Good morning,
I'm trying to figure out if there is a way to evaluate if a command was completed and retry if it did not complete.
I have 14 iBlinds 3.1 z-wave controllers in my home. 95% of the time, they work just fine. Occasionally, I'll get a blind that does not open on the first attempt. When I go into Home Assistant, and manually open or close the blind, it works.
I have 3 reactions set up for each room. One to open, one to close, and one partial open for sun glare. Each of them is set up as below.
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The reactions are set up to wait for 5 seconds before going onto the next blind, so the z-wave network doesn't get overwhelmed.
In addition, the set command to run the reactions has "Wait for completion" checked.
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I also have a routine set up whenever a z-wave device reports as non-functional (dead), it'll get pinged to wake it up. This usually works to wake them up.
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Appreciate any ideas to make this more reliable.
I'm running:
Reactor latest-24190-bd310acc, Bare-metal on Fedora WaveJSController [0.1.23326] Home Assistant: 2024.7.0I think this feature request could be accomplished with the use of two or more rules, but it would be great if there was a way to wait for an event or trigger to occur before continuing on in the reactions.
For example, I have a rule that will turn on some exterior lights if you arrive home after the porch lights have been turned off. Right now this rule randomly will turn off between 5-10 minutes after the person has entered the geofence. On some occasions this 5-10 minutes isn't long enough, say if you are unloading the car or something. I would like to kick off the reaction, but pause it part way through and wait for the door to close and lock, then continue it on. Hubitat Rule Machine has a "Wait for event" option, but I really want to keep all my logic within MSR.
Good morning,
I'm going through my ruleset this morning, trying to get away from haas>blahblablah entries and completely migrate them all to zwavejs>xx-0 entries where possible.
I have 3 Aeon MultiSensor 6 devices in my home, all USB powered.
When using Haas entries, I see an entry for hass>binary_sensor_guest_bedroom_multisensor_home_security_motion_detection, and motion_sensor.state (primary)
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Under ZwaveJS, this entry appears to be missing.
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From the Entities page:
battery_power.level=1
battery_power.since=1721910337433
binary_sensor.state=false
humidity_sensor.units="%"
humidity_sensor.value=46
light_sensor.units="Lux"
light_sensor.value=5
tamper.state=false
temperature_sensor.units="°F"
temperature_sensor.value=73.8
x_debug.dt={}
x_zwave_values.Basic_currentValue=0
x_zwave_values.Battery_isLow=false
x_zwave_values.Battery_level=100
x_zwave_values.Binary_Sensor_Any=false
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_1_Battery_1=1
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_1_Humidity_64=1
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_1_Luminance_128=1
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_1_Temperature_32=1
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_1_Ultraviolet_16=1
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_2_Battery_1=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_2_Humidity_64=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_2_Luminance_128=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_2_Temperature_32=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_2_Ultraviolet_16=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_3_Battery_1=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_3_Humidity_64=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_3_Luminance_128=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_3_Temperature_32=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_3_Ultraviolet_16=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Reporting_Interval_Group_1=3600
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Reporting_Interval_Group_2=3600
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Reporting_Interval_Group_3=3600
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Temperature_Reporting_Unit=2
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Battery_Level_Threshold=10
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Current_Power_Mode_65280=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Humidity_Above_Lower_Limit_32=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Humidity_Below_Lower_Limit_2=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Humidity_Change_Threshold=10
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Humidity_Recover_Limit=5
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Humidity_Sensor_Calibration=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_LED_Blinking=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Lighting_Recover_Limit=10
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Lock_Configuration=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Low_Battery_Threshold=20
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Low_Temperature_Alarm_15_C=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Lower_Humidity_Limit=50
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Lower_Lighting_Limit=100
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Lower_Temperature_Limit_4294901760=320
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Lower_Temperature_Limit_Unit_3840=2
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Lower_Ultraviolet_Limit=4
