How to add external nodes in the palette

Revision as of 09:40, 27 May 2020 by Registered User

This article explains how to add nodes in the palette of STM32CubeMonitor.

The Node RED community offers more than 2500 modules on the nodered.org website. According to customer applications, it could be useful to import modules in the STM32CubeMonitor palette.

First of all, node.js has to be installed on the device system. We recommend to follow the node js installation guide.

Node-RED uses npm packet manager to install the new modules. If npm is not available on the computer, the menu to add external nodes is not available. Npm will be installed by installing node.js.

Users connected behind a proxy need to configure npm proxy before adding nodes.

When installation of node js is done, the menu manage palette allow to add modules in the palette.

Open the menu and select manage palette.

Manage Palette menu


Select the "install" tab and choose the module to install

Choose module to install

then install the module

Installation ongoing

Finally the new module is added at the end of the palette

New menu added in the palette

Most modules will be installed automatically. If installation fails, manual build should be performed, please follow the npm build documentation

Is it possible to remove a module (or disable nodes) from the manage palette window.