Node-red-contrib-rainbird

Sirhc · 12 February 2026 05:19

Hello

Just wondering if anyone uses Node-red-contrib-rainbird. It was working great but ever since Rainbird did a firmware update last week it has stopped working.

Anyone else have the same issue or know how to fix it?

Colin · 12 February 2026 09:41

I see this has been raised as an issue against the node, I suggest you watch that issue.

Sirhc · 20 February 2026 22:35

Update on this - Apparently the controller's local API doesn't accept connections on port 80 anymore, only 443. Refer to this link Unable to connect to Rainbird RC2 Controller · Issue #162671 · home-assistant/core · GitHub

It's a long shot, but would anyone what changes need to be made to node-red-contrib-rainbird/node-rainbird.js at main · maciejs20/node-red-contrib-rainbird · GitHub

to get it to work again?

TotallyInformation · 20 February 2026 22:57

Maybe just try changing this line to use https instead of http?

github.com/maciejs20/node-red-contrib-rainbird

node-rainbird.js

main


      
          
          		const maxAttempts = this.retryCount > 0 ? this.retryCount : 1;
          		for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= maxAttempts; attempt++) {
          			try {
          				this.log(`Requesting ${command} from ${this.ip} (attempt ${attempt})`);
          
          				const body = this.encrypt(this.makeBody(commandData, params));
          				const controller = new AbortController();
          				const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), this.timeout);
          
          				const res = await fetch(`http://${this.ip}/stick`, {
          					...this.makeRequestOptions(body),
          					signal: controller.signal,
          				});
          				clearTimeout(timeoutId);
          				if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status}: ${res.statusText}`);
          
          				const data = Buffer.from(await res.arrayBuffer());
          				const response = this.processResponse(data);
          
          				this.log(response);

dceejay · 20 February 2026 22:57

At a quick glance I would try changing line153 to be https

dceejay · 20 February 2026 22:58

Hah ! Beat me to it

TotallyInformation · 20 February 2026 22:59

Only because I was already in the forum posting another thread for you to read Dave!

Sirhc · 21 February 2026 01:33

Thanks for the reply, that worked.

system · 7 March 2026 01:33

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