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Hello all.. been a minute! I recently rebuilt my Z wave network and migrated to a new z wave stick. In order to prevent any downtime I kept my original z wave network up and ran a docker version of Z Wave JS UI with my new controller. This way I could add device by device without having any devices down. I finally moved all the devices over to my new stick today. The final step was to migrate everything from my Docker instance of Z Wave JS UI to the HA add-on of Z Wave JS UI. However during this migration some of the names didn't populate correctly which I later managed to import back into Z Wave JS UI. The issue was in Reactor it is stuck on the default names and the entities are not updating. I removed the controller from Reactor, restarted, hard refreshed, and added the controller back however the new entity names have not updated. Also it seems like the old entities from my previous instance of Z Wave JS UI are lingering and not being marked as dead (I believe a certain amount of time needs to lapse before they're marked as dead in Reactor). My goal is to basically purge all the entities for the 'ZWaveJS' controller in Reactor so it can pull all the updated entity names and only the entities that exist in Z Wave JS UI. I cannot find a quick way to do this, I know entities can be deleted one by one, but with over 100 entities this would take long I am guessing that if I added the controller with a new name in in the Reactor config it would pull the updated entities and names but I think that would break my rules since the entity IDs would change (I made sure to name all the entities the exact same as they were previously to prevent this issue).
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MSR Telegram Messages Stopped Working

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    Talisker
    wrote on last edited by Talisker
    #1

    My MSR has been working flawlessly until a couple of days ago when it stopped sending Telegram Messages (or should I say they stopped getting through!). I have updated to MSR version 22004. The reactor.log is updating and is showing no errors:

    [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:31.417Z Engine:NOTICE Starting reaction Message Test (re-l37h2fkj)
    [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:31.417Z Engine:INFO Message Test all actions completed.
    [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:31.704Z Engine:INFO Enqueueing "Message Test" (re-l37h2fkj)
    [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:31.735Z Engine:NOTICE Starting reaction Message Test (re-l37h2fkj)
    [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:31.736Z Engine:INFO Message Test all actions completed.
    [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:32.007Z Engine:INFO Enqueueing "Message Test" (re-l37h2fkj)
    [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:32.035Z Engine:NOTICE Starting reaction Message Test (re-l37h2fkj)
    [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:32.036Z Engine:INFO Message Test all actions completed.
    [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:41.324Z Engine:INFO Enqueueing "Variable Telegram Test" (re-kvnm57c3)

    If I use the following in my web browser the telegram message gets through:

    https://api.telegram.org/botxxxxx......./sendMessage?chat_id=xxxxx......&text=Test Message HTTPS

    I am running MSR on my QNAP network attached storage. Any assistance would be appreciated.

    Just another question...... I would like to post in the HOME HARDWARE VERA section of Smarthome, but I do not have the option to set up a new post. Do I need to request access for this?

    Vera plus user. MSR user on Raspberry PI 4. Running MSR version 23049 in Docker

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    • T Talisker

      My MSR has been working flawlessly until a couple of days ago when it stopped sending Telegram Messages (or should I say they stopped getting through!). I have updated to MSR version 22004. The reactor.log is updating and is showing no errors:

      [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:31.417Z Engine:NOTICE Starting reaction Message Test (re-l37h2fkj)
      [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:31.417Z Engine:INFO Message Test all actions completed.
      [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:31.704Z Engine:INFO Enqueueing "Message Test" (re-l37h2fkj)
      [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:31.735Z Engine:NOTICE Starting reaction Message Test (re-l37h2fkj)
      [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:31.736Z Engine:INFO Message Test all actions completed.
      [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:32.007Z Engine:INFO Enqueueing "Message Test" (re-l37h2fkj)
      [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:32.035Z Engine:NOTICE Starting reaction Message Test (re-l37h2fkj)
      [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:32.036Z Engine:INFO Message Test all actions completed.
      [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:41.324Z Engine:INFO Enqueueing "Variable Telegram Test" (re-kvnm57c3)

      If I use the following in my web browser the telegram message gets through:

      https://api.telegram.org/botxxxxx......./sendMessage?chat_id=xxxxx......&text=Test Message HTTPS

      I am running MSR on my QNAP network attached storage. Any assistance would be appreciated.

      Just another question...... I would like to post in the HOME HARDWARE VERA section of Smarthome, but I do not have the option to set up a new post. Do I need to request access for this?

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      gwp1
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      @talisker So it used to work but now it doesn't?

      What changed?

      It always comes back to those two words.

