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## [The edit text node looks looks different from the image I added](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/the-edit-text-node-looks-looks-different-from-the-image-i-added/35385)

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**Author:** [@christine.otieno](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/christine.otieno)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 23:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/the-edit-text-node-looks-looks-different-from-the-image-i-added/35385 "2020-11-05T23:44:50Z")

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Where can I find value format and Layout?

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## [Changing Image on the Dashboard via different payloads](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/changing-image-on-the-dashboard-via-different-payloads/35414)

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**Author:** [@DrdP](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/DrdP)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 23:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/changing-image-on-the-dashboard-via-different-payloads/35414 "2020-11-05T23:40:39Z")

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Good day all I want to replicate that a pump is in running(green pump)/stopped(grey pump)/faulted(red pump) condition. I am reading a modbus register from a VSD. I have added a SVG Graphics node and can succesfully see …

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## [Ideas for elapsed time counter please](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ideas-for-elapsed-time-counter-please/35352)

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**Author:** [@craigcurtin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/craigcurtin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 23:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ideas-for-elapsed-time-counter-please/35352 "2020-11-05T23:18:53Z")

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Guys, Just renovating our pool and about to go live next week. We will be using an EnviroSwim system that essentially does away with the need for chlorine and instead uses Copper to neutralise the water. We want to in…

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## [Prévois message](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/prevois-message/35405)

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**Author:** [@micke0079](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/micke0079)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 23:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/prevois-message/35405 "2020-11-05T23:09:26Z")

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Hey guys ! I'm searching for a solution to subtract the previous message with the new one. Any ideas ? Thanks

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## [Node-ui-microphone not visible on dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-ui-microphone-not-visible-on-dashboard/35397)

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**Author:** [@Sturgeon](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sturgeon)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 23:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-ui-microphone-not-visible-on-dashboard/35397 "2020-11-05T23:03:12Z")

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Hello! I try to use browser mic with node-ui-microphone. I add node, add Tab and group in dashboard layout, and select group in node preference. But when I run dashboard I dont see mic button. Only empty screen and text…

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## [Should be easy, but](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/should-be-easy-but/35246)

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**Author:** [@RASelkirk](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RASelkirk)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 23:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/should-be-easy-but/35246 "2020-11-05T23:02:23Z")

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Hi All, I've been making progress with my gate opener, the interface is almost done and I'm getting into the pi itself. I have a button on my N-R dash that I want to use to make a 'short" on my pi. On the actual gate, t…

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## [Sending data from HTML form hosted on apache to node-red](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-data-from-html-form-hosted-on-apache-to-node-red/35408)

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**Author:** [@kchong98](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kchong98)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 22:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-data-from-html-form-hosted-on-apache-to-node-red/35408 "2020-11-05T22:44:43Z")

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I've set up a webpage that gets data from an SQL server and displays it onto graphs which is hosted on an Apache server. Both the SQL and Apache server are hosted on a raspberry pi. However, the page also contains a form…

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## [Semantic Versioning and Node-RED](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/semantic-versioning-and-node-red/35386)

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**Author:** [@drmibell](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/drmibell)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 22:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/semantic-versioning-and-node-red/35386 "2020-11-05T22:07:36Z")

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Not strictly a Node-RED question, but I would be curious to hear opinions on how semver is or should be used in the NR environment. While revising nodes that I contributed a few years ago, I started thinking about some s…

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## [Tripp Lite UPS Monitoring](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tripp-lite-ups-monitoring/35388)

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**Author:** [@wecoyote5](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/wecoyote5)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 22:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tripp-lite-ups-monitoring/35388 "2020-11-05T22:05:52Z")

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Hi all, has anyone integrated a Tripp-Lite UPS in Node-Red to monitor power and gracefully shutdown that could share their setup? The UPS has the USB interface and no network capability and I'm running NR on an RPi4 whic…

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## [Flows to Manage SSH Keys?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flows-to-manage-ssh-keys/35348)

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**Author:** [@Nodi.Rubrum](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Nodi.Rubrum)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 21:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flows-to-manage-ssh-keys/35348 "2020-11-05T21:55:46Z")

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I wanted to create some basic SSH key management via NR, to avoid using something like Ansible, just to deploy public keys. The goal, is generate and deploy a public key to my NAS server, from any one of my NR remote in…

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## [Convert pcap to json](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/convert-pcap-to-json/35390)

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**Author:** [@rparada](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rparada)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 21:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/convert-pcap-to-json/35390 "2020-11-05T21:53:27Z")

