Time Controller is a node-red node for light controller (or other devices) that can fade the light or color channels in a specified time range. It is possible to control each channel separately or in rgb mode. It calculates the values depending on the start and end value and time.
The input values can be an integer or an array. The range doesn't matter, so it is possible to use percentages or rgb values or what ever you'd like.

At the moment Data is defined as an array of objects including the start time and value, the end time and value and the topic. The values can be an integer or an array of integers. It doesn't matter whether they are percentages or color values.
See example.json for a full set of a RGBWW controller.

Each object has the following format:

 {
    "start": {
        "time": "06:00:10",
        "value": 0
    },
    "end": {
        "time": "solarNoon",
        "offset": 10,
        "value": 78
    },
    "topic": "rgbw/cmnd/channel1"
},
{
   "start": {
       "time": "06:00",
       "value": [80, 50, 10, 100, 100]
   },
   "end": {
       "time": "solarNoon",
       "offset": 10,
       "value": [500, 50, 10, 1, 255]
   },
   "topic": "light-entity"
}

Example for the home-assistant call service node if the input is defined as array

Data:

{
    "rgbw_color": [
        "{{payload.0}}",
        "{{payload.1}}",
        "{{payload.2}}",
        "{{payload.3}}"
    ],
    "brightness": "{{payload.4}}"
}

Or:

{
    "brightness_pct": "{{payload.0}}",
    "color_temp": "{{payload.1}}"
}

Entity id:

{{topic}}

The interval in seconds to refresh the topics. Default: 1

The coordinates of the location to calculate the correct sun events.

If enabled then the Time Controller will emit the state of the previous event. Default: false

If enabled then the input values must be in percentage and will be returned as color value (0 - 255).

https://github.com/mourner/suncalc

todo

• fullcalendar to define the time events in the frontend
• programmatic control
• instant on/ off events