      • Did it stop working before you bumped up to 22004?
      • list itemWhat version did it last work on?
      • list itemAny systemic updates happen on or near when it stopped working?
      • list itemWhat is your install like other than "on my QNAO NAS"?

      Please read this and provide more detail - no one can help if they don't know all the pieces to the puzzle.

      *Hubitat C-7 2.4.3.123
      *Proxmox VE v8, Beelink MiniPC 12GBs, SSD

      *HASS 2025.9.4
      w/ ZST10-700 fw 7.18.3

      *Prod MSR in docker/portainer
      MSR: latest-25264-2fbe9217
      MQTTController: 25139
      ZWave Controller: 25139

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      • T Talisker

        My MSR has been working flawlessly until a couple of days ago when it stopped sending Telegram Messages (or should I say they stopped getting through!). I have updated to MSR version 22004. The reactor.log is updating and is showing no errors:

        [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:31.417Z Engine:NOTICE Starting reaction Message Test (re-l37h2fkj)
        [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:31.417Z Engine:INFO Message Test all actions completed.
        [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:31.704Z Engine:INFO Enqueueing "Message Test" (re-l37h2fkj)
        [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:31.735Z Engine:NOTICE Starting reaction Message Test (re-l37h2fkj)
        [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:31.736Z Engine:INFO Message Test all actions completed.
        [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:32.007Z Engine:INFO Enqueueing "Message Test" (re-l37h2fkj)
        [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:32.035Z Engine:NOTICE Starting reaction Message Test (re-l37h2fkj)
        [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:32.036Z Engine:INFO Message Test all actions completed.
        [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:41.324Z Engine:INFO Enqueueing "Variable Telegram Test" (re-kvnm57c3)

        If I use the following in my web browser the telegram message gets through:

        https://api.telegram.org/botxxxxx......./sendMessage?chat_id=xxxxx......&text=Test Message HTTPS

        I am running MSR on my QNAP network attached storage. Any assistance would be appreciated.

        Just another question...... I would like to post in the HOME HARDWARE VERA section of Smarthome, but I do not have the option to set up a new post. Do I need to request access for this?

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        Crille
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        @talisker I would also change the logging level for Telegram by adding this to your logging.yaml, while trobleshooting, and restart Reactor. Add it in the same section as Engine:

        NotifyTelegram:
  level: 7

        The logs should now tell you a bit more and when done you can change it back to level 4.

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        • T Talisker

          My MSR has been working flawlessly until a couple of days ago when it stopped sending Telegram Messages (or should I say they stopped getting through!). I have updated to MSR version 22004. The reactor.log is updating and is showing no errors:

          [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:31.417Z Engine:NOTICE Starting reaction Message Test (re-l37h2fkj)
          [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:31.417Z Engine:INFO Message Test all actions completed.
          [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:31.704Z Engine:INFO Enqueueing "Message Test" (re-l37h2fkj)
          [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:31.735Z Engine:NOTICE Starting reaction Message Test (re-l37h2fkj)
          [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:31.736Z Engine:INFO Message Test all actions completed.
          [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:32.007Z Engine:INFO Enqueueing "Message Test" (re-l37h2fkj)
          [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:32.035Z Engine:NOTICE Starting reaction Message Test (re-l37h2fkj)
          [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:32.036Z Engine:INFO Message Test all actions completed.
          [latest-22004]2022-05-15T17:52:41.324Z Engine:INFO Enqueueing "Variable Telegram Test" (re-kvnm57c3)

          If I use the following in my web browser the telegram message gets through:

          https://api.telegram.org/botxxxxx......./sendMessage?chat_id=xxxxx......&text=Test Message HTTPS

          I am running MSR on my QNAP network attached storage. Any assistance would be appreciated.

          Just another question...... I would like to post in the HOME HARDWARE VERA section of Smarthome, but I do not have the option to set up a new post. Do I need to request access for this?

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          toggledbits
          wrote on last edited by toggledbits
          #4

          @talisker said in MSR Telegram Messages Stopped Working:

          I have updated to MSR version 22004.

          All of the above recommendations by others are good. I would also recommend updating to the current version of Reactor. That 22004 version is five months old.

          Telegram is working for me, so if the upgrade doesn't address the issue, then the logs suggested by @crille are needed, and a review of the posting policy suggested by @gwp1 is a good idea before you post any part of the logs (there is specific advice on posting log snippets, as well as general posting requirements).

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

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            Thank you all for your suggestions and support. It turned out that it was a problem with my QNAP Container install. I have to re-install it and then re-install the (latest) MSR version. Anyhow, I'm up an running again.

            Vera plus user. MSR user on Raspberry PI 4. Running MSR version 23049 in Docker

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