I need a handful of victims volunteers to help test previews of the next build of Reactor. A long-standing request was for "a simple login mechanism," but in practice, adding user authentication and competent access control turned out to be a pretty big project with a lot of big changes on both server and client sides. It's a bit more than I'm comfortable testing myself and springing out to everyone at once, so I'd like to work with a small group to put it through "sea trials."
Major changes/features include:
User authentication with hashed password storage; User group configuration with application restriction (admin, dashboard, API); Detailed control over API access, with user- and token-based authentication/authorization; Improvements to the HTTPS service; Improvements to UI coordination with the core for Rules and Reactions.If this sounds like something you'd like to help with, drop me a reply here in this thread or privately.
I have a case where I'm trying to send a MQTT message similar to the example below:
Topic: pool/set { "command": 4, "value": 1, "time": 0, "interval": 0 }But I need to set "value" so that it is an integer between 20-30. I thought I could use "dimming" capability here, but there's probably a better way. @therealdb ?
(Using userauth-24120-7745fb8d build in Docker)
There's a filtering capability for entities in reactor.yaml, but I have a case where I don't want to filter an entity altogether, but would like to "throttle" it, as this sensor updates every 1-2 seconds (and therefore unnecessarily takes database space).
Sensor data comes through home assistant, and seems that there's no way to control update interval at that end.
So I'm asking if plugin configuration could support limiting/throttling updates for certain entities?
Good morning,
Hopefully this is a simple request. I believe the title should be self explanatory, but just in case, I'll elaborate.
On the status tab, we all get alerts if a device state has changed (i.e., been removed). This is great, but when I go into the entities tab, I have to either type the name (or a portion thereof) of the device that has been removed, or I need to scroll all the way through my list of devices. This is infrequent, however, yesterday I replaced a failed device in my HAAS environment. It was a Z-Wave switch that is added using the Smart Scan QR code, which normally makes it pretty easy. However, some devices don't get fully added the first time around, so it'll add multiple entries into HAAS until it get's the S2 authentication correct and the device fully included. It did this to me yesterday, and I had to delete the incomplete device from my installation. MSR still saw the entities of that failed/incomplete switch entity, and I was left with 8 alerts and entities that I needed to removed.
It's not a huge problem, but this example was just one switch. If I were to add replace multiple devices at once, this could be a bit more annoying to remove. It would be helpful to be able to filter by removed entities, so I can find them all quickly and delete them. Continuing that train of thought, it would also be useful to have check boxes next to those lines, and perhaps do a select all type of thing so they could be deleted in one mouse click.
@toggledbits I have finally finished up the SSL using Let's Encrypt and am getting this from my local browser:
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I know you said in the docs that using a self-signed could lead to this but this is LE.
Hi @toggledbits,
I don't know if I'm the only one, so I'm reporting here first instead of opening a bug.
Basically, with the latest 2-3 updates of Reactor and MQTTController, after a restart previous statuses are lost (for both Virtual and MQTT entities), until they're restored.
It's particularly annoying for Virtual Entities, because I have to set them all over again (I've coded some defaults at startup if the values are empty, but sometimes these are not the correct values before the update).
Not easy to reproduce, and logs are gone, but the first time I tought it was me hallucinating, the second one didn't bother too much, after the third I realized it's something not coming from me.
the behavior could be seen in this screenshot:
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Any hint is appreciated.
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.I'm slowly migrating all my stuff to MQTT under MSR, so I have a central place to integrate everything (and, in a not-so-distant future, to remove virtual devices from my Vera and leave it running zwave only).
Anyway, here's my reactor-mqtt-contrib package:
Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor. Contribute to dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib development by creating an account on GitHub.
Simply download yaml files (everything or just the ones you need) and you're good to go.
I have mapped my most useful devices, but I'll add others soon. Feel free to ask for specific templates, since I've worked a lot in the last weeks to understand and operate them.
The templates are supporting both init and query, so you have always up-to-date devices at startup, and the ability to poll them. Online status is supported as well, so you can get disconnected devices with a simple expression.
