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Advice reqeusted to migrate MSR from Bare Metal to Container
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Good day all, I'm in the process of trying to shut down my 10 year old Linux home server that served many purposes, but primarily it's what I used for my NAS/Plex Media server. I migrated the NAS aspect of the server in November of last year to a true NAS solution (Ubiquti UNAS Pro), which is rack mount and much more efficient than my old tower, which it's only side benefit was heating my home office during the winter. Unfortunately it also means heating my home office during the summer, which were about to be in full swing. I have two things running on this 10 year old server at this point. MSR and pi-hole. I'm running Plex Media Server on Fedora Workstation in Podman on mini PC, which is much more energy efficient than my old tower. My next step is to migrate MSR. I know there are images of MSR out there, and creating it is well documented. I'm going to be using Podman instead of Docker for various reasons, but they work very similar. What I don't know, is what I need to do to migrate my existing Bare Metal installation over to a container. Has anyone done this? Any advice?
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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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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.
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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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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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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.
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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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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.
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[Solved] Runtime error when exiting global reaction that contains a group
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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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Logic loop? Throttling...

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    wmarcolin
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    #1

    Hi Patrick! @toggledbits

    I don't remember before version 21277 receiving this kind of message.

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    This is in the log, this warning appears hundreds of times, every 1 second it repeats.

    [latest-21281]2021-10-10T16:13:46.107Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
    [latest-21281]2021-10-10T16:13:46.482Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
    [latest-21281]2021-10-10T16:13:46.835Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...

    As you can see, the rule that has generated this warning is run on demand at 10am, where the information is loaded into local variables, and then I use it to send the information by Telegram, only once a day.

    5d55901a-bcbe-4cd6-8989-01d7a0ff9c67-image.png

    I started using this matchEntities() instruction recently when it was made available, and I see you have been making recent adjustments. Wouldn't this situation of continuing to evaluate be related?

    I will turn the rule off, so as not to generate this situation that surely damages the functioning of the MSR, and I look forward to your comments please.

    Thanks

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      toggledbits
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      #2

      Update to 21281. It would be great if everyone would make sure they are on the latest release before reporting problems.

      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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        Update to 21281. It would be great if everyone would make sure they are on the latest release before reporting problems.

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        wmarcolin
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        #3

        @toggledbits master I am already with version 21281, the error started at 21277.

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          wrote on last edited by toggledbits
          #4

          Sigh. Sorry, I'm running fast today... way too fast, much on my plate.

          So looking at what you've done... I would not do it this way. Put those expressions in the variables they are meant to manipulate.

          Also, your matchEntities() for BatterySensor, you should not include level. That is an attribute of the capability battery_power, and since we're matching capabilities, it won't match anything and creates needless work. You can list capabilities here, but not attributes. All attributes of the capability come with the capability. Same for FaultSensor: remove failed; it's an attribute, not a capability.

          And please, when posting log snippets, showing me just the error is one line away from showing me nothing. I need to see several dozen lines from before the error for context.

          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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          • toggledbitsT toggledbits

            Sigh. Sorry, I'm running fast today... way too fast, much on my plate.

            So looking at what you've done... I would not do it this way. Put those expressions in the variables they are meant to manipulate.

            Also, your matchEntities() for BatterySensor, you should not include level. That is an attribute of the capability battery_power, and since we're matching capabilities, it won't match anything and creates needless work. You can list capabilities here, but not attributes. All attributes of the capability come with the capability. Same for FaultSensor: remove failed; it's an attribute, not a capability.

            And please, when posting log snippets, showing me just the error is one line away from showing me nothing. I need to see several dozen lines from before the error for context.

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            #5

            @toggledbits master, as you instructed, I believe this is the correct way to do it, and apparently, the error is gone.

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            Thanks!

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              #6

              LOL! OK. Yes, this is better structure-wise. It is much less efficient to use SetVariable to accomplish what is effectively the same as putting the expressions on the variables as you have now done.

              I did replicate your prior structure on my system to try it out, but I was unable to replicate the throttling. Nonetheless, I think I understand why it would have happened... and I'm guessing you have significantly more devices on your system than I have on my development system (maybe, I've got about 100 across the four hubs I use for development). I can see why it would throttle, I just could not make it do it. Nonetheless, I'm going to see what I can do about preventing it, based on my assumption about how it happened for you.

