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Organizing/ structuring rule sets and rules
R

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.

Multi-System Reactor
Moving MSR from a QNAP container to RP 5 - some issues
Tom_DT

I have installed MSR on a RP5 bare metal and then copied the config and store files. Everything seems to be on the RP5 but I am missing all global expression and I don't see the controller time.

Screenshot 2025-04-06 201446.png

My browser is Microsoft Edge Version 135.0.3179.54 (Official build) (64-bit)

I have probably done something stupid or missed a step but I am stuck.

Thanks for any help.

Multi-System Reactor
Widget deletion does not work and landing page (status) is empy
M

Hi,
It seems that the widget deletion does not work. I tried to drag the widget to the left (as explained in here https://smarthome.community/topic/1071/deleting-widgets?_=1744037333660)
but it does not delete it. Anyone else experiencing the same problem?

Also the landing page after login is empty and seems be have some JS issues on the dev console:

Screenshot from 2025-04-07 18-06-19.png

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Using dockerized version of Reactor (Multi-hub) latest-25082-3c348de6 on Chromium 135.0.7049.52 (Official Build) snap (64-bit)

br,
mgvra

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Need help reducing false positive notifications
T

Good day all,
I have an notification set up for my washing machine to let me know when it's complete. I have a templete sensor set up in HAAS to let me know if it's Washing, in Standby, or off, based upon the power consumption (Shelly 1PM on outlets)

- name: "Washing Machine" state: > {% if states("sensor.washer_switch_0_power")|float == 0 %} Off {% elif states("sensor.washer_switch_0_power")|float <= 2.9 %} Standby {% else %} Washing {% endif %} icon: > {% if states("sensor.washer_switch_0_power") == "off" %} mdi:washing-machine-alert {% elif states("sensor.washer_switch_0_power")|float <= 2.9 %} mdi:washing-machine-off {% else %} mdi:washing-machine {% endif %} minutes: 2

The MSR code is relatively simple. I have a built in false positive attribute for if MSR gets rebooted, because I would suddenly get tons of notifications when I upgraded MSR.

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What I'm trying to introduce, is a way to verify that I just didn't bump the knob on the washing machine when transferring loads from the washer to the dryer, which turns on the display and brings the power above the Standby threshold.

The power goes up to 3.7W for about 4 minutes if the selector knob is bumped/turned.

What would the best way to do this be? I have most of my MSR code set up for a couple of years now, and my coding logic is struggling a bit.

I think I need a power threshold to be substained for a minimum time period (say 2 or 3 minutes, above 10W), before the other triggers can act. What would the best way to do that be?

Running: latest-25082-3c348de6
Fedora 41 Server
HAAS:
Core
2025.3.4
Supervisor
2025.03.4
Operating System
15.1
Frontend
20250306.0

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.
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Deleting widgets
tunnusT

Hopefully a trivial question, but how do you delete widgets in a status page? Using build 22266

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MQTT configuration question
tunnusT

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?

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System Configuration Check - time is offset
F

Hi!

I get this message when I'm on the status tab:

System Configuration Check
The time on this system and on the Reactor host are significantly different. This may be due to incorrect system configuration on either or both. Please check the configuration of both systems. The host reports 2025-04-01T15:29:29.252Z; browser reports 2025-04-01T15:29:40.528Z; difference 11.276 seconds.

I have MSR installed as a docker on my Home Assistant Blue / Hardkernel ODROID-N2/N2+. MSR version is latest-25082-3c348de6.
HA versions are:
Core 2025.3.4
Supervisor 2025.03.4
Operating System 15.1

I have restarted HA as well as MSR multiple times. This message didn´t show two weeks ago. Don´t know if it have anything to do with the latest MSR version.
Do anyone know what I can try?
Thanks in advance!
Let's Be Careful Out There (Hill Street reference...) 🙂
/Fanan

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Programmatically capture HTTP Request action status code or error
therealdbT

I have a very strange situation, where if InfluxDB restarts, other containers may fail when restarting at the same time (under not easy to understand circumstances), and InfluxDB remains unreachable (and these containers crashes). I need to reboot these containers in an exact order, after rebooting InfluxDB.

