Hi, I'm new to Node-Red so I do apologise. I'm using node-red-contrib-simple-gate and have used the 'status' node to see if the gate is open or closed which then updates a Dashboard text field. This works fine under normal usage and I have enabled the 'Restore from saved state' option along with …

That sounds like a bug in that node that should be reported to the author. If it is restoring state OK then it should be able to set its status. If not in restore mode then it is totally valid to not be set until it receives an input.

Hi, Thanks for the quick reply. To verify I found the json file with the matching node id in ~/.node-red/context/ and it's contents is reflected (albeit after 30 seconds as expected). So it suggests I set that up correctly. Is there a function way to replicate the status node as a work around? How…

The Status cannot 'get' the status of a node - it can only report changes to the status when the node in question sets its status. When Dave suggested it was "a bug in that node" - he was referring to node-red-contrib-simple-gate and whether that node is correctly setting its status when things res…

Hi, thats does make sense. Thank you for the clarification. I suspect I could work around it if I could create a 'function' that could query the current status of the 'gate' node. Is it possible to get the current state (open|closed) of the gate programatically?

As a workaround you could send the status to a Retained topic in MQTT. Then where you use the status connect to an MQTT In node to pick it up. Then on startup it will automatically pickup the status from before the restart.

[image] knolleary: it is entirely possible the Status node has not been started yet, or that any of the nodes connected to the Status node have not yet been started. This question has come up a few times before and in connection with other nodes as well, and I think the issue is what Nick des…

I appreciate your input. I’ll test and experiment with your recommendations

Hi, thanks. Yes, I saw the release. I’ve tested it and it worked perfectly. Thank you very much.

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drmibell 8 November 2020 16:42 9

The workaround I mentioned is now available. You can use node-red-contrib-simple-gate version 0.4.0.

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