It’s possible to turn_off light in an area in HA, but it doesn’t seem to be doable in Node-Red yet?
You can create a group in Home Assistant and turn it on or off in Node Red using a Call Service Node. I just did this today to turn all lights on or off from Alexa.
The delays are probably not necessary, but some of the downstairs lights wouldn’t respond without a delay.
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Yes, I know, I’ve currently created light groups, but it would be nice to have the area in node-red as well.
The call-service node has an area field.
And, it works!
Huh? I don’t see that in my call-service node? Is that a stand-alone NR, or the HA addon?
Sounds like you need to update the HA nodes.
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You are absolutely right, I had completely forgotten about that part, so it IS there, GREAT!
Hi guys,
Does anyone know how to get the AREA from the device_id in Node Red?
I’m using inovelli switches, and I would like 2X up/down to toggle the lights in the area that they are triggered from. For example, if I want to turn all the lights on in the kitchen, I should be able to go to any switch in the kitchen, and 2x click on it. I don’t want to create a flow for each area and each switch.
In node red, when you’re listening for z-wave events, you can capture the device_id and node_id from a switch that has been tapped. I would like to use that information to get the area, so that the area can be toggled.
Strangely, this template works:
{{ area_id('5897334658b0719fcfa8d7a9fc203e88')}}
But this doesn’t:
{{ area_id('{{msg.payload.event.device_id}}')}}
Thoughts?
I don’t use node red and this isn’t quite what you’re looking for but, since you’re not getting any other responses, you might check out: Control LEDs and LED Effects on Inovelli Dimmers, Switches, and Combo Fan / Lights by Area, Device, or Entity
Thank you, Kevin. There may be a script in that link that will move me closer to what I’m looking for. I appreciate it.
This thread helped me:
Thanks, jellelle. I haven’t been successful in getting this little flow to work. I’m assuming the ‘xxxx’ needs to be replace with the payload, but I can’t get it working. Have you got it working?
Yes, I found the area using that thread
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