Node-red-contrib-sun-position NPM

node-red-contrib-sun-position for NodeRED

This is a ultimate (Swiss-Army-Knife) Node-Red Timer based flow control with dusk, dawn (and variations) and much more. Additional you can get sun and moon position or to control a flow by sun or moon position. It is ideal for usage of control smart home, but also for all other time based flow control. There is also a roller blind control node and a clock timer node. The blind control node can determine the position of the roller shutter by time or position of the sun. The timer can send different payloads depending on the time.

nodes

node-red-contrib-sun-position for NodeRED

Preconditions

These nodes need at least NodeJS Version 8.0 and Node-Red with Version 1.0! Any early Version of Node-Red will not work!

Installation

npm install node-red-contrib-sun-position

General

Saving resources

The nodes are designed to do not calculate time events with every arriving message or with an interval every x time. This is to be able to handle a huge amount of messages also on even on computers with low resources.

second based accuracy

The nodes are designed to be accurate to seconds. This means it was designed to turn on/off at exact given second. Other timers often work using intervals where they check your schedule only once a minute or even less. This means when you want something to come on at 08:00am, it may actually not come on until 30 seconds later. This nodes does not have this problem, it will come on at exactly 08:00:00am.

base functions for all (or the most of the nodes)

see here

Implemented Nodes

within-time a switch node, which forwards a message only within a certain period of time.The beginning and the end can also be sunset, sunrise, moonset, moonrise or any other sun times.
time-inject a inject node, which can send a message on a specified time, which can also be a sun or moon time.
sun-position a node which calculates sun position. Can be used as a switch node for specific azimuth of the sun.
moon-position a node which calculates moon position and phases. Can be used as a switch node for specific azimuth of the sun.

sun-position

The node calculates the current sun position on any input message. This node is compatible to node-red-contrib-blindcontroller.

sun-position-example

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sun-position - Node settings

sun-position-settings

Position connects to the central configuration node, which contains the current position, but also handles internal shared functions
Topic defines the topic of the first output
position container here you can define multiple lower and upper limits for azimuth. If the calculated value of the azimuth is inside the defined limit the input message will send to the associated output.
Name name of the Node

sun-position - Node Input

The Input is for triggering the calculation. If limits are defined the input message will send to the output associated to the limit.

It is possible that the incoming message have properties msg.latitude and msg.longitude (or msg.lat and msg.lon) defined to override settings in configuration node. The configuration Node still needs to be configured properly.

sun-position - Node Output

first output
- msg.payload.azimuth the azimuth of the sun position relative to the given coordinates.
- msg.payload.altitude the altitude/elevation of the sun position relative to the given coordinates.
- msg.payload.times the sun times as object.
  - msg.payload.times.astronomicalDawn night ends (morning astronomical twilight starts)
  - msg.payload.times.amateurDawn amateur astronomical dawn (sun at 12° before sunrise)
  - msg.payload.times.nauticalDawn nautical dawn (morning nautical twilight starts)
  - msg.payload.times.blueHourDawnStart blue Hour start (time for special photography photos starts)
  - msg.payload.times.civilDawn dawn (morning nautical twilight ends, morning civil twilight starts)
  - msg.payload.times.blueHourDawnEnd blue Hour end (time for special photography photos starts)
  - msg.payload.times.sunrise sunrise (top edge of the sun appears on the horizon)
  - msg.payload.times.sunriseEnd sunrise ends (bottom edge of the sun touches the horizon)
  - msg.payload.times.goldenHourDawnEnd morning golden hour (soft light, best time for photography) ends
  - msg.payload.times.solarNoon solar noon (sun is in the highest position)
  - msg.payload.times.goldenHourDuskStart evening golden hour starts
  - msg.payload.times.sunsetStart sunset starts (bottom edge of the sun touches the horizon)
  - msg.payload.times.sunset sunset (sun disappears below the horizon, evening civil twilight starts)
  - msg.payload.times.blueHourDuskStart nautical dusk start (evening astronomical twilight starts)
  - msg.payload.times.civilDusk dusk (evening nautical twilight starts)
  - msg.payload.times.blueHourDuskEnd nautical dusk end (evening astronomical twilight starts)
  - msg.payload.times.amateurDusk amateur astronomical dusk (sun at 12° after sunrise)
  - msg.payload.times.astronomicalDusk night starts (dark enough for astronomical observations)
  - msg.payload.times.nadir nadir (darkest moment of the night, sun is in the lowest position)
- msg.payload.pos array with a boolean of every defined limit of the azimuth, which is true if the azimuth is inside the limit.
- msg.payload.posChanged boolean which is true if any of the defined limit of the azimuth has changed to the last calculation.
- msg.payload.startTime if a start time is defined the start timestamp (inclusive of offset).
- msg.payload.endTime if a end time is defined the end timestamp (inclusive of offset).
- msg.payload.sunInSky if a start and an end time is defined a boolean value indicating whether it is currently considered daylight hours.
- msg.payload.altitudePercent gives the altitude in percent between horizon (0%) and solar noon (100%) (will not calculated if sun position for a time is calculated which is not today or tomorrow).
second output to ... output if limits for azimuth are defined the incoming message will send to this output. It adds a msg.posChanged property of type boolean which is true if in the previous calculation no message was send to this output.

