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[Reactor] Help with screne controller cycling logic
therealdbT
I’ve added a couple of Shelly Wave i4 as scene controllers and I’m planning to add more, since I can just use standard buttons instead of battery-powered scene controllers, which also looks better aesthetically. That said, I’m struggling to figure out how to write a simple rule that cycles between states every time I press a button. Example: Light 1 ON → OFF, then Light 2 ON → OFF. The part I can’t get right is handling the case where Light 1 or Light 2 might already be ON independently of the rule. Maybe it’s just too much sun and relaxation clouding my brain, but any hint would be appreciated.
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Stop the MSR by an external switch on Hubitat.
wmarcolinW
Use case: When performing home maintenance, such as air conditioning, I want all rules involving air conditioning to be disabled. To do this, to day, I have a virtual switch that I placed within all rules involving air conditioning, meaning that if I turn it off, none of them work. Then another situation: the water pump system and garden irrigation, another switch. In short, I had to create several virtual switches in Hubitat to disable rules in MSR. Unfortunately, however, I was unable to cover all scenarios, so I wondered if it would be possible for MSR to support a virtual MSR switch, which, when configured in the reactor settings, would function as a general on/off switch for MSR. If it is configured and turned off, the entire rules and actions in MSR stops working, except for the status change reading process, specifically for this switch, which, when turned on, would restart the MSR. Would it be possible to do something like this? Any recommendations from the experts?
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[Reactor] Variables not updating correctly in latest-25201-2aa18550
therealdbT
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Expose MSR entities
CatmanV2C
Probably a really dumb question. Currently I am using the owntracks_sensor for tracking phones being in region in MSR and it works great. Digging around with Home Assistant and toying with some dashboards, is there any way of exposing that sensor to HA trivially? I could set MSR to trip a virtual switch in OpenLuup which can then be exposed to HA (with all my other Vera devices) but that feels a bit in-elegant if I can do it directly. Any thoughts? Apologies if the ask is not clear/ TIA C
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Comment in Globa Expressions
Tom_DT
I have several Global Expressions that are set by a rule so the definition area is blank. I'd like to add a comment in this area that explains what is setting the value. Commenting in this area breaks the remote setting. Any way to document what is setting the GE?
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Unofficial thread for compatibility
tunnusT
As there are statements about compatibility for home assistant versions in MSR new version announcements (e.g. "HassController: Bless Hass to 2025.7.3"), I thought it would be good idea to track other controllers as well. As an example, I can confirm that build "latest-25208-c53e8513" works with Hubitat Elevation C-8 platform version 2.4.2.134 using Maker API.
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Gradually turn on lights.
Tom_DT
I have several lights that I would like to turn on very gradually over 15 or 20 seconds. from 0 to .25 in .01 increments. I have tried a few things that came nowhere near working, so here I am.
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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Can't customize home page
G
I foolishly let my system wipe all cookies this morning and with it my settings for my MSR home page. Once logged back in I can no longer remove errant panes nor is the + available to add new ones. Brave Browser v1.80.122 (Jul 16, 2025) What have I done?! Will check other browsers on my M1. UPDATE: Safari exhibits same behaviour. I've tried both sans last-four public key entry and with - no change.
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Error After Upgrade
T
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Reset attribute value of entity in event handler
R
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Need help figuring out how to delay a reset on reaction
T
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Way to search for rules (rule state) in other rules
T
@toggledbits, not sure if this is a feature request or I'm using the search tool wrong. You have a "Search for rule" in the Rules Set tab in MSR. It works nicely to find a rule and bring up said rule, but can it/could it be used for as a "where used?" global search? For instance, I have a fairly large set of rules, divided up into 10 different rulesets. There's easily a hundred individual rules, and many of the rules have Rule State triggers, which of course refer to other rules. Amongst my troubleshooting today, I came across what may have been a duplicate or troubleshooting attempt, but I can't tell if it's actually used as a Rule State in another rule without opening each rule that I suspect it may be a part of. Thanks.
