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Node-Red Totally Newbie

 

Hello everyone and greetings from Guatemala.

I have a Flex 6600 (with an extra toy in route) and I have been hearing about some of the things that can be done with Node-Red for amateur radio, but unfortunately I¡¯m a complete newbie to programming at all.

What will you suggest me to do first ?
Well besides been on this, the right group.

I have a Windows 10 PC for amateur radio related but also have an iMac. Can I start with either one ?

In advance thank you for your time, support and patience.

73

Juan
TG9AJR
 

Juan, welcome! I too along with many in the group have Flex radios although?the group is not?Flex specific. You will find different approaches to shack integration with Node Red. Some of us?with?Flex radios integrate?Flex SmartSDR functionality into Node Red. I personally do not. I choose to continue?use of SmartSDR for my Flex 6600 and use Node Red to manage my other devices so I in effect have 2 panes of glass (and a few more if you roll in WSJT/JTalert). My Node Red dashboard (shown below) has left to right:
  • DLI Power Switch control (8 120V network controlled outlets)
  • Band activity (I should remove this as I find it of little value)
  • My SPE Expert Linear amp
  • My LP-700 station monitor
  • Ham-IV rotor controller (2 dashboard elements, buttons and map) controlled via an ERC-4 module in my control box
In my case I do not have a remote shack. All equipment is local. If you search the forum and look at the various screen snapshots attached, you'll find all kind of creative Node Red dashboards. I've been using Node Red for about a year and have found this group to be very supportive and helpful.

So to answer your question on "what to do first", figure out what devices you want Node Red to manage. The start with them, one at a time, and roll them into a dashboard. Extend the dashboard as needed for other devices you choose to integrate.

If you need help installing Node Red, Kyle, AA0Z, has an excellent series of YouTube videos on installing Node Red on a Raspberry Pi (RPi) along with some easy flows to play with.

Ron WB2WGH

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On Mon, Jul 4, 2022 at 4:03 PM TG9AJR Juan via <tg9ajr=[email protected]> wrote:
Hello everyone and greetings from Guatemala.

I have a Flex 6600 (with an extra toy in route) and I have been hearing about some of the things that can be done with Node-Red for amateur radio, but unfortunately I¡¯m a complete newbie to programming at all.

What will you suggest me to do first ?
Well besides been on this, the right group.

I have a Windows 10 PC for amateur radio related but also have an iMac. Can I start with either one ?

In advance thank you for your time, support and patience.

73

Juan
TG9AJR






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Ron
 

Juan

Welcome to the group. ?You can install Node-Red on most any operating system, including Window and Mac.

Most prefer to use Raspberry Pis because they just run in the background.

I run my Node-Red on a Mac, Window and Linux

The Node-Red home page is an excellent resource for basic instructions, including loading Node-Red on the various platforms.

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I can never find the Mac and Window instructions, so just "Google", "How to install Node Red on a XXXXXX".

Dave, WO2X has an excellent set of instructions in the group file section, for everything you need to know to set up a Raspberry Pi Node-Red.

Alan. WA9WUD
 

Along with Dave's instructions, I've put together some videos to walk you though step by step on getting your Pi up and running.? Below is the link to the playlist.??



Kyle
AA0Z

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