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## [Messages blocked till next deploy](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/messages-blocked-till-next-deploy/100237)

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**Author:** [@Gnomi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Gnomi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [8 February 2026 15:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/messages-blocked-till-next-deploy/100237 "2026-02-08T15:38:55Z")

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I sometimes have the feeling of blocked messages inside Node-Red (currently 4.0.5). Then some functions -not all- are not working anymore and if I make a full deploy of the flows again, all is working and in e.g. using …

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## [Node-red-contrib-cip-st-ethernet-ip cycle time not respected](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-cip-st-ethernet-ip-cycle-time-not-respected/100275)

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**Author:** [@bobfield](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bobfield)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [8 February 2026 12:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-cip-st-ethernet-ip-cycle-time-not-respected/100275 "2026-02-08T12:32:25Z")

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I have been using node-red-contrib-s7 to read tags from Siemens PLCs and I define a reading cycle time. Each cycle generates an object with the tags and enters in the flows correctly. However, when using the equivalent n…

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## [Connecting a Ethernet IP device to Node-Red that's not a PLC?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/connecting-a-ethernet-ip-device-to-node-red-thats-not-a-plc/100335)

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**Author:** [@sfisher1975](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sfisher1975)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [8 February 2026 10:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/connecting-a-ethernet-ip-device-to-node-red-thats-not-a-plc/100335 "2026-02-08T10:04:47Z")

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Does anyone have any experience with connecting Ethernet IP devices to Node-Red? Pulling data from an AB Plc is easy enough; however, I have challenged myself with directly connecting an Ethernet IP device to Node-Red, a…

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## [Out of the blue... cannot load layout editor?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/out-of-the-blue-cannot-load-layout-editor/100341)

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**Author:** [@Jibun-no-Kage](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Jibun-no-Kage)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [8 February 2026 07:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/out-of-the-blue-cannot-load-layout-editor/100341 "2026-02-08T07:19:49Z")

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Out of the blue... cannot load layout editor? Getting error "Unable to begin layout editor." I reinstalled NR... but no joy. I saw pending update to dashboard 2, completed as well, but still no joy.

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## [Dynamic UI creation?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dynamic-ui-creation/100284)

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**Author:** [@Jibun-no-Kage](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Jibun-no-Kage)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [8 February 2026 03:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dynamic-ui-creation/100284 "2026-02-08T03:27:08Z")

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Is there, within one of the various UI frameworks for NR, that would allow dynamic UI creation? Here is the use case, I have a JSON, that changes from time to time, I want to create a button for each top level property …

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## [Reality: NR vs N8N](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reality-nr-vs-n8n/99387)

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**Author:** [@eugeneVzaidun](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/eugeneVzaidun)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [7 February 2026 21:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reality-nr-vs-n8n/99387 "2026-02-07T21:53:07Z")

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Just wanted to say — NR is way better than that silly n8n app, end of story. Sad to see so many people wetting their pens.

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## [Problems with node-red-contrib-alexa-remote2-applestrudel and Amazon](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problems-with-node-red-contrib-alexa-remote2-applestrudel-and-amazon/99606)

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**Author:** [@Buckskin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Buckskin)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [7 February 2026 21:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problems-with-node-red-contrib-alexa-remote2-applestrudel-and-amazon/99606 "2026-02-07T21:35:55Z")

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I have recently received the message open XXXX:3456 in your browser. However, when I do and enter my email & password I then get a pass code sent to my phone. The resulting entry box is very flaky and when I finally do g…

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## [Help with Bitpool Edge BACnet needed](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-bitpool-edge-bacnet-needed/100329)

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**Author:** [@atlochowski](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/atlochowski)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [7 February 2026 21:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-bitpool-edge-bacnet-needed/100329 "2026-02-07T21:19:39Z")

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I have object like this and I want change its value to True. Can you help me? What should I put into inject node to change value to True?

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## [Help with how to better construct this message using GLOBAL context](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-how-to-better-construct-this-message-using-global-context/100332)

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**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [7 February 2026 20:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-how-to-better-construct-this-message-using-global-context/100332 "2026-02-07T20:35:44Z")

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Ok: me being anal, or not. :person\_shrugging: I have this in an exec node: tail -n11 /media/pi/9020-9C27/events/commands\_received.txt | cat Which is fair enough. But I also have this in global context: event\_paths …

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## [Configuring node chart](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/configuring-node-chart/100330)

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**Author:** [@jmab1955](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jmab1955)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [7 February 2026 16:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/configuring-node-chart/100330 "2026-02-07T16:26:18Z")

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HI, I am new here. I am using V4.1.3 of NodeRed. I have followed several tutorials, demos, forums about the use of the chart node. (Dashboard-2 - Chart) If I use the node with real time data fed in, all works well. Aut…

