Dashboard 2.6.0 now out

[Dave C-J]

Hi,

I have published Node-RED Dashboard 2.6.0

Enhancements

• Let widgets have properties set by msg.ui_control object - see config-fields.md - Issue #235
• Let charts lines have gaps by sending null as payload.

Fixes

• Fix TTS to pick correct voice at start - Issue #291
• Fix TTS to try to select similar voice across different browsers - Issue #292
• Fix chart colours to re-initialise correctly on refresh - Issue #296

The key enhancement is the ability for many widget to now be more configured by  msg.ui_control  messages 

which allows you to control things like the segment sizes of gauges, thickness of the gauge, and pointer, change chart ranges , wave gauge colours and styles, dynamically set mins and maxes

Note: anything set this way is dynamic... and won't be saved - so will need to be re-set / re-sent on restarts.

[Dave C-J]

A couple of quick examples

 

[gainestr]

I'm getting "Connection Lost" status messages when I type in the dashboard UI URL in the browser.  I either have to refresh or wait for the UI to reload.  Using RaspberryPi and Safari.  Has also been tested with Chrome browser.

[mike7]

On Tuesday, 31 October 2017 04:30:03 UTC+3, gainestr wrote:

I'm getting "Connection Lost" status messages when I type in the dashboard UI URL in the browser.  I either have to refresh or wait for the UI to reload.  Using RaspberryPi and Safari.  Has also been tested with Chrome browser.

I've got the same issue with anonymous access, if previously logged in Node-RED there is no issue.

Issue raised on github https://github.com/node-red/node-red-dashboard/issues/298

[Dave C-J]

Thanks for spotting that - 2.6.1 pushed to fix it.

[gainestr]

Thanks for the fix.  Works as expected now.

[wku...@gmail.com]

What is the recommended procedure to upgrade from an older version?

I'm pretty new to node-red, nodejs, and npm, but finding it potentially more useful with each new tidbit I learn about!

I've already made a very useful flow to turn a cheap Android phone into an SMS message sender via MQTT using node-red installed in termux with termux:api

Works great, but certain android auto updates seem to kill the termux process, doesn't happen often, haven't figured the exact conditions out yet, but I get an MQTT "will message" when the termux flow quits and loses the broker connection.  Then another part of the system sends me an Email telling me the Android flow has died. I'd been doing this for the past few years using an Adafruit "Fona" GSM modem programmed in C, but its only gen 2 which is getting shutdown and having significant periods of "no signal".  A cheap Android phone is less expensive than the new Fona upgraded to gen 3, which I expect will start shutting down in a few more years.

I've also made a very useful "presence detector" running node-red on a Raspberry PiZero-W with Radius BLE Key Fob Beacons.  Works great, except the beacons keep randomly turning themselves off (intervals from days to hours) and eventually losing their settings.  Radius Networks is sending me some new beacons to try and sort things out.

[Dave C-J]

simplest way (for me at least :-).... is to go to your Node-RED user directory - normally ~/.node-red

then run

    npm i node-red-dashboard

then stop and restart Node-RED and check the log - it should show the version in the log as it starts.

[wku...@gmail.com]

So is this generally true for node-red, just install again over the previous version?

I actually think this is a fine way to do things.

Thanks!

[Jamie Abbott]

I stumbled upon a new? feature a few days ago. Under Settings (User Settings) > Palette you can click to upgrade any package that is out of date.

 

Cheers,Jamie

[Dave C-J]

And pushed out 2.6.2 with a few more wrinkles ironed out

Fixes

 - Fix problem with partial deploy. If set for only modified nodes then a changed chart could mess everything else up.. - Issue #279

 - Remove `msg.` option from Button as makes no sense without any node context - Issue #301

 - Better handling of empty data series in chart data (if for some reason series "0" was empty set then the rest would not plot as the axes would fail to compute correct;y

Enhancements

 - Add time field type options to text input widget.

 - Let colour picker optionally send outputs as they change = flashy LED nonsense ahoy - Issue #299

[wku...@gmail.com]

Thanks for pointing this out!

It'll help me a lot as I have a hard time keeping up with all the rapid development changes.

[Toshi Bass]

I notice Dashboard 2.6.0 does not pass through input to output correctly on colour picker as it did before now it appears to add an extra #     see attached

Top is msg.payload through color picker

Bottom is msg.payload direct 

[Toshi Bass]

hmmm   I appear to have solved my issue   if I choose to send payload as a Object it works correctly but adds the extra # if I send payload as a String,  I am pretty sure this was not the case prior to 2.6.0 as I didn't change anything in my flow and it was working prior to updating,   unless the node default changed from send Object to send String I suppose !

