Scheduler Node for Node-RED Dashboard

Important Note

This node is still in beta and is not yet ready for production use. Any contribution or feedback is welcome.

Features

• 🔌 Integration with Node-RED Dashboard 2.0: UI-based schedule management made effortless.
• ⏰ Flexible Scheduling: Define events by minute, hour, day, week, month, or yearly periods.
• 🌅 Solar Events Support: Incorporate natural cues like sunrise and sunset.
• 📝 Cron Expressions & Builder: Specify schedules seamlessly with cron expressions using the intuitive UI cron builder.
• 💾 Persistent Storage: Save schedules to your local file system or Node-RED context stores for reliability.
• ⏳ Timespan & Duration Options: Easily set timespans (e.g., from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM) and durations (e.g., for 5 minutes).
• 🌞 Solar with Time Integration: Mix solar events with traditional time schedules (e.g., from 5:00 AM to Sunrise) for dynamic scheduling.
• 🔄 Wrap-Around Schedules: Support schedules that span across days (e.g., from 9:00 PM to 7:00 AM).
• 📡 State Updates: Optionally broadcast the current status of timespan or duration schedules at set intervals.
• 📦 Custom Payloads: Attach custom payloads to your schedules for tailored automation.
• 🌐 Multi-Language Translations: Available in multiple languages:
  • 🇬🇧 English
  • 🇩🇪 Deutsch
  • 🇫🇷 Français
  • 🇮🇹 Italiano
  • 🇳🇱 Nederlands
  • 🇪🇸 Español

📦Installation

You can install this node directly from the "Manage Palette" menu in the Node-RED interface.

Alternatively, run the following command in your Node-RED user directory - typically ~/.node-red on Linux or %HOMEPATH%\.nodered on Windows:

npm install @cgjgh/node-red-dashboard-2-ui-scheduler

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💡Usage

• Add a scheduler node to your flow.
• Open the node's configuration dialog and optionally configure the timezone, location from map, and persistence options.
• Open the dashboard and you will see an empty scheduler.
• Click the plus sign at the top right corner of the node to create a new schedule.

🌐 Setting Language

• Edit ~/.node-red/settings.js and add/uncomment the following line: lang: 'en' Available languages codes are: en, de, fr, it, nl, es
• Open the node's configuration dialog and set the desired language for scheduler in the Dashboard 2.0 UI

🙏 Acknowledgements

Inspired by: node-red-contrib-ui-time-scheduler

This node draws heavily on the work of node-red-contrib-cron-plus by Steve-Mcl. Tremendous thanks for the outstanding work on this.