Guides, tutorials, and deep dives into building visual automations with Nodlyn.
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List Z-Wave nodes, read node information, and send commands using Nodlyn's Z-Wave JS UI connector.
Read ZigBee sensors, send commands, and manage devices with Nodlyn's Zigbee2MQTT-powered connector.
Trigger workflows from GPIO pin changes on Raspberry Pi and Linux SBCs — sensors, buttons, and hardware events.
Migrate from Home Assistant, Tasmota, ESPHome, or Zigbee2MQTT to Nodlyn — integration strategy and a motion-to-ticket example.
Discover zero-configuration services on your LAN — browse service types, resolve instances, and extract IP, port, and TXT records.
Send prompts to locally hosted LLMs — system instructions, temperature control, and Ollama-compatible APIs without cloud inference.
Browse OPC UA nodes, read telemetry, and write setpoints on PLCs, SCADA systems, and industrial gateways.
Send Telegram messages from workflows — dynamic templates, HTML/Markdown formatting, and cloud-ready automation.
Create payment intents, manage customers, issue refunds, and parse Stripe webhook events inside visual workflows.
Create leads, open cases, update records, and merge custom fields via Salesforce REST API from visual workflows.
Connect to WebSocket endpoints — send messages, subscribe to streams, collect frames, and automate real-time data flows.
Fetch current weather conditions using the Weather API Connector — temperature, humidity, wind, precipitation, and status for weather-driven automation.
Extract text and numeric data from images using the OCR Connector — process photos, documents, labels, and meter readings with Tesseract OCR.
BLE workflows for wearables and sensors — scan, read characteristics, subscribe to notifications, and write GATT data from Studio.
Sign and verify JSON Web Tokens inside workflows — authenticate API calls, validate ingress webhooks, and attach claims without a separate auth service.
Execute remote shell commands from workflows — capture stdout/stderr, enforce approvals, and automate server maintenance.
Integrate RS232 and RS485 peripherals — read lines, bytes, or hex frames and write commands with framing and RTS direction control.
Poll remote folders, upload reports, and filter by extension — SFTP file automation over SSH with approval gates.
Read and write Siemens S7 tags over S7comm — cyclic polling, setpoints, and alarm thresholds for shop-floor PLCs.
Connect serial barcode scanners to Nodlyn — read scans, parse GS1 fields, and route inventory or ticketing workflows without custom code.
How Nodlyn talks to Tuya / Smart Life devices over your LAN using the Tuya v3.3 local protocol — no cloud relay required.