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node-red-node-blink1
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A < a href = "http://nodered.org" target = "_new" > Node-RED< / a > node to control a < a href = "http://thingm.com/products/blink-1/" target = "_new" > Thingm Blink(1)< / a > LED.
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Pre-requisites
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As the blink1 is a USB HID device you may need some extra hardware libraries as
documented < a href = "https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-blink1" target = "_new" > here< / a >
and < a href = "https://github.com/todbot/blink1/blob/master/linux/51-blink1.rules" target = "_new" > here< / a > .
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Specifically Ubuntu/Debian/Raspbian users may need to
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sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev
and also setup these udev rules in `/etc/udev/rules.d/51-blink1.rules`
SUBSYSTEM=="input", GROUP="input", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="27b8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="01ed", MODE:="666", GROUP="plugdev"
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Install
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Run the following command in your Node-RED user directory - typically `~/.node-red`
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npm i node-red-node-blink1
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Usage
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Sends the `msg.payload` to a Thingm Blink(1) LED device. The payload can be any of the following:
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- a three part csv string of r,g,b - e.g. red is 255,0,0
- a hex colour #rrggbb - e.g. green is #00FF00
- a < a href = "http://www.cheerlights.com/control-cheerlights" > @cheerlights</ a > colour name - e.g. blue
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The colours it accepts are - red, amber, green, blue, cyan, magenta, yellow, orange, pink, purple, white, warmwhite (or oldlace), black, (and off)