While I understand what's going on, I need a way to reliable determine that InfluxDB is not reachable and these containers are not reachable, in order to identify this situation and manually check what's going on - and, maybe, in the future, automatically restart them if needed.

So, I was looking at HTTP Request action, but I need to capture the HTTP response code, instead of the response (becase if ping is OK, InfluxDB will reply with a 204), and, potentially, a way to programmatically detect that it's failing to get the response.

While I could write a custom HTTP controller for this or a custom HTTP virtual device, I was wondering if this is somewhat on you roadmap @toggledbits

Thanks!

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ZwaveJSUI - RGBWW BULB - Warm/Cold White interfered with RGB settings - Bulb doesn't change color if in WarmWhite state.
N

Hi ,
I'm on
-Reactor (Multi-hub) latest-25067-62e21a2d
-Docker on Synology NAS
-ZWaveJSUI 9.31.0.6c80945

Problem with ZwaveJSUI:
When I try to change color to a bulb RGBWW, it doesn't change to the RGB color and the bulb remains warm or cold white.
I tryed with Zipato RGBW Bulb V2 RGBWE2, Hank Bulb HKZW-RGB01, Aentec 6 A-ZWA002, so seems that it happens with all RGBWW bulb with reactor/zwavejsui.

I'm using from reator the entity action: "rgb_color.set" and "rgb_color.set_rgb".
After I send the reactor command, It changes in zwavejsui the rgb settings but doesn't put the white channel to "0", so the prevalent channel remains warm/cold White and the bulb doesn't change into the rgb color.

This is the status of the bulb in zwavejsui after "rgb_color.set" (235,33,33,) and the bulb is still warmWhite.

x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_currentColor={"warmWhite":204,"coldWhite":0,"red":235,"green":33,"blue":33}

The "cold white" and "warm white" settings interfer with the rgb color settings.

Reactor can change bulb colors with rgb_color set — (value, ui8, 0x000000 to 0xffffff) or rgb_color set_rgb — (red, green, blue, all ui1, 0 to 255) but if warm or cold white
are not to "0", zwavejsui doesn't change them and I can't find a way to change into rgb or from rgb back to warm white.

So if I use from reactor: rgb_color set_rgb — (235,33,33) in zwavejsui I have

x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_targetColor={"red":235,"green":33,"blue":33} 14/03/2025, 16:43:57 - value updated Arg 0: └─commandClassName: Color Switch └─commandClass: 51 └─property: targetColor └─endpoint: 0 └─newValue └──red: 235 └──green: 33 └──blue: 33 └─prevValue └──red: 235 └──green: 33 └──blue: 33 └─propertyName: targetColor 14/03/2025, 16:43:57 - value updated Arg 0: └─commandClassName: Color Switch └─commandClass: 51 └─property: currentColor └─endpoint: 0 └─newValue └──warmWhite: 204 └──coldWhite: 0 └──red: 235 └──green: 33 └──blue: 33 └─prevValue └──warmWhite: 204 └──coldWhite: 0 └──red: 235 └──green: 33 └──blue: 33 └─propertyName: currentColor

In zwavejsui, the bulb changes rgb set but warm White remains to "204" and the bulb remais on warm White channel bacause is prevalent on rgb set.

x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_currentColor_0=204 x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_currentColor_1=0 x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_currentColor_2=235 x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_currentColor_3=33 x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_currentColor_4=33

Is it possible to targetColor also for "warmWhite" and "coldWhite" and have something similar to this?

x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_targetColor={"warmWhite":0,"coldWhite":0,"red":235,"green":33,"blue":33}

Thanks in advance.

