Virtual Relay in Node-RED (for use with Shelly w-fi relay)

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Now that the UI supports additional relays. Would it be possible to allow the creation of Virtual Relays in Node-RED and hook them up to Shelly relays?

I’m already using the 2 relays on the Cerbo. It would be nice to add the 2 Shelly’s for my water pumps and automate turning them off when the tanks are empty.

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Try the beta, You can use virtual switches, which will appear in a new nodered dash on the new gui.

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Amazing! Thanks for the quick response.

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The beta has also moved to nodered v4.0.9

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That’s perfect. Exactly what I was looking for.

Can you publish the way how to implement the switches?

Mine are only on the dashboard and I’d like them on the Console.

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I did the virtual relay in Node RED but I’ve switched to it just being auto-configured in the new Venus beta firmware. It works great. It’s on Settings > Integrations

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Thanks for you quick reply, but I feel frustrated as I can’t find it:

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The first image you just posted shows the Shelly devices page in the menu. Did you just miss that or is the auto-discovery not working?

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The auto discovery didn’t work and the manual assignment of the IP address neither.

Both are in the same network. The Cerbo at 192.168.178.141 and the Shelly1 at 192.168.178.113

I also tried to connect the Shelly directly to the access point of the Cerbo but it didn’t help as well