Monitor Effekta inverter via RS232
This flow queries the Effekta M1 5000 inverter via RS232 or USB It makes use of the axpert-monitor npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/axpert-monitor
You have to install the package via npm and afterwards include the package into your settings.js and restart node-red. functionGlobalContext: { AxpertMonitor:require('axpert-monitor') },
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