One major limitation of the join node is the lack of a timeout. For example, two paths should be received within 10 seconds. I feel this is important enough that it should be a core feature. It has enormous potential, especially in the home automation space -- e.g, turn light on if 1) motion detecte…

If you use the join node in conjunction with the batch node, you can specify the timeframe. If you use join node by itself in manual mode, you can specify the timeframe. turn light on if 1) motion detected, and 2) door closed within 10 seconds This can be done with (a/multiple) trigger node(s). …

@bakman2 can you provide an example flow to support your idea? I'm not sure it would work in this case. Here's why: Suppose we are handling multiple events: door open/closed, motion detected, etc. How would the batch node know which sequence we're interested in? It needs to be 10 seconds startin…

This post should've probably fit better on the "share my nodes" category but thanks for sharing! Your node might come in handy at some point.

[image] bakman2: One major limitation of the join node is the lack of a timeout. The join node doesn't have a timeout, and I feel these kind of hacky workarounds (like batch) don't address the core issue I'm trying to raise. Chopping up a series of messages by a specific time window using bat…

and I feel these kind of hacky workarounds (like batch ) don't address the core issue I'm trying to raise. a) they are not "hacky" - this is the way they work, they provide elements to the msg that are used as input for the join node (so does the split node). b) the join node does have a timeou…

The trigger node can do this. If door is closed within 10 seconds, cancel the trigger. I'm not sure I'm getting your idea, can you share the source for the flow you proposed? b) the join node does have a timeout option when you put it in manual mode and so does the batch node. Point taken, bu…

I have edited my post, because it did not take the door into consideration. So to capture your issue: door open/close event PIR event 10s timer. PIR and door from different sources. I will have a play.

[image] bakman2: So to capture your issue: door open/close event PIR event 10s timer. PIR and door from different sources. I will have a play. Thanks @bakman2 , yes, exactly. Because these are independent sources, multiple events from each can be fired but we are only interested in a speci…

Would this cover it ? [Screenshot 2020-06-01 at 21.23.40] [{"id":"40a7e6e8.75b928","type":"inject","z":"a8260bce.a28be8","name":"","topic":"","payload":"open","payloadType":"str","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":122,"y":384,"wires":[["e177207d.70fe98"]]},{"id":"3f85770b.4…

Join/Wait Node: Timeout Feature request

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bakman2 1 June 2020 16:32 5

How would the batch node know which sequence we're interested in?

In your example: it wouldn't.

I was responding to:

One major limitation of the join node is the lack of a timeout.

Which is not correct.

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Join/Wait Node: Timeout Feature request

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