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New 'radio' palette category? #24

Closed maxwellhadley closed 8 years ago

maxwellhadley commented 8 years ago

Hi,

I'm the maintainer of the node-red-contrib-fxcom package, using the 'other' universal 433MHz transceiver device. The number of nodes in my package is growing, and I'm thinking about moving them all to my own palette category, rather than cluttering up input & output. But on reflection, it seems more appropriate to create a new 'Radio' category, in which I think the Tellstick and Z-Wave nodes would also fit. How would you feel about such a re-categorization?

Max Hadley

ekarak commented 8 years ago

You might be right. Could an even more abstract category like "Automation" or "Home Automation" be more fitting though?

maxwellhadley commented 8 years ago

I like this idea! It's a pity that 'domotica' hasn't made it across into English though. Since you can't have a space (or a '-') in a palette category, how does 'home_automation' sound?

ekarak commented 8 years ago

We could also tag these nodes under the even more generic term "BMS" (building management system), that could also include the KNX Node Red node I'm also developing. KNX is a wired RS-485-like protocol that's wildly popular in Europe, but requires cabling between the nodes. The discussion on node grouping could go on forever I guess :)

maxwellhadley commented 8 years ago

Yeah I spotted the KNX node. I think it would squeeze in under 'home automation' OK. BMS is a bit of a specialist term, like 'domotica'. I've published the latest version of my rfxcom nodes under 'home automation' (which is shown as 'home_automation' in the editor). Join in if you want!

ekarak commented 8 years ago

ok, this is now done. Resolving