Multi-System Reactor
Links to MSR from HA
Tom_DT
I am using Home Assistant a lot recently. On a dashboard showing the devices, I would like to show a link to the MSR rule that controls the devices. Is there a way to link directly into MSR?
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Set Reaction > Script Action
wmarcolinW
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Errors after updating to MQTTController build 25139
tunnusT
I'm running MSR build 25139 on Docker, using MQTT controller 24293, and everything working as expected. But if I try to upgrade to MQTTController build 25139, I'm getting the following errors on MSR UI: An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa auto heating off" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute value_sensor.god Last 11:20:37 An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa auto heating off" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute temperature_sensor.green Last 11:20:37 An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa filter pump auto off" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute temperature_sensor.red Last 11:20:37 An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa filter pump auto run" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute value_sensor.pump Last 11:20:37 An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa watchdog" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute value_sensor.status Last 11:20:37 My MQTT configuration (local_mqtt_devices.yaml) for the related entity is: layzspa_message: type: ValueSensor capabilities: ["temperature_sensor", "value_sensor", "power_sensor"] primary_attribute: power_sensor.value events: "layzspa/message": "power_sensor.value": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.PWR )' expr: "float(payload.PWR)" "value_sensor.air": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.AIR )' expr: "float(payload.AIR)" "value_sensor.pump": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.FLT )' expr: "float(payload.FLT)" "value_sensor.god": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.GOD )' expr: "float(payload.GOD)" "value_sensor.lock": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.LCK )' expr: "float(payload.LCK)" "value_sensor.unit": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.UNT )' expr: "float(payload.UNT)" "value_sensor.error": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.ERR )' expr: "float(payload.ERR)" "temperature_sensor.green": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.GRN )' expr: "float(payload.GRN)" "temperature_sensor.red": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.RED )' expr: "float(payload.RED)" "temperature_sensor.target": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.TGT )' expr: "float(payload.TGT)" "temperature_sensor.value": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.TMP )' expr: "float(payload.TMP)" "temperature_sensor.virtual": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.VTM )' expr: "round(float(payload.VTM), 1)" "temperature_sensor.ambient": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.AMB )' expr: "float(payload.AMB)" "layzspa/Status": "value_sensor.status": if_expr: '! isnull( payload )' expr: "payload" "layzspa/button": "value_sensor.button": if_expr: '! isnull( payload )' expr: "payload" and in reactor.yaml I have: "layzspa_states": name: "Lay-Z-Spa States" friendly_name: 'Lay-Z-Spa States' include: layzspa_message I realize my MQTT configuration might be a bit unorthodox, but could there still be something unintentional in the latest MQTTController build? If needed, I can provide detailed logs.
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🎉 My very first MSR controller: OpenSprinkler
therealdbT
Since today is my birthday - and I still pretend to be unconventional - I'm giving away a present to this wonderful community and I'm releasing my first OpenSprinkler controller for MSR. It was real fun to code it - and while it's still WIP, it seems to work OK for me. It's polling-based at the moment, but I'll add support for updates via MQTT very soon (it's already partially coded). Get it at (install is similar to MQTTController and such): https://github.com/dbochicchio/reactor-opensprinkler Feel free to try it. It's beta software, but it's stable. I'll update it weekly until all the tasks from my todo list are empty. Since I've learnt a lot from this controller, I'll explore new controllers soon.
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Advice reqeusted to migrate MSR from Bare Metal to Container
T
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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Can´t restart or upgrade/deploy MSR
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[Solved] Limit HA Entity in MSR
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    wrote on last edited by
    #1

