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node-red-contrib-webiq

This package provides custom nodes for integrating Node-RED with WebIQ. These nodes enable seamless communication with WebIQ servers, allowing you to easily send commands and receive data.

Features

WebIQ API Connect Node: Establishes a connection to the WebIQ server.
API Request Node: Allows you to send commands to the WebIQ server by injecting cmd, id, and data fields.

Installation

To install the nodes, use the following command in your Node-RED user directory (typically ~/.node-red):

npm install node-red-contrib-webiq

Usage

WebIQ API Connect Node

Drag the WebIQ API Connect node into your Node-RED workspace.
Configure the node properties:
- Name: A name for the node instance.
- Host: The WebIQ server host.
- Port: The WebIQ server port.
- Project: The WebIQ project name.
- Username: Your WebIQ project username.
- Password: Your WebIQ project password.
Deploy the changes.

API Request Node

Drag the API Request node into your Node-RED workspace.
Configure the node properties as needed.
Inject the required fields (cmd, id, data) to send commands to the WebIQ server.
Interval time is used to inject data, set 0 for deactivation.
Deploy the changes.

Example Flow to import in Node-Red

[{"id":"cc66026e27238f8e","type":"inject","z":"2ff0686f23684c79","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","x":160,"y":240,"wires":[["0"]]},{"id":"738399a874eef1da","type":"webiq-api-connect","z":"2ff0686f23684c79","name":"WebIQ Connection","host":"localhost","port":"10123","project":"my-project-name","username":"admin","password":"admin","x":610,"y":240,"wires":[["38074751dd3ff1a0"]]},{"id":"0","type":"api-request","z":"2ff0686f23684c79","name":"API Request","cmd":"io.read","data":"[\"DSin\", \"SInt\"]","interval":"0","x":370,"y":240,"wires":[["738399a874eef1da"]]},{"id":"38074751dd3ff1a0","type":"debug","z":"2ff0686f23684c79","name":"debug 3","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":800,"y":240,"wires":[]}]