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## [WeatherAPI com weather service](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/weatherapi-com-weather-service/64216)

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**Author:** [@Paul-Reed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paul-Reed)\
**Replies:** 38\
**Last updated:** [10 September 2022 05:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/weatherapi-com-weather-service/64216 "2022-09-10T05:59:28Z")

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weatherapi been around a few years now, but it's not been on my radar (and not mentioned elsewhere in the node-RED forum), so I thought I'd give it a try, as most of the other weather api's are no longer available (for…

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## [Connect Node-RED Project to Bitbucket git \[SOLVED\]](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/connect-node-red-project-to-bitbucket-git-solved/66446)

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**Author:** [@cow\_n\_berg](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cow_n_berg)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2022 21:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/connect-node-red-project-to-bitbucket-git-solved/66446 "2022-09-09T21:33:45Z")

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A short how-to (for the next time I need it...) When I tried to connect my project git to a Bitbucket repository, I couldn't get it right. Now I have, so let's share it. In the end, I had the entire project already in B…

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## [Next value in msg max 1 higher than last](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/next-value-in-msg-max-1-higher-than-last/67493)

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**Author:** [@bgdev2015](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bgdev2015)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2022 21:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/next-value-in-msg-max-1-higher-than-last/67493 "2022-09-09T21:12:27Z")

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Hi at first, iam running an MQTT-Server where NodeRed fetches data. I want to filter a spicific msg that this stored value is maximum 1 higher than the last sended value. Iam completely new to NodeRed so please be gent…

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## [Help with why this isn't working](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-why-this-isnt-working/67504)

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**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2022 21:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-why-this-isnt-working/67504 "2022-09-09T21:07:55Z")

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Sorry folks, the brain has yet again failed me. This is the code (just to get it posted) \[{"id":"736e32dd.75a544","type":"function","z":"10fde8b5.a8a82f","name":"/ 1000","func":"let now = parseInt(msg.now/1000);\\nmsg.n…

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## [Want NR to phone you anywhere to warn you of an alarm?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/want-nr-to-phone-you-anywhere-to-warn-you-of-an-alarm/49166)

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**Author:** [@Jean-Luc](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Jean-Luc)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2022 17:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/want-nr-to-phone-you-anywhere-to-warn-you-of-an-alarm/49166 "2022-09-09T17:25:49Z")

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Do you want NR to phone you to warn you of an alarm for example? For those who want to be called on their cell phone by their home automation, in case of alarm for example, here is what I set up. I use for this the softw…

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## [Possible enhancements to delay node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/possible-enhancements-to-delay-node/67511)

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**Author:** [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2022 16:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/possible-enhancements-to-delay-node/67511 "2022-09-09T16:09:46Z")

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In a recent thread @colin said It is a pity that sending {flush: 1, reset: true} to the Delay node does not flush and then reset. It appears to reset first, so there is nothing to flush. The reason this was not imple…

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## [I need help to add more to a bot](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-need-help-to-add-more-to-a-bot/67523)

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**Author:** [@Holk](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Holk)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2022 16:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-need-help-to-add-more-to-a-bot/67523 "2022-09-09T16:04:14Z")

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Hi I am totally new to the world of node red, but would like to try to understand it better, I have downloaded start that a bot that I would like to do more on, what it can do now is buy currency in a specified second, …

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## [Can the Delay node rate limit, but pass first message immediately, and always pass on the latest message?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-the-delay-node-rate-limit-but-pass-first-message-immediately-and-always-pass-on-the-latest-message/67170)

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**Author:** [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Replies:** 76\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2022 14:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-the-delay-node-rate-limit-but-pass-first-message-immediately-and-always-pass-on-the-latest-message/67170 "2022-09-09T14:08:44Z")

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I have a scenario with messages coming in at random intervals. Often a long way apart but occasionally close together. These are the goals When a message comes in and there has been more than five seconds since the …

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## [Use SQLite in a function node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/use-sqlite-in-a-function-node/66981)

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**Author:** [@stgj](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/stgj)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2022 13:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/use-sqlite-in-a-function-node/66981 "2022-09-09T13:34:02Z")

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I have a table with no primary key. There will be several duplicated records. The table will hold alarms from a facility. 4 columns: tag, description, start\_time and end\_time. The only rule is that there cant exist dup…

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## [Ui control behaviour on two different devices](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-control-behaviour-on-two-different-devices/67477)

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**Author:** [@WhiteLion](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/WhiteLion)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2022 13:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-control-behaviour-on-two-different-devices/67477 "2022-09-09T13:22:52Z")

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Hiho, I use a ui-control node to show / hide different groups. That does work like expected on one device. If I trigger a "show" or "hide" on the first device while viewing the page on second device it will not work. I…

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## [Node-RED-dashboard-template-node ERR\_CONNECTION\_REFUSED](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-dashboard-template-node-err-connection-refused/67512)

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**Author:** [@JustinB](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JustinB)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2022 11:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-dashboard-template-node-err-connection-refused/67512 "2022-09-09T11:35:13Z")

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Hello, I'm trying to connect xterm (which I implemented in dashboard-template-node) with wetty (to have a real terminal in the dashboard). But I'm always facing an error.

