Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • Unsolved
Collapse
Discussion Forum to share and further the development of home control and automation, independent of platforms.
  1. Home
  2. Software
  3. Multi-System Reactor
  4. MQTT interface... time for some testing. Where are my experts?
[MSR] Rule do not fire
therealdbT
Topic thumbnail image
Multi-System Reactor
Rule condition shows TRUE in UI but Rule never transitions to SET — survives full restart
N
Build: latest-26221-b25bb3e3, Docker on Synology. Hi, I have a Rule whose Trigger/Constraints reference other Rules via Rule State ... is TRUE. At some point it stops firing. Expanding the rule's condition tree in the UI shows every Trigger and Constraint condition green/TRUE — confirmed live by walking into the room and watching Motion go true in real time. Rule History shows no new SET, just old reset entries. Tried, on the same rule, same evening: recreating the trigger conditions with fresh IDs, recreating the constraint conditions with fresh IDs (flat and wrapped in a new Group — wrapping in a Group produced one SET, but it didn't reproduce on repeat attempts with the same structure), and finally a full container restart with a verified-correct saved rule. Still no SET, even with a fresh live motion event right after the restart. Separately, I found that this rule (and its 10 per-room clones) share identical internal condition/group IDs with each other — leftover from a batch clone done months ago, never regenerated. Not sure if that's related, since fixing the IDs didn't reliably fix the symptom either. Has anyone seen a Rule State condition show TRUE in the UI without the Rule ever producing a SET, surviving a clean restart? Thanks in advance
Multi-System Reactor
DynamicGroupController and attributes
therealdbT
Hey @toggledbits I'm back to trying to optimize a couple of things based on dynamic group. First of all, I think I found a typo in the doc: primary_attribute: "binary_sensor.state" primary_attribute_value: | d = false; each id in members: d = getEntity(id)?.attributes?.power_switch?.state or d, d I think the correct code snippet is d = false, All that said, my use case for dynamic groups is to group 3 different climate devices, so I could easily command them at the same time. Commands are good, but sometimes I want to check if any of the devices are on, and that's easily done with a similar snippet as the one you have in the docs. But this is limited to the primary attribute, while I want to have any of the attributes in the group to be driven by a similar logic (while all are null in the group). ie, access hvac_control.mode and see if any of the unit is set to cool, or heat. Is that possible, without re-defining an expression in each of my rules? Thanks!
Multi-System Reactor
Reactor (Multi-System/Multi-Hub) Announcements
toggledbitsT
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.
Multi-System Reactor
Unofficial thread for compatibility
tunnusT
As there are statements about compatibility for home assistant versions in MSR new version announcements (e.g. "HassController: Bless Hass to 2025.7.3"), I thought it would be good idea to track other controllers as well. As an example, I can confirm that build "latest-25208-c53e8513" works with Hubitat Elevation C-8 platform version 2.4.2.134 using Maker API. Updates: (the latest versions first in the list) OK: build "latest-25264-2fbe9217" with Hubitat C-8 platform v. 2.4.3.123
Multi-System Reactor
Ooops - Deleted Reactor Ex Machina II
R
I accidentally deleted Reactor Ex Machina II (REM II) from my Reactor rules. I tried to recover it by deleting the .json and .dval in the Rules subdirectory and then recreating it from Togglebits original posting, but that did not work. Does anyone know how to recover REM ll ?
Multi-System Reactor
Bail out of failed reaction?
T
Topic thumbnail image
Multi-System Reactor
Arming Envisalink panel from MSR
T
Topic thumbnail image
Multi-System Reactor
[Solved] DynamicGroupController updating members issue
CrilleC
Edit: Solved in latest-26221. Bare-metal latest-26193 I have this group: "OKforLarm": name: OK för Larm select: - include_controller: vera - include_capability: door_sensor filter_expression: entity.attributes.door_sensor.state It contains the entities I expect but behaves a bit odd. When I open vera>device_10097 the entity attribute door_sensor.state changes to true but it won't show up as member in the group, when I also open vera>device_10095 they both shows as members and when I close vera>device_10095 it disappear from the group but when I close vera>device_10097 it lingers in the group until I restart Reactor.
Multi-System Reactor
Upgrade Issues
T
Topic thumbnail image
Multi-System Reactor
[SOLVED] Conflicting Set Reaction Groups Appear to Fire Simultaneously in Single Rule Evaluation
G
Topic thumbnail image
Multi-System Reactor
[SOLVED] Question regarding "in" vs "contains" vs contents of the string
G
Topic thumbnail image
Multi-System Reactor
Logon screen timeout
G
Noticing since 170 that the lock screen doesn't switch to the logon prompt but, rather, stays on the active UI until such time as you go to click something within it. Then it jumps to the login screen. Brave browser Brave 1.92.139 (Official Build) (arm64) Chromium: 150.0.7871.114
Multi-System Reactor
[MSR] Copy&past of actions and/or drag&drop between set/reset
therealdbT
Hey @toggledbits One thing that bothers me while doing work on new systems/new features, is that I cannot copy&paste actions, and I cannot drag&drop between set and resets. #1 is for when I want to copy an action between different rules opened in two separate browser windows, while #2 is when I just need to flip a bunch of actions in the reset, or move some logic back and forth. Both will be appreciated, but I understand the technical challenges. Thanks!
Multi-System Reactor
Upgrade advice - upgrade from aarch64 to ARM64 image
T
I'm currently on version 26011. I understand that the aarch64 image is no longer supported. So, I therefore need to update to the ARM64 image. Can anyone possibly suggest how I update my docker compose.yaml file (see below). Ideally I'd like to keep my existing reactions etc. rather than start from scratch. # Multi-System Reactor template docker-compose.yml (version 22160) # # Change the lines indicated by "DO"... # services: reactor: container_name: reactor environment: # DO change the TZ: line to set your local time zone. # See valid TZ list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones TZ: GB # # DO NOT change this path. Your directory location is in "source" below. REACTOR_DATA_PREFIX: /var/reactor # DO change the image below to the one you are using (e.g. armv7l or aarch64 for RPi 4) image: toggledbits/reactor:latest-aarch64 restart: "always" expose: - 8111 ports: - 8111:8111 volumes: # DO change the /home/username/reactor below to the directory you created for # your local data; DO NOT change the /var/reactor part - /home/pi/docker/reactor:/var/reactor - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro tmpfs: /tmp
Multi-System Reactor
Alexa for MSR, any interest?
MikeReadingtonM
Topic thumbnail image
Multi-System Reactor
[RESOLVED] Telegram notification broke with latest update
3
Topic thumbnail image
Multi-System Reactor
[RESOLVED] Phantom device, “INFO” appears
wmarcolinW
Topic thumbnail image
Multi-System Reactor
[RESOLVED] Mode Status NULL
wmarcolinW
Topic thumbnail image
Multi-System Reactor
[RESOLVED] HTTP query failing after version 26177
wmarcolinW
Topic thumbnail image
Multi-System Reactor