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Luminance_Above_Lower_Limit_64=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Luminance_Below_Lower_Limit_4=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Luminance_Change_Threshold=100
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Luminance_Sensor_Calibration=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Motion_Sensor_Report_Type_to_Send=2
x_zwave_values.Configuration_PIR_Sensitivity=3
x_zwave_values.Configuration_PIR_Sensor_Timeout=20
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Recover_Limit_Temperature_Unit_255=2
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Report_Above_Humidity_Threshold_32=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Report_Above_Luminance_Threshold_64=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Report_Above_Temperature_Threshold_16=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Report_Above_Ultraviolet_Threshold_128=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Report_Below_Humidity_Threshold_2=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Report_Below_Luminance_Threshold_4=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Report_Below_Temperature_Threshold_1=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Report_Below_Ultraviolet_Threshold_8=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Reset_Parameters_101_103_to_Default_Values=null
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Reset_Parameters_111_113_to_Default_Values=null
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Reset_to_Factory_Default_Setting=null
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Selective_Reporting=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Sleep_State_255=2
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Temperature_Above_Lower_Limit_16=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Temperature_Below_Lower_Limit_1=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Temperature_Calibration_Offset_65280=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Temperature_Calibration_Unit_255=2
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Temperature_Change_Threshold_4294901760=20
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Temperature_Recover_Limit_65280=20
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Temperature_Threshold_Unit_3840=2
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Ultraviolet_Above_Lower_Limit_128=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Ultraviolet_Below_Lower_Limit_8=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Ultraviolet_Change_Threshold=2
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Ultraviolet_Recover_Limit=2
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Ultraviolet_Sensor_Calibration=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Upper_Humidity_Limit=60
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Upper_Lighting_Limit=1000
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Upper_Temperature_Limit_4294901760=824
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Upper_Temperature_Limit_Unit_3840=2
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Upper_Ultraviolet_Limit=8
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Wake_Device_for_10_minutes_After_Power_On=1
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Wake_Up_Timeout=15
x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_manufacturerId=134
x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_productId=100
x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_productType=258
x_zwave_values.Multilevel_Sensor_Air_temperature=73.8
x_zwave_values.Multilevel_Sensor_Humidity=46
x_zwave_values.Multilevel_Sensor_Illuminance=5
x_zwave_values.Multilevel_Sensor_Ultraviolet=0
x_zwave_values.Notification_Home_Security_Cover_status=0
x_zwave_values.Notification_Home_Security_Motion_sensor_status=0
x_zwave_values.Notification_alarmLevel=0
x_zwave_values.Notification_alarmType=0
x_zwave_values.Version_firmwareVersions=["1.17"]
x_zwave_values.Version_hardwareVersion=100
x_zwave_values.Version_libraryType=3
x_zwave_values.Version_protocolVersion="4.54"
x_zwave_values.Wake_Up_controllerNodeId=1
x_zwave_values.Wake_Up_wakeUpInterval=3600
zwave_device.capabilities=[32,48,49,112,113,114,128,132,134]
zwave_device.endpoint=0
zwave_device.failed=false
zwave_device.generic_class="Multilevel Sensor"
zwave_device.impl_sig="23326:1:22315:1"
zwave_device.is_beaming=false
zwave_device.is_listening=true
zwave_device.is_routing=true
zwave_device.is_secure=false
zwave_device.manufacturer_info=[134,258,100]
zwave_device.max_data_rate=null
zwave_device.node_id=53
zwave_device.specific_class="Routing Multilevel Sensor"
zwave_device.status=4
zwave_device.status_text="alive"
zwave_device.version_info=[null,"1.17"]
zwave_device.wakeup_interval=3600
I'm running:
Reactor latest-24190-bd310acc, Bare-metal on Fedora
WaveJSController [0.1.23326]
Home Assistant: 2024.7.0
I'm fetching certain data five past every hour, but I would like to do it closer to the hour, e.g. 1 or 2 past (but not at the hour).
I experimented with the following rule that almost works (triggers also at the hour which is not the intention). Any advice for a solution?
It would be nice to have an ability to bookmark a direct link to a dashboard item. In my case I would use this feature to access a virtual switch directly.
Hi @toggledbits
Would you please consider adding an extra sublevel in the rulesets?
I have grouped my rules in rooms/ areas. This works great for me, but I would also like to group rules for the same functionality (in a room). This would make the rules easier to find and name.
Please let me know if this is an option. Thanks!
@togglebits I am curious as to why the tilt_sensor.state (primary) = NULL. I believe it should show true or false. I have to use binary_sensor.state instead in my rules.
