# 🧩 \[ANNOUNCE\] New Plugin: MSN3 Reporter — Smart Virtual Factory Connector
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-new-plugin-msn3-reporter-smart-virtual-factory-connector/99355
**Category:** Share Your Nodes
**Created:** [11 October 2025 21:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-new-plugin-msn3-reporter-smart-virtual-factory-connector/99355 "2025-10-11T21:32:51Z")
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### Author:  [@ismailalsaedy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ismailalsaedy)
#### Post date: [11 October 2025 21:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-new-plugin-msn3-reporter-smart-virtual-factory-connector/99355/1 "2025-10-11T21:32:51Z")
Hello Node-RED Community 👋
I’m Ismail Alsaedy, a front-end and automation developer from Saudi Arabia.
I’ve recently developed a new Node-RED plugin called node-red-contrib-msn3, designed to help engineers and integrators report, monitor, and analyze data streams across multiple IoT and factory simulation sources with minimal setup.
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🚀 What is MSN3?
MSN3 (Modular Smart Node 3) is a lightweight Node-RED plugin that:
• Collects live data from MQTT, REST APIs, or Modbus sources.
• Converts it into structured production reports.
• Automatically exports results into dashboards, databases, or external cloud systems.
It acts as a virtual factory reporter, bridging the gap between IoT devices and business analytics systems.
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⚙ Key Features
• 📡 Multi-source Data Input (MQTT / HTTP / Serial)
• 🧮 Real-time Metric Conversion
• 📊 Auto-reporting to dashboards or spreadsheets
• 💾 Offline Caching (in case of connection loss)
• 🔗 Simple integration with Node-RED Dashboard
• 🪶 Lightweight and low CPU usage
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💡 Why I Built It
Many industrial developers and local manufacturers in Saudi Arabia struggle with:
• Data integration between shop-floor sensors and reporting tools.
• Manual reporting delays.
• Lack of lightweight factory simulation and analytics tools.
MSN3 was designed to solve this gap — providing a free, open-source bridge for smart reporting automation.
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🧠 Technical Info
• Package name: node-red-contrib-msn3
• Version: 0.0.1
• License: MIT
• Node type: msn3-reporter
• Category: factory / virtual / reporting
🧩 Installation
npm install node-red-contrib-msn3
Then restart Node-RED and drag the MSN3 Reporter node into your flow.
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📣 Feedback Welcome
I’d love to hear your feedback, suggestions, and potential integrations.
Please test it, experiment with it, and share what you discover.
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🧑💻 About the Developer
Ismail Alsaedy
Front-end Developer | IoT Enthusiast | Saudi Arabia
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### Author:  [@marcus-j-davies](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/marcus-j-davies)
#### Post date: [11 October 2025 21:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-new-plugin-msn3-reporter-smart-virtual-factory-connector/99355/2 "2025-10-11T21:42:56Z")
Welcome to the forums @ismailalsaedy,
And thank you for your contribution.
But note: i couldn’t find it anywhere, you might want to publish it to npm, ensuring it has the correct keywords, and provide some links to your repo - so feedback can actually be provided.
As it stands - it’s invisible to Node RED, and no links to your repo for review.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [10 December 2025 21:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-new-plugin-msn3-reporter-smart-virtual-factory-connector/99355/3 "2025-12-10T21:43:22Z")
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