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Problem with simultaneous notifications.
T

Good day all,
I have a reaction set up, that I use for both troubleshooting and changing home modes when one of my family members either arrive or are leaving. I use the companion app for HAAS on our iPhones, and HAAS reports if the person associated with the iPhone enters or leaves the geofenced area around my home. I'm sure most MSR and HAAS users are familiar with this.

I use this rule set mainly as a condition for other rules, however, as part of troubleshooting, a notification is sent through HAAS to the companion app when the rule becomes true. The problem is that I'm getting notifications now for both arriving and departing simultaneously.

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36903cdd-a87f-473b-82ef-af9ef96d3c44-image.png It used to work fine as intended. I'm not sure exactly when it changed, but now I'm getting two notifications when either of these conditions change.

Any idea what could be happening?

Edit:
Running: latest-25082-3c348de6, bare-metal Linux
ZWaveJSControllerr [0.1.25082]

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Problem after upgrading to 25067
R

MSR had been running fine, but I decided to follow the message to upgrade to 25067. Since the upgrade, I have received the message "Controller "<name>" (HubitatController hubitat2) could not be loaded at startup. Its ID is not unique." MSR throws the message on every restart. Has anyone else encountered this problem?
I am running MSR on a Raspberry Pi4 connecting to two Hubitat units over an OpenVPN tunnel. One C8 and a C8 Pro. Both are up-to-date. It appears that despite the error message that MSR may be operating properly.

Multi-System Reactor
Global expressions not always evaluated
tunnusT

Similarly as for local expressions, global expressions evaluate and update fine when getEntity(...) structure is used. However, at least when certain functions are in use, expressions do not update.

Consider the following test case:

Screenshot 2025-03-13 at 16.29.42.png

Even though auto-evaluation is active, value does not change (it changes only if that expression is manually run). MSR restarts do not help.

Screenshot 2025-03-13 at 16.31.43.png

Note: Tested using build 25067 on Docker. I have also a PR open (but couldn't now get details or PR number as my Mantis account was somehow expired?).

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[Solved] Local expression evaluation
V

Trying to understand what cause a local expresssion to be evaluated. I have read the manual but I am still not clear about it. Using the test rule below, I can see in the log that the rule is being automatically evaluated every time the temperature entity is changing. That is great...

What I am trying to understand is why the expression is not evaluated based on time as well since the "case" statement has time dependencies.

Any help would be appreciated

I have the following test rule:

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Here is the expressioncode:

vFrom1 = "09:25:00", vFrom2 = "09:30:00", vFrom3 = "09:41:00", vTo = "10:55:00", # Get current time (format HH:MM:SS) vToDay = strftime("%H:%M:%S"), #Get current house temperature CurrentHouseTemp = getEntity( "hass>Thermostat2 " ).attributes.temperature_sensor.value, case when CurrentHouseTemp <= 19 and vToDay >= vFrom1 && vToDay <= vTo: "true1" # From1 when CurrentHouseTemp <= 20 and vToDay >= vFrom2 && vToDay <= vTo: "true2" # From2 when CurrentHouseTemp < 26  and vToDay >= vFrom3 && vToDay <= vTo: "true3" # From3 else "false" end
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[Solved] Runtime error when exiting global reaction that contains a group
S

I am getting a Runtime error on different browsers when I click exit when editing an existing or creating a new global reaction containing a group. If the global reaction does not have a group I don't get an error. I see a similar post on the forum about a Runtime Error when creating reactions but started a new thread as that appears to be solved.

The Runtime Error is different in the two browsers
Safari v18.3

@http://192.168.10.21:8111/reactor/en-US/lib/js/reaction-list.js:171:44 You may report this error, but do not screen shot it. Copy-paste the complete text. Remember to include a description of the operation you were performing in as much detail as possible. Report using the Reactor Bug Tracker (in your left navigation) or at the SmartHome Community.

