I guess this may be one for @knolleary when he is back from his hols but ... When you do RED.nodes.createNode(this, config) for you node instance, why doesn't createNode apply config to this for you? It seems a long-w…
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## [Being able to draw optical frames in editor](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/being-able-to-draw-optical-frames-in-editor/13000)
It would be great to be able to have some kind of a draw function to create rectangles in editor to group nodes optical together. I have a picture attached of how it could look like. Similar to the selection frame. I…
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## [Destructuring custom node runtime for better clarity and consistency](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/destructuring-custom-node-runtime-for-better-clarity-and-consistency/49967)
Hi all, as previously mentioned, this thread is about having a somewhat different structure to the runtime (.js) component of your custom nodes. The idea being to be able to split complex, monolithic code into smaller f…
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## [Updated to latest node-red-contrib-influxdb. Can't retrieve data, Unhandled promise rejection](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/updated-to-latest-node-red-contrib-influxdb-cant-retrieve-data-unhandled-promise-rejection/49951)
Using Influx 1.8.x all ok until I updated the influxdb node to the latest as it has support for influx 2.x and was planning on updating. The writing to influx is still ok but I cannot retrieve data from within node red u…
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## [Multilanguage label dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multilanguage-label-dashboard/29352)
Hello everybody, there is some support for internationalization (i18n) of the node-red-dashboard? In order to use multilanguage label instead of fixed label in run-time dashboard (localhost/ui/xxx). As alternative, is…
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## [Update to 2.0.5 not fully completed?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/update-to-2-0-5-not-fully-completed/49963)
I just updated Node-RED to version 2.0.5 (on Ubuntu) without any problems. Starting by hand shows that version 2.0.5 is running (see below) What surprises me is that I still get version 1.3.4 displayed in the top right …
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## [Help with string manipulation](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-string-manipulation/49958)
I am sending some data to a display with 2 lines of 16 char's. The top line I want to display the amount of Watts taken from the net and the second line the returned to the net. So I want the first string to be exactly …
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## [How insert checkBox in table](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-insert-checkbox-in-table/49961)
hi, i have a table witch contain a list of fake events and alarms generated from OPC-UA server. i want to add column contain check-box. i used the follow HTML code \ \\ in template node but t…
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## [Node-red-contrib-victron install disables entire instance](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-victron-install-disables-entire-instance/48671)
Installing node-red-contrib-victron messes the flows file because when the module installs it creates a configuration node, and every time it restarts, it creates another with the same name. Doing anything at this point…
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## [Setting up this dashboard (NR/Mosquitto/web page)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-up-this-dashboard-nr-mosquitto-web-page/49949)
Hi, A search has revealed a couple of similar requests mostly linked to the NR dashboard. I wish to develop the below architecture for displaying data from sensors, I have the plc, rpi and mosquitto comms setup, I just…
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## [Permission problems](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/permission-problems/49717)
I have installed node-red at a Ubuntu machine, logged as an user with sudo priviledges, and I have run the pi script, not using "sudo". This machine will be remotely accessed by students, which do not have sudo priviledg…
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## [Looking for new front-end for my home automation](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/looking-for-new-front-end-for-my-home-automation/49932)
I am looking to use uibuilder or some other front end for my home automation. I have successfully integrated my Homeseer system to node-red and using the build in dashboard I have successfully accessed and can control m…
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## [Analysing Memory Use](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/analysing-memory-use/49953)
As part of an excercise in restructuring uibuilder which is a quite complex node, I decided I should finally work out a better way of analysing memory use so that I could make sure that I wasn't leaking memory. Thought …
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## [Install missing packages from package.json](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/install-missing-packages-from-package-json/49772)
Hi, before I opening a Github Issue, I want to ask maybe I am missing something. I'm looking for a way to implement a new flow on my local environment, and then push the updates to remote Docker deployment. The only pr…
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## [SQL Insert query from MQTT](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sql-insert-query-from-mqtt/49943)
Hello All, This is Kartik I am trying to fetch all tag data received in array from Ignition Edge but currently I am able to fetch a single array data but I need the array data as per my array length so anyone please hel…
