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##node-red-contrib-flic-buttons

A Node-RED node to interact with the flic.io BLE buttons.

Based on the node-flic-buttons npm. This node requires the fliclib-linux-dist daemon to handle the low level comunication with the buttons. You will need to install this (and the correct version of bluez) before you start.

Buttons need to be paired before you can use this node at the moment. The best way to do this at the moment is to use the flic command that ships with the fliclib-linux package. The steps are as follows:

• Ensure that bluetoothd and the daemon are running
• run flic
• type the command startScan
• press the flic button (you may have to press and hold for 7 seconds to unlock if it has been previously paired)
• type the command stopScan
• type the command list, this will show all known flic.io buttons

80:E4:DA:70:XX:XX [Disconnected]

• type connect [80:E4:DA:70:XX:XX] where [mac address is the button you want to pair]
• you should now see something that looks like

Connected to: 80:E4:DA:70:XX:XX
Verified: 80:E4:DA:70:XX:XX

• the button should now be paired

The node takes 2 config parameters

• Host - this is the host running the flic.io daemon process, defaults to localhost
• Port - the port for the daemon process, defaults to 5000

You shouldn't need to change these defaults unless you are doing something strange

The node emits a msg.payload that looks like this

{
  "deviceId":"80:E4:DA:70:XX:XX",
  "queued":false,
  "timeDiff":0,
  "isSingleClick":true,
  "isDoubleClick":false,
  "isHold":false
}

msg.topic is set to flic/ with the deviceId of the button appended to the end