Use case:
When performing home maintenance, such as air conditioning, I want all rules involving air conditioning to be disabled.
To do this, to day, I have a virtual switch that I placed within all rules involving air conditioning, meaning that if I turn it off, none of them work.
Then another situation: the water pump system and garden irrigation, another switch.
In short, I had to create several virtual switches in Hubitat to disable rules in MSR.
Unfortunately, however, I was unable to cover all scenarios, so I wondered if it would be possible for MSR to support a virtual MSR switch, which, when configured in the reactor settings, would function as a general on/off switch for MSR.
If it is configured and turned off, the entire rules and actions in MSR stops working, except for the status change reading process, specifically for this switch, which, when turned on, would restart the MSR.
Would it be possible to do something like this? Any recommendations from the experts?
@toggledbits, not sure if this is a feature request or I'm using the search tool wrong. You have a "Search for rule" in the Rules Set tab in MSR. It works nicely to find a rule and bring up said rule, but can it/could it be used for as a "where used?" global search? For instance, I have a fairly large set of rules, divided up into 10 different rulesets. There's easily a hundred individual rules, and many of the rules have Rule State triggers, which of course refer to other rules. Amongst my troubleshooting today, I came across what may have been a duplicate or troubleshooting attempt, but I can't tell if it's actually used as a Rule State in another rule without opening each rule that I suspect it may be a part of.
Thanks.
I'm running MSR build 25139 on Docker, using MQTT controller 24293, and everything working as expected. But if I try to upgrade to MQTTController build 25139, I'm getting the following errors on MSR UI:
An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa auto heating off" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute value_sensor.god
Last 11:20:37
An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa auto heating off" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute temperature_sensor.green
Last 11:20:37
An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa filter pump auto off" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute temperature_sensor.red
Last 11:20:37
An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa filter pump auto run" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute value_sensor.pump
Last 11:20:37
An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa watchdog" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute value_sensor.status
Last 11:20:37
My MQTT configuration (local_mqtt_devices.yaml) for the related entity is:
layzspa_message:
type: ValueSensor
capabilities: ["temperature_sensor", "value_sensor", "power_sensor"]
primary_attribute: power_sensor.value
events:
"layzspa/message":
"power_sensor.value":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.PWR )'
expr: "float(payload.PWR)"
"value_sensor.air":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.AIR )'
expr: "float(payload.AIR)"
"value_sensor.pump":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.FLT )'
expr: "float(payload.FLT)"
"value_sensor.god":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.GOD )'
expr: "float(payload.GOD)"
"value_sensor.lock":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.LCK )'
expr: "float(payload.LCK)"
"value_sensor.unit":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.UNT )'
expr: "float(payload.UNT)"
"value_sensor.error":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.ERR )'
expr: "float(payload.ERR)"
"temperature_sensor.green":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.GRN )'
expr: "float(payload.GRN)"
"temperature_sensor.red":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.RED )'
expr: "float(payload.RED)"
"temperature_sensor.target":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.TGT )'
expr: "float(payload.TGT)"
"temperature_sensor.value":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.TMP )'
expr: "float(payload.TMP)"
"temperature_sensor.virtual":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.VTM )'
expr: "round(float(payload.VTM), 1)"
"temperature_sensor.ambient":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.AMB )'
expr: "float(payload.AMB)"
"layzspa/Status":
"value_sensor.status":
if_expr: '! isnull( payload )'
expr: "payload"
"layzspa/button":
"value_sensor.button":
if_expr: '! isnull( payload )'
expr: "payload"
and in reactor.yaml I have:
"layzspa_states":
name: "Lay-Z-Spa States"
friendly_name: 'Lay-Z-Spa States'
include: layzspa_message
I realize my MQTT configuration might be a bit unorthodox, but could there still be something unintentional in the latest MQTTController build? If needed, I can provide detailed logs.
Since today is my birthday - and I still pretend to be unconventional - I'm giving away a present to this wonderful community and I'm releasing my first OpenSprinkler controller for MSR. It was real fun to code it - and while it's still WIP, it seems to work OK for me. It's polling-based at the moment, but I'll add support for updates via MQTT very soon (it's already partially coded).
