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2.1 Initial connection to the Pinebox
This section describes how to access the web interface of the Pinebox over an Ethernet connection.
Power connection
To power the Pinebox, apply 24V to the power connector. The Power LED will turn green and the Pinebox will start. For further details, please refer to thetext/html2025-04-18T07:27:39+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)2.2 Web interface and Pinebox configuration
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2.2 Web interface and Pinebox configuration
Access the web interface
Once the Pinebox has started (“System”-LED solid green), you can access the Pinebox by entering the IP-Address or, if supported by the network, the devicename (in the format pinebox-XXXXX) into your webbrowsers address page:text/html2025-04-18T07:27:15+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)2.3. Connect and configure a device
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2.3. Connect and configure a device
Connect an IO-Link® device
IO-Link devices are connected with an standard M12 connector to the Pinebox. In our example we will use a distance sensor. Anyhow, the configuration principle is the same for all device types and all available ports on the Pinebox.text/html2025-04-18T07:26:52+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)2.4 Add device process data to Node-RED
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2.4 Add device process data to Node-RED
After ensuring that your device is properly connected, you can add the device specific node to Node-RED.
Node-RED is an open-source visual programming tool used for wiring together hardware devices, APIs, and online services. It provides a browser-based flow editor, which allows users to create flows using nodes (blocks) and connect them together to define the logic of their application or automation task. Each node represents a function or service, and …text/html2025-04-18T07:24:06+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)2.5 Create your first Node-RED flow
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2.5 Create your first Node-RED flow
Once the nodes for the device have been created, we can now add create a simple Node-RED flow. This flow will cyclically get the process data from the connected distance sensor and display the data on a dashboard.text/html2025-04-18T10:08:12+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)2.6 Forward data to the SQLite database
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2.6 Forward data to the SQLite database
Now, we can forward the data to the integrated SQLite database.
First the structure for the process data needs to be created in the internal SQLite database. This can be easily done over the port page in the process data section: