Home Automation with Home Assistant and Node-RED

Tag: Home Automation

  • Using the “stoptimer” node, in Node-RED

    The stoptimer node has two functions. It refreshes the timer whenever it receives a new message, which is useful for motion automations; and it can start a timer when something happens, and stop the timer if something else happens. They are very useful in motion lighting automations. In the flow screenshot above, when the kitchen…

  • Controlling a Google Home, with a zigbee button and Node-RED

    (Amazon links are affiliate links, where I get a small commission of purchased item) Our son has a SmartThings button, and a Google Home in his bedroom. He plays with the GHome and we use it for sleep sounds at night. Anytime after 9pm, the button turns on his lamp at 10% red, and then…

  • Sending picture notifications, with Node-RED and Telegram

    (Amazon links are affiliate links, where I get a small commission of purchased item) I have a SkyBell HD doorbell, and it sends notifications to my wife and I with the SkyBell app when it detects motion or the doorbell button is pressed. It works well enough, but it’s another separate app sending separate notifications.…

  • Location based automations, with Node-RED.

    Location based automations are a great way for your house to respond to your presence. Set your thermostat, alarm, and lights depending on whether you are home or not. I do this using trigger state nodes. This nodes considers an entity’s current and previous state and passes on the message. We’re going to use it…

  • Working with motion flows in Node-RED

    Motion automations are some of my favorites. I’ve noticed a lot of questions across the internet about how to set them up, so I’ll do a few simple ones to help others get started. Motion activated light.Super simple. Grab an “events: state” node , and a “call service” node . Configure the events state node…

  • Node-RED + Home Assistant Security System

    In this post, I will show how I setup my home security system. Setup this way, it is a manual system, and will need to be manually armed and disarmed. I will share how I’ve automated the system in later posts, that will be linked here. My last two houses were smart homes. SmartThings was…

  • Using smart switches and smart bulbs together, with Home Assistant and Node-RED.

    (Amazon links are affiliate links, where I get a small commission of purchased item) I have 6 Hue A19 Color bulbs in the ceiling of my kitchen. We were using them with standard dummy switches, which was a pain as I had to constantly remind people to leave the switches on. Not to mention that…