Node red , input_booleans and how to stop an automation

agassparkle · August 17, 2022, 3:27pm

So i want my lights to cycle colors. But my strips doesn’t support random or colorloop so I copied and pasted this flow and got it work. But obviously I cant stop it. When i turn of the light it just gets on and keeps on going. I have no idea how to stop this. I have a vaguer idea that i need to use an input_boolean
but i cant get my head around how to do it.

Is it possible to turn this of when i turn off the rgb light identity ?

Thanks in advance


[{"id":"04f201e54e9fc6fd","type":"template","z":"8fac6b2580decde7","name":"admin","field":"payload","fieldType":"msg","format":"handlebars","syntax":"mustache","template":"{ \"data\": {\"entity_id\" : \"light.rgb_light\", \"rgb_color\" : {{payload.data.rgb_color}} }}","output":"json","x":690,"y":240,"wires":[["677e52db21cee4f6","1d48a0b698560759"]],"icon":"node-red-contrib-color-convert/color-convert.png"},{"id":"4e38b829efe500d6","type":"function","z":"8fac6b2580decde7","name":"change rgb","func":"var i = flow.get(\"i\");\nvar red   = Math.round(Math.sin(0.3*i + 0) * 127 + 128);\nvar green = Math.round(Math.sin(0.3*i + 2) * 127 + 128);\nvar blue  = Math.round(Math.sin(0.3*i + 4) * 127 + 128);\n\ni++;\nif (i>=32) {\n    i = 0;\n}\n\nflow.set(\"i\", i);\n\nmsg.payload = {};\nmsg.payload.data = {};\nmsg.payload.data.rgb_color = \"[\" + red + \", \" + green + \", \" + blue + \"]\";\n\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":530,"y":240,"wires":[["04f201e54e9fc6fd","288285b6cc78da32"]]},{"id":"5fc6cec43bfa6dad","type":"function","z":"8fac6b2580decde7","name":"set var","func":"flow.set(\"i\", 0);\n\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":370,"y":240,"wires":[["4e38b829efe500d6"]]},{"id":"288285b6cc78da32","type":"delay","z":"8fac6b2580decde7","name":"","pauseType":"delay","timeout":"5","timeoutUnits":"seconds","rate":"1","nbRateUnits":"1","rateUnits":"second","randomFirst":"1","randomLast":"5","randomUnits":"seconds","drop":false,"outputs":1,"x":540,"y":320,"wires":[["4e38b829efe500d6"]]},{"id":"677e52db21cee4f6","type":"api-call-service","z":"8fac6b2580decde7","name":"Cycle","server":"cc5f2328.3e1bd","version":5,"debugenabled":false,"domain":"homeassistant","service":"turn_on","areaId":[],"deviceId":[],"entityId":[],"data":"","dataType":"jsonata","mergeContext":"","mustacheAltTags":false,"outputProperties":[{"property":"","propertyType":"msg","value":"","valueType":"data"}],"queue":"none","x":870,"y":240,"wires":[["5121b90714ca6e1b"]]},{"id":"1d48a0b698560759","type":"debug","z":"8fac6b2580decde7","name":"1","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":870,"y":160,"wires":[]},{"id":"5121b90714ca6e1b","type":"debug","z":"8fac6b2580decde7","name":"2","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":1050,"y":160,"wires":[]},{"id":"b8712ff7c2b85db2","type":"inject","z":"8fac6b2580decde7","name":"23:00","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"00 23 * * *","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"str","x":220,"y":240,"wires":[["5fc6cec43bfa6dad"]]},{"id":"cc5f2328.3e1bd","type":"server","name":"Home Assistant","version":4,"rejectUnauthorizedCerts":true,"ha_boolean":"y|yes|true|on|home|open","connectionDelay":true,"cacheJson":true,"heartbeat":false,"heartbeatInterval":30,"areaSelector":"friendlyName","deviceSelector":"friendlyName","entitySelector":"friendlyName","statusSeparator":"at: ","statusYear":"hidden","statusMonth":"short","statusDay":"numeric","statusHourCycle":"h23","statusTimeFormat":"h:m"}]

Hellis81 · August 17, 2022, 4:25pm

You can just add it in the loop:

[{"id":"5fc6cec43bfa6dad","type":"function","z":"ebaa69a9.649708","name":"set var","func":"flow.set(\"i\", 0);\n\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":250,"y":980,"wires":[["4e38b829efe500d6"]]},{"id":"b8712ff7c2b85db2","type":"inject","z":"ebaa69a9.649708","name":"23:00","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"00 23 * * *","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"str","x":100,"y":980,"wires":[["5fc6cec43bfa6dad"]]},{"id":"4e38b829efe500d6","type":"function","z":"ebaa69a9.649708","name":"change rgb","func":"var i = flow.get(\"i\");\nvar red   = Math.round(Math.sin(0.3*i + 0) * 127 + 128);\nvar green = Math.round(Math.sin(0.3*i + 2) * 127 + 128);\nvar blue  = Math.round(Math.sin(0.3*i + 4) * 127 + 128);\n\ni++;\nif (i>=32) {\n    i = 0;\n}\n\nflow.set(\"i\", i);\n\nmsg.payload = {};\nmsg.payload.data = {};\nmsg.payload.data.rgb_color = \"[\" + red + \", \" + green + \", \" + blue + \"]\";\n\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":410,"y":980,"wires":[["04f201e54e9fc6fd","288285b6cc78da32"]]},{"id":"f5b8e37d6573b3b7","type":"api-current-state","z":"ebaa69a9.649708","name":"","server":"4bbca37b.1700ec","version":3,"outputs":2,"halt_if":"on","halt_if_type":"str","halt_if_compare":"is","entity_id":"input_boolean.someboolean","state_type":"str","blockInputOverrides":false,"outputProperties":[{"property":"payload","propertyType":"msg","value":"","valueType":"entityState"},{"property":"data","propertyType":"msg","value":"","valueType":"entity"}],"for":"0","forType":"num","forUnits":"minutes","override_topic":false,"state_location":"payload","override_payload":"msg","entity_location":"data","override_data":"msg","x":490,"y":1120,"wires":[["4e38b829efe500d6"],[]]},{"id":"04f201e54e9fc6fd","type":"template","z":"ebaa69a9.649708","name":"admin","field":"payload","fieldType":"msg","format":"handlebars","syntax":"mustache","template":"{ \"data\": {\"entity_id\" : \"light.rgb_light\", \"rgb_color\" : {{payload.data.rgb_color}} }}","output":"json","x":570,"y":980,"wires":[["677e52db21cee4f6","1d48a0b698560759"]],"icon":"node-red-contrib-color-convert/color-convert.png"},{"id":"288285b6cc78da32","type":"delay","z":"ebaa69a9.649708","name":"","pauseType":"delay","timeout":"5","timeoutUnits":"seconds","rate":"1","nbRateUnits":"1","rateUnits":"second","randomFirst":"1","randomLast":"5","randomUnits":"seconds","drop":false,"allowrate":false,"outputs":1,"x":220,"y":1120,"wires":[["f5b8e37d6573b3b7"]]},{"id":"677e52db21cee4f6","type":"api-call-service","z":"ebaa69a9.649708","name":"Cycle","server":"cc5f2328.3e1bd","version":5,"debugenabled":false,"domain":"homeassistant","service":"turn_on","areaId":[],"deviceId":[],"entityId":[],"data":"","dataType":"jsonata","mergeContext":"","mustacheAltTags":false,"outputProperties":[{"property":"","propertyType":"msg","value":"","valueType":"data"}],"queue":"none","x":750,"y":980,"wires":[["5121b90714ca6e1b"]]},{"id":"1d48a0b698560759","type":"debug","z":"ebaa69a9.649708","name":"1","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":750,"y":900,"wires":[]},{"id":"5121b90714ca6e1b","type":"debug","z":"ebaa69a9.649708","name":"2","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":930,"y":900,"wires":[]},{"id":"4bbca37b.1700ec","type":"server","name":"Home Assistant","version":2,"addon":true,"rejectUnauthorizedCerts":true,"ha_boolean":"y|yes|true|on|home|open","connectionDelay":true,"cacheJson":true,"heartbeat":false,"heartbeatInterval":30},{"id":"cc5f2328.3e1bd","type":"server","name":"Home Assistant","version":4,"rejectUnauthorizedCerts":true,"ha_boolean":"y|yes|true|on|home|open","connectionDelay":true,"cacheJson":true,"heartbeat":false,"heartbeatInterval":30}]

But what kind of color change does this do?
There are simpler ways to change color on a light.

Hellis81 · August 17, 2022, 4:34pm

This is how I would do it.