[Dave C-J]

I think it's a bug

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Sent from phone.

[Dave C-J]

can you raise an issue with a small example to clarify if possible - thanks

[Toshi Bass]

ok done, but be advised this issue is on Dashboard 2.6.2 not Dashboard 2.6.0 as previously stated in my post (sorry).

[M Lugo]

Hi,

I using dashboard 2.1.0 with node-red 0.17.5

 I have been trying to update to 2.6.0 with the command npm i node-red-dashboard  but when I run node-red I see the old version

Gratefull if anyone can help providing a procedure to update to dashboard versio 2.6.0.

Thanks you

[Julian Knight]

Where are you in the filing system when you try to run that? You need to be in your userDir which is normally ~/.node-red

[Joel Wakefield]

Dave CJ,
Could you please post this flow? I would like to create something similar in my dashboard.

Thanks for your contribution! NR and NR Dashboard is great!

[Dave C-J]

Hi

Which flow ?

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[Joel Wakefield]

Dave CJ,

I was hoping to take a look at your flows (Posted in this thread on Oct. 30) to figure out what I am doing wrong in trying to modify the format of a fill gauge type dashboard icon.  I suspect my "msg.ui_config" syntax is off, but i'm not very sure how to correct it.  Here is my flow:

[{"id":"4b6a5a4d.72c91c","type":"ui_gauge","z":"3778552e.a5b92a","name":"Water Level","group":"9250f352.dd0a8","order":0,"width":0,"height":0,"gtype":"wave","title":"Water Level","label":"","format":"{{value}}","min":0,"max":"100","colors":["#00b500","#e6e600","#ca3838"],"seg1":"","seg2":"","x":817,"y":560,"wires":[]},{"id":"343b6afc.c1d346","type":"random","z":"3778552e.a5b92a","name":"","low":"0","high":"100","inte":"true","x":427,"y":560,"wires":[["a1a7d761.7b9628"]]},{"id":"a1a7d761.7b9628","type":"change","z":"3778552e.a5b92a","name":"Gauge format","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"ui_control","pt":"msg","to":" {\"options\":{\"waveCount\":5}}","tot":"str"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":607,"y":560,"wires":[["4b6a5a4d.72c91c","bd51e6a9.51a41"]]},{"id":"bd51e6a9.51a41","type":"debug","z":"3778552e.a5b92a","name":"","active":true,"console":"false","complete":"true","x":797,"y":599,"wires":[]},{"id":"66251d52.cb1c84","type":"inject","z":"3778552e.a5b92a","name":"","topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","repeat":"5","crontab":"","once":false,"x":190,"y":560,"wires":[["343b6afc.c1d346"]]},{"id":"9250f352.dd0a8","type":"ui_group","z":"","name":"System Status","tab":"ad770e7a.839b48","order":1,"disp":true,"width":"4"},{"id":"ad770e7a.839b48","type":"ui_tab","z":"","name":"SmartGarage","icon":"dashboard","order":1}]

Thanks again!

[Dave C-J]

only bit you missed is that the change node needs to set the type to be a json message

[Dj Jastrzębowski]

Nice Work :-)

 

I have questions from beginer how to inject msg.payload to JSON ?

{

    "options": {

        "min": 0,

        "max": "msg.payload"

    }

} 

?

[Dj Jastrzębowski]

I have solution maybe need sombady in future

[{"id":"a0462ee5.430c9","type":"function","z":"e2b997af.cc6188","name":"","func":"var min     = 0; \nvar max   = msg.payload;\nmsg.topic=\"ui_control\";\nmsg.ui_control = {\n  \"min\": min,\n  \"max\": max \n}\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":250,"y":1140,"wires":[["98039598.178798"]]},{"id":"90996ee6.e08b2","type":"inject","z":"e2b997af.cc6188","name":"","topic":"","payload":"123","payloadType":"str","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"x":70,"y":1140,"wires":[["a0462ee5.430c9"]]},{"id":"98039598.178798","type":"json","z":"e2b997af.cc6188","name":"","pretty":false,"x":430,"y":1140,"wires":[["9f630f8e.941f6"]]},{"id":"9f630f8e.941f6","type":"change","z":"e2b997af.cc6188","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"0","tot":"str"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":660,"y":1140,"wires":[["2e67a55d.b7d0ca","bac2c411.e4a4e"]]}]