SIGNL4 Integration with Node-RED

Node-RED is a flow-based development tool for visual programming for wiring together hardware devices, API’s, and online services with IoT applications. Node-RED provides a web browser-based flow editor, which can be used to create JavaScript functions. It is shipped with some variants of Raspbian, the operating system of Raspberry Pi. Integrating SIGNL4 with Node-RED can enhance your daily operations with an extension to your mobile team in the field or on the shop floor.

Gathering events from IoT devices and sending team alerts in case of critical incidents is a rather vast field. It can involve simple prototypes using a Raspberry Pi and can work up to industrial IoT scenarios, machine data or distributed systems in the field, and even IT operations.

SIGNL4 is a mobile alert notification app for powerful alerting, alert management and for mobile assignment of work items. Get the app at https://www.signl4.com.

Node-RED offers an easy-to-use workflow designer. The integration with SIGNL4 is straightforward.

Prerequisites

A SIGNL4 account
Node-RED (download at https://nodered.org or use it directly on your Raspberry Pi if available)

SIGNL4 Nodes

SIGNL4 provides Node-RED nodes for triggering and closing alerts.

Node-RED Workflow

You can inset them in your flow and configure them accordignly. You can find more information here. There are also some sample flows available.

The alert in SIGNL4 might look like this.

SIGNL4 Alert