[{"id":"4e38b829efe500d6","type":"function","z":"ebaa69a9.649708","name":"change hue","func":"\nmsg.payload = {\n    data: {\n        'entity_id': 'light.somelight',\n        'hs_color': [(msg.data.attributes.hs_color[0] + 3) % 360, 100]\n    }\n};\n\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":650,"y":980,"wires":[["677e52db21cee4f6","288285b6cc78da32"]]},{"id":"288285b6cc78da32","type":"delay","z":"ebaa69a9.649708","name":"","pauseType":"delay","timeout":"50","timeoutUnits":"milliseconds","rate":"1","nbRateUnits":"1","rateUnits":"second","randomFirst":"1","randomLast":"5","randomUnits":"seconds","drop":false,"allowrate":false,"outputs":1,"x":330,"y":1080,"wires":[["f5b8e37d6573b3b7"]]},{"id":"677e52db21cee4f6","type":"api-call-service","z":"ebaa69a9.649708","name":"Cycle","server":"cc5f2328.3e1bd","version":5,"debugenabled":false,"domain":"homeassistant","service":"turn_on","areaId":[],"deviceId":[],"entityId":[],"data":"","dataType":"jsonata","mergeContext":"","mustacheAltTags":false,"outputProperties":[{"property":"","propertyType":"msg","value":"","valueType":"data"}],"queue":"none","x":850,"y":980,"wires":[["5121b90714ca6e1b"]]},{"id":"5121b90714ca6e1b","type":"debug","z":"ebaa69a9.649708","name":"2","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":1010,"y":980,"wires":[]},{"id":"b8712ff7c2b85db2","type":"inject","z":"ebaa69a9.649708","name":"23:00","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"00 23 * * *","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"str","x":170,"y":980,"wires":[["4bd0683db381b61f"]]},{"id":"f5b8e37d6573b3b7","type":"api-current-state","z":"ebaa69a9.649708","name":"","server":"4bbca37b.1700ec","version":3,"outputs":2,"halt_if":"on","halt_if_type":"str","halt_if_compare":"is","entity_id":"input_boolean.someboolean","state_type":"str","blockInputOverrides":false,"outputProperties":[{"property":"payload","propertyType":"msg","value":"","valueType":"entityState"},{"property":"data","propertyType":"msg","value":"","valueType":"entity"}],"for":"0","forType":"num","forUnits":"minutes","override_topic":false,"state_location":"payload","override_payload":"msg","entity_location":"data","override_data":"msg","x":590,"y":1080,"wires":[["4bd0683db381b61f"],[]]},{"id":"4bd0683db381b61f","type":"api-current-state","z":"ebaa69a9.649708","name":"","server":"4bbca37b.1700ec","version":3,"outputs":1,"halt_if":"","halt_if_type":"str","halt_if_compare":"is","entity_id":"light.somelight","state_type":"str","blockInputOverrides":false,"outputProperties":[{"property":"payload","propertyType":"msg","value":"","valueType":"entityState"},{"property":"data","propertyType":"msg","value":"","valueType":"entity"}],"for":"0","forType":"num","forUnits":"minutes","override_topic":false,"state_location":"payload","override_payload":"msg","entity_location":"data","override_data":"msg","x":400,"y":980,"wires":[["4e38b829efe500d6"]]},{"id":"cc5f2328.3e1bd","type":"server","name":"Home Assistant","version":4,"rejectUnauthorizedCerts":true,"ha_boolean":"y|yes|true|on|home|open","connectionDelay":true,"cacheJson":true,"heartbeat":false,"heartbeatInterval":30},{"id":"4bbca37b.1700ec","type":"server","name":"Home Assistant","version":2,"addon":true,"rejectUnauthorizedCerts":true,"ha_boolean":"y|yes|true|on|home|open","connectionDelay":true,"cacheJson":true,"heartbeat":false,"heartbeatInterval":30}]

I could not see any entity name so you need to edit that in the nodes.

agassparkle · August 17, 2022, 5:49pm

This changes color every 5s. Can you pls show me the easier way to do it ?
I was gonna ask that as well this changes colors from red to green.But i would like to have random.

agassparkle · August 17, 2022, 5:51pm

entity name is in the admin template. light.rgb_light

agassparkle · August 17, 2022, 5:59pm

I added the light name and this is what i am getting
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ‘0’)

Hellis81 · August 17, 2022, 6:14pm

In what node?

agassparkle · August 17, 2022, 6:16pm

change hue

Hellis81 · August 17, 2022, 6:20pm

Can you turn on the light and take a screenshot of the developer tools of this light, it’s the attributes I’m mostly interested in

agassparkle · August 17, 2022, 6:27pm


supported_color_modes:
  - rgb
friendly_name: Rgb Light
supported_features: 40
color_mode: rgb
brightness: 80
hs_color:
  - 228.785
  - 83.922
rgb_color:
  - 41
  - 81
  - 255
xy_color:
  - 0.147
  - 0.084

is this what you are asking ?

