Integrate Node-Red

Integrate BLE sensors, devices and display a dashboard

Prerequisites: node-red, node-red-dashboard

Broker connection

• Add a new mqtt in node
• Click 2 times on it
• Add a new broker or connect to an existing one (server field)
• Set the topic like below with the MAC address at the end being the one of the device you want to integrate

TIP

The "+" enables to process the data from all the gateways whatever name they have. So you may setup several OpenMQTTGateway, you will not have to change the Node-Red configuration.

This configuration enables to process all the data coming from the sensor.

• Click on done
• So as to monitor the traffic coming; you can add a debug node with msg.payload as Output

• Link it to the mqtt in node

• Deploy
• Open the debug panel
• You should see messages coming when the gateway will receive data

Json message processing

We need to process the json message so as to extract the value that we want to display.

• Add a change node
• Configure it as Move
• Add the msg value you would like to process example msg.payload.tempc and the target msg.payload

• Connect the change node to the mqtt in node

Dashboard

You can now add widget so as to display the value processed above

• Add a gauge node
• Add a group and organize your dashboard
• Add your value format to process the payload like below

• Click on Done
• Deploy
• Go to your node-red url/ui

You should see the gauge with the last value displayed

You can also add easily a chart node:

Or a function with a notification:

Integrate RF

Here is a simple set of flows for integrating OpenMQTTGateway with NodeRED via an ESP8266 module.

In this example I have used a Wemos D1 Mini with some cheap RF modules.

A flow to receive 433MHz signals into NodeRED (you will need to update the IP address of your broker)

[
    {
        "id": "6d1b2915.7ce798",
        "type": "mqtt in",
        "z": "a9a9b76b.e69998",
        "name": "433MQTT",
        "topic": "home/OpenMQTTGateway/433toMQTT",
        "qos": "2",
        "broker": "4572f098.cc1",
        "x": 80,
        "y": 740,
        "wires": [
            [
                "fe53b819.4f9568"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "fe53b819.4f9568",
        "type": "debug",
        "z": "a9a9b76b.e69998",
        "name": "",
        "active": true,
        "tosidebar": true,
        "console": false,
        "tostatus": false,
        "complete": "payload",
        "x": 290,
        "y": 740,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "4572f098.cc1",
        "type": "mqtt-broker",
        "z": "",
        "name": "",
        "broker": "192.168.0.56",
        "port": "1883",
        "clientid": "",
        "usetls": false,
        "compatmode": true,
        "keepalive": "60",
        "cleansession": true,
        "willTopic": "",
        "willQos": "0",
        "willRetain": "false",
        "willPayload": "",
        "birthTopic": "",
        "birthQos": "0",
        "birthRetain": "false",
        "birthPayload": ""
    }
]

A flow to send 433MHz signals from NodeRED

[
    {
        "id": "ff924d56.459d6",
        "type": "mqtt out",
        "z": "a9a9b76b.e69998",
        "name": "MQTTto433",
        "topic": "home/OpenMQTTGateway/commands/MQTTto433",
        "qos": "",
        "retain": "",
        "broker": "4572f098.cc1",
        "x": 610,
        "y": 860,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "6c25a2d4.6c733c",
        "type": "inject",
        "z": "a9a9b76b.e69998",
        "name": "",
        "topic": "",
        "payload": "On",
        "payloadType": "str",
        "repeat": "",
        "crontab": "",
        "once": false,
        "onceDelay": 0.1,
        "x": 90,
        "y": 840,
        "wires": [
            [
                "7689fe88.45679"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "a76d2f03.5f3",
        "type": "change",
        "z": "a9a9b76b.e69998",
        "name": "",
        "rules": [
            {
                "t": "set",
                "p": "payload",
                "pt": "msg",
                "to": "5510487",
                "tot": "str"
            }
        ],
        "action": "",
        "property": "",
        "from": "",
        "to": "",
        "reg": false,
        "x": 380,
        "y": 840,
        "wires": [
            [
                "ff924d56.459d6"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "7689fe88.45679",
        "type": "switch",
        "z": "a9a9b76b.e69998",
        "name": "",
        "property": "payload",
        "propertyType": "msg",
        "rules": [
            {
                "t": "eq",
                "v": "On",
                "vt": "str"
            },
            {
                "t": "eq",
                "v": "Off",
                "vt": "str"
            }
        ],
        "checkall": "true",
        "repair": false,
        "outputs": 2,
        "x": 210,
        "y": 860,
        "wires": [
            [
                "a76d2f03.5f3"
            ],
            [
                "6a7c2c3a.567794"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "7e52ec9.00dde14",
        "type": "inject",
        "z": "a9a9b76b.e69998",
        "name": "",
        "topic": "",
        "payload": "Off",
        "payloadType": "str",
        "repeat": "",
        "crontab": "",
        "once": false,
        "onceDelay": 0.1,
        "x": 90,
        "y": 880,
        "wires": [
            [
                "7689fe88.45679"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "6a7c2c3a.567794",
        "type": "change",
        "z": "a9a9b76b.e69998",
        "name": "",
        "rules": [
            {
                "t": "set",
                "p": "payload",
                "pt": "msg",
                "to": "4527444",
                "tot": "str"
            }
        ],
        "action": "",
        "property": "",
        "from": "",
        "to": "",
        "reg": false,
        "x": 380,
        "y": 880,
        "wires": [
            [
                "ff924d56.459d6"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "20991aea.cca8a6",
        "type": "comment",
        "z": "a9a9b76b.e69998",
        "name": "Set you RF codes here.",
        "info": "",
        "x": 380,
        "y": 800,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "4572f098.cc1",
        "type": "mqtt-broker",
        "z": "",
        "name": "",
        "broker": "192.168.0.56",
        "port": "1883",
        "clientid": "",
        "usetls": false,
        "compatmode": true,
        "keepalive": "60",
        "cleansession": true,
        "willTopic": "",
        "willQos": "0",
        "willRetain": "false",
        "willPayload": "",
        "birthTopic": "",
        "birthQos": "0",
        "birthRetain": "false",
        "birthPayload": ""
    }
]