Again, not sure if this is related to Reactor/ZwaveJSController implementation or the actual Z-Wave JS UI docker version. I have copied, below, the attributes of the tilt sensor in hopes it can help.
Thanks in advance.
Reactor version 23302
ZWaveJSController version 23254
Z-Wave JS UI version 9.3.0.724519f
zwave-js version 12.2.3
@toggledbits,
I have this device attached to my system, but use a DSC panel. If you need testers to move forward, I'm happy to help.
I'm curious what your thinking the use case is for this. I currently have it integrated into HomeAssistant, and it works fine for the most part. The one thing I can't do is bypass zones, which I would like to have the ability to do.
Are you looking at more direct control for the panel, as opposed to having to jump through HA (or another system) first?
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 have the following ruleset which I though had been working well until this morning when I noticed it's not.
I've put four weather conditions in an in array and one of them is the current weather condition - but the rule is not true. Now the cloud cover percentage is not yet met but this is an or rule so as long as the "Current Conditions" are met then it should go true.
What's the obvious thing I'm missing here? (I've tried spaces/no spaces in the in and no difference.)
Hi,
Running the latest MSR latest-24152-3455578a with the latest HA 2024.6.1. When trying to call a service I get the following in the MSR logs. Is this a version mismatch? I am not seeing anything in the HA logs.
[latest-24152]2024-06-11T10:29:56.162Z <Rule:INFO> rule-Monitor-DHW (rule-lsvq5k3x in Central Heating) started [latest-24152]2024-06-11T10:29:58.625Z <HassController:WARN> HassController#hass unknown service opentherm_gw.set_hot_water_setpoint in x_hass.call_service action on Thermostat#hass>climate_living_room_otgw [latest-24152]2024-06-11T10:29:58.626Z <HassController:INFO> HassController#hass: sending payload for x_hass.call_service on Thermostat#hass>climate_living_room_otgw action: [Object]{ "type": "call_service", "service_data": { "gateway_id": "living_room_otgw", "temperature": 65 }, "domain": "opentherm_gw", "service": "set_hot_water_setpoint", "target": { "entity_id": "climate.living_room_otgw" } } [latest-24152]2024-06-11T10:29:58.627Z <HassController:ERR> HassController#hass request 1718101798626<6/11/2024, 12:29:58 PM> (call_service) failed: [Object]{ "id": 1718101798626, "type": "result", "success": false, "error": { "code": "invalid_format", "message": "extra keys not allowed @ data['entity_id']" } } [latest-24152]2024-06-11T10:29:58.627Z <HassController:WARN> HassController#hass action x_hass.call_service([Object]{ "service": "opentherm_gw.set_hot_water_setpoint", "data": "{ \"gateway_id\": \"living_room_otgw\", \"temperature\": 65 }" }) on Thermostat#hass>climate_living_room_otgw failed!Cheers Rene
Some background
I'm trying to integrate a Zigbee device into the MSR using zigbee2mqtt bridge and MQTTController. The device in question is a cheap mood light that has following properties that I'd like to control:
I'v already managed to get the switch part working and can toggle the light on/off. Also the brightness value is mapped back to MSR. In zigbee2mqtt it has a value range from 0 to 254, so this the reason for the expression:
expr: 'payload.brightness / 254'Here's the entity definition (don't know whether the type should be something else than the Switch)
zigbee-lidl-mood-light: name: 'Lidl Mood Light' friendly_name: 'Mood Light' type: Switch uses_template: lidl-moodlightAnd the corresponding template (NOTE: rgb_color has not been defined in this example):
lidl-moodlight: init: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%/get/state" query: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%/get/state" capabilities: - power_switch - toggle - dimming primary_attribute: power_switch.state events: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%": "power_switch.state": json_payload: true expr: 'upper(payload.state) == "ON"' "dimming.level": json_payload: true expr: 'payload.brightness / 254' actions: power_switch: "on": topic: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%/set/state" payload: 'ON' "off": topic: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%/set/state" payload: 'OFF' set: topic: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%/set/state" payload: expr: "parameters.state ? 'ON' : 'OFF'" type: raw toggle: topic: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%/set/state" payload: 'TOGGLE'The problem
In order to control the brightness or the RGB color values, I would have send a JSON payload in corresponding actions. But I have no idea how to define it in the template. The reason why the switch part is working is that the zigbee2mqtt accepts also plain ON / OFF / TOGGLE string payloads in that case.