Many-many thanks to @toggledbits for its dedication, support, and patience with me and my requests 🙂
Good morning,
So Home Assistant decided to change the default weather home format that I've been using for the past year and a half. I had two Global Expressions set up to pull the high and low temp forecast for the day. Now it's pulling null values.
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In the dev tools, it now uses a new service (Weather. get forecasts), plural, where the old Weather.get forecast is depreciated and now longer functions.
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It shows a templow field, and a temperature field, which I presume is the forecast high.
When I head back over to MSR, I'm having a hard time finding those values in the Entities tab.
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wx.asoftime=null wx.ceiling=null wx.ceiling_unit=null wx.cloud_cover=null wx.condition_code=null wx.description="partlycloudy" wx.feels_like=null wx.humidity=57 wx.humidity_unit="%" wx.icon=null wx.location=null wx.precipitation_1hr=null wx.precipitation_24hr=null wx.precipitation_other=null wx.precipitation_type=null wx.precipitation_unit="in" wx.pressure=30 wx.pressure_unit="inHg" wx.temperature=55 wx.temperature_unit="°F" wx.visibility=null wx.visibility_unit="mi" wx.wind_compass=210.3 wx.wind_conditions=null wx.wind_direction="SSW" wx.wind_gust=null wx.wind_speed=6.28 wx.wind_speed_unit="mph" x_hass.domain="weather" x_hass.entity_id="weather.forecast_home" x_hass.services=["weather"] x_hass.state="partlycloudy" x_hass_attr.attribution="Weather forecast from met.no, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute." x_hass_attr.cloud_coverage=85.9 x_hass_attr.dew_point=40 x_hass_attr.friendly_name="New Windsor Weather" x_hass_attr.humidity=57 x_hass_attr.precipitation_unit="in" x_hass_attr.pressure=30 x_hass_attr.pressure_unit="inHg" x_hass_attr.supported_features=3 x_hass_attr.temperature=55 x_hass_attr.temperature_unit="°F" x_hass_attr.visibility_unit="mi" x_hass_attr.wind_bearing=210.3 x_hass_attr.wind_speed=6.28 x_hass_attr.wind_speed_unit="mph"There is a x_hass_attr.temperature, but that appears to be the current temperature, not the high that I found on the dev tools screenshot.
Any ideas?
Running:
Core
2024.4.3
Supervisor
2024.04.0
Operating System
12.2
Frontend
20240404.2
MSR: latest-24057-e9add9f5
Hey Patrick, I recently have been noticing that MSR has been acting up ie. it's been needing restarts and has been slow. I began trouble shooting by looking at the logs and have noticed the following errors for a lot of entities. I thought maybe a simple reboot of RPi was needed and I kept seeing the same errors in the system logs. I am oddly enough not seeing these same errors in the MSR logs. Where things started getting weird is whenever I rebooted MSR it wouldn't come back online .I would have to restart the RPi then it would come back online. I just restarted MSR again to capture logs and it restarted fine, so I guess its good for now? I think this is more or so a corrupted SD card issue rather a MSR issue but well being troubleshooting from here. The SD card is about 1-2 years old.
Apologies if this post is everywhere, I cannot consistently recreate any oddities that are happening, that's what is leading me to believe my SD is going bad.
PS: If anyone knows how to diagnose a corrupt SD card please chime in.
MSR latest-24057-e9add9f5
Home Assistant 2024.4.3
Raspberry Pi 3b+
This system has been running flawlessly year after year for the time changes twice a year literally since MSR came out so I was caught off-guard when this happened this morning.
Time in MSR browser is EST, time on RPi is local time (DST).
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I've rebooted the RPi I've restarted MSR after double-checking the time on the RPi. Used a completely different browser to eliminate any caching concerns. Double-checked MSR reactor.yamla5f23151-d691-4343-8499-8e77a55528e5-image.png
What am I missing here @toggledbits ?
