Node-RED Tutorial - Part 2

Introduction

The following tutorial shows how to import Nodes from the Node-RED library into expecco

Preconditions

• Installed chrome browser
• Make sure you did the step Specify necessary paths from the first part of the tutorial before you make this part. Node-RED Tutorial - Part 1

Collect Nodes from the Node-RED library

• Click on Operations → Collect List of Nodes in Attachment
  • The Node-RED library gets opened in a browser and the names of each node of the library get extracted and saved in the attatchment listOfNodes
  • Hint: Collecting the node names take a few minutes and offers the opportunity for a short coffee break

• Node-RED library

Installing Nodes

• Click on Operations → Install Nodes

• A window opens
  • Enter here the node name node-red-contrib-speedtest-updated
  • Hint: If you want to install all nodes which contains e.g. smarthome in their names just enter *smarthome*

• The entered node will be installed
  • Information about the installation can be found in the lower left corner of the window

Importing the Node

• Click on Operations → Importing Nodes

• A small window opens
  • The .node-red folder will be opened automatically
  • Navigate to the node_modules folder
  • Search in the node_modules folder after a folder called node-red-contrib-speedtest-updated
  • Select the file speedtest.html, then click OK

• A new folder should have been created
  • Open this folder to see the just generated elementary blocks

• Select and execute speedtest

• Click on the tab Run → Pins to see the result

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