Understanding the Debug Sidebar

In this quick tutorial, we will cover Understanding the Debug Sidebar. The debug sidebar allows the user to display any data within their flow that gets passed to the debug node.

In this video we will cover:

• Launching Node-RED in your terminal
• Some of the many uses of the Debug Sidebar
• How the Debug Sidebar works

Prerequisite

• A Catenis Development or Production account
• Node-RED installed on either a local or cloud environment
• Catenis Flow Pallet installed on Node-RED
• Basic understanding of how to use Node-RED

You are all set to move on to the other videos in this tutorial series.

After watching Understanding the Debug Sidebar, watch the next video, How to Configure a Virtual Device, to further expand your knowledge.

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Hi, this is Clara for Blockchain of Things.

Today, we will cover the Debug Sidebar.

You can display any data that gets passed through your flow to the Debug Sidebar

by attaching a Debug Node to the flow.

The Debug Sidebar will also display any messages logged at Run-Time.

If you are running Node-RED locally on your Mac or PC, first open your terminal and launch Node-RED.

Copy the server address and paste it into your browser.

The Debug Sidebar can be brought up by clicking the bug icon here:

The Debug Sidebar has many uses.

For example, later in this tutorial series, we’ll be using the Debug Sidebar to display the message ID

produced by logging data to the blockchain.

Let’s see how the Debug Sidebar works.

First, drag an Inject Node and a Debug Node into the work area.

Now, connect the Inject Node into the Debug Node, like so:

Double-click the Inject Node, and in the payload section of the properties tab, select string, and then type a message.

Now click done.

Then click deploy.

Click the button on the left side of the Inject Node.

And there it is!

Our message has been printed to the Debug Sidebar.

In our next video, you’ll Configure Your First Virtual Device on Catenis Flow,

So you can interact directly with the blockchain.

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