Hi,
For the standard capabilities MSR sends both a value record and a units record to InfluxDB. The latter I would like not to send as they are not really any use for me and it will reduce the number of records send to my InfluxDB.
Is there a quick way to do this with a filter_entities line like: *>units?
Or do I have to update all capabilities to read like this:
power_sensor:
attributes:
value: true
Cheers Rene
I'm trying to replicate this
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into a MQTT entity where I could set a number with a min and max value.
I can't find a standard capability that fits or any documentation on local MQTT capabilities and the only post on the forum mentioning local MQTT capabilities is this post, is it even possible in current release?
My trial and error work in local_mqtt_capabilities.yaml isn't much to show as it's just a copy of mqtt_capabilities.yaml with changed names and then I got stuck.
Any guidance, examples, documentation, future feature request or denial would be much appreciated, thanks!
Reactor 24057-e9add9f5 bare metal
MQTTController 24050
Hi guys,
I've recently bought a new Govee outdoor permanent lights set, and I love it. WAF is pretty high, and the product is good quality. I hope to never run lights in the front of the house.
This new addition has found me searching for something to control these lights, locally. Govee has officials remote and LAN APIs and Home Assistant has it supported, but some undocumented stuff that's integrated into an Homebridge plugin that seems very promising. Without this plugin, my playlist is orchestrated via the cloud and that makes zero sense.
In the past I got some inspiration from plugins running on other platforms and Homebridge seems one of the most active. I could map its devices via HomeKit-local on HA, but I've decommissioned Homebridge years ago when we settled to Alexa (and I want to stay simple), so I had an idea: why get inspiration and rewrite things, when you could write an Homebridge adapter that could load any Homebridge plugin and run them natively under Reactor (MSR)?
I'm not sure if that's viable or made any sense, so I'm posting here to get feedback, encouragement and your thoughts. Anyone could be potentially interested in such a thing?
Hi- looking for a hint in where to start. My goal is to set a PIN code in a zwave kwikset lock triggered in a rule.
The device isn’t exposing methods to help. The x-hass.call-service looks promising, but what would the service name be?
Plan b would be send the zwave controller a config command- I don’t see any way to explicitly send a command through JS Zwave in my environment.
Running reactor bare metal. JS Zwave is running as an add on inside HASS OS.
Any tips are appreciated.
Hey crew, I'm trying to use MSR to control the RGB values of a Z-Wave bulb in Home Assistant.
Problem I'm running into - I would like to use 'rgb_color.set' to control this, but it doesn't work, instead it always passes the values '255,255,255' to HA no matter what values I enter within MSR.
More notes and examples below - I'm wondering if this is a formatting issue that I'm missing? Thanks for any help!
NOTES FROM TROUBLESHOOTING:
'rgb_color.set_rgb' works successfully, which seems strange. You'd think they would both be affected I've tried a couple different formats, like adding quotes, adding/removing spaces between the RGB values, nothing has fixed it.EXAMPLES:
When I use 'rgb_color.set_rgb', the values successfully carry over to Home Assistant:
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But when I use 'rgb_color.set', the values DO NOT successfully carry over to Home Assistant:
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DETAILS:
Bulb is LZW42 by Inovelli MSR version: stable-23242-5ee8e1d4HA DETAILS
Core 2024.2.5 Supervisor 2024.02.1 Operating System 12.0Hi,
I’m running MSR in a docker container on my Synology Nas. The container is automatically updated using watchtower weekly.
It was working. Now, after the update, Reactor webpage is able to load, and all indications on the webpage suggests that it is working fine. However, the updated statuses from Home Assistant and Vera are not being detected.