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## [Trying to run Firefox on Pi with exec node and SSH - Error: no DISPLAY environment variable specified](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trying-to-run-firefox-on-pi-with-exec-node-and-ssh-error-no-display-environment-variable-specified/100327)

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**Author:** [@Mastiff](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Mastiff)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [7 February 2026 11:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trying-to-run-firefox-on-pi-with-exec-node-and-ssh-error-no-display-environment-variable-specified/100327 "2026-02-07T11:31:03Z")

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I'm sure this is very simple for those who knows how it's done, but I don't... I have a command line that is supposed to start Firefox to NRK streaming, the Norwegian counterpart to BBC, with an SSH message from the Doc…

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## [Defining utility functions for re-use in a function node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/defining-utility-functions-for-re-use-in-a-function-node/100294)

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**Author:** [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [7 February 2026 06:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/defining-utility-functions-for-re-use-in-a-function-node/100294 "2026-02-07T06:09:38Z")

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Hi all, I am well aware there are a lot of threads that ask a variation of "How can I write a utility function and call it from other functions. e.g: RED.library.register usage How to create utility function in node re…

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## [Varying the frequency of IMAP connections (email node)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/varying-the-frequency-of-imap-connections-email-node/7399)

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**Author:** [@hazymat](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hazymat)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2026 23:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/varying-the-frequency-of-imap-connections-email-node/7399 "2026-02-06T23:40:00Z")

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I'm using the email node to check for the presence of an email in a specified IMAP folder. Ideally I'd like to be able to vary the frequency of connecting to IMAP. Am I right in saying it's not possible with the default…

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## [Node-red-contrib-redis 1.4.0](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-redis-1-4-0/100314)

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**Author:** [@frank80](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/frank80)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2026 16:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-redis-1-4-0/100314 "2026-02-06T16:37:28Z")

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hello everyone, i'm working with this nodes and i'm facing problems with the redis-command node using hset command. hget or hgetall works fine. hset return error "invalid number of arguments" even if the arguments are…

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## [Create a server to receive data from client device](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/create-a-server-to-receive-data-from-client-device/100322)

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**Author:** [@omni-support](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/omni-support)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2026 14:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/create-a-server-to-receive-data-from-client-device/100322 "2026-02-06T14:31:52Z")

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I have one modem which is able to send data to server with Http. I am trying to set a nodes to check the data received from this modem. for example, my node-red is running on a debian vpn pc, and modem is on the vpn netw…

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## [🎉 Node-RED 5 beta 2 now available](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-5-beta-2-now-available/100208)

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**Author:** [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2026 13:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-5-beta-2-now-available/100208 "2026-02-06T13:09:39Z")

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:tada: The second beta release of Node-RED 5 is now available! After a short break for the Christmas period, we're back to our regular scheduled beta releases of Node-RED 5 We're continuing to iterate the UI appeara…

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## [How to convert json text into json object inside the msg object](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-convert-json-text-into-json-object-inside-the-msg-object/100323)

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**Author:** [@CoderN](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/CoderN)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2026 11:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-convert-json-text-into-json-object-inside-the-msg-object/100323 "2026-02-06T11:42:26Z")

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I have a flow that synchronize the states of 2 instances of Home Assistants. The output of sqlite query feeds a sensor node on another Home Assistant. An example output of the msg is like: \[ { "state": "1", "s…

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## [Ui\_tabulator Node - tickedCross Selection](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-tabulator-node-tickedcross-selection/100313)

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**Author:** [@Chris378](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Chris378)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2026 05:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-tabulator-node-tickedcross-selection/100313 "2026-02-06T05:59:03Z")

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Hello All I\`m using the ui\_tabulator Node. In the table I have a column "tickedCross", and this column is editable. The editParams-value "tristate" is false. But when I clieck on this column in any row it shows this …

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## [Is this feasible/sensible in Node Red](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-this-feasible-sensible-in-node-red/100277)

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**Author:** [@craigcurtin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/craigcurtin)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2026 00:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-this-feasible-sensible-in-node-red/100277 "2026-02-06T00:11:57Z")

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Hey Guys, Helping out someone who needs to get a computer neophyte to answer a series of questions that will feed into (ultimately) a budget for an organisation. The person can not be trusted in Excel to do direct edits…

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## [🚀 Just released @nagual69/node-red-pgvector v2.0.0!](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/just-released-nagual69-node-red-pgvector-v2-0-0/100320)

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**Author:** [@nagual69](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nagual69)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [5 February 2026 22:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/just-released-nagual69-node-red-pgvector-v2-0-0/100320 "2026-02-05T22:35:38Z")

