Gate control by HA entity node

[migsun]

Hello, I want to control this function node through an entity node switched by Home Assistant. How do I configure the entity switch for an output with the msg.topic = "Gate" and boolean value true and false?

function node

if (msg.topic === "gate") {
context.pass = (msg.payload === true) ? true : false;
return null; // exit out early as it's just the control
}
if (context.pass) {
return msg; // if enabled pass msg
}
return null; // or drop it

[jbudd]

Probably easier than making a function node act as a gate, have you considered node-red-contrib-simple-gate?

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If the outputs from your HA node are not topic:"gate", payload:true/false, use change nodes to tweek them or adjust the gate settings.

[migsun]

thx - This looks like a way to solve my "problem"...

...but a need a switch in home assistant and I prefer to reduce additionaly installed nodes.

Now I set the msg.topic by another change node. Not realy elegant but it works.
If anybody could make my way nicer I will be thankful.