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feat(node-red): run and pick any API energy command, gated on paired from the catalog - #197

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The Energy Command node gets the same catalog runtime and editor as the vehicle node: msg.command (or the picker) takes any energy site route name, arguments come from msg.payload overlaid with the node's per-field typedInputs, and the shared editor script lists the catalog grouped with one field per argument. The paired requirement now comes from the catalog flag, so backup events, gateway config and diagnostics are gated like dispatch: the runtime refuses them for a site that is not paired unless a Local gateway takes the command, and the editor greys them out on the same rule (never the saved one). With a Local gateway, the six route names the gateway takes (backup, operation, grid_import_export, dispatch_battery_power, resume_battery_operation, set_island_mode, the same names as the gateway methods) go local first through the existing sendLocalFirst, with the cloud catalog request as the fallback only when the cloud may run it; a small localCommand adapter maps the API body to the gateway's positional arguments. Earlier camelCase names and their top-level arguments are unchanged, Get Tariff stays at the top, and new nodes default to live_status. Checked in a local Node-RED 4.1 with a stubbed site list (one unpaired site): the grouped list with paired-only commands greyed out and the Dispatch Battery Power fields. No Powerwall was contacted; the local and fallback paths are covered by tests against the fake gateway.

Energy command list for an unpaired site

Dispatch Battery Power fields

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  • .changeset/node-red-energy-catalog-commands.md
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  • packages/node-red-contrib-teslemetry/src/nodes/teslemetry-config.ts
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The Node-RED energy command node now supports catalog-defined API commands. The editor displays catalog commands and arguments. The runtime checks pairing and routes commands to supported local gateways or the cloud when allowed.

Changes: Energy command catalog support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Expose catalog and gateway metadata
packages/node-red-contrib-teslemetry/src/localCommands.ts, packages/node-red-contrib-teslemetry/src/nodes/teslemetry-config.ts, packages/node-red-contrib-teslemetry/test/teslemetry-config.test.ts
The energy commands endpoint returns catalog entries with a local flag. The gateway mapping identifies supported route names and their gateway arguments.
Configure catalog commands in the editor
packages/node-red-contrib-teslemetry/src/nodes/teslemetry-energy-command.html, packages/node-red-contrib-teslemetry/README.md, .changeset/node-red-energy-catalog-commands.md
The editor loads the catalog, supports arguments, and uses pairing and local-support metadata when disabling commands. The documentation describes command names, argument sources, and routing.
Resolve and route catalog commands
packages/node-red-contrib-teslemetry/src/nodes/teslemetry-energy-command.ts, packages/node-red-contrib-teslemetry/test/teslemetry-energy-command-local.test.ts
The runtime resolves arguments, checks pairing, and routes catalog commands through a local gateway or the cloud when allowed. Tests cover local execution, fallback, and unpaired sites.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant NodeRED as Node-RED message
  participant Config as Commands endpoint
  participant EnergyNode as Energy command node
  participant Gateway as Local gateway
  participant Cloud as Teslemetry API
  NodeRED->>Config: Request energy command catalog
  Config-->>NodeRED: Return commands and local-support flags
  NodeRED->>EnergyNode: Provide command and arguments
  EnergyNode->>Gateway: Send supported command locally
  alt Local execution succeeds
    Gateway-->>EnergyNode: Return command result
  else Local execution is unavailable or times out and cloud is allowed
    EnergyNode->>Cloud: Send catalog command request
    Cloud-->>EnergyNode: Return command result
  end
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The command routing appears mergeable, but a test for successful unpaired catalog dispatch through a local gateway would better protect this new behavior.

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packages/node-red-contrib-teslemetry/test/teslemetry-energy-command-local.test.ts: 1

347-361: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Test unpaired catalog dispatch through a healthy gateway.

The DEAD_HOST case also passes if the node rejects the command before trying the gateway. Add a successful local-path test for dispatch_battery_power.

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+test("an unpaired catalog dispatch goes to a matching gateway", async () => {
+  const gateway = await startGateway();
+  const run = await runCommand(
+    { command: "dispatch_battery_power", payload: { power_watts: 1000, duration_seconds: 60 } },
+    { host: gateway.host, paired: false },
+  );
+
+  assert.deepEqual(run.errors, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(run.cloudCalls, []);
+  assert.equal(run.status.text, "local");
+  assert.ok(gateway.requests.length > 0);
+});
+
 test("a paired catalog command is never sent to the cloud for a site that is not paired", async () => {
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Add a test alongside the existing `runCommand` coverage that sends
`dispatch_battery_power` for an unpaired site through a healthy matching
gateway. Assert the command succeeds via the local path, makes no cloud calls,
and reaches the gateway; retain the existing `DEAD_HOST` rejection test.
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packages/node-red-contrib-teslemetry/src/nodes/teslemetry-energy-command.ts: 1

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Validate a catalog command before the pairing check, or accept the order knowingly.

catalogBody runs before the spec.paired check. For an unpaired site without a gateway, a caller with an invalid payload sees a validation error. The caller does not see NOT_PAIRED_MESSAGE. Both outcomes refuse the command, so the impact is small. The message can mislead: the user fixes the payload and then hits the pairing error.

Move the pairing check to before catalogBody when local is absent. When local is present, the check still needs toLocal, which needs body. Use LOCAL_COMMANDS.has(spec.name) for that check instead.


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- Around line 347-361: Add a test alongside the existing `runCommand` coverage
that sends `dispatch_battery_power` for an unpaired site through a healthy
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🔴 High risk · Expanding Energy Command to execute catalog routes with paired/local-gateway authorization could allow unintended battery, backup, or grid-control changes if gating is misapplied.

Energy Command node now accepts any catalog route name with per-field arguments, gates paired-only commands on the catalog flag, and routes the six gateway commands local-first with cloud fallback. Resolved an issue where the editor enabled paired-only commands that the runtime refused, so the two now match. No open issues found.

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✅ Bug: Editor enables paired-only commands with no local form that runtime refuses

📄 packages/node-red-contrib-teslemetry/src/nodes/teslemetry-energy-command.html:51-59 📄 packages/node-red-contrib-teslemetry/src/nodes/teslemetry-energy-command.ts:293-298 📄 packages/node-red-contrib-teslemetry/src/localCommands.ts:6-16
In the editor, a site with a Local gateway counts as not unpaired (unpaired = siteId && paired[siteId] !== true && !local), so every catalog command flagged paired is enabled. The runtime only lets a gateway stand in for pairing when localCommand() returns a local form, and only six route names have one (dispatch_battery_power, resume_battery_operation, set_island_mode, plus three that are not paired). The other paired commands in ENERGY_COMMANDS (backup_events, schedule_backup_event, cancel_backup_event, config, config_json, get_config_json, cellular_info, check_for_update, check_internet, device_cert, wifi_scan, and others) have no local form. Here is how it plays out: on an unpaired site with a Local gateway, the user can pick e.g. schedule_backup_event, deploy it, and then every message fails with NOT_PAIRED_MESSAGE. That message tells them to set a Local gateway, which they already have. The README line ('greyed out for a site that is neither paired … nor has a Local gateway') describes the same wrong rule. Fix: in the editor, only let local unlock a paired command when it is one of the gateway route names, and fix the README wording to match.

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