I have little experience with Node-Red. Therefore I get stuck at one point.
What should be built:
A shutter should go down when the sunlight is above a certain lux number. If the lux number goes down below a certain value, then the shutter should go up again.
Actual state:
This process works fine automatically with Node-Red.
Problem:
I would like to have the possibility to lower the shutter manually, for example, without Node-Red raising it again when the lux value is lower.
Conclusion:
Node-Red should somehow check if the shutter was moved manually (at the switch) within a certain time (e.g. 24h). Then the automatic shading should stop.
Can you detect the switch change in node-red? If yes, then you can do what you want. If no, then you have to create an entity (see: Template) that allows you to set the state and detect it in Node-Red.
Or add a boolean that is called “manual control” and it turns on when you use the switch.
Have an automation when manual control is on for x minutes turn it off.
Have this boolean as a condition in your flow.
This is probably easier than using templates and you can in advance activate manual control and the blinds won’t change from its current position
I have a shutter motor connected via a shelly. The shelly is controlled manually via a push button. It can also be controlled manually via the Lovelace interface.
So I see in the log only when the shelly has moved the shutter. But I don’t see if the manual switch was pressed, the switch in Lovelace was pressed, or the Shelly received the command from Node-Red?
Question: Where do I get the switch that signals Node-Red that the manual switch or the switch was switched manually via Lovelace?
