HowTo: Node Red – Warning if humidity is too high

Especially in rooms where a lot of work is done with water or steam, you should always ventilate sufficiently to avoid damage and health risks caused by mold.

If you're one of those people who tend to forget things like this and happen to have a humidity sensor in the rooms in question, which also happens to be connected to your NodeRed installation, you can also be automatically reminded when the humidity is too high.

How to do this is described in the following article.


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Requirements

Helpful articles:
To be able to use this configuration, NodeRed should of course already be installed.
How to prepare a RaspberryPi and then install NodeRed on it is described in the following articles.

The following articles describe what has to be done to prepare the RaspberryPi so far:
RaspberryPi – setup for nerdiys!
RaspberryPi – The first configuration!
RaspberryPi – Control the RaspberryPi via SSH

NodeRed – Installing NodeRed on the RaspberryPi
NodeRed – Install new nodes

Required material:
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In the following list you will find all the parts you need to implement this article.


Log into the NodeRed configuration interface

Before you can edit your NodeRed configuration, you must - if activated - first log into the NodeRed configuration interface.

View of the login dialog. Here you have to enter the login data that you specified during the configuration of the login. You can find information about this in the article NodeRed - set up user login.

Need to install nodes

For this example, in addition to the standard nodes, the nodes “node-red-node-pushbullet” and “node-red-dashboard” are also used. In order for this example to work for you, you have to install these nodes. How your node is installed in the article NodeRed – Install new nodes described.


Import node code

The core function of this example is to create a moving average from the most recent humidity values and then check whether this exceeds a certain value. In this context, moving average means that the average is always determined from the last (for example) ten measured values. This has the advantage that one-time peaks in the measured values do not cause an alarm. Only a permanent increase in humidity causes the value of the moving average to rise above the set limit and thus trigger an alarm.

To import this example into your NodeRed installation, you need to import the Node code below. You can find tips on this in the article NodeRed – Import and export node code.

After importing, remember to position the dashboard nodes on your dashboard. You can find tips on this in the article NodeRed - Create a user interface with dashboard nodes.

You may also need to provide an API key for the Pushbullet node. This is also in the article Register Pushbullet API Key described.

Node configuration view in the NodeRed editor.
View of the limit setting option in the dashboard.
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Adjust values

In this configuration, two values determine the function.
On the one hand, there is the limit value, which determines at what humidity level an alarm is issued. This can be set directly via the dashboard node.

On the other hand, by increasing or decreasing the number of values from which the moving average is determined, you can control how “slowly” - but more precisely - the alarm reacts. If the moving average refers to very few values, changes (and also exceeding the limit value) are detected more quickly. Unfortunately, even very short-term changes in measured values such as measurement errors can lead to the alarm being triggered incorrectly.

It's best to experiment a little with the values and see what's best for your case. In this example, the limit value is 70% humidity with ten values on which the moving average is based.

In the configuration of the smooth node you can set in the “over the most recent…values” field how many values the moving average is formed over.

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