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Hi, I've installed the node "node-red-contrib-pcap" succesfully. I could filter the incoming packets, however, I need to convert it to JSON. Find the flow below: \[{"id":"268be8ad.9ee5b","type":"tab","label":"Flow 1","d…

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## [Can't delete nodes/flows](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-delete-nodes-flows/35343)

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**Author:** [@GTiglio](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/GTiglio)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 21:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-delete-nodes-flows/35343 "2020-11-05T21:24:10Z")

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Hi, I started with Node -RED on a Pi3, up to now everything worked just fine. Started now to install Node-RED on a Pi4 in a Docker-container. First everything worked like expected, but now I have a strange problem: at a…

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## [\[SOLVED\] Using node-red-contrib-chart-image](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/solved-using-node-red-contrib-chart-image/35300)

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**Author:** [@nygma2004](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nygma2004)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 21:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/solved-using-node-red-contrib-chart-image/35300 "2020-11-05T21:06:15Z")

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This is something, I wanted to do a long time ago, and only today I realised that there is a node for this. Thanks @gemini86 for your work. If there any special procedures getting this node installed? I tried using the …

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## [Passive Notifications from Node-Red Dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/passive-notifications-from-node-red-dashboard/35396)

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**Author:** [@plefneski](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/plefneski)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 19:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/passive-notifications-from-node-red-dashboard/35396 "2020-11-05T19:44:20Z")

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I have been trying to create passive notifications from node-red for quite some time now but I am not able to find a way to make it work. I am running on a raspberry pi 4 with buster. I was using the ui dashboard notifi…

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## [While Loop not shutting down](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/while-loop-not-shutting-down/35298)

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**Author:** [@RASelkirk](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RASelkirk)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 19:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/while-loop-not-shutting-down/35298 "2020-11-05T19:37:06Z")

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Hi All, Hoping someone will take a look, I'm trying to understand why my "while loop" nodes are acting...odd: \[{"id":"fc2942fb.cd18","type":"group","z":"c199b9b6.017a2","name":"Text Labels","style":{"stroke":"#92d04f",…

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## [Raspberry Pi Desktop Installation](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/raspberry-pi-desktop-installation/14778)

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**Author:** [@KoenWindey](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/KoenWindey)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 18:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/raspberry-pi-desktop-installation/14778 "2020-11-05T18:57:21Z")

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Hi, I'm running Raspberry Pi Desktop (https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/) in a VirtualBox VM and was hoping to install Node Red using the Raspberry Pi script provided here: https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/r…

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## [MQTT with node-red or home assistant](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-with-node-red-or-home-assistant/35383)

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**Author:** [@jordan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jordan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 17:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-with-node-red-or-home-assistant/35383 "2020-11-05T17:09:17Z")

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Hi guys, I would like to learn how to setup MQTT device with node-red or home assistant. My plan is to monitor different parts at home (temp, humidity etc.) so I thought sensors connected with MQTT and then MQTT would …

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## [Font Awesome Icon working while Angular Material Icon not](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/font-awesome-icon-working-while-angular-material-icon-not/35344)

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**Author:** [@SuperNinja](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SuperNinja)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 16:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/font-awesome-icon-working-while-angular-material-icon-not/35344 "2020-11-05T16:48:38Z")

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\[{"id":"458a1df8.34c844","type":"ui\_text","z":"fe2c7bc6.bd49c8","group":"22cd2b36.d63984","order":7,"width":"3","height":"2","name":"text+Icon ","label":"\<font color=orange\>Signal : \</font\>","format":"\<h1\>\<font …

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## [Ascii codec can't encode character](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ascii-codec-cant-encode-character/35370)

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**Author:** [@dclear](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dclear)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 16:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ascii-codec-cant-encode-character/35370 "2020-11-05T16:47:02Z")

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Hi! I'm using a Python script which returns the currently playing/on air DJs on the BBC at the moment. Has worked well for months. Now I find it actually fails if there's an apostrophe in the output. Can I fix this some…

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## [Allow multiple users and inputs to dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/allow-multiple-users-and-inputs-to-dashboard/35337)

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**Author:** [@zaher](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zaher)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 16:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/allow-multiple-users-and-inputs-to-dashboard/35337 "2020-11-05T16:44:45Z")

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Currently with node-red dashboard widgets, I noticed that if a user makes selections from drop-down widgets for example, another user with access to the dashboard can overwrite the selections simultaneously. What would b…

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## [Node-red-contrib-pcap installation failed](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-pcap-installation-failed/35368)

