sergekatzmann / node-red-contrib-amazondash

Node-RED node that listens for an Amazon dash button press

Important notes for Raspberry Pi

1. Run node-red as root due to pcap/kernel limitations to get promiscuous mode. To achieve this change the systemd service configuration file for nodered.

2. Ensure the libcap is installed

   sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev

3. Install node-pcap manually from. At least it helped me to build it without errors.

   sudo npm install https://github.com/mranney/node_pcap.git

Amazon Dash Button Node for NodeRED

A simple node that listens for when an Amazon Dash button is pressed.

Installation

# dependancy on libpcap for reading packets
$ sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
npm install node-red-contrib-amazondash

First Time Dash Setup

Configure the node with the MAC address of the Amazon Dash Button (More Information on how to get this https://github.com/hortinstein/node-dash-button)

To Do

• Find a dash button node