Simple Keypad for Node-Red Flows @stevecope

Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

In this quick video tutorial we will create a simple keypad for use in node-red flows using the template ui node.

If someone does come across a node-red node that does this please let me know.
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