    Trying my damndest to follow the guidelines......

    Reactor latest-22274-24dfd72c
    Intel NUC Debian Bullseye

    Using an online YAML editor I have managed to create a reactor.yaml with an entity that allows Reactor to start (no idea why vi seems to break the yaml)

      - id: mqqt
        enabled: true
        implementation: MQTTController
        name: Mosquito
        config:
          source: "mqtt://192.168.70.249:8883/"
          username: xxxx
          password: xxxx
        entities:
          catman_iphone:
          name: "Catman Phone"
          topic: FCEB043-B975-490E-B051-198473F6A504
          uses_template: owntracks_in_region
          region: "Home"
    

    My expectation is that this would create a binary sensor. I can see no such sensor.

    Reactor log:

    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.580Z <app:null> Reactor latest-22274-24dfd72c starting on v16.15.0
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.581Z <app:INFO> Process ID 10567; docker false; platform linux/x64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.235-1 (2022-03-17); locale en_GB.UTF-8
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.581Z <app:INFO> Basedir /home/catman/reactor; data in /home/catman/reactor/storage
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.581Z <app:INFO> NODE_PATH=/home/catman/reactor
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.583Z <app:INFO> Configured locale (undefined); selected locale(s) en_GB.UTF-8
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.601Z <app:INFO> Loaded locale en-US
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.612Z <Capabilities:null> Module Capabilities v22250
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.659Z <Plugin:null> Module Plugin v21186
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.663Z <TimerBroker:null> Module TimerBroker v22263
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.665Z <default:INFO> Module Entity v22258
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.667Z <Controller:null> Module Controller v22266
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.668Z <default:null> Module Structure v22123
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.675Z <default:null> Module Ruleset v21096
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.675Z <default:null> Module Rulesets v21096
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.680Z <GlobalExpression:null> Module GlobalExpression v21333
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.697Z <Predicate:null> Module Predicate v22271
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.699Z <AlertManager:null> Module AlertManager v22117
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.701Z <default:null> Module Rule v22265
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.704Z <GlobalReaction:null> Module GlobalReaction v21333
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.705Z <default:null> Module Engine v22266
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.705Z <default:null> Module httpapi v22248
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.717Z <default:null> Module wsapi v22104
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.719Z <app:NOTICE> Starting Structure...
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.723Z <Structure:NOTICE> Structure#1 plugin ID influx disabled; skipping
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.727Z <Structure:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface vera (VeraController)
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.762Z <TaskQueue:null> Module TaskQueue 21351
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.763Z <VeraController:null> Module VeraController v22258
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.866Z <Structure:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface mqqt (MQTTController)
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.869Z <MQTTController:null> Module MQTTController v22144
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.930Z <MQTTController:INFO> instance topic ident is mqqt
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.933Z <Structure:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface groups (DynamicGroupController)
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.938Z <DynamicGroupController:null> Module DynamicGroupController v22123
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.941Z <Structure:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface reactor_system (SystemController)
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.944Z <SystemController:null> Module SystemController v22257
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.946Z <Structure:INFO> Starting controller VeraController#vera
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.947Z <VeraController:NOTICE> VeraController#vera starting
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.985Z <VeraController:INFO> VeraController#vera loaded mapping ver 22257 rev 3 format 1 notice (none)
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.990Z <VeraController:INFO> VeraController: deviceclass room capability sys_group does not provide attribute members
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.990Z <VeraController:INFO> VeraController: deviceclass room capability sys_group does not provide attribute empty
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:56.000Z <Structure:INFO> Starting controller MQTTController#mqqt
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:56.001Z <MQTTController:NOTICE> Connecting to broker mqtt://192.168.70.249:8883/
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:56.036Z <Structure:INFO> Starting controller DynamicGroupController#groups
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:56.041Z <DynamicGroupController:NOTICE> Controller DynamicGroupController#groups is now online.
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:56.041Z <Structure:INFO> Starting controller SystemController#reactor_system
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:56.043Z <SystemController:NOTICE> Controller SystemController#reactor_system is now online.
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:56.081Z <app:NOTICE> Starting HTTP server and API...
    [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:56.083Z <httpapi:NOTICE> Starting HTTP API v1 22248 on http://192.168.70.2
    

    Anyone comment on what I've done wrong?

    TIA

    C

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

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    • CatmanV2C CatmanV2

      Trying my damndest to follow the guidelines......

      Reactor latest-22274-24dfd72c
      Intel NUC Debian Bullseye

      Using an online YAML editor I have managed to create a reactor.yaml with an entity that allows Reactor to start (no idea why vi seems to break the yaml)

        - id: mqqt
          enabled: true
          implementation: MQTTController
          name: Mosquito
          config:
            source: "mqtt://192.168.70.249:8883/"
            username: xxxx
            password: xxxx
          entities:
            catman_iphone:
            name: "Catman Phone"
            topic: FCEB043-B975-490E-B051-198473F6A504
            uses_template: owntracks_in_region
            region: "Home"
      

      My expectation is that this would create a binary sensor. I can see no such sensor.