The container logs show the following error
Reactor stable-23344-5aad7754 app 23344 configuration from /var/reactor/config NODE_PATH /opt/reactor:/opt/reactor/node_modules [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:49.516Z <app:null> Reactor build stable-23344-5aad7754 starting on v16.15.1 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:49.517Z <app:null> Process ID 1 user/group 0/0; docker; platform linux/x64 #69057 SMP Fri Jan 12 17:02:28 CST 2024; locale (undefined) [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:49.517Z <app:null> Basedir /opt/reactor; data in /var/reactor/storage [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:49.517Z <app:null> NODE_PATH=/opt/reactor:/opt/reactor/node_modules [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:49.696Z <Structure:null> Module Structure v23172 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:49.698Z <Capabilities:null> Module Capabilities v23331 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:49.780Z <Plugin:null> Module Plugin v22300 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:49.790Z <TimerBroker:null> Module TimerBroker v22283 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:49.794Z <Entity:null> Module Entity v22353 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:49.866Z <Controller:null> Module Controller v23069 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.030Z <default:null> Module Ruleset v22293 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.031Z <default:null> Module Rulesets v22146 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.066Z <GlobalExpression:null> Module GlobalExpression v23211 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.581Z <Predicate:null> Module Predicate v23093 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.595Z <AlertManager:null> Module AlertManager v22283 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.600Z <Rule:null> Module Rule v23107 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.614Z <GlobalReaction:null> Module GlobalReaction v22324 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.617Z <Engine:null> Module Engine v23339 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.635Z <httpapi:null> Module httpapi v23058 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.680Z <wsapi:null> Module wsapi v23172 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.789Z <TaskQueue:null> Module TaskQueue 21351 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.790Z <VeraController:null> Module VeraController v23109 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.971Z <HassController:null> Module HassController v23344 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:51.716Z <DynamicGroupController:null> Module DynamicGroupController v22313 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:52.253Z <SystemController:null> Module SystemController v23331 i18n: missing en-US language string: The version of nodejs you are using ({0}) is now end-of-life, and so is deprecated for use with Reactor. Please upgrade nodejs to {2}.{3} or higher as soon as possible; the current LTS version is recommended. Releases of Reactor produced after {1} will not run under this version of nodejs at all. [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:52.256Z <Controller:CRIT> SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input [-] SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input at JSON.parse (<anonymous>) at /opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:464:51 at Array.forEach (<anonymous>) at SystemController._restoreEntities (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:458:36) at new Controller (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:45:42) at new SystemController (/opt/reactor/server/lib/SystemController.js:29:9) at /opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:101:37 Trace: The version of nodejs you are using ({0}) is now end-of-life, and so is deprecated for use with Reactor. Please upgrade nodejs to {2}.{3} or higher as soon as possible; the current LTS version is recommended. Releases of Reactor produced after {1} will not run under this version of nodejs at all. at _T (/opt/reactor/server/lib/i18n.js:468:37) at AlertManager.addAlert (/opt/reactor/server/lib/AlertManager.js:126:25) at /opt/reactor/app.js:381:140 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:59.313Z <app:CRIT> SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input [-] SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input at JSON.parse (<anonymous>) at IndividualFileStrategy.getDataObject (/opt/reactor/server/lib/IndividualFileStrategy.js:114:54) at DelayWriteCacheStrategy.getDataObject (/opt/reactor/server/lib/DelayWriteCacheStrategy.js:87:50) at Container.getDataObject (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Container.js:69:67) at Function.getInstance (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Data.js:37:179) at Rule.getRuleStates (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:507:100) at Rule.getConditionState (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:538:47) at new Rule (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:378:47) at Function.getInstance (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:387:36) at /opt/reactor/server/lib/Engine.js:263:53 i18n: missing en-US language string: HomeAssistant on {0:q} may be an unsupported version. The reported version ({1}) has not been certified/tested with this version of Reactor and may cause errors. You must either modify your HomeAssistant install, or see if an update to Reactor has been made available. Trace: HomeAssistant on {0:q} may be an unsupported version. The reported version ({1}) has not been certified/tested with this version of Reactor and may cause errors. You must either modify your HomeAssistant install, or see if an update to Reactor has been made available. at _T (/opt/reactor/server/lib/i18n.js:468:37) at AlertManager.addAlert (/opt/reactor/server/lib/AlertManager.js:126:25) at HassController.sendWarning (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:197:36) at /opt/reactor/server/lib/HassController.js:1117:370 at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)I’ve tried using “latest-amd64” and it does not work either. The logs show similar json input error.