MQTT interface... time for some testing. Where are my experts?

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Multi-System Reactor
55 Posts 6 Posters 22.0k Views 6 Watching
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • R Offline
    R Offline
    RogerO
    wrote on last edited by
    #43

    I am trying to install this in Docker and getting the following error:
    $ docker exec -it reactorjs /bin/sh cd /home/pi/reactor/ext/MQTTController ./install.sh exit
    /bin/sh: can't open 'cd': No such file or directory

    Not enough of a linux gut to know what the issue is. Anyone have any hints?

    Roger

    1 Reply Last reply
    0
    • toggledbitsT Online
      toggledbitsT Online
      toggledbits
      wrote on last edited by toggledbits
      #44

      You're reading the wrong direction, I think. See the docs.

      Edit 2: OK, getting in sync here again... you've given the wrong pathname to cd. Give it what the documentation says. You're working inside the container -- gotta follow its rules.

      Author of Multi-system Reactor and Reactor, DelayLight, Switchboard, and about a dozen other plugins that run on Vera and openLuup.

      1 Reply Last reply
      0
      • R Offline
        R Offline
        RogerO
        wrote on last edited by
        #45

        This is the part I used from the instructions:
        "docker exec -it <container-name> /bin/sh cd /var/reactor/ext/MQTTController ./install.sh exit"

        Results:
        pi@RedBMWDeb:/home $ docker exec -it reactorjs /bin/sh cd /var/reactor/ext/MQTTController ./install.sh exit
        /bin/sh: can't open 'cd': No such file or directory

        Then I tried to determine why the command wouldn't run and determined that maybe the path was wrong on my machine so ran the one in the previous message pointing to the path where MQTTController files were.

        pi@RedBMWDeb:~/reactor/ext/MQTTController $ ls
        0-README.txt COPYRIGHT MQTTController.js
        buildstamp install.sh mqtt_devices.yaml
        CHANGELOG.md mqtt_capabilities.yaml package.json

        1 Reply Last reply
        0
        • toggledbitsT Online
          toggledbitsT Online
          toggledbits
          wrote on last edited by
          #46

          It looks like you're trying to do all of those commands on one line. That's not right. You do them one at a time.

          Author of Multi-system Reactor and Reactor, DelayLight, Switchboard, and about a dozen other plugins that run on Vera and openLuup.

          1 Reply Last reply
          0
          • R Offline
            R Offline
            RogerO
            wrote on last edited by
            #47

            Installing line my line removed that issue. Still running into errors.

            Is there a way to determine if the dependencies get installed correctly. I see this on the screen but once I restart reactor it fails.
            Installing dependencies...
            [..................] \ idealTree:MQTTController: sill idealTree buildDeps.
            It sits here for a minute or 2 and then exits. When I modify the reactor.yaml file

              - id: mqtt
                name: MQTT
                enabled: true
                implementation: MQTTController
                config:
                  source: "mqtt://192.168.0.16:1883/"
            

            Then I get these error messages in the container logs when ReactorJS starts up
            Require stack:

            • /var/reactor/ext/MQTTController/MQTTController.js

              at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:933:15)

              at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:778:27)

              at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19)

              at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:102:18)

              at Object.<anonymous> (/var/reactor/ext/MQTTController/MQTTController.js:22:14)

              at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1103:14)

              at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1155:10)

              at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)

              at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)

              at ModuleWrap.<anonymous> (node:internal/modules/esm/translators:168:29)

            [zwavejs-22058]2022-03-01T20:12:27.189Z Controller:CRIT Error: Cannot find module 'mqtt'

            1 Reply Last reply
            0
            • toggledbitsT Online
              toggledbitsT Online
              toggledbits
              wrote on last edited by
              #48

              Dependencies didn't get installed properly. Try running the install script again.

              Author of Multi-system Reactor and Reactor, DelayLight, Switchboard, and about a dozen other plugins that run on Vera and openLuup.

              1 Reply Last reply
              0
              • R Offline
                R Offline
                RogerO
                wrote on last edited by
                #49

                I have run the install script about five times. Same results every time. Any way to enable better logging?

                1 Reply Last reply
                0
                • toggledbitsT Online
                  toggledbitsT Online
                  toggledbits
                  wrote on last edited by toggledbits
                  #50

                  Just run the dependency install manually:

                  docker exec -it reactor /bin/sh 
                  cd /var/reactor/ext/MQTTController 
                  npm i --no-save --omit dev --verbose
                  exit
                  

                  If it doesn't succeed, post the full output here, and please use the fenced code block formatting. If you don't know how to do that, read here

                  Author of Multi-system Reactor and Reactor, DelayLight, Switchboard, and about a dozen other plugins that run on Vera and openLuup.

