I'm trying to calculate the difference between to two consecutive payloads. I'm using SNMP node to query a router interface and return data bytes received. I want to subtract value payload n from payload n+1 to obtain throughput figure per second.
I've looked at context and function nodes but not not sure where to start.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Chris
Look at the storing data part of https://nodered.org/docs/writing-functions
I use a delay node, then store the output in a flow variable
Then the undelayed message go into a function which subtracts the flow variable from the current and divide with the delay time to get the rate.
Perhaps this pre-built node could help you ?
Thanks for your responses. To be clear, I want to subtract content of payload n from payload n+1, not find the time gap between the two.
As suggested, I'm going to run two snmp nodes and fire the second one with a short delay. Store both to context and run function node to subtract one from the other.
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Here are a couple other contrib nodes that may do some of this for you...
What about the following:
First SNMP node, then a change node that stores the payload in an other property of the message, then the second SNMP node with the second request, then a function node that does the subtraction. This way you have no delays, no storage, no race conditions, no parallel execution.
That would be a more flow based programming style
Here is another way with joining:
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Hi,
I want "2" be all time the first payload and 1 the second to get a positif value (If 1 is befor 2 the result is -1 and If 1 wans sent two times we obtain 0). So I want to fix the range of payload. have you an idea?
Thank you for your help.
Are the two values coming from different places?
Hi all
Can you please guide me with the flow , Im having a same kind of issue .
I have raised issue in [How to calculate the difference in KWH values received every 5 min from modbus data and save it as a new values in csv]
Please guide me
Appreciate , your effort in notifying the issue
thank you !
Energycharges 
Please keep your discussion in one thread.
You could of tagged the above, from your other thread.
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