Get it at (install is similar to MQTTController and such):
https://github.com/dbochicchio/reactor-opensprinkler
Feel free to try it. It's beta software, but it's stable. I'll update it weekly until all the tasks from my todo list are empty.
Since I've learnt a lot from this controller, I'll explore new controllers soon.
Good day all,
I'm in the process of trying to shut down my 10 year old Linux home server that served many purposes, but primarily it's what I used for my NAS/Plex Media server. I migrated the NAS aspect of the server in November of last year to a true NAS solution (Ubiquti UNAS Pro), which is rack mount and much more efficient than my old tower, which it's only side benefit was heating my home office during the winter. Unfortunately it also means heating my home office during the summer, which were about to be in full swing.
I have two things running on this 10 year old server at this point. MSR and pi-hole. I'm running Plex Media Server on Fedora Workstation in Podman on mini PC, which is much more energy efficient than my old tower. My next step is to migrate MSR. I know there are images of MSR out there, and creating it is well documented. I'm going to be using Podman instead of Docker for various reasons, but they work very similar. What I don't know, is what I need to do to migrate my existing Bare Metal installation over to a container.
Has anyone done this? Any advice?
Build 21228 has been released. Docker images available from DockerHub as usual, and bare-metal packages here.
Home Assistant up to version 2021.8.6 supported; the online version of the manual will now state the current supported versions;
Fix an error in OWMWeatherController that could cause it to stop updating;
Unify the approach to entity filtering on all hub interface classes (controllers); this works for device entities only; it may be extended to other entities later;
Improve error detail in messages for EzloController during auth phase;
Add isRuleSet() and isRuleEnabled() functions to expressions extensions;
Implement set action for lock and passage capabilities (makes them more easily scriptable in some cases);
Fix a place in the UI where 24-hour time was not being displayed.
Hi guys,
Just wondering how you guys organize your rule sets and rules. I wish I had an extra layer to have some more granularity, but my feature request was not popular.
Maybe there are better ways to organize my rule sets.
I use the rule sets now primarily for rooms. So a rule set per room. But maybe grouping by functionality works better. Any examples/ suggestions would be appreciated.
I have the following yaml configuration in local_mqtt_devices file
x_mqtt_device:
set_speed:
arguments:
speed:
type: str
topic: "command/%friendly_name%"
payload:
type: json
expr: '{ "fan": parameters.speed }'
While this works fine, I'm wondering how this could be changed to "fixed" parameters, as in this case "fan" only accepts "A", "Q" or a numeric value of 1-5?
Reactor (Multi-System/Multi-Hub) Announcements
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Build 21281
- In prior versions, a reference to a variable (rule or global) that does not exist would cause an alert and "fail soft" by returning null. This (old) behavior actually hides such errors and makes them more difficult to locate, and generally speaking, you shouldn't be referring to things that don't exist. The new behavior is to throw an exception during the evaluation, which will more clearly highlight the error and make it easier to find and correct. If for some reason you still need the old behavior, you can set
deprecated_undefined_global_soft_failto true in theenginesection ofreactor.yaml, and such errors will soft-fail as before. The old behavior is deprecated, however, and will be removed in a few months. - PR 0000260: Fix failure of HTTP Request (really underlying variable handling) to notice change in array of objects returned by request.
- PR 0000259: Need to more clearly highlight variables with errors in the expression editor. Failing expressions now receive orange highlight bars.
- Add
typeof()expression function. - Additional localization changes.
- New HTTP API additions: add alert, dismiss alert
- Bless Home Assistant to 2021.10.0
- In prior versions, a reference to a variable (rule or global) that does not exist would cause an alert and "fail soft" by returning null. This (old) behavior actually hides such errors and makes them more difficult to locate, and generally speaking, you shouldn't be referring to things that don't exist. The new behavior is to throw an exception during the evaluation, which will more clearly highlight the error and make it easier to find and correct. If for some reason you still need the old behavior, you can set
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Build 21286
- InfluxFeed now supports InfluxDB version 1.8+ and 2.0. InfluxDB versions prior to 1.8 are no longer supported. Please see the documentation for configuration details, as the configuration requirements for 1.x and 2.0 are different. Users of InfluxFeed also need to
npm update --nosaveif they are bare-metal installed. - The behavior of rules when throttled has been improved. Note, however, that any time a rule is throttled, events could be missed (e.g. if a light that is a dependency of a rule is turned on and back off quickly when throttled, the rule may not "see" the on event).
