Home Automation with Home Assistant and Node-RED

Tag: Node-RED

  • 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…

  • Node-RED and Telegram

    If you already have a Telegram bot setup in Node-RED, see my post, Better notifications with Telegram and Node-RED to send notifications with Telegram formatting and logging. In my humble opinion, Telegram is probably the best way to send and receive notifications from Home Assistant. You can create groups for everyone in your house, you can…

  • 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…