DEPRECATED

This node has been deprecated in favor of the individual entity nodes. The individual entity nodes can be used in subflows and added to devices.

Entity

Creates an entity in Home Assistant which can be manipulated from this node.

binary sensor, sensor, and switch

Warning

Needs Custom Integration installed in Home Assistant for this node to function

Configuration

Type required

• Type: string
• Values binary_sensor|sensor|switch
• Default: sensor

The state the entity should be updated to

Home Assistant Config

• Type: Object

Configuration options available for the selected entity

WARNING

Entity nodes will not work in a subflow due to the way they register themselves with Home Assistant. After a Node-RED restart, a new entity will be created in Home Assistant.

Sensor Configuration

State required

• Type: string | number | boolean

The state the entity should be updated to

Attributes

• Type: Object

Key/Value pair of attributes to update. The key should be a string and the value can be a [string | number | boolean | object]

Input Override

• Type: string
• Values: accept | merge | block

Determine how input values will be handled. When merge is selected the message object values will override the configuration values.

Resend state and attributes

• Type: boolean

When creating the entity in Home Assistant this will also send the last updated state and attributes then node sent to Home Assistant

Switch Configuration

Output on state change

• Type: boolean

When the state of the switch changes it will output to the top if the switch is on or to the bottom if it is in the off position.

Payload

• Type: str | num | bool | JSONata | timestamp

Customizable output set to msg.payload if Output on state change is enabled.

Sensors Inputs

properties of msg.payload

state

• Type: string | number | boolean

The state the entity should be updated to

attributes

• Type: Object

Key/Value pair of attributes to update. The key should be a string and the value can be a [string | number | boolean | object]

Switch Inputs

msg.enable

• Type: boolean

Set to true to turn on the switch and false to turn off. If the message has a property enable set to the type boolean the node will not have any output.

Outputs

Status Color

• Green/Red: output from the node was due to input to the node
• Blue: output from the node was due to the state of the node changing
• Yellow: state of node changed but no output