Reactor latest-24057-e9add9f5 app 24052 configuration from /var/reactor/config NODE_PATH /opt/reactor:/opt/reactor/node_modules [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.466Z <app:null> Reactor build latest-24057-e9add9f5 starting on v20.10.0 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.522Z <app:null> Process ID 1 user/group 0/0; docker; platform linux/x64 #69057 SMP Fri Jan 12 17:02:28 CST 2024; locale (undefined) [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.522Z <app:null> Basedir /opt/reactor; data in /var/reactor/storage [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.522Z <app:null> NODE_PATH=/opt/reactor:/opt/reactor/node_modules [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.667Z <Structure:null> Module Structure v23172 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.673Z <Capabilities:null> Module Capabilities v23331 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.780Z <Plugin:null> Module Plugin v22300 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.787Z <TimerBroker:null> Module TimerBroker v22283 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.791Z <Entity:null> Module Entity v22353 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.796Z <Controller:null> Module Controller v23069 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.811Z <default:null> Module Ruleset v22293 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.811Z <default:null> Module Rulesets v22146 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.821Z <GlobalExpression:null> Module GlobalExpression v23211 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.890Z <Predicate:null> Module Predicate v23093 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.958Z <AlertManager:null> Module AlertManager v22283 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:31.027Z <Rule:null> Module Rule v24057 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:31.033Z <GlobalReaction:null> Module GlobalReaction v22324 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:31.036Z <Engine:null> Module Engine v24023 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:31.042Z <httpapi:null> Module httpapi v24057 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:31.216Z <wsapi:null> Module wsapi v24057 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:31.296Z <TaskQueue:null> Module TaskQueue 21351 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:31.297Z <VeraController:null> Module VeraController v24050 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:31.365Z <HassController:null> Module HassController v24048 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:31.659Z <DynamicGroupController:null> Module DynamicGroupController v22313 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:31.668Z <SystemController:null> Module SystemController v23331 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:31.673Z <Controller:CRIT> SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input [-] SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input at JSON.parse (<anonymous>) at /opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:464:51 at Array.forEach (<anonymous>) at SystemController._restoreEntities (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:458:36) at new Controller (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:45:43) at new SystemController (/opt/reactor/server/lib/SystemController.js:237:9) at /opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:101:37 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:38.845Z <app:CRIT> SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input [-] SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input at JSON.parse (<anonymous>) at IndividualFileStrategy.getDataObject (/opt/reactor/server/lib/IndividualFileStrategy.js:51:45) at DelayWriteCacheStrategy.getDataObject (/opt/reactor/server/lib/DelayWriteCacheStrategy.js:89:49) at Container.getDataObject (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Container.js:69:65) at Data.getInstance (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Data.js:45:179) at Rule.getRuleStates (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:515:101) at Rule.getConditionState (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:546:47) at new Rule (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:371:47) at Rule.getInstance (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:380:36) at /opt/reactor/server/lib/Engine.js:828:53 i18n: missing en-US language string: HomeAssistant on {0:q} may be an unsupported version. The reported version ({1}) has not been certified/tested with this version of Reactor and may cause errors. You must either modify your HomeAssistant install, or see if an update to Reactor has been made available. Trace: HomeAssistant on {0:q} may be an unsupported version. The reported version ({1}) has not been certified/tested with this version of Reactor and may cause errors. You must either modify your HomeAssistant install, or see if an update to Reactor has been made available. at _T (/opt/reactor/server/lib/i18n.js:614:37) at AlertManager.addAlert (/opt/reactor/server/lib/AlertManager.js:128:25) at HassController.sendWarning (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:197:36) at /opt/reactor/server/lib/HassController.js:1133:374 at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)How do I fix this?
Noticed right away last night at closing time that the open/close had become inverted with the update to v23326.
It wasn't an awful bit of lift to change all Reactions to reflect the change but it was jarring initially when everything flipped.
