node-red-contrib-crownstone

A NodeRED node for accessing data from Crownstone (Bluenet system).

Installation

This package is tested on Raspberry Pi 4.

Pre-requisites

• Crownstones
  These are smart plugs to measure and control wall outlets. Check out Crownstone rocks.
• Bluetooth hardware
  Make sure you have access to Bluetooth hardware. If you use Node-Red in a docker, use: Privileged mode on

Installation

Via Node-red

• Open Node-red
• Manage palette
• Go to tab Install
• Find Crownstone
• Click install

Or manually

cd ~/.node-red
npm install node-red-contrib-crownstone

Restart Node-Red process

Usage

Add Crownstone node in your flow.
To start the scan, inject msg.payload.scan with true.
To stop the scan, inject msg.payload.scan with false.


Debug

To debug, you can use node --inspect. For example, use Node-Red in a Docker with: /usr/local/bin/node,--inspect=0.0.0.0:xxxx,/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/node-red/red.js,--,--userDir,/data.

Releases

V0.0.1

• One node which scans for Crownstones in range
• Will connect to Crownstone cloud to get encryption keys
• Uses email and sha1password to authenticate
• No scanning arguments yet

Have suggestions?

Feel free to add a pull request or mention the node. Thanks for using it (if so)!