- Ongoing documentation updates.
- Bless Hass to 2021.10.4
- First version to contain a foreign language translation, Swedish! Thank you @Crille for your work on the translation and helping me get localization working.
- Address possible evaluation loop while using SetVariable in a rule reaction on a rule variable, where the value is an expression that contains a
getEntity()reference. - Documentation updates
- Further i18n fixes (thank you @Crille)
- InfluxFeed now supports InfluxDB version 1.8+ and 2.0. InfluxDB versions prior to 1.8 are no longer supported. Please see the documentation for configuration details, as the configuration requirements for 1.x and 2.0 are different. Users of InfluxFeed also need to
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Build 21292
- PR 0000262: Fix an error in handling date/time conditions with M/D across new year boundary.
- PR 0000261: HubitatController: Resolve an order of operations issue preventing extended attributes from being assigned as primary in local config.
- PR 0000258: (i18n) Fix string reference for condition option
- HassController: treat controller reporting NOT_RUNNING as an error and disconnect/retry
- Bless Hass to 2021.10.6
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Build 21294
- PR 000263: Fix spurious log messages after deleting a global expression that contained a
getEntity(). - Fixed a UI issue with an expression being sorted to the top of the list then ending up at the bottom.
- The expression function
strftime()is now locale-aware. - Docker containers are now running on nodejs version 16.
- PR 000263: Fix spurious log messages after deleting a global expression that contained a
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Build 21297
- PR 0000264: Fix an error in the rule editor on a particular value test used in several places that could cause the entered value of a condition option to not be saved (most notable on the "repeats within" field, but also found in two other locations).
- Update to lexpjs 21296 to get
sort()function for arrays, and user-definable functions from expressions. Default sort in Reactor Engine for the implemention of expressionsort()function is (host) locale-aware. Please refer to the documentation for details.
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Build 21306
Note: this release includes changes to package dependencies. Bare-metal users please run
npm update --no-saveto resolve.- HTTP Request action now has explicit control over HTTP auth, with type selection (none, Basic, Digest) and credential fields (username and password).
- PR 0000265: Correct a string that is not translated in the alerts status panel.
- i18n: Found an additional string that was not localizable.
- The HTTP Request action will now suppress all alerts for any error it encounters, not just HTTP errors, if the "no error alerts" option is checked.
- Update lexpjs to get new array set functions:
arrayIntersection(),arrayUnion(),arrayDifference(),arrayExclusive()andarrayConcat().
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Build 21307
- PR 0000266: An issue introduced at 21306 saves certain substitutions with the wrong data type.
- HubitatController: Resolve (hopefully) a race condition at startup.
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Build 21313
- Bless Home Assistant to version 2021.11.2
- New system capability
buttonto express state of a single button or contact closure. - PR 0000268: Sun condition shows "not between" as "between" in rule detail card.
- Add
/alert/:tagHTTP API endpoint (DELETE method); this deprecates/alert/:tag/dismiss.
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Build 21321
- HassController: Additional updates for event handling (
initsupport). - HubitatController: Map additional capabilities.
- Internal support additionals for MQTTController
MQTTController - Build 21321
- Fix incorrect scope reference is tasmota_generic_relay payload.
- Additional helpful debug.
Upgrading MQTTController, which is a standalone/add-on component, is the same procedure as initial installation.
- HassController: Additional updates for event handling (
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Build 21331
Please note that Hubitat has released version 2.30 of its firmware, but it has not yet been tested with HubitatController and is not yet supported.
- DynamicGroupController: new controller to build dynamic groups. Refer to the docs for configuration information.