      Reactor log:

      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.580Z <app:null> Reactor latest-22274-24dfd72c starting on v16.15.0
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.581Z <app:INFO> Process ID 10567; docker false; platform linux/x64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.235-1 (2022-03-17); locale en_GB.UTF-8
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.581Z <app:INFO> Basedir /home/catman/reactor; data in /home/catman/reactor/storage
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.581Z <app:INFO> NODE_PATH=/home/catman/reactor
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.583Z <app:INFO> Configured locale (undefined); selected locale(s) en_GB.UTF-8
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.601Z <app:INFO> Loaded locale en-US
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.612Z <Capabilities:null> Module Capabilities v22250
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.659Z <Plugin:null> Module Plugin v21186
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.663Z <TimerBroker:null> Module TimerBroker v22263
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.665Z <default:INFO> Module Entity v22258
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.667Z <Controller:null> Module Controller v22266
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.668Z <default:null> Module Structure v22123
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.675Z <default:null> Module Ruleset v21096
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.675Z <default:null> Module Rulesets v21096
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.680Z <GlobalExpression:null> Module GlobalExpression v21333
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.697Z <Predicate:null> Module Predicate v22271
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.699Z <AlertManager:null> Module AlertManager v22117
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.701Z <default:null> Module Rule v22265
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.704Z <GlobalReaction:null> Module GlobalReaction v21333
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.705Z <default:null> Module Engine v22266
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.705Z <default:null> Module httpapi v22248
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.717Z <default:null> Module wsapi v22104
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.719Z <app:NOTICE> Starting Structure...
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.723Z <Structure:NOTICE> Structure#1 plugin ID influx disabled; skipping
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.727Z <Structure:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface vera (VeraController)
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.762Z <TaskQueue:null> Module TaskQueue 21351
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.763Z <VeraController:null> Module VeraController v22258
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.866Z <Structure:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface mqqt (MQTTController)
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.869Z <MQTTController:null> Module MQTTController v22144
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.930Z <MQTTController:INFO> instance topic ident is mqqt
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.933Z <Structure:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface groups (DynamicGroupController)
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.938Z <DynamicGroupController:null> Module DynamicGroupController v22123
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.941Z <Structure:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface reactor_system (SystemController)
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.944Z <SystemController:null> Module SystemController v22257
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.946Z <Structure:INFO> Starting controller VeraController#vera
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.947Z <VeraController:NOTICE> VeraController#vera starting
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.985Z <VeraController:INFO> VeraController#vera loaded mapping ver 22257 rev 3 format 1 notice (none)
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.990Z <VeraController:INFO> VeraController: deviceclass room capability sys_group does not provide attribute members
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:55.990Z <VeraController:INFO> VeraController: deviceclass room capability sys_group does not provide attribute empty
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:56.000Z <Structure:INFO> Starting controller MQTTController#mqqt
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:56.001Z <MQTTController:NOTICE> Connecting to broker mqtt://192.168.70.249:8883/
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:56.036Z <Structure:INFO> Starting controller DynamicGroupController#groups
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:56.041Z <DynamicGroupController:NOTICE> Controller DynamicGroupController#groups is now online.
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:56.041Z <Structure:INFO> Starting controller SystemController#reactor_system
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:56.043Z <SystemController:NOTICE> Controller SystemController#reactor_system is now online.
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:56.081Z <app:NOTICE> Starting HTTP server and API...
      [latest-22274]2022-10-09T15:13:56.083Z <httpapi:NOTICE> Starting HTTP API v1 22248 on http://192.168.70.2
      

      Anyone comment on what I've done wrong?

      TIA

      C

      toggledbitsT Offline
      toggledbitsT Offline
      toggledbits
      wrote on last edited by toggledbits
      #2

      @catmanv2 said in Entity is not visible:

      Trying my damndest to follow the guidelines

      This is a solid performance.

      no idea why vi seems to break the yaml

      If i had to guess, you're indenting with tabs rather than spaces. That would be the first thing I'd look at. No tabs allowed.

      My expectation is that this would create a binary sensor. I can see no such sensor

      Easy, at least at the first level: your entities section is at the same indent level as config. The entities section is part of config, so it should be indented underneath it. entities: and all of the lines that follow as part of it should be indented two more spaces. As you have it, MQTTController can't even see that section, and that would explain why you're not getting an entity created.

      Should be:

        - id: mqqt
          enabled: true
          implementation: MQTTController
          name: Mosquito
          config:
            source: "mqtt://192.168.70.249:8883/"
            username: xxxx
            password: xxxx
            entities:
              catman_iphone:
              ...
      

      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

        @catmanv2 said in Entity is not visible:

        Trying my damndest to follow the guidelines

        This is a solid performance.

        no idea why vi seems to break the yaml

        If i had to guess, you're indenting with tabs rather than spaces. That would be the first thing I'd look at. No tabs allowed.