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## [Working with JSON data objects coming from MQTT](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/working-with-json-data-objects-coming-from-mqtt/67066)

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**Author:** [@gbhide0312](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gbhide0312)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2022 11:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/working-with-json-data-objects-coming-from-mqtt/67066 "2022-09-09T11:28:03Z")

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Hi, My first time on this forum. Working with incoming MQTT Data. It is a big JSON string. Tried outputting it both as string/buffer as well as parsed JSON object. What im trying to do here is extract the individual ke…

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## [Need to parse values from node-red-contrib-s7 node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/need-to-parse-values-from-node-red-contrib-s7-node/67386)

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**Author:** [@sahsha](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sahsha)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2022 10:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/need-to-parse-values-from-node-red-contrib-s7-node/67386 "2022-09-09T10:49:37Z")

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Need help to prase MD168 tag. I tried using buffer-parser but no success. The value is supposed to be "88.00". Below is the payload. msg.payload = { "M2.0": true, "MR168": 6.32293893072644e-41, "MR169":…

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## [How to send JSON out of function node?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-send-json-out-of-function-node/67500)

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**Author:** [@EaB11](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/EaB11)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2022 08:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-send-json-out-of-function-node/67500 "2022-09-09T08:52:33Z")

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hi all.. I am using this subflow to try and fade between values.. https://flows.nodered.org/flow/4abee421817eac7335b5633f166295af i noticed the inject node in the subflows example sends JSON as the payload with a bun…

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## [How to create TCP server and access it from public IP](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-create-tcp-server-and-access-it-from-public-ip/67503)

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**Author:** [@kc2015](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kc2015)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2022 08:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-create-tcp-server-and-access-it-from-public-ip/67503 "2022-09-09T08:05:17Z")

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Hi, I have created a TCP server. If I set localhost it work. Within node red I can access and send / receive messages. My node is hosted on AwS. I need to access tcp server from outside over internet. I set up port fo…

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## [CORS failure in Dashboard-Template](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cors-failure-in-dashboard-template/67508)

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**Author:** [@JustinB](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JustinB)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2022 07:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cors-failure-in-dashboard-template/67508 "2022-09-09T07:53:35Z")

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Hello guys, I'm trying to implement a web-based terminal in my node-RED-dashboard with the template node. For this I am using xterm and now I want to connect it to wetty. But always I'm connecting it to the socket, the …

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## [HomeAssistant palette installation error](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/homeassistant-palette-installation-error/67155)

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**Author:** [@agino](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/agino)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2022 01:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/homeassistant-palette-installation-error/67155 "2022-09-09T01:47:08Z")

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Dear, please help, I cannot install palette to NR at HA os running RaspberryPi. Im new and no idea how handle this error. here is the log: ----------------------------------------------------------- 2022-08-30T22:06…

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## [Tutorials: Node-RED and Pi-Plates](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tutorials-node-red-and-pi-plates/67472)

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**Author:** [@Pi-Plates](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Pi-Plates)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2022 00:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tutorials-node-red-and-pi-plates/67472 "2022-09-09T00:45:41Z")

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Hey guys, My name is Jerry Wasinger and about six years ago I started developing a line of products for the Raspberry Pi called Pi-Plates: These are a family of stackable and interchangeable add-on boards that provid…

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## [Get input from dashboard-form and set IP address in http get](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-input-from-dashboard-form-and-set-ip-address-in-http-get/67488)

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**Author:** [@SuperKing](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SuperKing)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [8 September 2022 18:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-input-from-dashboard-form-and-set-ip-address-in-http-get/67488 "2022-09-08T18:44:02Z")

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Wondering if someone can help me here. Total Noob to Node-Red I'm working on a personal project to capture data from a URL. I'm trying to work out some basic functionality issues. I have a Dashboard form that request…

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## [Change Node: string to number](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-node-string-to-number/67475)

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**Author:** [@HaVi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/HaVi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [8 September 2022 15:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-node-string-to-number/67475 "2022-09-08T15:00:36Z")

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I hope I don't bore others with my question, it must be simple but I couldn't solve it. In the Change Node I use the code below but the output temp and humi is a string (see image) but that must be a number. Can someone …

