there an easy way to switch from the dashboard to the screen where you build the flows? I have saved the dashboard URLs to my favorites bar but I'd like to be able to click something like the dashboard button to get b…

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## [How display dates of current week !?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-display-dates-of-current-week/14837)

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**Author:** [@hathemi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hathemi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [27 August 2019 22:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-display-dates-of-current-week/14837 "2019-08-27T22:02:12Z")

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i'am kind of stuck here, How can be able to display dates of current week ?

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## [MQTT + Calculus + Node-red Dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-calculus-node-red-dashboard/13616)

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**Author:** [@NatanST](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/NatanST)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [27 August 2019 19:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-calculus-node-red-dashboard/13616 "2019-08-27T19:50:06Z")

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Hello, I've been watching a lot of your tutorials lately. Unfortunately, I have a lot of doubts if what I need to do is "doable" with MQTT + Node red. I'll try to explain in a simple way: I'm using a Software from Pozy…

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## [Pass over msg.payload to html](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/pass-over-msg-payload-to-html/14828)

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**Author:** [@matthiasertl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/matthiasertl)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [27 August 2019 18:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/pass-over-msg-payload-to-html/14828 "2019-08-27T18:18:50Z")

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im trying topass over the answer from my modbus reader to a html page which i can read with my samsung smartthings device. the debug on the modbus reader shows my so called PV Power Value (e.g. \[1223\]) but i can not …

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## [Node-red and Raspberry pi 3](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-and-raspberry-pi-3/14825)

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**Author:** [@rwiest](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rwiest)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [27 August 2019 13:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-and-raspberry-pi-3/14825 "2019-08-27T13:45:40Z")

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Hello, I don't know if this is the right place. I currently have a node-red application running on a Raspberry pi and would like to provide access to this application not only internally within my network but externally …

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## [Websocket message](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/websocket-message/14789)

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**Author:** [@lodv](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lodv)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [27 August 2019 12:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/websocket-message/14789 "2019-08-27T12:37:14Z")

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Hello, What is meant by the message: Cannot have two WebSocket listeners on the same path: ws/myapp in the debug window? I have multiple MQTT out nodes. Three nodes use the same IP address (of Raspberry Pi A) and one h…

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## [Sorting the Bars of a Bar Chart](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sorting-the-bars-of-a-bar-chart/14809)

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**Author:** [@lineal](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lineal)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [27 August 2019 08:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sorting-the-bars-of-a-bar-chart/14809 "2019-08-27T08:01:22Z")

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Hi. I am using a slightly modified version of node-red in something called LoopEdge/LoopFlows but I believe it works in the same way as usual node-red. I have a bar chart and I was wondering, is there any way I could o…

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## [How to add Picture on Dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-add-picture-on-dashboard/14791)

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**Author:** [@Dodong](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Dodong)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [27 August 2019 07:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-add-picture-on-dashboard/14791 "2019-08-27T07:51:42Z")

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hi everyone. Please help how to add factory map image layouts according to the image below. main points how to add images in ".jpg" format to the dashboard.! Presentation1|690x388 Thank you.

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## [Inline node for debugging that can be enabled or disabled without deploying every time](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/inline-node-for-debugging-that-can-be-enabled-or-disabled-without-deploying-every-time/14771)

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**Author:** [@Alacritous](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Alacritous)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [27 August 2019 07:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/inline-node-for-debugging-that-can-be-enabled-or-disabled-without-deploying-every-time/14771 "2019-08-27T07:20:27Z")

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After making a feature request and bumbling about with setting the node status from inside a function, I have my solution. Here is a subflow that is an inline debug output node. That can be enabled, or disabled and can …

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