thats great I can easly do that I think I understand now.

Thanks for your help and encouragement another small step forward the syntax for the capture of data is "/sonoff 1/wifi/" the third forward slash is the charm. I need to work on getting the relay now to switch, i have configured the node server to "mosquitto@127.0.0.1:1883" ? I h...

thanks i will try a few strings of text I am not sure of the syntax for this filter. when i use "sonoff 1/#" I get all the system data, uptime, wifi, and ram. when I change the script to "sonoff 1/uptime" I get nothing, is there a way of grabbing the data directly from the device...

thanks all, I am revisiting the node red thing, with some success.
what I have noticed is when I put sonff 1/# in the input node topic section it selects all the data that is in the system info on the esp chip is there any way to only select the uptime ?
thanks

Thanks all, I have mostly abandoned this project I can just not get node red to connect. like i say I have put in some rules and I can switch them remotely by typing commands in the browser link bar which works for me locally, just not as nice looking as node-red though.

thanks mate that might just be where I am going wrong.

Hi all I have flashed a sonoff using esp easy and using some http commands i can easily get the relay to switch on or off, . I decided to try using node-red, it a big fat fail, I think it has something to do with the address node red is using, it being 127.0.0.1, I don't know how to get node-red to ...

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HI all
I have just managed to flash my first esp8266 12 f, its been epic, I am sure I have loads of questions, hopefully all will be on here, looking forward to developing my knoledge.