Are there release notes on that version, @toggledbits ?
Multi-System Reactor Developer Preview AVAILABLE
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Build 21073:
- 0000110: Problem with formatting and reselection of Interval conditions in "relative to condition TRUE". Good time to mention that this mode is now DEPRECATED. This functionality was long ago replaced in Reactor for Vera by pulse output mode, but I didn't deprecate the feature in RFV at the time; should have. It is deprecated now in MSR.
Ongoing UI work, including exporting of group to new Rule, and importing of Rule to group.
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Build 21074
- 0000110 - Interval condition not restoring related condition (option) correctly on edit
- 0000111 - Hass identified service not available (androidtv)
- 0000112 - Expression error
- 0000113 - Bridged Vera systems shows no devices (corrupt geofencing data)
- No PR - Fix precedence issue with lexpjs "each" and "first" statements
This version is also ready for testing under systemd on RPi (I've been running it that way all day). I will publish more on that later; I'm being called to the dinner table.
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Build 21075:
- 0000114: Fix loss of condition options on device change
- 0000115: Add restart button to Tools page
- No PR: Update lexpjs to fix && and || return values.
Continuing work on UI cleanups are in the fore these days. Also work getting the HTTP API squared away sufficiently that I can port my automated test tool and start writing new test scripts.
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Build 21076:
- 0000122 - Pushover notifications fail (dup/same cause as 119)
- 0000121 - "in" operator malfunction (Conditions)
- 0000120 - getEntity() fails to find entity when using name
- 0000119 - SMTP Notifications fail
- 0000106 - Include ID in entities list of expression builder
- 0000063 - Reorganize entity list in triggers and constraints
PRs 63 and 106 are addressed by a long-planned change finally implemented which I call the "Entity Picker". It operates similar to the Entities tab at the top leve of the UI, providing filters for source controller, group and capability. It also provides a name search that filters as you type. And, it remembers the last set of filters, so when you bring it up, your last search is intact. This has been deployed in all locations where entity selection was previously done with a drop-down menu.
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Build 21077:
- 0000123: Rename of rule sometimes doesn't stick
- 0000124: Request action URL check doesn't allow variable substitution
Notification now supports (hopefully) CallMeBot. The
dist-config
contains an updatednotifications.yaml
with a section for CMB. It looks like this:notification: # other method configurations not shown # CallMeBot CallMeBot: profiles: default: # api_url - Access URL for CallMeBot API being used api_url: http://api.callmebot.com/start.php # # api_key - (if needed) API key (use for Facebook API, WhatsApp API, etc.). # If the API you are using does not require it, leave it # commented out or blank. #api_key: "place api key here" # # source - (if needed) Source field for some APIs. If yours does not require # it, leave it commented out or blank. #source: "source-value" # # phone - (if needed) Phone field for some APIs. If yours does not require # it, leave it commented out or blank. #phone: "phone-number" # # user - (if needed) User field for some APIs. If yours does not require # it, leave it commented out or blank. #user: "username" # # lang - (optional) Language/voice; default "en-US-Standard-C". # See CallMeBot docs for possible values. #lang: "en-US-Standard-C" # # rpt - (optional) Number of times to repeat message; default: 1. #rpt: 1
If you run into an issue, logs will help here.
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Build 21078:
- 0000122: Prowl notifications not working
- 0000125: Add name search to Entities list (like Entity Picker)
- 0000129: Exit after creating rule leaves empty rule
- 0000130: Improve "last value" display for expressions
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Build 21080:
- 0000135: Fix animation when rule SETs
- 0000127: Overly verbose error messages on expression syntax errors
Additional work:
- Rule status detail now shows expression values.
- Sun info now available in a "Sun Information" entity managed by the system controller.
- "Solar noon" option added to "Sunrise/Sunset" conditions.
