I use a switch node, which is attached to a switch node (different kind) in order to execute pythoncode 1 or 2, depending if the first switch is on or of. The first code runs in a while True loop as long as the switch is not off. But when I switch it off in order to run different code, the first code is also running. How can I stop the first python script, so that only the second script is running?
This is the code:
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Thank you in advance.
Yvonne
Linux or Windows? You can kill the first python process and start a new one, but this can get expensive if the switch happens a lot.
I use MQTT to communicate between node-red and a Python daemon process.
The idea is simple:
Node-red publishes topic, say, Switch_State with message of A or B. The Python code subscribes to topic Switch_State and the while loop can combine both programs with an If-Else on SwitchState value.
Its readily expandable as things evolve and you and add a message to tell the Python to exit, etc.
Hi Yvonne,
Is there a specific reason why you use an os.system call to execute another python script, when you could do the same with an exec node instead? I haven’t really played with python-function yet, but have you thought about using the subprocess library instead, or perhaps import the script then execute the __main__ in it that way.
I mostly write MQTT wrappers around my python code, wrote one last week to control systemd services on a pi, where a command structure is used to interact with specific services. These are then run through subprocess
I’m working on a Raspberry Pi. Maybe MQTT is the way to go. I will try it tomorrow. For me this stuff is all so new and I have tried to figure out how I can solve this for days now. I used Python in some applications, but Node-red is still rather new for me and I have to find out how all the nodes work.
Thank you very much for the help.
Yvonne
Hi Yvonne, I can post a sample MQTT wrapper I wrote last week tomorrow with a flow to show you how it works. If you prefer typing/answers in Dutch that’s possible too 
Hi Lena,
That would be great. Yes, please.
Thank you.
Heel veel dank.
Yvonne
