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--- venus-os:large [2021-11-25 14:46] – [1.1 Venus OS Large, Node-RED and Signal K server?] dfaber
+++ venus-os:large [2021-12-10 10:36] – [5.2 Installing extra nodes] dfaber
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 From VRM, a connection to Node-RED, the Node-RED dashboard and Signal K can be made.
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 Note that only the services that are enabled are shown in the VRM menu.
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 Also Node-RED features a [[https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-dashboard|fully customisable dashboard]], viewable in a webbrowser - both locally but also remotely, via the VRM Servers.
-A good tutorial on how to work with Node-RED is here: https://nodered.org/docs/tutorials/first-flow.
+A good tutorial on how to work with Node-RED is here: https://nodered.org/docs/tutorials/first-flow. On https://github.com/victronenergy/node-red-contrib-victron/wiki/Example-Flows you can find example flows that use the Victron Energy nodes.
-The Node-RED editor is at http://venus.local:1880/. For some systems, you'll have to replace ''venus.local'' by the ip-address.
+The Node-RED editor can be accessed from your LAN at http://venus.local:1880/. For some systems, you'll have to replace ''venus.local'' by the ip-address. You can also access the Node-RED editor from VRM, where it is available via the //Venus OS Large// menu.
-Please note that updating the ''@victronenergy/node-red-contrib-victron'' module is not (yet) possible from either the Node-RED UI as the commandline. The recommended way to get to the new node-red-contrib-victron version is to await a new Venus OS large build.
+Please note that updating the ''@victronenergy/node-red-contrib-victron'' module is not possible from either the Node-RED editor as the commandline. The recommended way to get to the new node-red-contrib-victron version is to await a new Venus OS large build.
 ==== 5.2 Installing extra nodes ====
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 Node-RED comes with a core set of useful nodes, but there are many more available from both the Node-RED project as well as the wider community.
-For example nodes that give access to weather data, or with timer functionality, and so forth.
+For example nodes that give access to weather data, or with timer functionality, and so forth. You can find several example flows on https://github.com/victronenergy/node-red-contrib-victron/wiki/Example-Flows
 You can search for available nodes in the Node-RED library.
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 Password protection of Node-Red is linked to the remote console. If a password is set for the remote console, this password is also used for securing Node-Red. The username is ''admin'', the password is the remote console password.
+=== Q: How do I restart Node-RED from the Venus GUI? ===
+In order to restart Node-RED you need to disable and enable it from the menu. You can find this under //Venus OS Large Features -> Node-RED//.
+=== Q: How does safe mode work and what is it? ===
+From the Venus GUI you can select Node-RED to be enabled in "safe mode". This means that Node-RED will start without starting the flows. This allows you to open the flows in the editor and make changes without the flows running. When you deploy your changes, the flows are then started. The safe mode can be handy if one of the flows has an error that causes high CPU loads on the Venus device or other issues.
 === Q: Can I install the @signalk/node-red-embedded? ===