connection node red and flexsim

[nada]

[ FlexSim 23.1.2 ]

good morning everyone i'm having problem connection nodered to flexsim can anyone help me with the setting configuration please

[philboboADSK · Accepted solution]

You could use HTTP queries to communicate between a Node-RED server and FlexSim.

To call a Node-RED server from FlexSim, use an HTTP In node (cookbook.nodered.org) and call it via the Http FlexScript API (docs.flexsim.com).

To call FlexSim from a Node-RED server, use the FlexSim Webserver (docs.flexsim.com) to listen for instance queries and an http request node (cookbook.nodered.org) to send them.

[kavika_faleumu]

Hey @nada, have you tried using Emulation to make a Modbus or OPC UA connection with your Red-Node client? I noticed in this post that they had successfully made a connection using Modbus.

[nada]

acutally its my first time using both flexsim and node red i want to reed speed of conveyer this what i did but i dont know if the connection is right and even the flow .

[kavika_faleumu]

Hey @nada, you can read the speed of a conveyor using the "currentSpeed" property on a conveyor. If you have a reference to a conveyor, you can call it's properties to get and set properties on it.

[nada]

actuaaly i don't know what to put in variables configuration(initial value /register ...) and the actions are they correct or no

[kavika_faleumu]

Have you taken a look at the emulation documentation to see what the different sections of the tab do? Or have you looked at the Emulation Tutorial which teaches you how to make an OPC DA connection along with how to tweak the settings?

[julie_weller]

Hi @nada,

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[nada]

actually i did this example with modbus simulator and it works very well

i did also connect the modbus simulator with node-red it works also

but when i try to connect flexsim to node-red nothing happen

[joerg_vogel_HsH]

@nada, this look like a question! Then please ask it as a question! This site follows a different philosophy. Questions are questions! Answers are answers. Conversations are going into comments. You should link question to other threads, if they are in relation to another.

[nada]

okay i'm sorry .