Google Chrome 133.0.6943.142

TypeError: self.editor.isModified is not a function at HTMLButtonElement.<anonymous> (http://192.168.10.21:8111/reactor/en-US/lib/js/reaction-list.js:171:34) You may report this error, but do not screen shot it. Copy-paste the complete text. Remember to include a description of the operation you were performing in as much detail as possible. Report using the Reactor Bug Tracker (in your left navigation) or at the SmartHome Community.

Steps to reproduce:
Click the pencil to edit a global reaction with a group.
Click the Exit button.
Runtime error appears.
or
Click Create Reaction
Click Add Action
Select Group
Add Condition such as Entity Attribute.
Add an Action.
Click Save
Click Exit
Runtime error appears.

I don’t know how long the error has been there as I haven’t edited the global reaction in a long time.

Reactor (Multi-hub) latest-25060-f32eaa46
Docker
Mac OS: 15.3.1
Thanks

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Cannot delete Global Expressions
SnowmanS

I am trying to delete a global expression (gLightDelay) but for some strange reason, it comes back despite clicking the Delete this expression and Save Changes buttons.

I have not created a global expression for some times and just noticed this while doing some clean-up.

I have upgraded Reactor to 25067 from 25060 and the behaviour is still there. I have restarted Reactor (as well as restarting its container) and cleared the browser's cache several times without success.

Here's what the log shows.

[latest-25067]2025-03-08T23:50:22.690Z <wsapi:INFO> [WSAPI]wsapi#1 rpc_echo [Object]{ "comment": "UI activity" } [latest-25067]2025-03-08T23:50:26.254Z <GlobalExpression:NOTICE> Deleting global expression gLightDelay [latest-25067]2025-03-08T23:50:27.887Z <wsapi:INFO> [WSAPI]wsapi#1 rpc_echo [Object]{ "comment": "UI activity" }

Reactor latest-25067-62e21a2d
Docker on Synology NAS

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Local notification methods?
CatmanV2C

Morning, experts. Hard on learning about the internet check script in MSR tools, I was wondering what suggestions anyone has about a local (i.e. non-internet dependent) notification method.

This was prompted by yesterday's fun and games with my ISP.

I've got the script Cronned and working properly but short of flashing a light on and off, I'm struggling to think of a way of alerting me (ideally to my phone)

I guess I could set up a Discord server at home, but that feels like overkill for a rare occasion. Any other suggestions?

TIA

C

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Custom capabilities in MQTT templates
M

Hi,
I'm trying to integrate the sonos-mqtt (https://sonos2mqtt.svrooij.io/) with the MSR and it's coming along nicely so far.
But cannot wrap my head around how to define custom capabilities in MQTT templates. I need this for the TTS announcements and similarly for the notification sounds where I would pass the sound file as parameter.

So this is what I have in the local_mqtt_devices.yaml

capabilities: x_sonos_announcement: attributes: actions: speak: arguments: text: type: string volume: type: int delay: type: int

And this is the template:

templates: sonos-announcement: capabilities: - x_sonos_announcement actions: x_sonos_announcement: speak: topic: "sonos/cmd/speak" payload: expr: > { "text": parameters.text, "volume": parameters.volume, "delayMs": parameters.delay, "onlyWhenPlaying": false, "engine": "neural" } type: json

So the speak action should send something like this to topic sonos/cmd/speak

{ "text": "message goes here", "volume": 50, "delayMs": 100, "onlyWhenPlaying": false, "engine": "neural" }

