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  • June 7, 2016 at 1:06 am #12914
    mdot_dev aa
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    I am trying to update node-red app in my conduit AEP but I haven’t found anything on manuals to do it. My node-red version is 0.11.1 and I have seen some code in documentation I can’t test because my version is too old.

    How can I update it?

    June 7, 2016 at 4:32 am #12915
    Andrew Lindsay
    Participant

    How are you trying to update Node RED? Did you flash the latest AEP firmware?

    Andrew

    June 7, 2016 at 4:35 am #12916
    mdot_dev aa
    Participant

    I think I already have the latest version of AEP (1.1.2) so I don’t know if I have to re-update it again. Also, the latest version of node-red included in the latest version of AEP is 0.11.1 which is the one I already have installed: http://www.multitech.net/developer/software/aep/aep-firmware-changelog/

    However, the latest version of node-red is 0.13.4 (http://nodered.org/) and I wonder if I can install that version without modifying firmware of AEP.

    August 2, 2016 at 5:46 pm #14381
    Vij Ray
    Participant

    On the same theme, how do I update node.js version? I have AEP conduit firmware version 1.2.2, the node version is 0.10.4. I need to move to newer 4.4x or more.

    August 3, 2016 at 1:07 am #14382
    mdot_dev aa
    Participant

    I could’t. I haven’t had too many time to check this. I have been busy with other parts of the network. But when I tried, I didn’t found the updated version of nodejs for conduit and I was afraid of using a version destinated to other board sinde the conduit aep is not mine but the compnay I work for.

    August 3, 2016 at 8:04 am #14386
    Jeff Hatch
    Keymaster

    Vij,

    The reason that the AEP Conduit cannot be upgraded to any more recent version of node.js is that the CPU architecture does not support some of the newer instructions in the newer ARM chips that are required for the any version newer than 0.10.x. If you can find evidence that they have change that and can support ARM 5 architecture let me know.

    Thank You,

    Jeff

    August 3, 2016 at 3:31 pm #14440
    Vij Ray
    Participant

    Jeff
    Thanks for your response. It does look from documentation the support for ARM 6 and above at least officially. I am willing to try a new version of installing node 4.x. Can you please help me with recipe for upgrading to node 4x on a conduit AEP box.

    Thanks
    Vij

    August 5, 2016 at 8:53 pm #14483
    Tom Hill
    Participant

    Any ideas if there are any plans to upgrade the node to 4x and the node red versions?

    August 8, 2016 at 7:54 am #14492
    Jeff Hatch
    Keymaster

    We will not be upgrading the node version beyond 0.10.x until it has been confirmed that the newer version (4.x) can compile and run on ARM5 architecture or when the Conduit hardware has been upgraded to use a CPU that supports the newer instruction set.

    Jeff

    August 8, 2016 at 12:34 pm #14493
    Tom Hill
    Participant

    Hi Jeff,

    Thanks for your response. So is this being looked into actively by the multitech team if new version of nodejs works with ARM5 architecture and is there any timeline for such an upgrade in place, as I am trying to set some expectations for my client, if this is not even in the radar of happening in the near future. As the newer versions of both NodeJS and node-red seems to have improvements in overall performance of the node-red application.

    Thanks,
    Yogesh

    December 4, 2016 at 10:53 pm #15883
    Heath Raftery
    Participant

    Any further plans on this? The Conduit is still on Node-RED 0.11.1 which is getting pretty long in the tooth. Makes it hard to search for support when most of the stuff out there is incompatible.

    We will not be upgrading the node version beyond 0.10.x until it has been confirmed that the newer version (4.x) can compile and run on ARM5 architecture or when the Conduit hardware has been upgraded to use a CPU that supports the newer instruction set.

    It looks like the former is very unlikely:
    https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/v8-users/aSOFbaAQvMk
    https://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=8468

    So is the latter coming any time soon?

    January 24, 2017 at 3:49 pm #16458
    Jeffrey Osborne
    Participant

    Hi all, was hoping to revive this topic. I am also trying to update node-red, but my version says 0.0.0, I’m not sure how to update even to 0.11.1. How would I go about this?

    January 24, 2017 at 11:24 pm #16461
    Heath Raftery
    Participant

    Despite what the web interface says, you don’t have 0.0.0. Try head /var/log/app/node-red.log. Chances are you already have 0.11.1.

    January 25, 2017 at 10:30 am #16467
    Jeffrey Osborne
    Participant

    V0.11.1 yep, my bad.

    That’s a bummer that there are no updates past this. Specifically, in 0.11.1 I don’t see the functionality for flow.x or global.x variables. Am I missing something obvious or is this in fact not in 0.11.1?

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