Date: Expected to be released in September Component: Node-RED Release Note:
After several months without publishing our progresses here, we want to to start sharing our updates here as before. Today we have to announce that we are working in a library for Node-RED that allows working with Workflows, adding a vast amount of capabilities and interoperability to Thinger.io ecosystem.
Some of the expected features (nodes) for Node-RED in the first release:
Read/subscribe to device data
Send data to a device
Call an endpoint
Read/Write data bucket
Read device state (connected/disconnected)
This way, it would be possible to add intelligence and logic to the devices connected to Thinger.io. We are planning also to add a hosted solution of Node-RED (under subscription) and integrate it under our console administration. What do you think about that?
Anyway, could we also use node-RED for timer/scheduler?
for example: We need to switch Off the lamp at 06.00 AM and switch it On at 17.30 PM, and repeat.
Wow that’s really cool !! I have not worked too much with node red, but there are a lot of tutorials and surely it will be really easy for an unexperienced developer or a tech fan to make cool things with both platforms.
the Thinger.io node is available since some weeks ago in the Node-RED repository. So, anyone with an instance can try to install and test it. It is very preliminary and requires some documentation. If anyone wants to try it and give us some feedback, I will appreciate it!
Remember that the repository is open, so if you want to improve it or create some documentation, it is available here:
Regarding the scheduling, I think that it is possible as long as Node-RED is able to generate an event when required, so, yes, you can send a command to any Thinger.io device when required.
Do you have some feedback? We are planning to extend some features regarding reacting to device disconnections.