At startup the MSR seems to be quite unhappy with my configuration:

reactor | [latest-25016]2025-02-09T08:19:59.029Z <MQTTController:WARN> MQTTController#mqtt entity Entity#mqtt>sonos-announcement unable to configure capabilities [Array][ "x_sonos_announcement" ] reactor | i18n: missing fi-FI language string: Configuration for {0:q} is incomplete because the following requested capabilities are undefined: {1} reactor | i18n: missing fi-FI language string: Configuration for {0:q} has unrecognized capability {1:q} in actions reactor | Trace: Configuration for {0:q} is incomplete because the following requested capabilities are undefined: {1} reactor | at _T (/opt/reactor/server/lib/i18n.js:611:28) reactor | at AlertManager.addAlert (/opt/reactor/server/lib/AlertManager.js:125:25) reactor | at MQTTController.sendWarning (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:627:30) reactor | at MQTTController.start (/var/reactor/ext/MQTTController/MQTTController.js:268:26) reactor | at async Promise.allSettled (index 0) Configuration for "sonos-announcement" has unrecognized capability "x_sonos_announcement" in actions Controller: MQTTController#mqtt Last 10:21:37 AM Configuration for "sonos-announcement" is incomplete because the following requested capabilities are undefined: x_sonos_announcement Controller: MQTTController#mqtt Last 10:21:37 AM

This is probably a pretty stupid question and the approach may not even work at all, but maybe someone or @toggledbits for sure, could point me to the right direction.
Basically the idea is to be able to send TTS messages from reactions using entity actions. I've previously used HTTP requests to Sonos HTTP API (https://hub.docker.com/r/chrisns/docker-node-sonos-http-api/) for the same functionality, but since moving to sonos-mqtt, I need a way to send the TTS notifications using MQTTController. Along with the actual message, volume and delay must also be parameterizable.

br,
mgvra

MSR latest-25016-d47fea38 / MQTTController [0.2.24293]

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[SOLVED]Hass websocket falsely reporting ready on boot??
V

Hi, @toggledbits

I just noticed that following a reboot of my raspberry pi, some of the rules, that I was expecting to recover, are not catching up following a reboot. I have made a simple test rule (rule-m6rz6ol1) with only "after Date/time" as trigger and "turn on a lamp" as a set reaction. All my infrastructure is on the same board so Reactor, Hass, Zwavejs, ... are all rebooting.

Here is the sequence of the test case (All time converted to Zulu to match logs):

Rule "after Date/Time" set to 14:05:00z Shutdown on Raspberry Pi at 14:04:00z Power back up at 14:08:00z Rule overview shows true as of 14:08:14z waiting for 00:00:00 in GUI

From the log I can see that MSR is picking up the rule and knows that the state of the rule has changed from false to true and tries to send the update to HASS but failed with websocket error.

Here is what I see from the log:

14:04:04z shutdown complete 14:08:08z Power up 14:08:13.111z websocket connection 14:08:15:323z Reaction to the light failed, Websocket not opened After there is a series of websocket connection attempt until 14:08:51z where it seemed to be really ready.

Back in 2021 we had a discussion (https://smarthome.community/topic/700/solved-start-up?_=1738766986566) and you proposed to add a startup_delay:xxxx and startup_wait:xxxx parameter in the engine section of "reactor.yaml". When I try the startup_delay (this used to be a hard delay), the engine failed to start (I think). I then try the startup_wait:xxxx without any success. Since it wait for the connection status to be up to cancel the delay, it does not do anyting since Hass is reporting the socket up without really being up ( I think...).

Questions:

Did I figured it all wrong? should the startup_delay:xxxxx have worked? Any ideas?

Here is the log:

OK now I am stuck. I did add the log but when I submit the editor complained saying that I am limited to 32767 characters. The log from the shutdown to the time the websocket is stable is about 300000 character long. What are my options?

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[SOLVED]Logs permissions for Docker Install
V

Not a big issue simply a request if easily doable.

The MSR logs files inside the container are owned by root witch is fine however, the permissions are very restrictive. I do not know if there is something wrong with my installation but the logs permission are set to 222 (write only). Even if the docker volume is set for Read/Write the log files are retaining these values.

I go around the problem by doing a chmod 777 on all reactor logs but every time there is an MSR log rotation the permissions are set back to 222. So unless the permission are implemented in the container there is no permanent solution to this (that I know of).

I do not know much about Docker container so I do not know what is involved here.

Can the logfiles permission be simply chaged in the container to at least allow "other" read permission?

