@FotoFieber
I like your approach to a Node Red implementation of a home automation controller for MySensors. I understand that the code has grown to the point where it will no longer fit in a post. Could you please upload your code to your GitHub so that the whole program is visible?
I understand that your code may not be up to date for the latest version but what I've seen of your code has already helped to improve my MySensors 2.3.0 compatible version.
Thank you.
@mfalkvidd Unfortunately, the "Enable In-Topic Searching" feature is what generates the start of "in:topic-4803 soft_hmac_key" and nothing else. It does find the first occurrence but doesn't have a way to search after the first. I learned that I can just prefix "in:topic-####" to my search and then I don't have to make the forum grab the <ctrl> f key in my browser.
@the person who edited the "Posts per Page" restriction of 20, a huge giant Thank You!! 100 posts per page is a great improvement over 20. I was about to request this but saw it was done when I went to get the exact wording. 
This giant topic being 10 pages is bearable. (and probably doesn't use a ton of javascript which was blocking local caching so probably saves a ton of bandwidth for your servers...)
P.S. my original problem is solved too, the forum is so useful!
@tbowmo Agreed, creating a Slack when there has been an IRC channel since Mar 18 2014 was probably not a great idea.
@wergeld Odd, I went to the raw file, hit select all in Firefox and right click copy, then went to Node Red and did the import from clipboard, no edits. Maybe it's something related to Windows, I did mine through Debian.
Still, good to know that some paths need the single/double quotes repaired so thank you.
MySensors does support previously undefined data fields, if your controller does. Fields like S_CUSTOM, V_VAR1, ... V_VAR5 are options for sending counters and other variables that were not explicitly defined.
@wergeld said in Node-Red as Controller:
A little clean up in notepad++ and I have a working flow!
You need to import the raw file, not the "formatted" one that github presents. You can also download the .zip or git clone it.
This is all @FotoFieber, I did nothing but request they post it for us.
Thank you for the notes on the updates that you did.
FotoFieber has been kind enough to post his Node-Red controller on GitHub at: https://github.com/FotoFieber/MySensorsNodeRedController
The direct link to the code to import is: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FotoFieber/MySensorsNodeRedController/master/README.md
Thank you very much @FotoFieber !
Once I complete a few of the pieces added from his code, I'll post mine as well but it will be a few weeks as I'm traveling now.
@lis610 said in 
Insulated Whole House Fan:
RCWL-0516
https://www.rogerclark.net/investigating-a-rcwl-9196-rcwl-0516-radar-motion-detector-modules/ shows some possible ways to read something other than a digital output of motion at 5 to 7 meters.
It doesn't look like there is a simple way to just make it less sensitive.
@FotoFieber
I like your approach to a Node Red implementation of a home automation controller for MySensors. I understand that the code has grown to the point where it will no longer fit in a post. Could you please upload your code to your GitHub so that the whole program is visible?
I understand that your code may not be up to date for the latest version but what I've seen of your code has already helped to improve my MySensors 2.3.0 compatible version.
Thank you.
@skywatch If it's acceptable for the relay to not react immediately on request from your controller, then you could queue the request at the server end and wait for the relay node to wake up and check in. For example, a system opening the blinds when the sun comes up wouldn't care if it was exactly at a given moment. If a delay of up to 10 minutes is acceptable, this could be quite a bit of battery savings but even 1 minute would probably save some battery.
You could also just keep transmitting until there is an ack (be sure to comply with your local version of the FCC for transmission time limits.)
Unfortunately, holding most relays closed takes a whole lot of power and toggle type relays are quite expensive. An SSR might significantly reduce this but would still require some power to hold the SSR and some circuitry to latch it while the node is sleeping.
All of this might take a bit of a smarter home automation controller or some separate glue code between the controller and MySensors. (I use Node Red which could do this easily.)
My Node Red controller is closer to what FotoFieber did a couple years back but it's for 2.3.0 and MQTT. His project is at https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/700/node-red-as-controller/28 as well as various updates over time. It was good to see @FotoFieber's code as it showed me a few holes in what I've done so far.