I was finally able to get Node-Red up and running and have a few questions.
Is there a good way to run automation on at a particular time? I found a module called Big Timer but was unsure if that was the best way to have an automation run at a defined time.
Is there a way to have the automation that are in Node-Red show in HASS. There are automation that I will manually turn off if they are not needed. My guess is that I would have to create an input Boolean that I can manually toggle but wanted to see what others have done.
It should show up as a component/device. I wound up moving ALL my automation to node-red and use MQTT switches to control states of the automation along with “Traffic” pallette
Yeah if you want to keep your automations in HA, you would need to create an input Boolean or MQTT switch. But why use node-red if you’re going to keep your automations in HA?
Thanks. Some of my automations can run without intervention. But I do have a few items that either need to be turned off on occasion or might need to to be off because people are over and my normal routine is off.
You could run those based on an input_boolean in HASS then. I’ve got some for example where I toggle a slider in HASS to turn something on/off. The switch is in HASS, but the automation occurs in Node Red. Like this:
I would like to move over most if not all of the HASS automation to Node-Red but I still can’t figure out a way for the automation that is created in Node-Red to be in HASS. I started to convert some of the easier automations then realized that we use Alexa to activate some of the automation and they will have to be in there.