Motion, timers and lights / getting started

General
1

Hi

I am using Node-Red on Home Assistant.
I am new to Node-Red and Home Assistant

lets take an example

i have a Sonoff motion sensor
when activated it triggers a Sonoff basic switch that turns on the lamp on the night stand.
when the motionsensor resets the lamp turns of.
easy!! but i am restricted to the 90 seconds that is the timeout for the sensor
I have build the sequense so that it only works in a preset timerange.

if i want to have the lights turn on by auto from 18:30 - 20:30 i can also do that but combining the two ! aarrgghh :frowning: it is disco lights all ove the place. on off on on off on off off off on off and so on

i have done some Ladder and FB programming on Siemens and on WAGO PLC's before so it is not all ne to me but i would like some pointers in the right direction to make my life easier.

my "problem" is all the nodes and what to begin with in a sequense
normaly i use input and output and some sort of logic betwen reading input to activating output.

Is there a good "Node-Red for idiots" guide out there or some good video resources / written guides

BR
BlueScreenTT

2

Use the lightscheduler Nodes - which offers you a graphical interface to filter times. So you can let your auto flow as it is - but with the filter nodes you can decide if the messages reach your switch.

You can even use astro times - instead of fixed times.

3

Welcome to the forum @bluescreentt

Have a look at this playlist: Node-RED Essentials. The videos are done by the developers of node-red.

4

Thanks to both of you
:slight_smile:

5

This one didnt solve my problem having a "auto on" function together with a motion sensor :frowning:

i kind of got it working but my problem is that I can not figure out how to start the sequense

I get it that there are input and output nodes and in my herad it will be logical to start with an output node but i cant find one.

using scheduler just gave me more problems, it is not logic how it is working :frowning:
here is my almost working flow, I am missing a starting node for the first time range node

i think my question is

can i start a sequense with an input to output node ?? like call service - big timer - current state and so on ! ???

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6

the lightscheduling nodes - have filter nodes - that means that they do not trigger. You can use you existing triggers. For sure you can trigger with a scheduler including an inject node - but I think you need as primary trigger still your motion sensor and you allow them to be only active within a specific time frame. So I think your input trigger is still you motion sensor.

7

hmm i will give it one more try :slight_smile:

8

If you don't want to use additional nodes ( I have not the time range switches ) you can use normal switch nodes as well - the only thing is - you have to use time ranges within a day otherwise you just negate the output

So there is no need for your time range switches:

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until is alway excluded. If you which do decide over night switch then just negate or take the false exit.

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If you want to include the until time then use the closing square brackets as a third parameter string - as described in the moments library.

9

ok

i will take a look and see if i understand it

Thank you

10

why is this not working ?

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