Remote-RED

Remote-RED is an ecosystem to bring remote access, push notification and geofencing to Node-RED. There are also additional functions like directly answer on a notification and homescreen widgets. It consists of several parts:

• node-red-contrib-remote: The Node-RED nodes of Remote-RED. Published in this repro.
• Remote-RED servers: Several servers used for proxying the remote access traffic and sending push notifications.
• Remote-RED apps: Apps to access the services published by the Remote-RED remote-access node and receiving the push notifications of the remote-notification node. Available or Android, iOS and iPadOS.

Installation of Node-RED nodes

You can install the Remote-RED nodes through the Node-RED library. Search for 'node-red-contrib-remote'.

Remote-RED Apps

You can install them from the Google PlayStore or Apple AppStore:

Remote-RED App for Android

Remote-RED App for iOS

Tutorial for Remote-RED

There is a help page describing how the the nodes work together and how to connect the apps.

Help in English

Hilfe in Deutsch

Contact

You will find more information on www.remote-red-com. You can contact me by mail through [email protected].

Version History

Version 1.5.3

• Improved error logging while the instance registration process.

Version 1.5.2

• Compatibility to 'node-red-contrib-remote-cli'.

Version 1.5.1

• Added support for running Node-RED with a self signed https certificate.
• Notifications and Questions will automatically convert values to string if a string is needed (e.g. title and body).

Version 1.5.0

• Geofencing! You can add geofences in the apps. Entering and leaving them will trigger a message on the new output of the remote access node.
• Adding server location in Asia.
• New instances will have the base url '/ui' again.
• Error with "Multiple requests" after a missing internet connection fixed.
• iOS App: Links with target '_blank' will be redirected to iOS.

Version 1.4.0

• In addition to the QR code, a link is now generated to add an instance in the app.
• Sending notifications and questions is prevented if msg.playload.send === false.
• Error catched if a notification or question does not contain a title and body.

Version 1.3.3:

• Improved compatibility for Windows.

Version 1.3.2:

• Changed the method to get the installed node version. Thanks hardillb!

Version 1.3.1:

• Added timeout handling to the heartbeat function.
• Catches errors when evaluating the title, body or sound of an notification.

Version 1.3.0:

• A heartbeat function is added to the remote access node. This will automatically reconnect if the connection is interrupted, e.g. due to an unstable internet connection.

Version 1.2.3:

• The settings base url and port are filled automatically for new config nodes. This is helpful when using alternative installations such as RedMatic.
• Notifications and Questions can have a computed sound. So you can include the sound based on the incoming message.
• Notifications and Questions without an body or an title will not be send to the Remote-RED servers.
• Logs an error message if a notification or question exceeds the size of 3600 bytes.

Version 1.2.2:

• Better Windows support: Using remote access with 'localhost' will not work on Windows 10 hosts. Now it uses '127.0.0.1' instead.

Version 1.2.1:

• Fixed a bug that texts was not shown (especially in the notification node).

Version 1.2.0:

• In iOS you can now use Shortcuts and in Android you can new use a widget to perform actions in Node-RED. This action will be emitted through the new output of the remote access node.

Version 1.1.3:

• The question node works now well after a new deploy. Before sometimes a Node-RED restart was required.
• The access node now reduces the ssh connection attempts if it fails to connect for a longer time.
• The notification and question node has a limit now. It limits the push notifications to 100 per hour and node.

Version 1.1.2:

• The question node now supports custom httpRoot paths, as it is used e.g. in RedMatic.

Version 1.1.1:

• Dependency update axios

Version 1.1.0:

• Added question node to send questions through push notifications. They can be answered directly on the notification level.
• You can select sounds for the push notifications.
• Important: Please update your mobile apps to Version 1.1.0 too.

Version 1.0.3:

• Added the function to activate verbose logging of the SSH tunnel.

Version 1.0.2:

• Added a button to create a support mail in the config node.

Version 1.0.1:

• Initial release