Sensor

The Sensor node creates a sensor entity within Home Assistant that is controlled from Node-RED. Sensors are entities that report data from various sources, such as temperature, humidity, or motion detection. This node allows you to create and manage such sensors directly from your Node-RED flows.

Configuration

State required

Type: string | number | boolean

The state the entity should be updated to

To set the Home Assistant state to Unknown, send a state with a js expression null.

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

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]