                  1 Reply Last reply
                  0
                  • R Offline
                    R Offline
                    RogerO
                    wrote on last edited by RogerO
                    #51

                    Here is the screen output"

                    pi@RedBMWDeb:~ $ docker exec -it reactorjs /bin/sh
                    /opt/reactor # cd /var/reactor/ext/MQTTController
                    /var/reactor/ext/MQTTController # npm i --no-save --omit dev
                    npm ERR! code EAI_AGAIN
                    npm ERR! syscall getaddrinfo
                    npm ERR! errno EAI_AGAIN
                    npm ERR! request to https://registry.npmjs.org/mqtt failed, reason: getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN registry.npmjs.org
                    
                    npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
                    npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2022-03-01T21_10_51_623Z-debug-0.log
                    /var/reactor/ext/MQTTController # 
                    /var/reactor/ext/MQTTController # 
                    

                    The log referenced in the error message is not readily findable.

                    registry.npmjs.org is findable in nslookup so not lookinhg like a DNS error. Alse turned off pihole incase that was an issue. Still same error.

                    1 Reply Last reply
                    0
                    • toggledbitsT Online
                      toggledbitsT Online
                      toggledbits
                      wrote on last edited by toggledbits
                      #52

                      What's your network configuration for this container? This looks like the internal networking of the container can't access the outside world.

                      Author of Multi-system Reactor and Reactor, DelayLight, Switchboard, and about a dozen other plugins that run on Vera and openLuup.

                      1 Reply Last reply
                      0
                      • R Offline
                        R Offline
                        RogerO
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #53

                        Ok, let me look into that.

                        1 Reply Last reply
                        0
                        • toggledbitsT Online
                          toggledbitsT Online
                          toggledbits
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #54

                          At the very least, DNS isn't up to scratch inside the container, it appears. You might try this:

                          docker exec -it reactor /bin/sh
                          nslookup www.google.com
                          

                          That's a DNS lookup from inside the container. Should give you several addresses.

                          Author of Multi-system Reactor and Reactor, DelayLight, Switchboard, and about a dozen other plugins that run on Vera and openLuup.

                          1 Reply Last reply
                          0
                          • R Offline
                            R Offline
                            RogerO
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #55

                            Thinks for the tips. Figured out the DNS issue was a setting in pihole. Had interface settings set to only respond on interface eth0, changed it to local requests and the install script ran fine. Got me some learnin today, thanks,

                            1 Reply Last reply
                            1
                            • CrilleC Crille referenced this topic on
                            • toggledbitsT toggledbits locked this topic on
                            Reply
                            • Reply as topic
                            Log in to reply
                            • Oldest to Newest
                            • Newest to Oldest
                            • Most Votes


                            Recent Topics

                            • [MSR] Rule do not fire
                              therealdbT
                              therealdb
                              0
                              1
                              9

                            • Rule condition shows TRUE in UI but Rule never transitions to SET — survives full restart
                              N
                              noelab
                              0
                              8
                              142

                            • DynamicGroupController and attributes
                              toggledbitsT
                              toggledbits
                              1
                              9
                              282

                            • Reactor (Multi-System/Multi-Hub) Announcements
                              toggledbitsT
                              toggledbits
                              5
                              149
                              137.1k

                            • Unofficial thread for compatibility
                              tunnusT
                              tunnus
                              2
                              2
                              727

                            • Ooops - Deleted Reactor Ex Machina II
                              toggledbitsT
                              toggledbits
                              0
                              2
                              84

                            • Bail out of failed reaction?
                              T
                              tamorgen
                              0
                              3
                              126

                            • Arming Envisalink panel from MSR
                              T
                              tamorgen
                              0
                              7
                              353

                            • [Solved] DynamicGroupController updating members issue
                              CrilleC
                              Crille
                              0
                              5
                              250

                            • Upgrade Issues
                              T
                              tbully
                              0
                              9
                              380

                            • [SOLVED] Conflicting Set Reaction Groups Appear to Fire Simultaneously in Single Rule Evaluation
                              toggledbitsT
                              toggledbits
                              0
                              10
                              491

                            • [SOLVED] Question regarding "in" vs "contains" vs contents of the string
                              G
                              gwp1
                              0
                              5
                              251
                            Powered by NodeBB | Contributors
                            Hosted freely by 10RUPTiV - Solutions Technologiques | Contact us
                            • Login

                            • Don't have an account? Register

                            • Login or register to search.
                            • First post
                              Last post
                            0
                            • Categories
                            • Recent
                            • Tags
                            • Popular
                            • Unsolved