But the brightness should be controlled with the following payload:
{"brightness": 196}And the RGB color like:
{"color":{"rgb":"46,102,150"}}Here's the link for the documentation (the Exposes part defines the messages).
So how should I define the JSON payload for example for the dimming action? It definitely should be some sort of expressions since I have to map the MSR real value (0...1) to (0...254) for the zigbee2mqtt.
actions: dimming: set: topic: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%/set" payload: expr: ????? type: jsonAnother problem is the RGB value. I could use the rgb_color capability for the setting but the problem is that the zigbee2mqtt only reports the current color in hue/saturation or xy coordinates.
Here's an example of published message after setting the color:
Topic: zigbee2mqtt/Mood Light QoS: 0 { "brightness":254, "color":{ "hue":240, "saturation":100, "x":0.1355, "y":0.0399 }, "color_mode":"xy", "color_temp":574, "linkquality":96, "state":"ON" }I would have to map those values back to RGB, but is it even possible with existing constructs in MQTTController's templates?
Help would be appreciated @toggledbits
br,
mgvra
That's probably more appropriate to post on Mantis for @toggledbits, but since I know there's at least @Crille publishing templates, my intent with this post is to open a broader discussion.
Long story short: I'm starting to slowly add new template for Shelly Plus and I noticed I'll end up with a dozen more templates, all similar but simply different in trivial details, all sharing a large amount of code and all needing special cares when fixing bugs/adding features (as the latest wifi_status addition).
So, I'm wondering if it's time to start thinking of some sort of inheritance in templates, where I could just create a generic shelly_gen1 and use it as a base for shelly_relay, and this be used as the base for shelly_relay_power and so on.
I could probably achieve this with some sort of scripting on my side to generate templates via code, but maybe there's a better way of doing this, or it's already on the radar.
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.
[Solution: Reactor 24115 is not compatible with MQTTController > 24120]
Reactor latest-24115 bare metal.
All MQTT entities stop working after updating MQTTController to 24142, downgrade to 24120 and they are back. Templates and configured entities has not been changed between versions.
I'm not sure if uses_template should be replaced by ìnclude in entity configuration in reactor.yaml but I guess not, I've tried it and it did not do any difference.
I have not tried to update Reactor to userauth version.
Example entity in reactor.yaml that uses MQTTController included template:
entities: "takflakt_kallare": name: "Takfläkt källare" topic: "Källartemp" unit: "" uses_template: tasmota_generic_relay init: "cmnd/%topic%/POWER%unit%"Any hints? Do you need more info, please let me know.
Log from startup:
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:
![](https://github.com/fluidicon.png)
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 🙂
Is the following config correct?
- id: time_series name: "Out temp" capabilities: temperature_sensor: attributes: value: model: time series entity: "hass>sensor_outdoor_temperature" attribute: "temperature_sensor.value" interval: 5 # minutes retention: 20 # minutes aggregate: wma primary_attribute: temperature_sensor.value type: ValueSensorSpecifically, is "depth" directive needed/mandatory here? Reason I'm asking is that I'm not getting a "final" value in MSR, only debug values are shown:
temperature_sensor.units=null temperature_sensor.value=null x_virtualentity.last_request_time=null x_virtualentity.request_failures=null x_virtualentity.template=null x_virtualentity.timeseries_debug=[{"time":1716537360000,"value":22.1},{"time":1716537660000,"value":22},{"time":1716537960000,"value":22},{"time":1716538260000,"value":21.9},{"time":1716538560000,"value":22}]Good morning,
I apologize if this subject has been covered. I did try the search, but I'm not coming up with any topics on my issue.
I'm running userauth-24137-57b41335, bare metal installation on Fedora 39 Server.
I have a rule set up to turn the Eco mode off on my Nest Thermostat when the thermostat is set to Away (Rule State: Away Mode), the user (Driver) presence in my car changes to true, and the destination is set to home.
