Lighting Effects in Node Red - Replicate Hue Labs

[@jonathanallen985]

Just when I was about to throw the Raspberry Pi in the bin and uninstall all the bits around the house I found your channel. Excellent. I have a huge wish list of things to do and almost no knowledge, so these videos are great.

[@donovoso1]

This video is really great Will! Thanks, looking forward to more node red video's from you! Your explanations are superb!

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Thank you! A few more node red ones coming!

[@RandomGuy-lm8wh]

With a 0.75 speed setting on KZbin, this video is way better to follow. I really like your video`s, but with a tutorial like this, a little less speed would be great :P Besides that, keep up the great work. I Love the Node-Red video`s

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Haha thank you - sorry i get a bit carried away!

[@effocs]

@@WillSurridgeTech a bit you dont even explain half of the things you do in the video redooo :-)

[@JustinHughesRoberts]

Great stuff Will, keep it going The briefly bright was similar to a project I was working on for my bathroom, although I had it working it was limited. The function node sorted that out.

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Thanks! Glad it works for you now!

[@ameggs]

Would you do some Node Red Tutorial videos. There are a few on youtube, but I feel they skim the surface and do not go deep into the how to.

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Thank you for the idea Andy - I'll certainly have a look into that!

[@charley2070]

how do I stop the lights from breathing? it is an endless loop now :)

[@stephenthomas4556]

Did you work out how to stop the loop and switch lights off?

[@annespacedroid]

Been looking up how to extract and inject data via a function node for my climate control thermostat set, actioned with Alexa voice control. One tiny part of your video is all I needed. Already have a fully working setup, but this is going to make my flows SO much cleaner. Cheers for taking the time to make your tutorial.

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Glad I could help! It's always that one little trick which saves a lot of mess!

[@annespacedroid]

@@WillSurridgeTech Seriously, thanks, it worked great for what I needed. Trying also to control rgbw led down lights via Alexa works through a function node extracting & injecting the rgb array into the data of the call service node. Color mode is set via msg.cm:hs (color mode:hue sat) with rgb values and all works... And whites (cool white , warm white etc) are set through msg.cm:ct (color mode:color temp) with it's value stored in msg.ct. I'm just just not sure how to get the function node to discern which data to pass.. If color mode (msg.cm=hs), I need it to pass the rgb array data to the call service node, but if color mode is set to msg.cm:ct, I need it to pass the "color_temp" value given instead. I can set it via the switch node & pass the message to either of 2 function nodes (one grabs the data for white & the other grabs the color data), but if I can get the function node to take care of that, I could implement the same on multiple other flows. Any idea what inn the world I'm talking about?... Lol if so, how to achieve it please. I should just learn everything about everything & I wouldn't have to ask, I know. Still, you got my rgbw down lights changing color on command & my thermostat temperature all sorted out with the flow cleaned right up, so I'm happy.

[@WillSurridgeTech]

@@annespacedroid If you message me on fb with what you've got so far I'll have a look :)

[@annespacedroid]

@@WillSurridgeTech Will, I must say, that's very kind of you. I left the switch node feeding 2 separate function nodes. Works perfectly fine. I'm just looking to learn more on the function node. Currently 128 nodes over 12 flows is messy and like everything, there is always room for improvement. Most of it can be cleaned up if I could get my mind around some json in function node.

[@WillSurridgeTech]

@@annespacedroid Yeh I'm not overly familiar with json - always improvement to be made! you could always use a subflow if you have lots of repeated sequences :)

[@jonathanallen985]

One project I am going to try eventually is to use an 8x8 Wled board to track status, with the individual LEDs changing according to the sensor status/mvmt/temperature etc - use it as a physical dashboard. That might be of interest as a project.

[@dvs482]

YES thank you :P i am new to this and this helped me allot :P

[@CarlosFontanezPr]

Very good tutorial. Thank you. I would like to know what it would be like to return to the previous state if the bulb was off. If it was on, capture the color and brightness but also know if it was off.

[@WillSurridgeTech]

I'm away from home assistant at the moment, but I'm sure there is a way to do this! Just not sure what without it in front of me I'm afraid!

[@daviddearing6736]

Hi Will, Thanks for a great Video - the Brieifly Bright is exactly what i was looking for - but i'm struggling with syntax for the function node, can you assist please ?

[@Fabsenet]

I am not sure, but didn't you made endless circles for your msgs in the first and the last flow?

[@WillSurridgeTech]

The first flow is an endless loop, yes - but you could easily modify that with a loop node or a counter, or even just having an input boolean - when you turn it off, it doesn't continue the flow. The last flow only looped back to the beginning if the counter was less than 3 - otherwise it passed through the other switch output and the final notify/strobo bit :)

[@yoerioppelaar9040]

Hi Will, great video. I just starting node-red and hue. I saw that your workspace in node-red looks non standard? Are these settings or some sort of addon?

[@WillSurridgeTech]

I'm not entirely sure what you mean - my workspace is just default; the only thing different is some of the palates i have installed...are you using node red in home assistant or just on it's own?

[@yoerioppelaar9040]

@@WillSurridgeTech on it's own. installed one W10 via Node.js

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Yoeri Oppelaar aah that’s probably what it is then - the sidebar and first bank of nodes is for home assistant

[@rob1971]

Another good video Will, thanks I really must try Node Red, and see if these work with the IKEA Home Smart bulbs/hub.

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Thank you! Yes you will not regret jumping to Node Red! And that's the beauty of HA - we've taken something that is very specific to Hue, and recreated (making it more customisable), and so it can be integrated with any smart product out there!

[@rob1971]

Will you be covering how to link Google Assistant and Alexa to HA at some stage in the future? I'm keen to know about the benefits of linking Google Assistant to HA, but I'm not too bothered about the Nabu Casa option at the moment.

[@WillSurridgeTech]

There are 2 main benefits of linking them - the first one is controlling them as a media player (this can be done via the google integration or alexa media player on hacs); the other is to control entities which aren't alexa compatible - this can be done with haaska (Dr Zzzs did a good video recently), or in node red - great if you've created scenes triggered by input booleans and you want to be able to control them via voice I'm not sure how to control non-compatible entities with google assistant, I'm afriad

[@dakisarampatzis7282]

Hey there mate!! Great video, could you please make a tutorial with your ui lovelace interface, it's awesome and I'd like to make something similar!!

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Thanks for the idea! I've done tutorials on a couple of my views - the floorplan and the network status displays if you want to check them out!

[@dakisarampatzis7282]

@@WillSurridgeTech oh yeah, I' ve already done that, but I'm really interested in tablet interface

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Okay, I'll add it to the list!

[@theaustindude]

In the docs for the hue magic node, it says to use "alert" as a float value. How do you pass a float/text value to the node?

[@dvs482]

I have RGBWW lights at home but when I give it a Warmwhite value it does not use the warmwhite LEDs but just goes Orange on the RGB LEDs. Any ideas?

[@papaz8660]

Will, maybe you can help me. I'm trying to have a light change color based off information I get through an HTTP request to a weather station. I have a flow variable set for this 'FeelsLike' and I know it contains the information. I'm trying to change the rgb_color in a Call Sevice node but can't figure out the syntax to import the variable. It seems to me it should be easy but I've spent hours on google and really haven't found anything. Any help would be appreciated.

[@poprawka1]

Can i use conbee 2 or i must to use hue bridge to do this with this node ?

[@WillSurridgeTech]

the hue magic nodes only work on the hue hub

[@nicekid76]

so it's assumed that we also have home assistant installed?

[@bradtaylor1910]

You do good stuff, but cut down on the caffeine, too fast