Hi, there! I have a real Shelly with its original name like shelly2pm-12345678 and I have a virtual Shelly shelly2pm only present in Node-RED. I prepared the UI so the user can select one or another to send the messages to. Now I want to prepare the UI for unknown, future Shelly2pm in the field. …

[image] duaw: It looks like I cannot solve this with standard MQTT nodes Yes you can. [image] Dynamic MQTT node's "actions->connect" guidance needed General The dynamic connection does not overwrite fields. It simply connects to the broker specified in the msg you s…

Brilliant. Missed that. Thanks, Uwe

[image] duaw: Missed that always pays to check the built in help :wink: : [image]

I did. For some reason I am running a localised Node-RED (German). Documentation in German does not have it ... I will have to change language settings. [Bild 12.02.25 um 13.18]

Ahha. Sorry. An pull request for translations are always welcome :angel:

Add details for the dynamic subscription to match the English docs master ← aikitori:mqtt-update-translation opened 09:10AM - 13 Feb 25 UTC (UTC) [image] …

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Steve-Mcl 12 February 2025 09:56 2

Yes you can.

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