              Another thing... mentioned in another thread is a small step up you could take in efficiency in BatteryMSG: you are doing getEntity() twice on the same ID. You can improve on that by using a temporary variable inside the loop to store the getEntity() result, and use that temporary variable in the string assembly:

              join( each id in BatteryLow: do
                  e = getEntity( id ),
                  e.name + " " + int( e.attributes.battery_power.level * 100 ) + "%"
              done, ', ' )
              

              The do...done block looks like a single expression to each. The result of a do...done block is the result of the last expression executed within it. That block contains two expressions, the first being the e = getEntity() which does the lookup and stores the value in a temporary variable, and the second which uses the temporary variable to build the result string for the entity. This saves you the cycles looking up the same entity twice.

              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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              • toggledbitsT toggledbits

                LOL! OK. Yes, this is better structure-wise. It is much less efficient to use SetVariable to accomplish what is effectively the same as putting the expressions on the variables as you have now done.

                I did replicate your prior structure on my system to try it out, but I was unable to replicate the throttling. Nonetheless, I think I understand why it would have happened... and I'm guessing you have significantly more devices on your system than I have on my development system (maybe, I've got about 100 across the four hubs I use for development). I can see why it would throttle, I just could not make it do it. Nonetheless, I'm going to see what I can do about preventing it, based on my assumption about how it happened for you.

                Another thing... mentioned in another thread is a small step up you could take in efficiency in BatteryMSG: you are doing getEntity() twice on the same ID. You can improve on that by using a temporary variable inside the loop to store the getEntity() result, and use that temporary variable in the string assembly:

                join( each id in BatteryLow: do
                    e = getEntity( id ),
                    e.name + " " + int( e.attributes.battery_power.level * 100 ) + "%"
                done, ', ' )
                

                The do...done block looks like a single expression to each. The result of a do...done block is the result of the last expression executed within it. That block contains two expressions, the first being the e = getEntity() which does the lookup and stores the value in a temporary variable, and the second which uses the temporary variable to build the result string for the entity. This saves you the cycles looking up the same entity twice.

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                wmarcolin
                wrote on last edited by wmarcolin
                #7

                @toggledbits hi my friend!

                The warning message has appeared again.

                5f36db72-ab37-4b81-aff7-532ede046146-image.png

                Looking at the log, it is not an error, this message appears several times intermittently, only being interrupted when another action occurs.

                [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:30:35.222Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
                [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:32:10.561Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
                [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:32:10.695Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
                [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:32:11.054Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
                [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:32:12.810Z Rule:INFO Internal Motion (Rule#rule-kpq9tnbr) SET!
                [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:32:22.152Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
                [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:33:15.364Z Rule:INFO Internal Motion (Rule#rule-kpq9tnbr) RESET!
                [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:33:55.112Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
                [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:34:29.630Z Rule:INFO Internal Motion (Rule#rule-kpq9tnbr) SET!
                [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:35:27.808Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
                [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:35:40.960Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
                [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:35:41.809Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
                [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:35:50.185Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...

                Here is another cut of the log, 45 minutes later the warnings follow.

                [latest-21281]2021-10-12T14:16:04.876Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
                [latest-21281]2021-10-12T14:16:05.201Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
                [latest-21281]2021-10-12T14:16:05.389Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...

                I will stop the task again, I am concerned, even though a safe warning is consuming MSR processing.

                A topic that catches my attention. The action is scheduled to run on my schedule from 8:00am to 8:05am (-5), and because it is a local variable, it should not be updated outside this time, is my understanding.

                If it is a global variable, the update is recurrent, because it is active 24 hours, now why is an action with a defined time, and local variable still being executed in a loop?

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                • wmarcolinW wmarcolin

                  @toggledbits hi my friend!

                  The warning message has appeared again.

                  5f36db72-ab37-4b81-aff7-532ede046146-image.png

                  Looking at the log, it is not an error, this message appears several times intermittently, only being interrupted when another action occurs.

                  [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:30:35.222Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
                  [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:32:10.561Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
                  [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:32:10.695Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
                  [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:32:11.054Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
                  [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:32:12.810Z Rule:INFO Internal Motion (Rule#rule-kpq9tnbr) SET!
                  [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:32:22.152Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
                  [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:33:15.364Z Rule:INFO Internal Motion (Rule#rule-kpq9tnbr) RESET!
                  [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:33:55.112Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
                  [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:34:29.630Z Rule:INFO Internal Motion (Rule#rule-kpq9tnbr) SET!
                  [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:35:27.808Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
                  [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:35:40.960Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
                  [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:35:41.809Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
                  [latest-21281]2021-10-12T13:35:50.185Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...

                  Here is another cut of the log, 45 minutes later the warnings follow.

