Node-red for pimatic available

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Meanwhile I released version 1.0.4. It should now be possible to install node-red plugins in the pimatic main dir. I also removed a useless config setting.

@Jos-Hendriks Sounds great, thanks for your efforts! I am just trying to develop a nice dashboard and it really is fun.

@Jos-Hendriks said in Node-red for pimatic available:

Meanwhile I released version 1.0.4. It should now be possible to install node-red plugins in the pimatic main dir. I also removed a useless config setting.

Oops, did something wrong again, please use 1.0.5…

Glad I haven’t updated yst.

@Jos-Hendriks said in Node-red for pimatic available:

Well that ia up the maintainer op node-red-dashboard to fix

Well, it can be fixed with a minor change in the plugin code. I’ll file a PR tomorrow.

Unfortunately, I am not able to update to version 1.0.5.

Any idea? I have “nopt” installed.

The error messages:

module.js:327
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module 'npm/node_modules/nopt’
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:325:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:276:25)
at Module.require (module.js:353:17)
at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/ppm.js:32:12)
at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
at Object.Module._extensions…js (module.js:416:10)
at Module.load (module.js:343:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:441:10)
module.js:327
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module 'npm/node_modules/nopt’
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:325:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:276:25)
at Module.require (module.js:353:17)
at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/ppm.js:32:12)
at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
at Object.Module._extensions…js (module.js:416:10)
at Module.load (module.js:343:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:441:10)

would it be possible to set the port in the settings of the plugins?
i always can’t start pimatic after install/update pimatic-node-red, because i have to change the port manually…

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Chris

@Dee said in Node-red for pimatic available:

Unfortunately, I am not able to update to version 1.0.5.

Any idea? I have “nopt” installed.

The error messages:

module.js:327
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module ‘npm/node_modules/nopt’
…

This is a log of the the upgrade? Maybe you can do a fresh install of the plugin?

I must say that I never do uprgades myself. Always a fresh install. I run pimatic on docker which means I just create a new docker image which I can then deploy on my raspberry.

@chris said in Node-red for pimatic available:

would it be possible to set the port in the settings of the plugins?
…

Sure, I created an issue in github to fix that.

Hi, I am running Pimatic for a long time now and I also use node-red for combining various inputs and output and it is a great system combining both would be even better!
Is there a way to use the pimatic nodes and dashboard within my current install of node-red. I prefer not to install node-red as a “container” within my pimatic setup.

@mwittig said in Node-red for pimatic available:

Well, it can be fixed with a minor change in the plugin code. I’ll file a PR tomorrow.

Finally, I have filed my PR fixing the dashboard-link issue and also adding a few other things.

https://github.com/joshendriks/pimatic-node-red/issues/17
https://github.com/joshendriks/pimatic-node-red/issues/15
https://github.com/joshendriks/pimatic-node-red/pull/16

@dynamite said in Node-red for pimatic available:

Hi, I am running Pimatic for a long time now and I also use node-red for combining various inputs and output and it is a great system combining both would be even better!
Is there a way to use the pimatic nodes and dashboard within my current install of node-red. I prefer not to install node-red as a “container” within my pimatic setup.

The dashboard: Yes. It is just a node-red plugin. It is not specifically made for pimatic.
The pimatic nodes: No. These are hooked directly onto the pimatic framework events. I found this to be the best option to integrate pimatic and node-red. The choice came with the drawback of running node-red as a “container” in pimatic.

@Jos-Hendriks Any changes that you can “upgrade” this pimatic plugin to be an “official” plugin for node-red?

Is this warning normal while updating?

npm WARN engine pimatic-node-red@1.0.5: wanted: {“node”:">4.x.x",“npm”:">2.x.x"} (current: {“node”:“4.4.7”,“npm”:“2.15.12”})

@Jos-Hendriks said in Node-red for pimatic available:

The pimatic nodes: No. These are hooked directly onto the pimatic framework events. I found this to be the best option to integrate pimatic and node-red. The choice came with the drawback of running node-red as a “container” in pimatic.

I think it would be possible to develop a variant of the nodes types which use a websocket to connect to pimatic instance. It should be possible to get all events via a websocket.

@mwittig @Jos-Hendriks basically websockets are already part of the node red connections. But Then it would be more related to how to progress / filter the message in node red?

@Jos-Hendriks Yes, it’s the error log that I get during the upgrade. I am trying to do a fresh install. So, hopefully that will fix it. Will look into docker, I didn’t know about that.

@dynamite said in Node-red for pimatic available:

@Jos-Hendriks Any changes that you can “upgrade” this pimatic plugin to be an “official” plugin for node-red?

No, this definetly is a plugin fo pimatic. We could, however, create a node-red-pimatic plugin. In fact I think we should. Both would have their purpose.
pimatic-node-red, as we have it now, is good for people who know pimatic and are unfamiliar with node-red. But for people like yourself, it makes sense to not have node-red running as part of pimatic.

Version 1.0.6 is available. The dashboard link now works and the port is configurable. Thanks @mwittig!

Thanks.

Works…

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Chris