node-red-contrib-comfortbox

node-red-contrib-comfortbox is a Node-RED package containing nodes for configuring and using the ComfortBox API services (https://github.com/dwettstein/comfortbox-api-services).

Overview

The package contains the following Node-RED nodes:

• comfortbox-amqp-server - A configuration node to set an AMQP endpoint for the event trigger.
• comfortbox-api-server - A configuration node to set the API endpoint.
• event trigger - A node to trigger a flow from an AMQP event.
• configure box- A node to configure a registered ComfortBox device (e.g. set the MQTT host).
• display color - A node to display one or multiple colors on a ComfortBox device.
• display text - A node to display a text on a ComfortBox device.
• query data - A node to query data of a ComfortBox device.
• register box - A node to register a new ComfortBox device to the API services.

Example flows

For adding the examples to your Node-RED installation, just copy the content of the file Usecase flows and import it to Node-RED using the clipboard import.

Use Case 1: Register multiple devices

This use case shows how to register multiple comfortbox devices to the API services.

Use Case 2: Reconfigure all devices

This use case shows how to reconfigure all registered devices (e.g. changing the MQTT host).

Use Case 3: Listen to button thumb-down

This use case shows an example of how to listen to a specific event. This can also be used to add functionality to the device buttons.

Installation

Currently, the package is not yet available from the npm repository. For installing the nodes, just clone the repository into your Node-RED user folder (usually ~/.node-red/nodes) and run npm install ..