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## [MQTT Node connections](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-node-connections/6819)

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**Author:** [@manal](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/manal)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [8 September 2022 14:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-node-connections/6819 "2022-09-08T14:51:37Z")

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Hi , I am using MQTT node to publish and subscribe on different topics (all the same flow) to mosquitto broker. everything work very well, I can send command to the node-red in raspberry pi3 and publish data from sens…

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## [Add new library using library store](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/add-new-library-using-library-store/67469)

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**Author:** [@alevher](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/alevher)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [8 September 2022 14:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/add-new-library-using-library-store/67469 "2022-09-08T14:24:25Z")

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Good moning everyone! I am trying to add a local library and i came acrosss this: i added the library portion to the settings file and created the folder but i see the new library tab but i still can't see the flows …

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## [Face recognition using Omron HVC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/face-recognition-using-omron-hvc/67385)

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**Author:** [@FrantaD](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/FrantaD)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [8 September 2022 12:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/face-recognition-using-omron-hvc/67385 "2022-09-08T12:44:16Z")

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Hi, I want to get this facial recognition device. I found a tutorial on how to run this on RPI 4 using Python code. Is there any reasonable way to implement this in Nodered? Thanks for all the comments. I'm trying to…

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## [How to add tooltip on svg circle](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-add-tooltip-on-svg-circle/67389)

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**Author:** [@node-to](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/node-to)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [8 September 2022 12:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-add-tooltip-on-svg-circle/67389 "2022-09-08T12:42:19Z")

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The below image shows the parking slot as rectangular box and the circles are the car. Now I do no which car is where to know, if I click on the circle a popup must appear with info of parking zone, number, parking id. …

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## [Improve TCP nodes (IP and Port programmatically)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/improve-tcp-nodes-ip-and-port-programmatically/66780)

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**Author:** [@maximus](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/maximus)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [8 September 2022 12:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/improve-tcp-nodes-ip-and-port-programmatically/66780 "2022-09-08T12:35:12Z")

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Hi, It would be nice if the IP and Port on the TCP nodes could be inserted with variables or through messages. Thanks!

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## [Dark Theme of (discourse) Node-RED forum became too dark](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dark-theme-of-discourse-node-red-forum-became-too-dark/67473)

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**Author:** [@PizzaProgram](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/PizzaProgram)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [8 September 2022 10:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dark-theme-of-discourse-node-red-forum-became-too-dark/67473 "2022-09-08T10:52:36Z")

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A few minutes ago suddenly I could not read any forum entries any more with Dark Theme! The text became dark-gray. Had to switch the Theme back to Default at my profile. What happened? did someone tamper with disc…

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## [Useage of contrib-npm](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/useage-of-contrib-npm/67449)

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**Author:** [@smitterer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/smitterer)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [8 September 2022 10:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/useage-of-contrib-npm/67449 "2022-09-08T10:40:38Z")

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Hi! I'd like to use the npm node (node-red-contrib-npm (node) - Node-RED) to be able to use pdf-merger-js (pdf-merger-js - npm). Unfortunately, I always get errors like TypeError: func is not a function or similar, dep…

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## [Create files TXT with multiline](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/create-files-txt-with-multiline/67471)

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**Author:** [@LinkView\_Maze](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/LinkView_Maze)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [8 September 2022 10:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/create-files-txt-with-multiline/67471 "2022-09-08T10:08:28Z")

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Hello I want to inject several lines into a text file with the following formatting. # USER user\_name=1000 user\_domain=10.65.101.48 user\_display=Name site user\_organization= auth\_realm= auth\_name=1000 auth\_pass=link217…

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## [PLC 5/40E + NODE RED, is it possible?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/plc-5-40e-node-red-is-it-possible/67418)

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**Author:** [@Luramirez080](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Luramirez080)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [8 September 2022 08:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/plc-5-40e-node-red-is-it-possible/67418 "2022-09-08T08:27:39Z")

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Hi. I wanted to know if there is any possible way to extract data from an Allen Bradley: PLC 5/40E directly to Node-red. For example in ControlLogix I’m using the ‘cip-ethernet-ip’ node. From Siemens S7-1500 I’m using ‘…

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## [Quantity=126,modbus-response , not recieve data](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/quantity-126-modbus-response-not-recieve-data/67457)

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**Author:** [@joe1](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/joe1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [8 September 2022 02:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/quantity-126-modbus-response-not-recieve-data/67457 "2022-09-08T02:19:01Z")

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Quantity=126,modbus-response , not recieve data I want to recive Quantity 200 length, but it does not work due to me not understanding how to use it effectively. Quantity=124 it working. why ? work: 1-125 not work: 12…

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