Hellis81 · August 17, 2022, 6:39pm

Perfect.
Can you put a debug node set to complete message on the current state node just before the function node and show me the output

agassparkle · August 17, 2022, 6:45pm


{"_msgid":"7001fb53cbf55ba0","payload":"off","topic":"","data":{"entity_id":"light.rgb_light","state":"off","attributes":{"supported_color_modes":["rgb"],"friendly_name":"Rgb Light","supported_features":40},"context":{"id":"01GAPHJENCJBBN285FVW3H8G5D","parent_id":null,"user_id":"c9d6606607184ad49defcc28a95d66a4"},"last_changed":"2022-08-17T18:38:08.060Z","last_updated":"2022-08-17T18:38:08.060Z","timeSinceChangedMs":374913,"original_state":"off"}}

and really thank you for taking time to do this.

Hellis81 · August 17, 2022, 7:07pm

I see the light was off.
That is the issue.
Add a call service between the inject and the current state node to turn on the light first, perhaps you need to add a small delay between (like 100 ms or so).

agassparkle · August 17, 2022, 7:26pm

So the flow looks like this now. I changed the boolean name aswell with something that i added from helpers.

[{"id":"815f6f0303f6aafa","type":"tab","label":"Flow 8","disabled":false,"info":"","env":[]},{"id":"598b0ca597ea1785","type":"function","z":"815f6f0303f6aafa","name":"change hue","func":"\nmsg.payload = {\n    data: {\n        'entity_id': 'light.rgb_light',\n        'hs_color': [(msg.data.attributes.hs_color[0] + 3) % 360, 100]\n    }\n};\n\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":790,"y":160,"wires":[["3cf1427b4e010cf9","2430cd93b1c4cae1"]]},{"id":"2430cd93b1c4cae1","type":"delay","z":"815f6f0303f6aafa","name":"","pauseType":"delay","timeout":"50","timeoutUnits":"milliseconds","rate":"1","nbRateUnits":"1","rateUnits":"second","randomFirst":"1","randomLast":"5","randomUnits":"seconds","drop":false,"allowrate":false,"outputs":1,"x":470,"y":260,"wires":[["c05f112184df8b9f"]]},{"id":"3cf1427b4e010cf9","type":"api-call-service","z":"815f6f0303f6aafa","name":"Cycle","server":"cc5f2328.3e1bd","version":5,"debugenabled":false,"domain":"homeassistant","service":"turn_on","areaId":[],"deviceId":[],"entityId":[],"data":"","dataType":"jsonata","mergeContext":"","mustacheAltTags":false,"outputProperties":[{"property":"","propertyType":"msg","value":"","valueType":"data"}],"queue":"none","x":990,"y":160,"wires":[["aa009c4864662589"]]},{"id":"aa009c4864662589","type":"debug","z":"815f6f0303f6aafa","name":"2","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":1150,"y":120,"wires":[]},{"id":"dab413185a705899","type":"inject","z":"815f6f0303f6aafa","name":"23:00","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"str","x":70,"y":160,"wires":[["d93841da4056a626"]]},{"id":"c05f112184df8b9f","type":"api-current-state","z":"815f6f0303f6aafa","name":"","server":"3425f38c5bea8c36","version":3,"outputs":2,"halt_if":"on","halt_if_type":"str","halt_if_compare":"is","entity_id":"input_boolean.rgb","state_type":"str","blockInputOverrides":false,"outputProperties":[{"property":"payload","propertyType":"msg","value":"","valueType":"entityState"},{"property":"data","propertyType":"msg","value":"","valueType":"entity"}],"for":"0","forType":"num","forUnits":"minutes","override_topic":false,"state_location":"payload","override_payload":"msg","entity_location":"data","override_data":"msg","x":700,"y":260,"wires":[["2509719a4441d2d8"],[]]},{"id":"2509719a4441d2d8","type":"api-current-state","z":"815f6f0303f6aafa","name":"","server":"3425f38c5bea8c36","version":3,"outputs":1,"halt_if":"","halt_if_type":"str","halt_if_compare":"is","entity_id":"light.rgb_light","state_type":"str","blockInputOverrides":false,"outputProperties":[{"property":"payload","propertyType":"msg","value":"","valueType":"entityState"},{"property":"data","propertyType":"msg","value":"","valueType":"entity"}],"for":"0","forType":"num","forUnits":"minutes","override_topic":false,"state_location":"payload","override_payload":"msg","entity_location":"data","override_data":"msg","x":540,"y":160,"wires":[["598b0ca597ea1785","53817c282f5baba5"]]},{"id":"53817c282f5baba5","type":"debug","z":"815f6f0303f6aafa","name":"debug 