Possible to keep a light on all the time?

csuermann / node-red-contrib-presence-faker

Node-RED node that fakes presence in a smart home by switching devices (e.g. lights) on and off at random times.

MIT License

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Possible to keep a light on all the time? #62

Open ToMoHH opened 6 months ago

ToMoHH commented 6 months ago

I use the node for multiple lights to simulate presence. Everything works as expected. But there is one light that I would like to keep on all the time. But I can't do that. Is it even possible? Withn following settings, the light switch off before 09:00:

window: 08:00-09:00
on times: min1 max1
on min duration 0
on max duration 10 hours
first block: on
last block: off

csuermann commented 6 months ago

Hello @ToMoHH,

The specific use case you mentioned isn't supported. The algorithm mandates at least one ON and OFF block, and it automatically shortens the ON block by 10% if there's insufficient time for an OFF block.

But why would you like to have presence-faker control your always-on light in the first place?

ToMoHH commented 6 months ago

The node is practical because I inject the dynamic values via the payload. For the sake of simplicity, I wouldn't like to use different nodes, that just makes it more complicated. but thank you for your quick feedback