                  [latest-21281]2021-10-12T14:16:04.876Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
                  [latest-21281]2021-10-12T14:16:05.201Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...
                  [latest-21281]2021-10-12T14:16:05.389Z Rule:WARN Rule#rule-ku32lfti (Warning (93) Devices) update rate 61/min exceeds limit (60/min)! Logic loop? Throttling...

                  I will stop the task again, I am concerned, even though a safe warning is consuming MSR processing.

                  A topic that catches my attention. The action is scheduled to run on my schedule from 8:00am to 8:05am (-5), and because it is a local variable, it should not be updated outside this time, is my understanding.

                  If it is a global variable, the update is recurrent, because it is active 24 hours, now why is an action with a defined time, and local variable still being executed in a loop?

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                  @wmarcolin said in Logic loop? Throttling...:

                  A topic that catches my attention. The action is scheduled to run on my schedule from 8:00am to 8:05am (-5), and because it is a local variable, it should not be updated outside this time, is my understanding.

                  That's incorrect. Any changes to a watched device will cause the rule to re-evaluate. The first step in re-evaluating the rule is re-evaluating all of the rule's expressions; only after that are the conditions then evaluated, because the conditions may reference the rule's variables. This is documented behavior. So given that you may be doing a getEntity() on several dozen, or hundred, devices, you are making that rule subject to re-evaluation any time any of those devices changes, for any reason. Reactor does not "see through" to the attribute you are eventually referring to; it does not and could not (reasonably) do that.

                  To reduce the evaluation rate of the rule, you'd have to make your expressions global. There is (currently) no throttling on the evaluation of global expressions, and they evaluate/update much faster than rules. I suggest you move all of your expressions that perform getEntity() on the result of matchEntities() into global expressions; specifically, I mean BatterySensor which creates the battery-operated device array, and BatteryLow which checks and evaluates (using getEntity()) the battery level of each matching device in BatterySensor, and BatteryMSG which builds the text from BatteryLow. You can then use an Expression Value condition in your rule to check the value of BatteryMSG for a non-empty string. This will be the most efficient setup for the potentially large number of devices these expressions have to sift through.

                  The same method should be applied to FaultSensor and its progeny.

                  I would also update to 21286.

                  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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                    @wmarcolin said in Logic loop? Throttling...:

                    A topic that catches my attention. The action is scheduled to run on my schedule from 8:00am to 8:05am (-5), and because it is a local variable, it should not be updated outside this time, is my understanding.

                    That's incorrect. Any changes to a watched device will cause the rule to re-evaluate. The first step in re-evaluating the rule is re-evaluating all of the rule's expressions; only after that are the conditions then evaluated, because the conditions may reference the rule's variables. This is documented behavior. So given that you may be doing a getEntity() on several dozen, or hundred, devices, you are making that rule subject to re-evaluation any time any of those devices changes, for any reason. Reactor does not "see through" to the attribute you are eventually referring to; it does not and could not (reasonably) do that.

                    To reduce the evaluation rate of the rule, you'd have to make your expressions global. There is (currently) no throttling on the evaluation of global expressions, and they evaluate/update much faster than rules. I suggest you move all of your expressions that perform getEntity() on the result of matchEntities() into global expressions; specifically, I mean BatterySensor which creates the battery-operated device array, and BatteryLow which checks and evaluates (using getEntity()) the battery level of each matching device in BatterySensor, and BatteryMSG which builds the text from BatteryLow. You can then use an Expression Value condition in your rule to check the value of BatteryMSG for a non-empty string. This will be the most efficient setup for the potentially large number of devices these expressions have to sift through.

                    The same method should be applied to FaultSensor and its progeny.

                    I would also update to 21286.

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                    @toggledbits ok master, I will download version 21286, move these expressions to global variables, and come back tomorrow after operating 24 hours with the changes.

                    I really worry about not having actions that are exhaustively generating processing.

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                      When you train a rule or expression on a large number of devices, you're going to get activity when those devices change, and that can be a lot. There's more activity than you know, normally. Not everything gets logged at the default level. 21286 does contain a bit more logging.

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                        When you train a rule or expression on a large number of devices, you're going to get activity when those devices change, and that can be a lot. There's more activity than you know, normally. Not everything gets logged at the default level. 21286 does contain a bit more logging.

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                        @toggledbits your suggestion worked perfectly!!

                        With the version updated to 21286, moving all rules to the Global variable, the warnings ended, and I can see in the log that the action started to be invoked only at the given times, and the variable update as Global occurs only when there is an effective change in the device.

                        Great knowledge exercise and one more lesson from you.

                        Thanks @toggledbits !

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