WISE-PaaS 2.0 NodeRed

Introduction

Node-RED is a visual wiring tool for the Internet of Things and is provided by IBM Emerging Technologies. Node-Red has several features, including browser-based flow editing, built on Node.js and social development. Because of browser-based, the user can use it more easily. Node-Red is based on Node.js, so user can use its nodes by using JavaScript. Node-Red also have many active communities. If the user finds bugs, he can find a solution and fix it easily. The user can use JSON format string to import or export the created flow easily.

Accroding to the restful API of WISE-PaaS 2.0, we created several nodes.

How to install NodeRed Plug-ins for RMM

• Install Node.js
  1. Download installer from [1]
  2. Double-click to install Node.js

   

• Clone EI-NodeRed from GitLab
• Open cmd.exe and navigate to ./EI-NodeRed folder

   cd ./EI-NodeRed

• Type command line"npm install" to install the node-red dependencies

   npm install

• Type command line"npm run build" to build the code of Node-Red

   npm run build

• Type command line"npm start" or "node red.js" to run Node-Red

   npm start

or

   node red.js