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Build 21081:
- 0000139: Unconfigured notification methods causing incomplete UI display/missing actions
Additional:
- In the system
location
, one can now setname
to the name of the desired location for default weather (sometimes OpenWeatherMap comes up with some odd place names). The city name will be used by default. - Work on expression substitutions in conditions is feature-complete but not thoroughly tested yet. Note that substitutions are only permitted in Entity Attribute and Expression Value condition operands, and in about half of the condition options. The latter is very much by design, as the proper operation of the condition options requires a deterministic (stable, unchanging) value between evaluations for proper operation of the option in many cases (e.g. pulse timing and counts cannot be set by expression values).
- The evaluation context for rules is now more persistent, which allows a global expression that is referred to twice or more in a rule or other global expressions to be only evaluated once (previously, the global variable was evaluated on every reference, which could have side-effects for expressions used as counters, array-builders, etc.).
I've also closed/resolved a number of "wish list" PRs in Mantis. Rather than leaving these open until they are eventually dealt with, they are memorialized by the "suspended" resolution state. This makes it easy to search out the wish list (just search on resolution == suspended). These PRs can be re-opened when the time comes for work. Also, I'd like to see things bantered about in the community forums before they turn into wish-list PRs, if possible.
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Build 21082:
- 0000140: Round-trip move of expression between rule and global and back doesn't manage state correctly
Work proceeding apace on the new alerts/trouble notification system.
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Build 21084:
- 0000147 Issues (multiple) handling headers for request actions
- 0000146 Additional native capabilities for Hubitat (plus fixes to hs_color)
IMPORTANT: Please re-edit your Request action headers (if any) to get them into the new form, and correct at least one of the bugs related to the UI's contribution to the PR.
Additional:
- Timing animations are now removed from disabled rules.
- Expression value changes in the Rule status detail card are now properly animated.
- A data corruption when dragging conditions between groups has been found and fixed.
- Improved error handling in the Request action, including the storage function (could throw an unhandled promise rejection when the target variable was in a disabled rule).
- The display of "Last Updated" on the Entities list was stalling; this was reported by somebody some time ago but I couldn't find the PR for it, forgot about it, and then noticed it again earlier today.
- Improve error handling around the loading of Notifier subclasses, and modify the API slightly to move some additional repetitious implementation up to the base class.
A couple more notes on Request action headers: the RFC (2616, Section 2.4 specifically) says that header (field) names are not case-sensitive. In my experience, this is true for 99% of servers you run into. And Murphy is on board (i.e. the server you want to use is guaranteed to be in the 1% remaining). MSR makes no assumption about the case of the header/field name. However, the underlying node-fetch implementation does, effectively converting all headers to lower case. This may cause problems on some servers, but it's the server that is not RFC-compliant, not node-fetch or MSR, so you are likely not to see a fix for this if you run into a server where it's a problem (I'm guessing it will be the hackish HTTP stack on some cheap WiFi-based microcontroller that rears its ugly head here).
The other thing is that the RFC allows a header to be specified multiple times, the net effect being a comma-separated list of header/field values in order of appearance. That is, specifying an "Accepts" header twice, once with "application/json" and another with "text/xml" would be handled (in compliance with the RFC) as "Accepts: application/json, text/xml". Unfortunately, node-fetch uses a JavaScript Map object for its underlying implementation of headers, and that only permits one value per key -- you can't have multiple "Accepts" headers, each subsequent will simply replace any prior. Probably a rare circumstance, but nonetheless, I have the MSR Request action storing the headers you provide in its own format, not the implementation form, and MSR can handle repeated header/field names; if you use this feature, MSR will simply do the work that the server would normally do to concatenate the same-named fields on its end, before handing the headers to node-fetch.
So, while I can't work around node-fetch's corruption/overrule of the header case, I can provide a workaround for the unfortunate choice of data structure in node-fetch's header implementation. Onward.
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Build 21085:
- 0000149 HTTP Request action now has an additional checkbox to allow SSL connections to endpoints with invalid/self-signed certificates.
- 0000148 Inconsistency in EACH expression results
Tomorrow (Saturday 3/27) is an house/family IT day for me, so barring any serious problems that need an urgent fix, there will be no build (21086) tomorrow.