Could the MSR log rotation routine implement a chmod to set the permission?

Just a small anoyance

Thanks

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    @therealdb And kudos to you for sharing all of this with the Greater Good.

    *Hubitat C-7 2.4.1.151
    *Proxmox VE v8, Beelink MiniPC 12GBs, SSD

    *HASS 2025.3.4
    w/ ZST10-700 fw 7.18.3

    *Prod MSR in docker/portainer
    MSR: latest-25082-3c348de6
    MQTTController: 24257
    ZWave Controller: 25082

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      I've pushed a couple of fixes, plus my new template for owntracks, that's supporting all the info as attributes.

      GitHub - dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib: Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor

      GitHub - dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib: Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor

      Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor. Contribute to dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib development by creating an account on GitHub.

      This template will create a device that has:

      • a string sensor with the current region
      • a binary sensor that's true when the user is at home
      • locations info via location capability
      • battery info for the device (including percentage and charging status)

      @gwp1 @CATMANV2

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      On a mission to automate everything.

      My MS Reactor contrib
      My Luup Plug-ins

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        @therealdb Very timely, this. I'm poking at using MQTT/OwnTracks to replace the Home Assistant integration.

        *Hubitat C-7 2.4.1.151
        *Proxmox VE v8, Beelink MiniPC 12GBs, SSD

        *HASS 2025.3.4
        w/ ZST10-700 fw 7.18.3

        *Prod MSR in docker/portainer
        MSR: latest-25082-3c348de6
        MQTTController: 24257
        ZWave Controller: 25082

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          @gwp1 I was using my own virtual devices on Vera + some code in my own mqtt consumer, and I'm slowly migrating all of them to native MSR devices. I'm keeping virtual devices on Vera just for dashboard and some other minor automations.
          next on my list: my EV charger and maybe ESPPresence.

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            Oh wow. That looks very interesting indeed! Thanks!

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            The Ex-Vera abuser know as CatmanV2.....

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              @therealdb I just this week started into ESPresense with my MQTT > Home Assistant > msr.

              Three rooms so far. Also looking to use it at a buddy’s house to trigger garage door when I’m by.

              *Hubitat C-7 2.4.1.151
              *Proxmox VE v8, Beelink MiniPC 12GBs, SSD

              *HASS 2025.3.4
              w/ ZST10-700 fw 7.18.3

              *Prod MSR in docker/portainer
              MSR: latest-25082-3c348de6
              MQTTController: 24257
              ZWave Controller: 25082

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                @therealdb
                Thanks so much for this. I seem to have fallen at the first hurdle:
                I grabbed zip file from Git hub and unzipped it. SCPed the owntracks_sensor.yaml file over to my bare metal Debian Bullseye install.
                Created reactor/config/mqtt_templates

                catman@openluup:~/reactor/config$ ls -l
                total 124
                -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman   232 May 26  2022 0-README.txt
                -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman   302 May 26  2022 cameras.yaml
                -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman   150 May 26  2022 dashboard.json
                -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman   399 May 26  2022 local_hass_devices.yaml
                -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman   434 May 26  2022 local_hubitat_devices.yaml
                -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman  1945 May 26  2022 logging.yaml
                drwxr-xr-x 2 catman catman  4096 Dec 11 18:00 mqtt_templates
                -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman  8960 Jul 19 16:10 notification.yaml
                -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman  8959 Jul 19 15:55 notification.yaml.orig
                -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman  8963 Jul 19 16:03 notification.yaml.telegram
                -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman  8960 Jul 19 17:15 notification.yaml.working
                -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman 12221 Dec 11 18:12 reactor.yaml
                -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman 11827 Oct 10 18:07 reactor.yaml.change
                -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman 11896 May 26  2022 reactor.yaml.orig
                -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman 12039 Dec 11 18:01 reactor.yaml.working
                

                The file is there

                catman@openluup:~/reactor/config/mqtt_templates$ ls -l
                total 4
                -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman 3301 Dec 11 18:00 owntracks_sensor.yaml
                

                And there is an entry in reactor.yaml:

                        rachel_owntracks:
                          name: "Rachel Location"
                          prefix: rachel
                          topic: iphone
                          uses_template: owntracks_sensor
                          homeRegionName: Home
                

                But
                Screenshot 2022-12-11 at 18.18.27.png

                Obviously something really silly but damned if I can spot it 😞

                Could the template yaml file have been corrupted?

