I'm trying to read data from a BH1750 i2c light intensity sensor. There is no node-red node for it, so I'm using a node.js module and trying to access it from within a function node in node-red. However anything that is in a function() code seems not to be executed. I used one function node to initi…

Hi @Max95 for future reference, please wrap your code blocks in ``` so they format correctly. var ls1 = flow.get('ls1'); ls1.readLight(function(err, value){ if (err) { msg.payload = err; throw err; } else { msg.payload = value; } }); You are providing a callback function to the r…

Hi @knolleary . Thank you very much for you quick and helpful reply. This has been the best forum experience of my life!

Hi max95, I hope you found the way to reach your goal. Would you mind to provide the solution that worked for you? Any help even little is appreciated. Thank you!

Have a look at this post: [image] Read BH1750 Sensor Hardware Hi You know a way how to read the sensor data from the BH1750 sensor?

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Using function() within a function node

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ghayne 28 October 2018 09:37 5

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