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Enterprise-grade #NodeRED nodes for #PostgreSQL + #pgvector: :white\_check\_mark: OpenTelemetry observability :white\_check\_mark: Distributed tracing :white\_check\_mark: Auto-retries :white\_check\_mark: Production-ready P…

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## [Dynamic Web Socket URL](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dynamic-web-socket-url/100316)

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**Author:** [@Mick](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Mick)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [5 February 2026 17:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dynamic-web-socket-url/100316 "2026-02-05T17:50:18Z")

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I have a flow that connects to Blitortung.org web socket. There are 10 available web sockets. Is there any way to dynamically set the web socket url incase the web socket fails to connect? I could create all the we…

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## [Updates on UIBUILDER v7.6 dev, new Markdown Content Management feature!](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/updates-on-uibuilder-v7-6-dev-new-markdown-content-management-feature/99983)

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**Author:** [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [5 February 2026 17:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/updates-on-uibuilder-v7-6-dev-new-markdown-content-management-feature/99983 "2026-02-05T17:34:43Z")

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Hi all, thought it was high-time I shared what is happening with UIBUILDER. As some of you may be aware, I've suffered some eye problems this autumn so I've not been able to get as much done. But things are happening. S…

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## [Http -\> https local proxy webserver](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-https-local-proxy-webserver/100315)

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**Author:** [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [5 February 2026 12:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-https-local-proxy-webserver/100315 "2026-02-05T12:24:23Z")

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I use MicroBlocks to program my microcontrollers but one issue with doing this is that it only handles making http requests and a lot of APIs out there require using https nowadays So I made this very simple flow to all…

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## [Disable update notifications for particular nodes?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-update-notifications-for-particular-nodes/100306)

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**Author:** [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [5 February 2026 09:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-update-notifications-for-particular-nodes/100306 "2026-02-05T09:34:25Z")

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I believe that it is not currently possible to disable update notifications for particular nodes. I am using a hacked fork of a node, installed directly from github. Since the version in npm has since been updated then …

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## [DEC to ASCII characters display](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dec-to-ascii-characters-display/100309)

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**Author:** [@nearbyatom](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nearbyatom)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [5 February 2026 06:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dec-to-ascii-characters-display/100309 "2026-02-05T06:14:12Z")

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I'm pulling in data 1 character per register over modbus. And it looks like this How do i combine these decimals together, and spit out the message in ASCII? And then I need to display it on the dashboard.

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## [Passing data via uib-var](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/passing-data-via-uib-var/100301)

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**Author:** [@vonbaron](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/vonbaron)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [4 February 2026 13:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/passing-data-via-uib-var/100301 "2026-02-04T13:50:15Z")

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Hello all, I have just joined in to the discussions for NR and in particular UIBUILDER. Firstly, I want to show my appreciation to TotallyInformation for the vast amount of work I can see has been put in to developing u…

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## [Update config is not visible](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/update-config-is-not-visible/100300)

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**Author:** [@wrayx1](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/wrayx1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [4 February 2026 13:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/update-config-is-not-visible/100300 "2026-02-04T13:29:46Z")

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AI has told me in two cases that "Update Config" was in one case a link in the bottom of the right panel and in the second case that it was a yellow banner at the bottom of the screen. In the first case it was definitely…

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## [DS18B20 sensor\[s\] on ESP](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ds18b20-sensor-s-on-esp/100239)

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**Author:** [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Replies:** 33\
**Last updated:** [4 February 2026 05:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ds18b20-sensor-s-on-esp/100239 "2026-02-04T05:25:41Z")

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Does anyone have experience getting DS18B20 sensors to work on ESPs? I have tried Tasmota on a Wemos D1 Mini and a Tenstar Robot C3 Supermini. When I connect the DSB1820 and 4.7K pull-up resistor, the ESP fails to boot…

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## [Dashboard One Level Widget Replacement](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-one-level-widget-replacement/100299)

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**Author:** [@n61ab](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/n61ab)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [3 February 2026 21:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-one-level-widget-replacement/100299 "2026-02-03T21:32:38Z")

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I have been considering a move to Dashboard Two, but see there is no DashBoard Two equivalent of the Dashboard One Level Widget. Like this: What are my alternatives to do this in Dashboard Two? Alan

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## [Hiding parts of the gauge node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hiding-parts-of-the-gauge-node/100286)

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**Author:** [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [3 February 2026 16:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hiding-parts-of-the-gauge-node/100286 "2026-02-03T16:21:00Z")

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Starting with this gauge I can use CSS .nrdb-ui-gauge.noarc svg g#arc { display: none; } to get rid of the thick green arc But if I also have .nrdb-ui-gauge.noarc svg g#backdrop{ display: none; } After sendin…

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