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## [Wrong response from " is online" node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/wrong-response-from-is-online-node/49942)
HI Team we are observing inconsistency in the response of "is online" node We are polling continuously for 10 times, in that we have seen 2 times as false(offline) even we are connected to the internet at that point of…
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## [Loading order of ui\_templates](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/loading-order-of-ui-templates/49906)
Edit: It's weird, as soon as I posted this, the problem does not occur anymore :speak\_no\_evil: Edit Edit: And it's back again. So the problem remains. Maybe a "cache" thing? We have a problem with loading order of a ui…
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## [ECONNREFUSED error with siemens s7 node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/econnrefused-error-with-siemens-s7-node/49921)
Trying to connect to a siemens PLC to pull sensor data into node red. I've done this successfully in the past but I'm now getting this error. I've double checked port and rack/slot info and they match working nodes we're…
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## [Update buffer parser -\> fail](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/update-buffer-parser-fail/49896)
Hi, I´m using NR 2.0.5 with Node.JS 12.x today I wanted to update contrib-buffer-parser and contrib-modbus from palette, but an error always occurs: \> 2021-08-19T05:33:08.943Z Installieren : node-red-contrib-buffer-pa…
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## [Shortcut to move all nodes above/below? Ripple move?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/shortcut-to-move-all-nodes-above-below-ripple-move/49891)
Hey gang, Sometimes you want to create some space in the middle of your flow page for some more nodes. If it's at the top, it's easiest to select all with CTRL+A and drag them all down, but not as easy if it's in the mi…
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## [\`comment\` nodes - suggestion](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/comment-nodes-suggestion/49895)
Submitted for your approval: (Rod Sterling voice) Just in light of recent posts about how to move groups of nodes. Given you can SHIFT click on a node and all attached nodes are also selected allowing moving of a group …
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## [New home dashboard using uibuilder and bootstrap-vue](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/new-home-dashboard-using-uibuilder-and-bootstrap-vue/6764)
Hi all, thought I'd share something of a project I've been working on over Christmas. My family have been complaining that the Drayton Wiser smart heating system and my smart lighting aren't easy enough to use. While I'…
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## [Simple "If input is then start flow" function](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/simple-if-input-is-then-start-flow-function/49912)
Hi All, I am kind of new to NODE RED and JS. I am trying to create a flow for the following: When a button is pressed on my RF remote, the flow must add 10 to brightness and sent MQTT message with the new value. (But…
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## [Split string into text and integers](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/split-string-into-text-and-integers/49889)
Thanks to the many RS232 posts here, I got our weigh scale correctly connected to a Pi via an RS232-USB cable, and got the output to flow into the Pi upon using the inject node. Only thing that remains is splitting the …
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## [I cant connect to github repository](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-cant-connect-to-github-repository/49741)
hi I cant load any project or push it to github i have this error in consol 15 Aug 11:01:20 - \[error\] Error: remote: Support for password authentication was removed on August 13, 2021. Please use a personal access tok…
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## [Manage many ID flow?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/manage-many-id-flow/49916)
Hello... Someone help me... I have to make a java system and manage flows, my question externally, can each flow have an id? I have several flow, one each company, is it possible to manage each one externally?
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## [Noob question for array to get avalue](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/noob-question-for-array-to-get-avalue/49881)
i like to get from this the yellow fields the value into a new node how do i split this into separate values via json? how do i do that i missing some json understanding
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## [Scalability Node-Red](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/scalability-node-red/18294)
We have been working with node-red for some time, where we have wired 10's of devices. This have worked like a charm, but we're going deploy more devices now. We're deploying thousands of devices, but we're in doubt whet…
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## [Feature Request: Time picker (ui\_text\_input) with step option](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/feature-request-time-picker-ui-text-input-with-step-option/49913)
I found this old post (which seems outdated) and this workaround which is nice but is it really necessary? I wonder if a step option could be added to the ui\_text\_input when time picker mode is selected. Or am I mssing …
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## [Struggling with sending HTTP requests to the "http in" node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/struggling-with-sending-http-requests-to-the-http-in-node/49846)
Hi colleagues, I'm currently learning web development based on HTTP/JS. Node-RED: 1.2.9 My current problem/challenge is the following: I want to transfer a simple JSON object from HTTP/JS code in my browser via the h…
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