        My expectation is that this would create a binary sensor. I can see no such sensor

        Easy, at least at the first level: your entities section is at the same indent level as config. The entities section is part of config, so it should be indented underneath it. entities: and all of the lines that follow as part of it should be indented two more spaces. As you have it, MQTTController can't even see that section, and that would explain why you're not getting an entity created.

        Should be:

          - id: mqqt
            enabled: true
            implementation: MQTTController
            name: Mosquito
            config:
              source: "mqtt://192.168.70.249:8883/"
              username: xxxx
              password: xxxx
              entities:
                catman_iphone:
                ...
        
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        wrote on last edited by CatmanV2
        #3

        @toggledbits said in Entity is not visible:

        If i had to guess, you're indenting with tabs rather than spaces. That would be the first thing I'd look at. No tabs allowed.

        Thanks. I promise I'm not not but I'll just do it in a browser for now 🙂

          - id: mqqt
            enabled: true
            implementation: MQTTController
            name: Mosquito
            config:
              source: "mqtt://192.168.70.249:8883/"
              username: xxxx
              password: xxxx
              entities:
                catman_iphone:
                name: "Catman Phone"
                topic: catmaniphone
                uses_template: owntracks_in_region
                region: "Home"
        

        Everything starts fine. I've hard refreshed the browser.

        Still can't find any entity in either the entities screen or if I try to use 'it' in a rule.

        Clearly I've still done something idiotic, and there's an error in here, but damned if I know what it means?

        [latest-22274]2022-10-09T17:45:15.492Z <Structure:INFO> Starting controller MQTTController#mqqt
        [latest-22274]2022-10-09T17:45:15.493Z <Structure:INFO> Starting controller DynamicGroupController#groups
        [latest-22274]2022-10-09T17:45:15.496Z <DynamicGroupController:NOTICE> Controller DynamicGroupController#groups is now online.
        [latest-22274]2022-10-09T17:45:15.496Z <Structure:INFO> Starting controller SystemController#reactor_system
        [latest-22274]2022-10-09T17:45:15.498Z <SystemController:NOTICE> Controller SystemController#reactor_system is now online.
        [latest-22274]2022-10-09T17:45:15.538Z <Structure:ERR> Structure#1 controller mqqt failed to start: [TypeError]TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'uses_template')
        [latest-22274]2022-10-09T17:45:15.538Z <Structure:CRIT> TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'uses_template')
        TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'uses_template')
            at MQTTController.start (/home/catman/reactor/ext/MQTTController/MQTTController.js:73:21)
            at Structure.start (/home/catman/reactor/server/lib/Structure.js:346:56)
        [latest-22274]2022-10-09T17:45:15.538Z <MQTTController:NOTICE> MQTTController#mqqt stopping, sending LWT
        [latest-22274]2022-10-09T17:45:15.539Z <MQTTController:NOTICE> MQTTController#mqqt stopping
        [latest-22274]2022-10-09T17:45:15.540Z <app:NOTICE> Starting HTTP server and API...
        [latest-22274]2022-10-09T17:45:15.542Z <httpapi:NOTICE> Starting HTTP API v1 22248 on http://192.168.70.249:8111
        [latest-22274]2022-10-09T17:45:15.545Z <app:NOTICE> Starting Reaction Engine...
        [latest-22274]2022-10-09T17:45:15.545Z <Engine:INFO> Reaction Engine starting
        

        Cheers

        <edit> per the other thread I've also edited the DeviceID to catmaniphone on the phone and in the reactor.yaml. The log remains the same.

        C

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

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          wrote on last edited by
          #4

          OK. I just noticed one more error... if I had included more sample data in my last example to you, I would have noticed it earlier...

          All together now... entities: must be indented two spaces from config: (as per my last post), but also everything after catman_iphone: should be indented two spaces from that...

            - id: mqqt
              enabled: true
              implementation: MQTTController
              name: Mosquito
              config:
                source: "mqtt://192.168.70.249:8883/"
                username: xxxx
                password: xxxx
                entities:
                  catman_iphone:
                    name: "Catman Phone"
                    topic: catmaniphone
                    uses_template: owntracks_in_region
                    region: "Home"
          

          General rule of thumb... if the : is the last character on the line, everything below it will need to be indented.

          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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            wrote on last edited by CatmanV2
            #5

            I shall try to remember, thanks!

