Can't understand trigger:state setup

Third party integrations Node-RED
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In example below I’m trying to trigger a blind if sun elevation is between 26 and 28 (seems HA polls every four minutes, so I have to provide a range), AND “rising” property is false.
BUT I have to give the “state type” above the conditions. That’s a problem I think-- elevation is a number, and “false” is a string. How can I mix BOTH numbers and a boolean (false)?

And then in the conditions I have to specify the field type, string, number, boolean, regex, etc…why do I have to specify that if I also have to specify state type?

Anyway I can’t get the “rising” entity to work with this node. Only the elevation conditions works. This is totally confusing…

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rising is a boolean, not a string

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I tried it as a boolean as well. Still didn’t work.

However I updated the “sun.sun” entity via the node red palette and apparently it had a bug, as it works now! I guess this is an active development project (sun).

Thanks for the pointer Kermit.