- Logger: new
recycleflag, when true, each startup rotates the log file so the new run starts in a fresh file (makes some debugging easier); the file mode of the logs created can now be set by setting themodekey. - Bump recommended nodejs version to 16.13.0; versions 14 and 15 will continue to be supported through March 31, 2022; docker containers are built with recommended versions, and require no user action, but bare-metal users should check their node version (
node -v) and if necessary make a plan to upgrade before 3/31. - Update to lexpjs 31330; adds built-in
median( array )function; provides extendedfirst...insyntax with (new) optional result expression; refer to docs. - PR 0000270: [HubitatController] Apparently Hubitat needs action pacing like VeraController (that is, it can be overwhelmed if too many actions are sent at once). Pacing is now enabled with a default of 25ms delay between actions.
- PR 0000269: [UI] Rename Reaction dialog for global reactions prepopulates name from start of editor session rather than most recent name given if rename is used several times within one session.
- Bless Home Assistant to version 2021.11.5
MQTTController - Build 21331
- More carefully guard sensors (in templates) from payloads that don't contain the sensor data (i.e. avoid setting null value if an update is published with data missing).
- Additional templates for Tasmota and Shelly.
- Documentation updates and clarifications.
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Build 21332
- DynamicGroupController: Fix missing initialization in preload for some selectors (blocking bug, no PR in Mantis).
- Documentation build fix so all documents receive correct left navigation.
- Condition operator is [not] EMPTY has been added to ease checking of group member arrays and other values for emptiness; see the docs Entity Attribute conditions for details on what "empty" means in this context.
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Build 21336
If you have been with Reactor since before 21075 (March 15, 2021), your
logging.yamlconfiguration may have a relative path in thenamekeys of the default streams (e.g../logs/reactor.log). These must be changed to just a simple filename (e.g.reactor.log). Reactor has been warning you at startup (in the log file) about this since 21075, if it applies to you (i.e. your logging config uses a relative path), but if you haven't seen it, you may not have changed it. The time to check it/change it is now, because the next version of Reactor that is released will not allow pathnames (relative or absolute) in this key, and will not run if it finds one.- DynamicGroupController: map actions in known capabilities of selected objects, so that groups can perform actions on their members. For example, performing the
power_switch.offaction on a group will do so on all of its members that support that action. - Logging: Fix support of log streams so that subsystems declaring their own log streams operate correctly; fix a number of long-standing annoyances in the configuration and handling (no changes to user configuration requirements except as noted above); improved "panic mode" (used when no configured stream is writable).
- Dashboard: improved layout for
string_sensorcapability objects. - HubitatController: Bless firmware 2.3.0.113
- HubitatController: extend recent additions to capabilities (
string_sensor) to the mode and HSM entities. Reduce reliance on the custom/hub-specific extension capability. - HubitatController: New "type guessing", experimental, to try to reduce effort for this hub in particular in determining device types and primary attributes. This is a work in progress (but then, what isn't?).
- PR 0000271: Fix a missing localization in rule detail panel, operator in group titles (reported by @Crille).
- Improvements to
rpi-install.shscript to handle upgrade of systemd script when upgrading nodejs. - A number of internal fixes related to linting of the code.
- As always, a number of documentation updates.
- DynamicGroupController: map actions in known capabilities of selected objects, so that groups can perform actions on their members. For example, performing the
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Build 21337
- Document additional keys for logging in the
dist-configtemplate. There is also existing, but not well-organized, docs on the Logging page of the manual (which at the moment lives under Troubleshooting). - HubitatController: ensure
x_hubitatandx_hubitat_extra_attributecapabilites are declared and extended so their attributes can be assigned as primary. - PR 0000272: Localization issue in input fields for date/time condition.
- PR 0000273: Pulse after sustained for delay is shortened by the delay.
- Document additional keys for logging in the
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Build 21338
This is a hotfix build for users of Hubitat only, and specifically for users of Hubitat Modes. If you do not use Hubitat Modes, or Hubitat at all, you do not need to upgrade to this version.
- HubitatController: Fix handling of mode query response (injection from additional changes in 21336).
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Build 21342
- PR 0000275: Fix sun angle not updating in
reactor_system>sun(Sun Information) entity. - PR 0000274: Fix missing localization of condition operand labels in rule editor.
- HassController: More tightly map reported service_data field types into Reactor types (to improve UI experience on Hass-native actions).
