Community News July 2023

Welcome to the FlowFuse newsletter for July 2023, a monthly roundup of what’s been happening with FlowFuse and the wider Node-RED community.

#  New Release

Last week we released FlowFuse 1.9, featuring new API documentation available in the Swagger UI and the ability to customize Node-RED palettes.

Read about the details of FlowFuse 1.9 in our release announcement.

#  Upcoming events

#  How to deploy Node-RED to hundreds of PLCs and IoT edge devices

Our next webinar will be focused on the device management capabilities in the FlowFuse platform. Lots of companies are deploying Node-RED to PLCs and IIoT edge computers. FlowFuse allows these companies to scale and manage Node-RED deployment out to hundreds of these types of devices. Discover how during our next webinar.

Sign-up today to join us on July 27.

#  From our Blog and Documentation

• The Next Step in Data Visualization - Announcing the Successor to the Node-RED Dashboard - FlowFuse announces plans to develop the next version of the Node-RED Dashboard project.

• Node-RED as a No-Code Ethernet/IP to S7 Protocol Converter - A guide to using Node-RED for converting ethernet IP data to Siemens S7. Also a video version of the same content.

• MQTT and its Role in IoT and Industrial IoT - A practical explainer on the role of MQTT in IoT use cases and how to connect with an MQTT broker in Node-RED.

• Two new Node-RED Nodes Explained articles

  • Nodes explained: Split
  • Nodes explained: Filter

#  From the Community

• Node-RED & Industry 4.0: The Future is Now - An informative panel discussion led by Walker Reynolds on the role of Node-RED in the future of Industry 4.0.

• Node-RED Terminology - An explanation of the different Node-RED terminology.

#  Join Our Team

FlowFuse is expanding our team. Check out the current openings:

• Contract Front-End Engineer – Node-RED Dashboard