add ignore first message option to rue node

function/rbe/locales/en-US/rbe.json

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     "rbe": {
         "label": {
             "func": "Mode",
+            "init": "Send initial value",
             "start": "Start value",
             "name": "Name"
         },
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
         },
         "opts": {
             "rbe": "block unless value changes",
+            "rbei": "block unless value changes (ignore initial value)",
             "deadband": "block unless value change is greater than",
             "deadbandEq": "block unless value change is greater or equal to",
             "narrowband": "block if value change is greater than",

function/rbe/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name"          : "node-red-node-rbe",
-    "version"       : "0.1.8",
+    "version"       : "0.1.9",
     "description"   : "A Node-RED node that provides report-by-exception (RBE) and deadband capability.",
     "dependencies"  : {
     },

function/rbe/rbe.html

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
         <label for="node-input-func"><i class="fa fa-wrench"></i> <span data-i18n="rbe.label.func"></span></label>
         <select type="text" id="node-input-func" style="width:74%;">
             <option value="rbe" data-i18n="rbe.opts.rbe"></option>
+            <option value="rbei" data-i18n="rbe.opts.rbei"></option>
             <option value="deadbandEq" data-i18n="rbe.opts.deadbandEq"></option>
             <option value="deadband" data-i18n="rbe.opts.deadband"></option>
             <option value="narrowbandEq" data-i18n="rbe.opts.narrowbandEq"></option>
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@
         outputs:1,
         icon: "rbe.png",
         label: function() {
-            var ll = (this.func||"").replace("Eq","")||"rbe";
+            var ll = (this.func||"").replace("Eq","").replace("rbei","rbe")||"rbe";
             return this.name||ll||"rbe";
         },
         labelStyle: function() {
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@
                 $("#node-input-inout").val("out");
             }
             $("#node-input-func").on("change",function() {
-                if ($("#node-input-func").val() === "rbe") {
+                if (($("#node-input-func").val() === "rbe")||($("#node-input-func").val() === "rbei")) {
                     $("#node-bandgap").hide();
                 } else {
                     $("#node-bandgap").show();

function/rbe/rbe.js

@@ -13,24 +13,26 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
             this.gap = parseFloat(this.gap);
         }
         this.g = this.gap;
+
         var node = this;
 
         node.previous = {};
         this.on("input",function(msg) {
             if (msg.hasOwnProperty("payload")) {
                 var t = msg.topic || "_no_topic";
-                if (this.func === "rbe") {
+                if ((this.func === "rbe") || (this.func === "rbei")) {
+                    var doSend = (this.func !== "rbei") || (node.previous.hasOwnProperty(t)) || false;
                     if (typeof(msg.payload) === "object") {
                         if (typeof(node.previous[t]) !== "object") { node.previous[t] = {}; }
                         if (!RED.util.compareObjects(msg.payload, node.previous[t])) {
                             node.previous[t] = msg.payload;
-                            node.send(msg);
+                            if (doSend) { node.send(msg); }
                         }
                     }
                     else {
                         if (msg.payload !== node.previous[t]) {
                             node.previous[t] = msg.payload;
-                            node.send(msg);
+                            if (doSend) { node.send(msg); }
                         }
                     }
                 }

test/function/rbe/rbe_spec.js

@@ -62,6 +62,46 @@ describe('rbe node', function() {
         });
     });
 
+    it('should only send output if payload changes - ignoring first value (rbei)', function(done) {
+        var flow = [{"id":"n1", "type":"rbe", func:"rbei", gap:"0", wires:[["n2"]] },
+            {id:"n2", type:"helper"} ];
+        helper.load(testNode, flow, function() {
+            var n1 = helper.getNode("n1");
+            var n2 = helper.getNode("n2");
+            var c = 0;
+            n2.on("input", function(msg) {
+                if (c === 0) {
+                    msg.should.have.a.property("payload", "b");
+                    msg.should.have.a.property("topic", "a");
+                    c+=1;
+                }
+                else if (c === 1) {
+                    msg.should.have.a.property("payload", "b");
+                    msg.should.have.a.property("topic", "b");
+                    c+=1;
+                }
+                else if (c === 2) {
+                    msg.should.have.a.property("payload", "c");
+                    msg.should.have.a.property("topic", "a");
+                    c+=1;
+                }
+                else {
+                    msg.should.have.a.property("payload", "c");
+                    msg.should.have.a.property("topic", "b");
+                    done();
+                }
+
+            });
+            n1.emit("input", {payload:"a", topic:"a"});
+            n1.emit("input", {payload:"a", topic:"b"});
+            n1.emit("input", {payload:"a", topic:"a"});
+            n1.emit("input", {payload:"b", topic:"a"});
+            n1.emit("input", {payload:"b", topic:"b"});
+            n1.emit("input", {payload:"c", topic:"a"});
+            n1.emit("input", {payload:"c", topic:"b"});
+        });
+    });
+
     it('should only send output if x away from original value (deadbandEq)', function(done) {
         var flow = [{"id":"n1", "type":"rbe", func:"deadbandEq", gap:"10", inout:"out", wires:[["n2"]] },
             {id:"n2", type:"helper"} ];