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Build 21087:
- 0000151 "Sustained for" condition restarts count early
- 0000152 Constraints may case reset reaction to run unexpectedly
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Build 21089:
- 0000153 Problem with magnitude comparisons when one operand was a string not containing a number
The SystemController's reactorsystem>system entity now reports disk space. The default is to report for the volume(s) on which Reactor is installed, but it's configurable. Refer to the docs. Work is continuing on alerts and status.
You will need to run
npm update
in the reactor directory after unpacking the archive! (This does not apply to Docker users; your updates are included in the image.) -
Build 21090:
- 0000155 Issue with second (and beyond) Vera controllers not getting x_vera_sys capability extended.
- 0000154 Improve dynamic updates of values in Rule editor, and extend to Expression and Rule conditions.
This version also previews the Status display still under development, and the Alerts system (which currently only provides alerts for controller online/offline and rule triggers and constraints; there are no alerts generated for problems with reactions or other subsystems yet). Since this is feature preview, discussion here is fine, but please don't open PRs for the Status page just yet.
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Build 21091:
- 0000157 POST data not saved when editing reaction
- 0000156 Pulse mode output break has no countdown in rule status UI
Additional alerts added on the reaction side. Additional methods added to HTTP Request action. Minor UI tweaks and fixes ongoing.
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Build 21092:
No PRs addressed today; several remain open with fixes in 21091 or earlier, waiting for OPs to verify.
Ongoing work on status and chasing reports that didn't end up as PRs today. I think everything under discussion is understood, if not yet completely resolved. A new notifier type "Alert" has been added, so you can add your own alerts to the system Status from your reactions (see below). Work ongoing getting more alerts where needed.
To configure the "Alert" notification type, see the "Alert" configuration addition (one line) in
dist-config/notification.yaml
or just add this line (the notification type currently has no configuration options):notification: Alert: {} <--- add this line # SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, for sending email) SMTP: # et cetera
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Build 21093:
No PRs.
This release primarily addresses a failure on Hass caused by a breaking change in their WebSocket API between versions 2020.12.13 and 2021.3.4.
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Build 21095:
No PRs.
But... this build addresses an issue on Hubitat that created a problem setting modes, updates lexpjs with some minor fixes. I was going to release a fix for 0000133 (need to save rule after creating expression to be able to use expression in condition or action) as well, but the changes snowballed into a bunch of other code cleanups and tweaks and I don't feel good about releasing them yet.
Also, with respect to the "Reset Latched" action (which is not implemented in MSR as an explicit action)... I'm opening that for debate, but if there are no compelling arguments for, I'm going to close the two related PRs (39 and 160) and move on.
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Build 21096:
- 0000133 Must save rule to get newly-created rule expression to appear in "Expression Value" condition or "Set Variable" action pickers.
This version also has the first attempt at reaction status. You'd better have good eyes; most reactions that don't have delays or HTTP requests will finish in a few milliseconds, so they appear and disappear in a flash. The house mode entity on Vera now has a primary value.
EDIT: @LibraSun reminded me of something I forgot to mention. The rules editor (triggers and conditions) was not correctly storing the rule ID on Expression Value conditions and Set Variable expressions. If you had a global variable with the same name as a rule-based variable, and you had selected the global, a later edit would incorrectly load the selector with the rule-based name, rather than the global name. This is now fixed, but it has the effect of breaking existing conditions on local variables. You can fix this just by selecting the correct variable again and saving the rule, and it will be fixed forever more. As part of this fix, you can now also select variables in any rule (in addition to globals), where previously, you could only select those variables that were local to the rule you were editing. This should make some expression and rule forms much easier to write and maintain.
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Build 21101:
- 0000164: Rules watching variables in other Rules not triggering
A number of UI cleanups and fixes, as well as some internal cleanups. Lots of time on longer-term items, so the pace of new builds will be reduced to only when PR fixes or new features are ready for release (still not more frequently than daily, but also not less than weekly, going forward).