            So I have this:

              - id: mqqt
                enabled: true
                implementation: MQTTController
                name: Mosquito
                config:
                  source: "mqtt://192.168.70.249:8883/"
                  username: xxxxx
                  password: xxxxx
                  entities:
                    catman_iphone:
                      name: "Catman Phone"
                      topic: catmaniphone
                      uses_template: owntracks_in_region
                      region: "Home2"
            

            And in the logs:

            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.083Z <app:null> Reactor latest-22274-24dfd72c starting on v16.15.0
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.084Z <app:INFO> Process ID 24110; docker false; platform linux/x64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.235-1 (2022-03-17); locale en_GB.UTF-8
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.084Z <app:INFO> Basedir /home/catman/reactor; data in /home/catman/reactor/storage
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.084Z <app:INFO> NODE_PATH=/home/catman/reactor
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.086Z <app:INFO> Configured locale (undefined); selected locale(s) en_GB.UTF-8
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.105Z <app:INFO> Loaded locale en-US
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.113Z <Capabilities:null> Module Capabilities v22250
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.160Z <Plugin:null> Module Plugin v21186
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.164Z <TimerBroker:null> Module TimerBroker v22263
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.166Z <default:INFO> Module Entity v22258
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.168Z <Controller:null> Module Controller v22266
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.169Z <default:null> Module Structure v22123
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.176Z <default:null> Module Ruleset v21096
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.176Z <default:null> Module Rulesets v21096
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.181Z <GlobalExpression:null> Module GlobalExpression v21333
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.194Z <Predicate:null> Module Predicate v22271
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.197Z <AlertManager:null> Module AlertManager v22117
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.198Z <default:null> Module Rule v22265
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.201Z <GlobalReaction:null> Module GlobalReaction v21333
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.202Z <default:null> Module Engine v22266
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.202Z <default:null> Module httpapi v22248
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.214Z <default:null> Module wsapi v22104
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.215Z <app:NOTICE> Starting Structure...
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.218Z <Structure:NOTICE> Structure#1 plugin ID influx disabled; skipping
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.221Z <Structure:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface vera (VeraController)
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.258Z <TaskQueue:null> Module TaskQueue 21351
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.259Z <VeraController:null> Module VeraController v22258
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.362Z <Structure:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface mqqt (MQTTController)
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.366Z <MQTTController:null> Module MQTTController v22144
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.422Z <MQTTController:INFO> instance topic ident is mqqt
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.425Z <Structure:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface groups (DynamicGroupController)
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.429Z <DynamicGroupController:null> Module DynamicGroupController v22123
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.432Z <Structure:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface reactor_system (SystemController)
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.435Z <SystemController:null> Module SystemController v22257
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.438Z <Structure:INFO> Starting controller VeraController#vera
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.438Z <VeraController:NOTICE> VeraController#vera starting
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.477Z <VeraController:INFO> VeraController#vera loaded mapping ver 22257 rev 3 format 1 notice (none)
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.482Z <VeraController:INFO> VeraController: deviceclass room capability sys_group does not provide attribute members
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.482Z <VeraController:INFO> VeraController: deviceclass room capability sys_group does not provide attribute empty
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.492Z <Structure:INFO> Starting controller MQTTController#mqqt
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.492Z <MQTTController:ERR> MQTTController#mqqt entity catman_iphone uses_template=owntracks_in_region, template not defined
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.493Z <MQTTController:NOTICE> Connecting to broker mqtt://192.168.70.249:8883/
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.527Z <Structure:INFO> Starting controller DynamicGroupController#groups
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.533Z <DynamicGroupController:NOTICE> Controller DynamicGroupController#groups is now online.
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.533Z <Structure:INFO> Starting controller SystemController#reactor_system
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.535Z <SystemController:NOTICE> Controller SystemController#reactor_system is now online.
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.574Z <app:NOTICE> Starting HTTP server and API...
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.576Z <httpapi:NOTICE> Starting HTTP API v1 22248 on http://192.168.70.249:8111
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.579Z <app:NOTICE> Starting Reaction Engine...
            [latest-22274]2022-10-09T20:45:55.579Z <Engine:INFO> Reaction Engine starting
            

            Still no device. Thanks 🙂

            C

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

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              wrote on last edited by
              #6

              You need at least version 22260 of MQTTController

              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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                #7

                Perfect! Thanks!

                Now to see if it works!

                C

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

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