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This works fine for most days, where I'm headed home from work (commute is about 45 minutes). What I don't want it to do is set change it to Eco mode if my ETA is more than an hour.
There is a sensor/entity for Time to Arrival when the Destination is set. What it appears to provide is the Time OF arrival/ETA, not time until arrival. If it was Time until Arrival, and it was a numeric value, I could simply test if the value is less than 60 and be done with it.
I pulled up the history through Home Assistant for my morning commute and this appears to be what it is providing.
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So what I need to do is to do a calculation of the the ETA from the sensor value and subtract the current time, and get a value in minutes that I can determine if it's less than 60.
I believe I can do this with the local expression, but I don't see anything for the system time, or local time. Also, do the local expressions update themselves if the sensors do?
Good morning,
I'm running userauth-24137-57b41335 on Fedora 39, bare metal installation.
ZWaveJSController 0.1.23254
Home Assistant:
Core, 2024.5.3 Supervisor, 2024.05.1 Operating System, 12.3 Frontend, 20240501.1I'm trying to troubleshoot a Dynamic Group Controller and notification alert that I've set up for low battery level.
In my Reactor.config, I have the following lines:
name: "Dynamic Group Controller" implementation: DynamicGroupController config: groups: "zwavejs_dead": select: - include_group: "zwavejs" filter_expression: "entity?.attributes?.zwave_device?.status == 3" group_actions: true "low_battery": select: - include_capability: battery_power filter_expression: > entity.attributes.battery_power.level < 0.35The idea here is that I should only have members of this group that have a battery level below 35%. When I go into Entities, I show a whole slew of devices, none of which have a battery level below the threshold.
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I also tried setting up a rule to generate a push notification once a day, but with all of the group members, I've had to disable the rule. I believe I have it set up correctly, but I'm not 100% sure. I want the notification to tell me the battery level for that device as well.
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Can anyone point to me what I may have misconfigured to get these results?
I should also note I'm only interested in ZWaveJS devices. It's showing me battery status for my iPad and car as well, which I don't need it to send me.
Is it possible to use a single reaction for multiple entities as variables?
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Good morning,
I'm trying to recreate some notifications I received on my old Vera system based upon House mode. I migrated from Vera to Home Assistant about 6 months ago, and all the automation I have set up are working great, however, I'm noticing that there were things that were once simple in Vera that are more involved in Home Assistant.In House Modes in Vera, there was a screen where I could select all the devices I wanted to be armed in various house modes. I recreated those house modes in Home Assistant very early on, but what I'm not getting now is notifications for various sensors. For instance, if the system is in Away mode, and interior motion is detected, I would get a Vera push notification on my phone. I've been setting these up one by one using haas>system --> x_haas_system.call_service, then setting the notify device and the message, one by one, but it's repetitious and tedious. For a few devices, like motion sensors on my ground floor, it's not a big deal, but now I'm looking at all the windows in my home, which have sensors on them.
So, enough of the background thesis. Simply put, is there a way to have a group of devices ( like 16 different window sensors ) as an entity, and when they are tripped, send out a notification and state which of those sensors was tripped, all in a single rule?
If I have to copy and edit 16 different rules, I'll do that, but I'd prefer a more elegant way where there is one rule to send out the notifications that tells me what was opened.
Thanks for all your advice/help in advance.
I'm running MSR latest-23049-1fd87c91 and Home Assistant 2023.2.5, Supervisor 2023.01.1, Operating System 9.5,
BTW, @toggledbits, I noticed on the About screen for MSR it still shows copyright from 2022. I know you've released versions this year.
Reactor (Multi-hub) latest-23049-1fd87c91
2020-2022 Kedron Holdings LLC, All Rights Reserved; Patrick Rigney (toggledbits), Principal Engineer.
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@tamorgen You could use DynamicGroupController to make a group of tripped leak sensors. Here's the config (in
reactor.yaml
) for that:- id: groups enabled: true implementation: DynamicGroupController name: Dynamic Group Controller config: leak_detectors: name: Leak Detection select: - include_capability: leak_detector filter_expression: "entity.attributes.leak_detector.state"
The
select
clause just finds all entities withleak_detector
capability. Thefilter_expression
then eliminates those that are not tripped (whenleak_detector.state
attribute is false, no leak).This simple rule trips when that group is not empty:
The condition just checks to see if the group is empty and triggers if it is not.
