Hello. I previously asked a question about global variables, and received a very helpful message. I am now able to store the information in a global variable.
However the way I thought I was going to be able to use the state of the variable does not work the way I thought it would.
Here is the current flow that I have :
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So the way I thought this would work is that I have a trigger state that determines if the temperature outside has risen above 70 degrees and sends out a default message. It then goes into a switch node that looks at my global variable (global.PresenceState) and moves the default message to an output if it’s true or false. It then goes into a timecheck node to only act if it’s within a certain time frame. And finally it spits out a message to my google home.
If I take out the global variable, it works fine. My question is how do I route a message based on the state of a global variable?
