Thank you Ron,
Understand what you are saying.?
I guess I best sit down and figure out what I¡¯m trying to accomplish with this.
Honestly, I haven¡¯t really thought about it.
Like Kyle, I¡¯m primarily a contester with POTA chasing when no contests are going.?
Currently chasing grids on 6m.?
So I¡¯m thinking my focus is going to be on improving my ability to accomplish these goals.
Let me think about this some. Here is the current local rundown.
My station is a Kenwood TS 890 for hf work with an Ic7100 used primarily for vhf/uhf.
The towers/beams are gone sine I cannot maintain them ( no climbing decree), so that eliminates rotor control etc. ?zero five 40-10 ground plane and inverted v¡¯s comprise the antenna farm.
The amp is also gone as it didn¡¯t get used, however that is not to say another May show up.
Thanks again, let me crawl back into my man cave and contemplate exactly what I want to do with this.
73
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On Jun 28, 2022, at 9:57 AM, Ronald Panetta, WB2WGH <ron@...> wrote:
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Marty,?
The breadth of what one can do with Node Red is almost infinite. When I started with Node Red about a year ago, I found it useful to tailor Node Red flows to my station starting with using existing flows that matched what I had and using that as a stepping stone for development?of new and updated flows. The group was a great resource when I started and continues to be. I don't profess to be an expert at Node Red but continue to learn as I continue to integrate my station.?
So with that, Node Red is great at managing "smart" devices (radios, amplifiers, rotors, relay modules, power switches, etc) with the underlying requirement that they can be directly or indirectly controlled via a computer (network, USB, serial, ....). Some may not be directly controlled (e.g., rotors) but with the addition of 3rd party controllers (e.g., ERC-4 rotor controller), one can take "dumb" devices and make them "smart".
It might be useful if you provide some insight into the types of devices you're planning on integrating into Node Red. Then with the group's help, we can point you at hopefully existing flows for you to try. Then you can use that as a stepping stone to move forward.
73, Ron WB2WGH
Good morning,
I¡¯ve reached the point of wanting to built simple programs to learn how the different nodes interact.? I found a couple on the node red web site but one doesn¡¯t do anything while the other is a little too advanced for me at this stage.
The ¡°dummies ¡° (remember them lol) books used to be great with simple building block type programs for us dummies. An in depth search indicates no dummies books for node red. Perhaps indicative that there are no ¡°dummies¡± in the node red world . Lol ?
Bottom line, is there any place where I can find some sample type programs that I can use in my learning process?
Watching Kyles videos have been extremely helpful, after watching 2 to 3 times, I¡¯m even beginning to understand him.? At 81, this is a major accomplishment. Thanks Kyle.
Last but not least, thanks to the group for the welcome and the resolution of my first problem concerning the dashboard.
Hopefully, the problems encountered will be mininual.
Y¡¯all have a good day and week.
73
Marty Bluhm
W8AKS
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