I shall try to search the library, but as I am not sure of the term to use, I'll ask here too.
I am deubgging some stuff and need to find a nominal time for a message to go through the system. bunch of nodes.
I am sure there are such beasts, but just can't think of what they would be called.
Thanks in advance.
Part of @BartButenaers amazing suite of nodes ... node-red-contrib-interval-length (node) - Node-RED
Thanks. Shall get it now.
Ummm..... Reading the docs, I am not sure that is what I want/need.
That tells you the time between two messages arriving at a point - as I can read.
I need to know how long it takes a message to get from point a to point b in the flow.
Sorry but reading the docs, I can't see that is what the node is doing.
Sorry @Bobo ..... I am right. That gives me the time (at one point in the flow) between two messages arriving.
I need to get the time it takes for a message to propagate down the nodes/flow.
(May not need it now as things have progressed.)
But thanks all the same.
Andrew,
Have a look at my node-red-contrib-msg-profiler. Note that it is NOT available on npm, since Nick preferred to have something like that in the core. See this design.
Bart
Even simpler, just use a trigger and debug node, attach to it's input from wherever needed and you get a timestamp when the msg arrives
Wow, that is an interesting way of doing it.
Thanks for the suggestion.
I looked at your suggestion and this is the flow I have made.
Excluding the node which is being tested.
[{"id":"baeb7091b4dd2fce","type":"function","z":"c56bddee.ca0a18","name":"","func":"var a;\nvar b;\nvar c;\n\nif (msg.topic == \"A\")\n{\n // A\n a = msg.payload;\n node.warn(\"A = \" + a);\n return;\n} else\nif (msg.topic == \"B\")\n{\n // B\n b = msg.payload;\n node.warn(\"B = \" + b);\n}\n\nc = parseInt(b) - parseInt(a);\n\nmsg.payload = parseInt(c);\n\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":600,"y":4640,"wires":[["9d38ceb31750d74c"]]},{"id":"9d38ceb31750d74c","type":"debug","z":"c56bddee.ca0a18","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":760,"y":4640,"wires":[]},{"id":"291bdb0ac590b9ec","type":"change","z":"c56bddee.ca0a18","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"","tot":"date"},{"t":"set","p":"topic","pt":"msg","to":"B","tot":"str"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":620,"y":4680,"wires":[["baeb7091b4dd2fce"]]},{"id":"b44d44583e89fa74","type":"inject","z":"c56bddee.ca0a18","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"A","payloadType":"date","x":250,"y":4700,"wires":[["610e3e684b9f0ebb","baeb7091b4dd2fce"]]}]
So for the sake of it, stick in a delay node.
But when I test it, I get NaN output.
I don't get why it is not happy.
Sorry....
Andrew, here is a subflow that you can use inline in any flow to mark the start and stop points - it was designed for this exact purpose.
Be sure to read the info and look at the demo
https://flows.nodered.org/flow/63f29373e826a9fd4943d679d43e725f
There is nothing from my suggestion I can find in your flow that you shared. Did you miss something...or exported something else?
Sorry, I expanded on what I thought you said. Get two time stamps and determine the difference.
Steve's posted a subflow and I'm looking at it.
Thanks.
On that link the subflow only isn't selectable.
Don't worry, I'll drag select it. (Been a bad day for the brain)
Um, ok...
But I am now getting this error:
{"message":"TypeError: msg.payload.sort is not a function","source":{"id":"90fd90b2.99848","type":"function","name":"Native JS Sort","count":1}}
Again: sorry, but I don't understand.
Well, I think the wait time in the trigger node maybe was too long (1 ms)
Here is a modified version that demonstrates how I thought it should work. It measures the time the execution inside the function node takes
[
{
"id": "72f81f8e71a4a22f",
"type": "trigger",
"z": "36f1953be98c4956",
"name": "",
"op1": "",
"op2": "",
"op1type": "date",
"op2type": "nul",
"duration": "0.000000001",
"extend": false,
"overrideDelay": false,
"units": "ms",
"reset": "",
"bytopic": "all",
"topic": "topic",
"outputs": 1,
"x": 910,
"y": 1670,
"wires": [
[
"a4e5417642ba9263"
]
]
},
{
"id": "a4e5417642ba9263",
"type": "debug",
"z": "36f1953be98c4956",
"name": "",
"active": true,
"tosidebar": true,
"console": false,
"tostatus": false,
"complete": "false",
"statusVal": "",
"statusType": "auto",
"x": 1160,
"y": 1670,
"wires": []
},
{
"id": "baeb7091b4dd2fce",
"type": "function",
"z": "36f1953be98c4956",
"name": "",
"func": "//do something\nlet t = msg.payload;\nreturn msg;",
"outputs": 1,
"noerr": 0,
"initialize": "",
"finalize": "",
"libs": [],
"x": 900,
"y": 1790,
"wires": [
[
"9d38ceb31750d74c",
"72f81f8e71a4a22f"
]
]
},
{
"id": "9d38ceb31750d74c",
"type": "debug",
"z": "36f1953be98c4956",
"name": "",
"active": true,
"tosidebar": true,
"console": false,
"tostatus": false,
"complete": "false",
"statusVal": "",
"statusType": "auto",
"x": 1160,
"y": 1790,
"wires": []
},
{
"id": "b44d44583e89fa74",
"type": "inject",
"z": "36f1953be98c4956",
"name": "",
"props": [
{
"p": "payload"
},
{
"p": "topic",
"vt": "str"
}
],
"repeat": "",
"crontab": "",
"once": false,
"onceDelay": 0.1,
"topic": "A",
"payload": "just whatever",
"payloadType": "str",
"x": 580,
"y": 1670,
"wires": [
[
"72f81f8e71a4a22f",
"baeb7091b4dd2fce"
]
]
}
]
Ah, ok.
Thanks.
Yeah, I don't know if that will help me.
I can't understand why I can't get the maths working to find the difference of the two timestamps.
Thats a new issue. You can see what you get in the debug
It definitely works
You have probably changed the inject & left the function from the demo - that expects payload to be an array - but it should just be deleted. You should ONLY use the "flow-timer" node INSIDE your flow.
You are supposed to simply add a START and STOP flow-timer in your own flow...
Ok, my foot is in my mouth.
That flow you posted worked.
I looked at it, and thought I understood what it is and how to use it.... JSON, etc... Not needed.
Ok, so I use the top inject node. Press it twice and get a message (middle debug node) and I see the time between the two presses.
Argh!
Ok. I didn't use the first function node.
I'll go back and try again.
When the day starts bad, I hoped it would get better. It hasn't. It is getting worse.
Be back soon.
In the mean time I (once again) was shown how stupid I am.
The bit of code I posted a while back starting today's posts was wrong in so many ways.
I just realised I wasn't saving the first value.
This is the function node code now and it works.
var a;
var b;
var c;
if (msg.topic == "A")
{
// A
a = msg.payload;
node.warn("A = " + a);
context.set("A",a);
return;
} else
if (msg.topic == "B")
{
// B
b = msg.payload;
node.warn("B = " + b);
}
a = context.get("A");
c = b - a;
msg.payload = c;
return msg;
That is the blown up version as I was checking myself through the code.
Really makes a big difference saving the context A for the first value.
Sorry both @Steve-Mcl and @krambriw .
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