moon-position

The node calculates the current sun position on any input message.

moon-position-example

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moon-position - Node settings

moon-position-settings

Position connects to the central configuration node, which contains the current position, but also handles internal shared functions
Topic defines the topic of the first output
position container here you can define multiple lower and upper limits for azimuth. If the calculated value of the azimuth is inside the defined limit the input message will send to the associated output.
Name name of the Node

moon-position - Node Input

The Input is for triggering the calculation.

moon-position - Node Output

first output
- msg.payload.azimuth the azimuth of the moon position relative to the given coordinates.
- msg.payload.altitude the altitude/elevation of the moon position relative to the given coordinates.
- msg.payload.distance the distance of the moon.
- msg.payload.parallacticAngle the parallacticAngle of the moon.
- msg.payload.illumination the illumination of the moon as object.
  - msg.payload.illumination.angle the illumination angle of the moon.
  - msg.payload.illumination.fraction the illumination fraction angle of the moon.
  - msg.payload.illumination.zenithAngle the illumination zenith angle of the moon.
  - msg.payload.illumination.phase the illumination phase of the moon as object.
    - msg.payload.illumination.phase.value the current phase of the moon in percent, where 0%/100% is New Moon, from 0% to 50% is growing, 50% is Full Moon and >50% is decreasing.
    - msg.payload.illumination.phase.angle the current phase angle of the moon.
    - msg.payload.illumination.phase.emoji the emoji of the current phase of the moon.
    - msg.payload.illumination.phase.code the code of the emoji for the current phase of the moon.
    - msg.payload.illumination.phase.name the name of the current phase of the moon.
- msg.payload.times the moon times as object.
  - msg.payload.times.rise the moon rise time.
  - msg.payload.times.set the moon set time.
  - msg.payload.times.alwaysUp boolean which is true if the moon never rises/sets and is always above the horizon during the day.
  - msg.payload.times.alwaysDown boolean which is true if the moon is always below the horizon.
- msg.payload.pos array with a boolean of every defined limit of the azimuth, which is true if the azimuth is inside the limit.
- msg.payload.posChanged boolean which is true if any of the defined limit of the azimuth has changed to the last calculation.

{
  "lastUpdate": "2018-11-11T11:11:11.111Z",
  "latitude": "18.473782",
  "longitude": "-34.357051",
  "angleType": "deg",
  "azimuth": 108.71205459404247,
  "altitude": -9.578482237780767,
  "distance": 400811.8001636167,
  "parallacticAngle": -73.92702172116152,
  "illumination": {
    "angle": -94.27663428960696,
    "fraction": 0.14981886026806135,
    "phase": {
      "emoji": "🌒",
      "code": ":waxing_crescent_moon:",
      "name": "Waxing Crescent",
      "weight": 6.3825,
      "value": 0.12651089732280724,
      "angle": 45.54392303621061
    },
    "zenithAngle": -20.349612568445437
  },
  "times": {
    "rise": "2018-11-11T11:44:22.877Z",
    "set": "2018-11-11T23:10:07.389Z",
    "alwaysUp": false,
    "alwaysDown": false
  },
  "pos": [],
  "posChanged": false
}

second output to ... output if limits for azimuth are defined the incoming message will send to this output. It adds a msg.payload.posChanged property of type boolean which is true if the limit has changed since the last azimuth calculation.

time-inject

Injects a message into a flow either manually or at timestamps which can also depending on the sunset, sunrise, or moon set and rise. The message payload can be a variety of types, including strings, JavaScript objects, the current time or the current sun or moon position.

time-inject-example

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time-inject - Node settings

time-inject-settings

Position connects to the central configuration node, which contains the current position, but also handles internal shared functions
Payload defines the payload of the message object send to the output
- Compared to the standard inject node, this node has more options for the payload see Possible Node Output Formats for these options.
Topic defines the topic of the send message
Time An optional property that can be configured when the inject node should emit a message on that timestamp.
- if a time is choose additional settings available
- Offset An optional property which is only available if an time is chosen. The offset can be a positive or negative and defines a time offset to the chosen time.
- valid days There can be defined on which days a msg should be emitted.
- special days There can be defined if the msg should only be emitted on even or odd days.
- valid month There can be defined on which month a msg should be emitted.
- valid date range There can be defined if the message should be only emitted between two dates. The defined year will be ignored. There are two options:
  - starting day.month is less than end day.month - then the start and end date will be every time the current year
  - end day.month is less than start day.month then the message will be send this year from 1.1. to end month and year and from starting date to end month and day next year
Property optional here can be defined a condition under which a alternate time should be used.
Alternate time optional defines an alternate start time which will be used if the condition applies. This can be used for different times for example of holidays/weekend.
Additional Inject on Start If this checkbox is set the inject node can emit the message on Node-Red Start or on any deploy of this node. There can be defined a delay after the emit should be done. This can be useful for initializing any flow.
Set additional With this selection you can
- set global, flow context or set additional property of the message object (if the property is payload the payload will be overridden.)
- for any timestamp properties like timestamp, sun time, moon time there are a lot of possibilities to influence this. You can add an offset or select the days wherefore the timestamp should be calculated. The output format could be Unix, ECMA timestamp, object or the time difference between timestamp and emit the message. This is useful to to send a payload of true on sunset with an additional message property as on time with the seconds until sunrise. see Possible Node Output Formats for possible information

time-inject - Node Input

It has only a button as input, where the massage could injected into a flow manually.

