Merge pull request #1374 from danpeig/master

Community: Node-RED Messages node

docs/community/software/index.mdx

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 - [Meshtasticator (Simulator)](/docs/community/software/community-meshtasticator) - Meshtasticator is a discrete-event and interactive simulator that mimics the radio section of the device software.
 - [Meshtastic Web API](/docs/community/software/meshtastic-web-api) - Meshtastic Web API provides a RESTful interface to interact with a Meshtastic node via a serial connection.
 - [Mesh-metrics](/docs/community/software/community-mesh-metrics) - Meshtastic repeater metrics scraper using meshtastic-cli to be ingested by node_exporter for use in Prometheus or Victoria Metrics Time series DB with a Grafana dashboard and sample alerting rules.
+- [Node-RED Messages Node](/docs/community/software/community-node-red-messages) - Node-RED node to send and receive packets / text messages from a device connected via HTTP. 
 
 Support for these projects should be sought from their respective authors.
 

docs/community/software/node-red-messages.mdx

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+---
+id: community-node-red-messages
+title: Node-RED Messages Node
+sidebar_label: Node-RED Messages
+sidebar_position: 4
+---
+
+:::note
+
+This is a community project maintained by @danpeig.
+Development can be followed on [GitHub](https://github.com/danpeig/node-red-meshtastic-msg).
+Support should be sought from the respective authors.
+
+:::
+
+## Overview
+
+This [Node-RED](https://nodered.org) node allows sending and receiving packets to a Meshtastic mesh network thru a device connected via HTTP.
+It is based on [Meshtastic.js](https://js.meshtastic.org/) library.
+
+## Features
+- Send and receive text messages to/from any device in the mesh
+- Supervise/monitor device status
+- Subscribe and receive all types of events supported by [Meshtastic.js](https://js.meshtastic.org/) (examples: Atak, Position, Range Test, Map Report, Store and Forward, etc...)
+- Send packets to any Meshtastic APP (port num)
+- Plug and Play: no additional servers, no containers, no CLI, no binary files, super simple configuration
+- Indirect support to MQTT via uplink/downlink channels
+
+## Limitations
+- Connect directly to the MQTT server: this is not supported by [Meshtastic.js](https://js.meshtastic.org/)
+- Connect to a device via Bluetooth or Serial (not implemented yet)
+
+## Instructions
+For installation and usage instructions, please visit the project page at [GitHub](https://github.com/danpeig/node-red-meshtastic-msg).
+
+## Screenshot
+![Node-RED Meshtastic Messages node](</img/community/node-red_messages_flow_example.webp>)