The reaction uses a substitution in its message of a local expression shown below to emit a human-readable list of device names. The local expression (in the rule) gets the name of each tripped leak detector in the group and creates a comma-separated string (e.g.
Kitchen Sink, Guest Bath Vanity
if those two were tripped):You could do this in the rule using only local expressions and no use of DynamicGroupController, but DGC is more efficient at handling large lists of devices, especially when those change frequently.
Ref: https://reactor.toggledbits.com/docs/DynamicGroupController/
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So I would create a group in the reactor.yaml using include_entity instead of Includ_capabilty, like in your example above?
The example you have in your documentation should work well to implement notifications for low batteries on my battery powered blind controllers and a few battery powered sensors I have, so that is one thing I can definitely make use of as well.
I'll give this a shot. It should definitely help clean up my rules a bit.
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@toggledbits , before I go too far down the rabbit hole, is this correct?
- id: groups enabled: true name: "Dynamic Group Controller" implementation: DynamicGroupController config: groups: "low_battery": select: - include_capability: battery_power filter_expression: > entity.attributes.battery_power.level < 0.35 "window sensors": select: - include_entity: - 'hass>binary_sensor_basement_window' - 'hass>binary_sensor_family_room_double_window'
So, from what i'm understanding, I should be using the ID under "include_entity". Your documentation shows the following for exclude_entity. I'm assuming the format should be the same.
select: - include_capability: battery_power - exclude_entity: 'vera>device_1789'
So I'm using the "haas>device id" format for my array of devices.
And am I correct in understanding that it will use the Entity (human readable name) for the notificatoin?
In my case,
notify.mobile_app_tims_iphone data: message: $ {{ window sensors }} opened while in Away mode
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Seems OK except two things:
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Your
window sensors
configuration isn't valid. You cannot have an entity ID with a space in it, so you should use something likewindow_sensors
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Your substitution will not automagically convert the group entity into a human-readable list of names. Your substitition as you write it won't work (for multiple reasons). You need to create a local variable in your rule as I showed to take the contents of the group (the group members) and transform that list into a list of names. You refer to that local variable in the substitution.
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@toggledbits said in Is it possible to use a single reaction for multiple entities as variables?:
Seems OK except two things:
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Your
window sensors
configuration isn't valid. You cannot have an entity ID with a space in it, so you should use something likewindow_sensors
instead. And is has no filter, so the group will contain those two sensors regardless of their state. -
Your substitution will not automagically convert the group entity into a human-readable list of names. Your substitition as you write it won't work. You need to create a local variable in your rule as I showed to take the contents of the group (the group members) and transform that list into a list of names.
Okay, thanks! This is why I checked before going to far into the configuration.
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Note I edited my reply with some corrections.
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@toggledbits said in Is it possible to use a single reaction for multiple entities as variables?:
And it has no filter, so the group will contain those two sensors regardless of their state.
Okay, so like this?
"window_sensors": select: - include_entity: - 'hass>binary_sensor_basement_window' - 'hass>binary_sensor_family_room_double_window' filter_expression: > entity.attributes.binary_sensor = true
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Patrick,
This is what I've come up with."window_sensors": select: - include_entity: - 'hass>binary_sensor_basement_window' - 'hass>binary_sensor_family_room_double_window' - 'haas>binary_sensor_garage_window_back_lower' - 'haas>binary_sensor_garage_window_back_upper' - 'haas>binary_sensor_garage_window_front_lower' - 'haas>binary_sensor_garage_window_front_upper' - 'haas>binary_sensor_guest_room_windows' - 'haas>binary_sensor_mama_cave_windows' - 'haas>binary_sensor_master_bathroom_window' - 'haas>binary_sensor_master_bedroom_windows' - 'haas>binary_sensor_mia_s_room_windows' - 'haas>binary_sensor_mud_room_window' - 'haas>binary_sensor_office_windows' - 'haas>binary_sensor_family_room_fireplace_left' - 'haas>binary_sensor_family_room_fireplace_right' - 'hass>binary_sensor_morning_room_left' - 'hass>binary_sensor_morning_room_left_middle' - 'hass>binary_sensor_morning_room_middle' - 'hass>binary_sensor_morning_room_right_middle' - 'hass>binary_sensor_morning_room_right' filter_expression: > entity.attributes.binary_sensor = true
I've restarted Reactor, and set up my rule to use the window_sensors DGC.
