UI Switch node help

[Andrei]

Welcome to the forum @yawstick1

You can use the ui_switch node to control a gate that will pass or block messages.

Below post is a good reference on how to do that. Good examples there.

Understanding dashboard switch

Let the switch be the controller of the gate [{"id":"6f6a991e.4a28d8","type":"function","z":"81c5c63b.6b8288","name":"gate","func":"// read (or initialize) gate state\nvar gateIsOpen = context.get(\"gateIsOpen\") || false;\n\n//message is from switch\nif(msg.topic === \"gate\"){\n gateIsOpen = msg.payload;\n // store the gate state \n context.set(\"gateIsOpen\",gateIsOpen);\n}\n\n// message is from other sources\nelse{\n if(gateIsOpen === true){\n node.status({fill:\"green\",shape:\"ring\",text…