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**Author:** [@rparada](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rparada)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 16:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-pcap-installation-failed/35368 "2020-11-05T16:04:53Z")

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Hi, I've tried to install the node pcap " node-red-contrib-pcap" from node-red (palette) but installation fails. Then, I've installed it following the github steps through terminal. Still, I cannot see the pcap node in …

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## [Open NR editor without running flows capability](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/open-nr-editor-without-running-flows-capability/1001)

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**Author:** [@davidcgu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/davidcgu)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 16:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/open-nr-editor-without-running-flows-capability/1001 "2020-11-05T16:02:00Z")

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Good morning I think there is a important topic not raised up, however I don’t know if is feasible to bring it up. Sometimes anyone can edit something and create a buffer or import some flow with a node not installed o…

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## [Pulse counting energymeter](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/pulse-counting-energymeter/35334)

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**Author:** [@HDM](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/HDM)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 13:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/pulse-counting-energymeter/35334 "2020-11-05T13:56:12Z")

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good day thank you in advance it is necessary to count the pulses at a time at a time can come and 0, 1, 2 different numbers how do I implement this

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## [Raspian Jessie not supported with latest bash script](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/raspian-jessie-not-supported-with-latest-bash-script/17617)

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**Author:** [@jsolderitsch](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jsolderitsch)\
**Replies:** 35\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 13:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/raspian-jessie-not-supported-with-latest-bash-script/17617 "2020-11-05T13:40:36Z")

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The recommended bash script to install node-red into debian is: bash \<(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/node-red/linux-installers/master/deb/update-nodejs-and-nodered) This worked last week or so but is broke…

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## [Palette Manager installation leave invalid tag in package.json](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/palette-manager-installation-leave-invalid-tag-in-package-json/35256)

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**Author:** [@Mling](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Mling)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 11:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/palette-manager-installation-leave-invalid-tag-in-package-json/35256 "2020-11-05T11:23:39Z")

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Node-red version 1.2.2 new Palette Manager installation leave invalid tag in package.json. This cause error on any further npm installation. 2020-11-03T05:04:29.804Z \[err\] ERR! Invalid tag name ""~"0.0.3": Tags may n…

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## [Optional chaining, nullish coalescing operators in function node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/optional-chaining-nullish-coalescing-operators-in-function-node/35333)

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**Author:** [@PlkMarudny](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/PlkMarudny)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 10:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/optional-chaining-nullish-coalescing-operators-in-function-node/35333 "2020-11-05T10:45:40Z")

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Hi, I try to use optional chaining operator in 'function' node, but I get "The workspace contains some nodes that are not properly configured" error. Node.js version is 14.x, so it should be supported. Am I missing some…

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## [Listen UDP flows](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/listen-udp-flows/35364)

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**Author:** [@rparada](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rparada)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 10:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/listen-udp-flows/35364 "2020-11-05T10:24:09Z")

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Hi, I'm trying to read UDP dataframes (below snap from WS): The private IP is from the running VB instance and the public one, an external PC. This is my flow: \[{"id":"96e009b8.b4f988","type":"tab","label":"Flow 1"…

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## [Philips-Air addiotional program in docker image?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/philips-air-addiotional-program-in-docker-image/35361)

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**Author:** [@nicedevil](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nicedevil)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 09:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/philips-air-addiotional-program-in-docker-image/35361 "2020-11-05T09:46:53Z")

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Heya, I have mutliple Philips Air Cleaning devices (AC3033/10) and they can be controlled via CoAP. There is already a plugin in the palette that I installed but it needs the py-air-control to be installed on the "host…

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## [Using window-status in node-red](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-window-status-in-node-red/35190)

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**Author:** [@trombose009](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/trombose009)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 07:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-window-status-in-node-red/35190 "2020-11-05T07:49:22Z")

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Hi everybody, after getting great help corresponding my last (and very first) topic, I have another two questions. My goal is to send mqtt messages from some kind of mcu (esp32/esp8266/etc) to node-red and write it int…

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## [Firefox not loading node-red web UI on LAN](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/firefox-not-loading-node-red-web-ui-on-lan/33417)

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**Author:** [@agt-theharles.me.uk](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/agt-theharles.me.uk)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 07:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/firefox-not-loading-node-red-web-ui-on-lan/33417 "2020-11-05T07:47:06Z")

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Firefox browser just presented me with a blank page. So I have just wasted two hrs of my life, restoring a RPI image and copying nodes. After the restored from backup and problem was still there it was then I discovered…

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