time-inject - Node Output

The output is a message with the defined payload and topic in the settings.

time-inject - Node Status

red on error
green
- the color of the status is green, if the next trigger time is soon (< 36h).
- type of the status
  - dot The next trigger time is normal time. (But that doesn't mean that an inject really takes place.)
  - ring The next trigger time is alternate time. (But that doesn't mean that an inject really takes place.)
blue
- the next trigger (alternate or normal time) is far in the future (>36h).
- type of the status
  - dot The next trigger time is normal time. (But that doesn't mean that an inject really takes place.)
  - ring The next trigger time is alternate time. (But that doesn't mean that an inject really takes place.)

within-time

within-time-example

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within-time - Node settings

A simple node that routes messages depending on the time. If the current time falls within the range specified in the node configuration, the message is routed to output 1. Otherwise the message is routed to output 2.

within-time-settings

Position connects to the central configuration node, which contains the current position, but also handles internal shared functions
Start time defines the start time of the time range with with different configuration possibilities
- Start Offset allows to define a positive or negative offset in seconds, minutes or hours to the given Start Time. This will be useful for sun based times.
End time defines the end time of the time range with with different configuration possibilities
- End Offset allows to define a positive or negative offset in seconds, minutes or hours to the given End Time. This will be useful for sun based times.
Alternate start time optional defines an alternate start time of the time range which will be used if the conditions matches. This can be used for different times for example of holidays.
- Start time alternate start time
- Start Offset offset for the alternate start time
Alternate end time optional defines an alternate end time of the time range which will be used if the conditions matches. This can be used for different times for example of holidays.
- End time alternate end time
- End Offset offset for the alternate end time
resend start If this checkbox is checked and a message arrived outside of time, this message will be additional send again some milliseconds after next start time point. This option is only for fixed time definitions available.
resend end If this checkbox is checked and a message arrived within time, this message will be additional send again some milliseconds after next end time point. This option is only for fixed time definitions available.

time-comp

A enhanced node for time format change and time comparison.

time-comp-example

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time-comp - Node settings

time-comp-settings

Position connects to the central configuration node, which contains the current position, but also handles internal shared functions
Input defines the input parameter for the time stamp
- parse format defines the format for the input parameter, more information see input parse formats.
- Offset allows to define a positive or negative offset to the given Input Time.
compare with here can be defined various definitions of times to which the input time should be compared.
- operator Drop down to define operator
- compare type allows to define what parts of the time string should be compared. Default is a comparison of the complete timestamp. But it is possible to only compare a pat like the only the year.
- time defines where the time to which should be compared comes from
- parse format defines the format for the time to compare, more information see input parse formats.
- Offset allows to define a positive or negative offset to the given time.
- limitation here it is possible to additionally define a parameter. if defined this comparison will only be made if the conditions matches.
result allows to write the Input time to a parameter in a different format. Without defining any compare with, the node allows by only defining input and result parameter a simply time format conversation.

time-span

A enhanced node for time span calculation and time span comparison.

time-span-example

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time-span - Node settings

time-span-settings

Position connects to the central configuration node, which contains the current position, but also handles internal shared functions
Input 1 defines the first input parameter for the time span calculation
- parse format defines the format for the first input parameter, more information see input parse formats.
- Offset allows to define a positive or negative offset to the given Input 1 Time.
Input 2 defines the second input parameter for the time span calculation
- parse format defines the format for the second input parameter, more information see input parse formats.
- Offset allows to define a positive or negative offset to the given Input 2 Time.
compare with here can be defined various time spams to which the time span between timestamp of input 1 and input 2 should be compared.
- operator Drop down to define operator for comparison
- time defines a number to which should be the timespan be compared
- time type the unit of the given time
result ** as result of an incoming message, data could be written to that destination. This could be a message property, a flow or a global context.
- result value defines the value which should be written to the result destination. Could be the timestamp, one of the Input times or any other time/data. For timestamp or times the output format or maybe an offset could be defined.

Without defining any comparison, the node allows by only defining inputs and result a simply timespan calculation.

blind-control

Used to control a blind with many possibilities. This can be time-dependent and it can calculate the blind position based on the current position of the sun to limit the sun light To limit the sunlight on the floor of a window.

blind-control

clock-timer

Used to control a flow time based with many possibilities. This can be used to switch something which is time-dependent (e.g. Christmas lights).

clock-timer

CHANGELOG

TODO

add possibility to select input/output timezone
Add new node time-control as a stripped down node of the blind control with only rules for control other devices like dimmer and thermostats

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