mytimeout example

The node mytimeout is a count down timer that I created to turn off devices after a set period of time. Either using default values or JSON passed to the input of the node.

This is the flow I created so my wife can turn on the timer (which will turn on the various devices) and turn off various devices if mytimeout is allowed to timeout. The timer flow communicates with the devices via MQTT topics.

The user interface provided is via the Node-Red Dashboard. The code is organized in 3 sections. The dials, the momentary sleep button and the on/off switches.

The dials set the minutes the timer will run (green for timer length, yellow for warning time remaining to trigger the warning message). Hitting sleep button or timer switch will cause the timer to start and run for the length of time in the dials. It will also cause the timer switch to turn on as well as the 3 devices. They will remain on until the timer counts down to 0 and then they'll turn off. Or if the user turns them off manually.

The commands supported by the node are 'on', 'off', 'stop' and 'cancel'. See the Readme for the node to get further details. Only 'on' and 'off' are demonstrated here.

NOTE: Each device topic and sleep button topic is the same for the subscribe and publish of the device. Normally this is not a good idea as the node passes the subscribed data to the published topic in an endless loop but the mytimeout node blocks any received message it has sent. For the mytimeout node it attempts to block anything that matches what it last published.

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This list would be in a\nspecific order. And this function you take the 'msg.payload' off and build\na msg.list = [ 'nodeA', 'nodeB', 'nodeC' ] and unshift each as they are resent\nthrough a delay node on output 2. This would work down to none where the node\nwould stop sending.\n\nWe'll keep the on off support for now. 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Node Types

Core
  • comment (x5)
  • debug (x7)
  • delay (x1)
  • function (x5)
  • inject (x2)
  • mqtt in (x5)
  • mqtt out (x7)
  • mqtt-broker (x2)
Other
  • mytimeout (x1)
  • ui_button (x1)
  • ui_group (x1)
  • ui_switch (x4)
  • ui_tab (x1)
  • ui_template (x2)

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  • mytimeout
  • timer
  • countdown
  • cherry
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