17","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":780,"y":100,"wires":[]},{"id":"195e1749e4d5d371","type":"api-call-service","z":"815f6f0303f6aafa","name":"","server":"a60309f5.9e69e8","version":5,"debugenabled":false,"domain":"light","service":"turn_on","areaId":[],"deviceId":[],"entityId":["light.rgb_light"],"data":"","dataType":"jsonata","mergeContext":"","mustacheAltTags":false,"outputProperties":[],"queue":"none","x":290,"y":160,"wires":[["2509719a4441d2d8"]]},{"id":"d93841da4056a626","type":"delay","z":"815f6f0303f6aafa","name":"","pauseType":"delay","timeout":"100","timeoutUnits":"milliseconds","rate":"1","nbRateUnits":"1","rateUnits":"second","randomFirst":"1","randomLast":"5","randomUnits":"seconds","drop":false,"allowrate":false,"outputs":1,"x":170,"y":260,"wires":[["195e1749e4d5d371"]]},{"id":"cc5f2328.3e1bd","type":"server","name":"Home Assistant","version":4,"rejectUnauthorizedCerts":true,"ha_boolean":"y|yes|true|on|home|open","connectionDelay":true,"cacheJson":true,"heartbeat":false,"heartbeatInterval":30,"areaSelector":"friendlyName","deviceSelector":"friendlyName","entitySelector":"friendlyName","statusSeparator":"at: ","statusYear":"hidden","statusMonth":"short","statusDay":"numeric","statusHourCycle":"h23","statusTimeFormat":"h:m"},{"id":"3425f38c5bea8c36","type":"server","name":"Home Assistant","version":4,"addon":true,"rejectUnauthorizedCerts":true,"ha_boolean":"y|yes|true|on|home|open","connectionDelay":true,"cacheJson":true,"heartbeat":false,"heartbeatInterval":30,"areaSelector":"friendlyName","deviceSelector":"friendlyName","entitySelector":"friendlyName","statusSeparator":"at: ","statusYear":"hidden","statusMonth":"short","statusDay":"numeric","statusHourCycle":"h23","statusTimeFormat":"h:m"},{"id":"a60309f5.9e69e8","type":"server","name":"Home Assistant","version":4,"addon":true,"rejectUnauthorizedCerts":true,"ha_boolean":"y|yes|true|on|home|open","connectionDelay":true,"cacheJson":true,"heartbeat":false,"heartbeatInterval":30,"areaSelector":"friendlyName","deviceSelector":"friendlyName","entitySelector":"friendlyName","statusSeparator":"at: ","statusYear":"hidden","statusMonth":"short","statusDay":"numeric","statusHourCycle":"h23","statusTimeFormat":"h:m"}]

This is the error i am getting when i activate it when the light is off.

This is the error when it is already on.

And the light doesnt change in both conditions.

Hellis81 · August 17, 2022, 7:32pm

Sorry I meant like this:

If it doesn’t work then try and delay more because the light has to be on to get the data attributes

agassparkle · August 17, 2022, 7:49pm

Light gets on and no change in colors

Hellis81 · August 17, 2022, 7:52pm

Does the loop continue to loop?
Try and change the value in the function node, perhaps 3 is too little and it just stays in one color.

'hs_color': [(msg.data.attributes.hs_color[0] + 3) % 360, 100]
                                                ^ change this to 10 or 15 or something.

agassparkle · August 17, 2022, 7:58pm

I dont think so. There is on one output in degub nodes.

Hellis81 · August 17, 2022, 8:08pm

Is the boolean on?
The last node (cycle). Make that a light turn on instead. Not sure if it works with homeassistant turn on

agassparkle · August 17, 2022, 8:50pm

Looks like this