- Support "object" data type in action data more universally, not just in controllers that need it.
- PR 0000275: Fix sun angle not updating in
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Build 21349
If you grabbed this release before 06:00 on 16-Dec-2021 UTC, please grab it again and reinstall. There was an issue with the next-day rollover computing sunset times that I fixed in-line.
- Make sure client API uses port for WebSocket connection, so the UI works when on a proxy or tunnel.
- Global reactions now support action groups with constraints.
- EzloController: Additional energy capabilities on certain devices/items.
- InfluxFeed: Fix an error in parsing the configuration for
select_capabilitywith attributes listed. - The
suninfocapability (used by the Sun Information entityreactor_system>sun) has been expanded to include theelevationandazimuthof the sun's current position. Theelevationis given in degrees above the horizon. Theazimuthis given in degrees clockwise from North (compass direction). - The
suninfoattributesun_angleis now deprecated and will be removed from a future release. If you are using it in conditions, please switch to usingelevation, which is a better representation of the sun's position. - A bug in the computation of
day_length(in hours) in the extreme latitudes (i.e. where the sun does not cross the horizon at certain times of year) is fixed. During periods during in which the sun never rises, day length will be 0; during periods in which the sun never sets, it will be 24. Similarly,periodcould give incorrect results and will now report correctly or the conditions.
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Build 21351
Users are advised only to upgrade to this release if they are affected by an issue related to the changes below; specifically, if you are not a user of Hubitat and you do not use constraints in rules or reactions, there is no need to upgrade to this release.
- HubitatController: Aggressive management of the event websocket connection, with additional diagnostic output by default.
- HubitatController: Fix error in setup of task queue (part of attempt to control pace of outgoing actions).
- Constraints: Loosen rules on condition options for constraints in rules (a stateful context), as opposed to those in global reactions (which are stateless).
- Docs: Improve description of the
time()function so that it's clear it can convert time strings (in ISO 8601 format).
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Build 21356
- PR 0000278: Fix an untranslated string in rule reaction name generator.
- SystemController: publish alert data on entity, making it available for use in conditions.
- EzloController: Fix bug where cancelling a house mode change causes the mode name to get the ID rather than the name.
- EzloController: support for additional items (power-related and seismicity).
- EzloController: remove
power_switchas automatic capability on dimmable lights; not all Ezlo dimmable lights publishswitchitems, so use the presence of theswitchitem on a device as the trigger to extendpower_switch. - EzloController: Fix an error thrown when handling certain extension items (e.g.
electric_meter_kwh, only on some devices). - HubitatController: Fix handling of TamperAlert capability.
- HubitatController: Add config
warn_unresponsive(boolean) to turn off (when set false) warnings for quiet channel reconnects. - HubitatController: Support for extension capabilities where an attribute like
currentis provided without a matching capability. - VeraController: Log slow responses from hub (helps troubleshooting bottlenecks).
- Engine: Fix error in restore of running tasks across a reboot.
- PR 0000279: Fix an error that leaves Variable Value conditions in global reaction constraints with no variable list from which to choose (should list global variables).
HubitatController - Additional Notes
The connection health probes have some new settings, described in the docs, to make the health checks as reliable as possible and eliminate false positives in the quiet channel checks. Primary among these is recognition of a device under control of the Hub Information (community) driver. I recommend that Hubitat users install this driver (and create a device that uses the driver, and publish that device through Maker API), as it has some predictable behaviors that make it perfect for health checks, and it gives you access to other information about the hub you may find useful in Reactor. This is not required; just recommended.
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Build 21360
- PR 0000282: DynamicGroupController: fix an error that could cause preloading of entities to fail (started in 21356).
- Updated lexpjs to 21360 to correctly handle assignment to object/array members.
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Build 21365
- HassController: Add
fire_eventaction on system device, to fire any event. - Deprecation warning when starting on nodejs version < 16 (still runs, just a notice).
- HubitatController: Enforce strict ordering on initial mode and HSM queries.
- HassController: Bless Hass version to 2021.12.7
- Docs: Add startup troubleshooting page to Troubleshooting section.
- HassController: Add