                TIA!

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                  #9

                  Are you on the latest version of MQTTController?

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                    I am now, thanks!
                    All looking good

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                      @catmanv2 I'm watching your trials with this and trying to learn from your successes and losses.

                      What do you have configured in the actual iOS OwnTracks app as far as:

                      TrackerID
                      DeviceID
                      UserID

                      I think this is where I'm getting lost. I'm testing with HiveMQ and have the iPhone connecting (phone shows connected) and MSRs MQTTController is connected just fine to HiveMQ - it's just MSR and the iphone that are missing each other.

                        - id: mqtt2
                          name: MQTT HiveMQ
                          enabled: true
                          implementation: MQTTController
                          config:
                            # Replace IP with that of your MQTT broker below
                            source: "mqtts://7exxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0d0.s2.eu.hivemq.cloud:8883"
                            username: "<username>"
                            password: "<password>"
                            entities:
                              owntracks_iphone14p: #entity ID - must be unique
                                name: "iPhone14p location" # friendly name
                                prefix: "iphone14p"
                                topic: "john_iphone" #the device name of my phone is John iPhone
                                uses_template: owntracks_sensor
                                homeRegionName: "Home"
                      

                      In MQTTController I do see:
                      b893f7a4-2d61-4dc5-ab7f-81dee39e1f8e-image.png ...but that's nowhere the detail I'd expect from @therealdb's template (which is properly placed in the correct location:

                      25fc0e3c-1d13-458d-b49c-91311da8846d-image.png

                      I am brand new to MQTT so I'm likely missing something horribly obvious.

                      Any guidance is appreciated.

                      *Hubitat C-7 2.4.1.151
                      *Proxmox VE v8, Beelink MiniPC 12GBs, SSD

                      *HASS 2025.3.4
                      w/ ZST10-700 fw 7.18.3

                      *Prod MSR in docker/portainer
                      MSR: latest-25082-3c348de6
                      MQTTController: 24257
                      ZWave Controller: 25082

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                        @gwp1
                        TrackerID is CM
                        DeviceID is catmaniphone
                        UserID is my configured username for my Mosquito server (so should be your Hive username)

                        Because all of my stuff is local I can see the messages being posted to the logs. Not sure if you can do that with your hive set up?

                        At a guess you are not connecting to the Hive server. Does the iPhone app say 'connected'. Can you see Reactor getting messages from the Hive server?

                        I'm not 100% sure that's the right location for the config file. I guess if you're running reactor from /home/reactor/Documents it's right though. Just an odd choice (although Windows is not my thing) !

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                          @catmanv2 yep, configured the Hive user and password and is shows as “connected” in the iOS app. I’ve not found anywhere in their dashboard to verify messages being received into the broker. I’ve not seen anything come in from the broker to msr.

                          I’m running a bare metal install on a RPi. Not a Linux expert so it ended up in an interesting folder structure but it works just fine so re-orging isn’t a priority.

                          *Hubitat C-7 2.4.1.151
                          *Proxmox VE v8, Beelink MiniPC 12GBs, SSD

                          *HASS 2025.3.4
                          w/ ZST10-700 fw 7.18.3

                          *Prod MSR in docker/portainer
                          MSR: latest-25082-3c348de6
                          MQTTController: 24257
                          ZWave Controller: 25082

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                            #14

                            @gwp1 That's a Linux setup?! 😉

                            OK, can you read the log from reactor?

