Which one would you use? Light Scheduler vs BigTimer Node-RED nodes.

In this video I compare the node-red-contrib-bigtimer (BigTimer) and node-red-contrib-light-scheduler (Light Scheduler) nodes based on how I use them in my automations. Is one better than the other? You be the judge.

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00:00 Intro
00:27 Install or Update Light Scheduler
02:21 How I use BigTimer
05:46 Light Scheduler Config Overview
13:32 Switch Node
14:45 Light Scheduler Outside Lights
16:20 LAT/LON setting
16:50 Same Node for OFF and ON
18:00 Comparison Thoughts
21:00 Light Scheduler Overrides
21:50 Wrap Up and SUBSCRIBE!

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[jonathanfiur]

Really helpful for a Node-red newbie. I got my porch lights set up very easily based on your explanations and example. (Used Bigtimer).

[hansnorling]

Thank you for a very good and educational review.
You have a very nice appearance which makes it a pleasure to learn from you.
Looking forward to more from you!

[knallaff]

I prefer to work with the light sensor and motion detector. So the control becomes much finer depending on good or bad weather.

[Jessassin]

A while back, I tried to set up Light Scheduler. But the UI didn't make sense to me and I could not get it to work based on sun angle. I didn't realize that BOTH the schedule, and light angle combined like you showed. It's a really strange way to do it in my opinion. I opted for simple, time-based scheduled lights. I might give Light Scheduler another go after seeing this video. Thanks for making the comparison video, and going into depth on how light scheduler works!

[wstrater]

I tried both big timer and light scheduler and ended up using cron plus. It has many of your solar events plus cron scheduling. One of the features I like is that you can add, change and remove schedules dynamically. I found it more useful for my needs.

[loganboyd]

6:38 "I can tell by the position of the sun in the sky, that is time for us to go. Until next time, I am Lothar of the Hill People!"

[MysticMachina]

Cant wait to get myself a pi. Unfortunately they are all out of stock due to the shortage of chips

[MyNomis]

Hello thanks for your great videos i love them .

In one off your videos you mention that you both https and http to your setup ( home assistent ) after i have duckdns and nabu casa i can`t get any local conection to my home assistent can you tell how you do ? i only have my duckdns conection working and nabu casa and i will say it`s slow, very slow then before i was local user only .

[FredSchmitthammer]

What are the two grey nodes before the timer or scheduler node?

[liveartrainbow]

Check the moment library from javascript

[albertroswell]

light scheduler is dumb, if the common use case is to fill up the schedule to make it work that's a design flaw, for example I ony care about sunlight, I dont want to fill the schedule, and I dont want to set an overrride since I also want to run the override 'trigger' but if I sent trigger it does not ignore the schedule, super dumb