Scheduled Restart or Shutdown Raspberry pi using Node-RED

Raspberry Pi scheduled Shutdown or Restart using Node-RED

Node-RED is a flow-based low-code platform for IoT-based system prototyping and testing. We can restart or shut down Raspberry Pi using Node-RED by using the rpi-shutdown node.

To install the nodes, simply run the following npm command in the Raspberry pi terminal or ssh.

npm install node-red-contrib-rpi-shutdown

Or, we can install the latest stable library from the manage palette option in Node-RED. For this, go to the MENU - MANAGE PALETTE - INSTALL option, search for node-red-contrib-rpi-shutdown and click the install button. 

Restart or shut down Raspberry pi using Node-RED

The package contains two nodes, Shutdown RPi and Restart RPi. We can trigger the shutdown or restart command under any condition or by setting a schedule using inject node.

Nodes to shut down or restart your Raspberry Pi

These nodes only support raspberry pi boards.

Example flows for restart and shutdown of the Raspberry pi

Import the following flow on the Node-RED server running on Raspberry pi to set up restart or shut down configuration. 

[{"id":"3f09ab070dd9ceea","type":"tab","label":"Shutdown/Restart RPi","disabled":false,"info":"","env":[]},{"id":"c7cdf82876806fcb","type":"shutdown","z":"3f09ab070dd9ceea","name":"","x":380,"y":200,"wires":[]},{"id":"fa94ebba60d211c9","type":"restart","z":"3f09ab070dd9ceea","name":"","x":370,"y":260,"wires":[]},{"id":"5ab85d78890755ee","type":"inject","z":"3f09ab070dd9ceea","name":"Shutdown","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","x":160,"y":200,"wires":[["c7cdf82876806fcb"]]},{"id":"0dedf5962bd32b56","type":"inject","z":"3f09ab070dd9ceea","name":"Restart","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"00 12 * * *","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","x":160,"y":260,"wires":[["fa94ebba60d211c9"]]}]

Visit the official page of the node-red-contrib-rpi-shutdown node for more detailed information.