[Feature Request]: Configurable bus node ( like Trung0246 highway node )

[JorgeR81]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues and checked the recent builds/commits

What would your feature do ?

We should have a native, configurable "bus" / pipe node.

We have other bus nodes, with fixed inputs and outputs.
But this would be much more flexible.

Proposed workflow

It could work like the Trung0246 Highway node ( https://github.com/Trung0246/ComfyUI-0246 ).

It would have an input field to set the input and output names. And a button to apply the settings.
And each input could accept any type of data.

Additional information

See example use case bellow, with a complex workflow.

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[JorgeR81]

Example:

Here I have a workflow with a 5 image batch that goes through multiple stages of processing (ControlNet, InstantID, IPAdapers...).

I also need each individual image and mask to be available at each stage ( to use the full features of InstantID and IPAdaper ).
But I want a separate loading area for all the images, since the workflow it's quite large.
And I need to have the nodes to create the batches, create masks, prepare images for Clip Vision, and set IPAdapter embedding weights, next to the images ( so that I can see more clearly, to each image I'm applying to each setting ).

So I need a massive bus.

Below I have 2 variations of the same workflow.

• Trung0246 highway
• Regular bus node + reroute and "pass" nodes ( for all extra images and masks )

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Old workflow

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New worflow ( with Trung0246 Highway nodes )

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Image loading area ( with Trung0246 Highway nodes expanded )

I can collect images, masks, Clip Vision images and embedding weights ( FLOAT ), for each image

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Trung Highway nodes ( expanded view )

Look at these seamless transitions from ControlNet to InstantID to IPAdapter FaceID groups. So clean !
We only have the inputs and outputs we need and in the correct order !

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Old workflow

I used "pass" nodes and reroute nodes for all individual images, masks, Clip Vision images and IPAdapter embedding weights.
This bus setup would be even larger without the rgthree bus node.