Pythonshell use in Node-red

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Dears,

I have installed pythonshell and want to exec BACpypres script. For example ">python /home/pi/bacpypes/samples/RandomAnalogValueSleep.py --ini BACpypes,ini". However, I don't know how to do it correctly. Could you please help me solve it ?

Br,
Chris

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So what have you tried so far?
What keywords have you used in a search of the forum?

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Hi zenofmud,

I cannot run the script in pythonshell and the result show "pyfile not exist".

[{"id":"16b51057.cf729","type":"pythonshell in","z":"41096a38.ae9594","name":"","pyfile":"/home/pi/bacpypes/samples/RandomAnalogValueSleep.py --ini BACpypes.ini","virtualenv":"/home/pi/bacpypes/","continuous":false,"stdInData":false,"x":340,"y":160,"wires":[["95fd053b.8b33d8"]]},{"id":"89192f8.b3c71d","type":"inject","z":"41096a38.ae9594","name":"","topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":"","x":140.5,"y":76,"wires":[["16b51057.cf729"]]},{"id":"95fd053b.8b33d8","type":"debug","z":"41096a38.ae9594","name":"","active":true,"console":"false","complete":"false","x":537.5,"y":233,"wires":[]}]

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What keywords have you used in a search of the forum?

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Yes. I search the "python" in the forum but I cannot find answer to solve it. I think the key point is that how to identify argv [argument]. Example: >python /xxx/xxx/xxx/xxx.py --ini BACpypes.ini

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you might want to try the 'exec' node and pass the arguments to it.

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Using the exec node to run a python script works fine and I use NR to start a number of python scripts for various tasks. In addition, I like some of them to be started "visually", i.e. when I vnc into a headless RPi I want to see the script execution. To do this, I configure the exec node as shown below. In the example from my home automation systems I have four python scripts running in this way
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If you still want to use the pythonshell node, you should read the documentation to see how to padd arguments, You might want to try the example flow the author provides.

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Dears,

I also try to use exec node to run python script in windows OS. However it still have issue.

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[{"id":"a57ce9b6.631478","type":"exec","z":"59cea228.0dde9c","command":"python C:\bacpypes\RandomAnalogValueSleep.py --ini","addpay":true,"append":"C:\bacpypes\BACpypes.ini","useSpawn":"false","timer":"","oldrc":false,"name":"","x":500,"y":780,"wires":[["da47c202.50496"],["da47c202.50496"],["da47c202.50496"]]},{"id":"2d79e91a.e26fb6","type":"inject","z":"59cea228.0dde9c","name":"","topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":180,"y":720,"wires":[["a57ce9b6.631478"]]},{"id":"da47c202.50496","type":"debug","z":"59cea228.0dde9c","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","x":950,"y":780,"wires":}]

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The correct command should be the follows,
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there seems to be quite a difference between the command you are using in the exec node vrs what you call the correct command. So does, from the command line, the command

python C:bacpypes/RandomAnalogValueSleep.py --ini C:bacpypes/BACpypes.ini

work> I notice in the example where it works, bagpipes.ini is not in caps....

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Sorry, I don't run Node-RED in Windows, only Linux

Maybe you need double backslashes in Windows (Like C:\\ etc etc)

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It seems cannot identify arguments always show "unrecognized arguments". Below is my command in exec node for reference.

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However it can be run well in command line as follows,

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http://bacpypes.sourceforge.net/

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try unchecking the +Append [] msg.payload.

It looks like a timestamp is being passed - in msg.payload - to the exec node and is being added to the arguments.

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Thank you. After uncheck the +Append[] msg.payload it is correct now.