{"id":191,"date":"2017-12-14T21:35:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T05:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.diyfuturism.com\/?p=191"},"modified":"2018-01-16T20:55:40","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T04:55:40","slug":"basic-node-red-flows-for-automating-lighting-with-home-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyfuturism.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/14\/basic-node-red-flows-for-automating-lighting-with-home-assistant\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Node-Red Flows for Automating Lighting with Home Assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Smart light bulbs<\/a> are probably the first thing everyone getting into home automation buys. It is easy to see the applications for them – have the lights come on at night, turn off when you’re home, etc. It’s very satisfying to have the lights react to the day and your activities, and my goal with automating lighting has always been to not have to think about it, for it to work in the background.<\/p>\n

In my initial post about Home Assistant and Node-Red<\/a>, I explained the initial hoops you have to jump through to get both pieces of software up and running and talking to each other. Now we will start using them together in some very simple flows to control lighting, to get a better understanding of how Node-Red works, and to start to delve into this powerful tool.<\/p>\n

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