                            Also, are you really sure that Reactor is able to connect to HiveMQ?

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                              @catmanv2 Back home now.

                              This leads me to believe it's connected to Hive:
                              7d4ead99-cc53-4bff-9929-ddd04bf3fea9-image.png

                              I see nothing in the logs because a.) not entirely should what it would look like, and b.) there's nothing happening atm.

                              *Hubitat C-7 2.4.1.151
                              *Proxmox VE v8, Beelink MiniPC 12GBs, SSD

                              *HASS 2025.3.4
                              w/ ZST10-700 fw 7.18.3

                              *Prod MSR in docker/portainer
                              MSR: latest-25082-3c348de6
                              MQTTController: 24257
                              ZWave Controller: 25082

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                                Hmm, yes tough. I share your suspicion that it's Hive. No interest in firing up Mosquito on your Linux box? Takes about 10 minutes. OK there's an increase in your vulnerability but.....

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                                  The docs for MQTTController describe how to enable topic capture, so you can see if you are getting anything at all from Hive (this is probably preferable to turning up the log level in the log file for MQTTController). I'd suggest that as a start. See what, if anything, it's sending at all.

                                  Ref: https://reactor.toggledbits.com/docs/MQTTController/#troubleshooting-and-debugging

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                                    @catmanv2 I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I am 🤣

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                                    My Luup Plug-ins

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                                      #19

                                      @toggledbits @CatmanV2 Unless I'm just not far enough thru coffee this morning, this is what I see in MSR's mqtt logs and it looks like it's data from my iPhone8 (which I fired up via wifi to use as a test phone.)

                                      2022-12-12T14:02:02.896Z "owntracks/msrmqtt/iphone8" {"_type":"location","acc":35,"alt":10,"batt":100,"bs":1,"conn":"o","inregions":["Home"],"inrids":["adf34c"],"lat":32.94714,"lon":-80.013836,"m":1,"p":101.826,"t":"u","tid":"i8","tst":1670853720,"vac":15}
                                      2022-12-12T14:02:02.998Z "owntracks/msrmqtt/iphone8" {"_type":"location","acc":10,"alt":10,"batt":100,"bs":1,"conn":"o","inregions":["Home"],"inrids":["adf34c"],"lat":32.946934,"lon":-80.013887,"m":1,"p":101.827,"tid":"i8","tst":1670853722,"vac":8,"vel":0}
                                      

                                      So why isn't this showing here:

                                      247de6bd-7caa-4f61-8ce1-0ae48666f4ec-image.png

                                      My entity config is:

                                              owntracks_iphone8: #entity ID - must be unique
                                                name: "iPhone8 location" # friendly name
                                                prefix: "iphone8"
                                                topic: "test_iphone"
                                                uses_template: owntracks_sensor
                                                homeRegionName: "Home"
                                      

                                      I feel like I'm just "this close" and I just don't have something aligned properly.

                                      *Hubitat C-7 2.4.1.151
                                      *Proxmox VE v8, Beelink MiniPC 12GBs, SSD

                                      *HASS 2025.3.4
                                      w/ ZST10-700 fw 7.18.3

                                      *Prod MSR in docker/portainer
                                      MSR: latest-25082-3c348de6
                                      MQTTController: 24257
                                      ZWave Controller: 25082

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                                        #20

                                        Yes, your configuration of prefix and topic don't make a string that matches what is being received. Based on what it is coming in and how those fields template configuration are used, prefix should be msrmqtt and topic should be just iphone8.

                                        Conspicuous give-away: your test_iphone value doesn't appear in the topic or payload of what you're receiving.

                                        @therealdb this may need a bit more documentation, since the relevance of prefix and topic aren't immediately clear (at least, not to me) without looking at the template itself and seeing how they are used, and likely the phone configuration as well (i.e. describe how configuration fields on the phone may appear in the final event topic).

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                                          I believe @toggledbits has it (unsurprisingly)

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