While there is an additional condition in the rule, so it will only trip at Night or in Away mode, if I open a window, the current value should change to (boolean) true. I've opened a window and my alarm system sees it open, HA see's it open, but the DGC does not. Is the filter_expression set up correctly?
Also, the Local Expression appears to be working correctly:
Is this the correct format for the notification? It's what I've used for other notifications to use the HA companion app so far, but I've never used a varraiable iin the message.
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@tamorgen said in Is it possible to use a single reaction for multiple entities as variables?:
Okay, so like this?
Almost.
filter_expression
should be indented at the same level asselect
(so two spaces back from what you've shown).Also, you have
entity.attributes.binary_sensor = true
in your filter expression. A couple of errors there.binary_sensor
is a capability, so you need to specify the attribute in that capability you want to look at, which isstate
. That is, you wantentity.attributes.binary_sensor.state
. Then, you are using the assignment operation=
rather than the equality comparison operator==
. And finally, you don't need to make an equality comparison totrue
orfalse
, becausestate
is already booleantrue
orfalse
, so you're basically sayingif true == true
which is true already, orif false == true
which is false already... you don't need the==
operator or its operand here.The same caution above applies to your rule. Get out of the habit of using
==
with the wordtrue
in conditions when testing a boolean attribute, and instead use theis TRUE
oris FALSE
operators provided. The way you've done it, that operand is a string in the rule condition, so you're forcing an extra conversion and assumption of data type when you use==
andtrue
... theis TRUE
andis FALSE
operators (which take no operand) are more efficient. You even used them in your second condition, so just follow that model. -
@toggledbits said in Is it possible to use a single reaction for multiple entities as variables?:
The same caution above applies to your rule. Get out of the habit of using == with the word true in conditions when testing a boolean attribute, and instead use the is TRUE or is FALSE operators provided. That operand is a string in the rule condition, so you're forcing an extra conversion and assumption of data type when you use == and true... the is TRUE and is FALSE operators (which take no operand) are more efficient. You even used them in your second condition, so just follow that model.
Ha, good catch! I didn 't even notice I did that. I usually do try to use "is True", I just missed this one.
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@toggledbits said in Is it possible to use a single reaction for multiple entities as variables?:
Also, you have entity.attributes.binary_sensor = true in your filter expression. A couple of errors there. binary_sensor is a capability, so you need to specify the attribute in that capability you want to look at, which is state. That is, you want entity.attributes.binary_sensor.state. Then, you are using the assignment operation = rather than the equality comparison operator ==. And finally, you don't need to make an equality comparison to true or false, because state is already boolean true or false, so you're basically saying if true == true which is true already, or if false == true which is false already... you don't need the == operator or its operand here.
So like this:
"window_sensors": select: - include_entity: - 'haas>binary_sensor_office_windows' - 'hass>binary_sensor_basement_window' - 'hass>binary_sensor_family_room_double_window' - 'haas>binary_sensor_family_room_fireplace_left' - 'haas>binary_sensor_family_room_fireplace_right' - 'haas>binary_sensor_garage_window_back_lower' - 'haas>binary_sensor_garage_window_back_upper' - 'haas>binary_sensor_garage_window_front_lower' - 'haas>binary_sensor_garage_window_front_upper' - 'haas>binary_sensor_guest_room_windows' - 'haas>binary_sensor_mama_cave_windows' - 'haas>binary_sensor_master_bathroom_window' - 'haas>binary_sensor_master_bedroom_windows' - 'haas>binary_sensor_mia_s_room_windows' - 'haas>binary_sensor_mud_room_window' - 'hass>binary_sensor_morning_room_left' - 'hass>binary_sensor_morning_room_left_middle' - 'hass>binary_sensor_morning_room_middle' - 'hass>binary_sensor_morning_room_right_middle' - 'hass>binary_sensor_morning_room_right' filter_expression: > entity.attributes.binary_sensor.state
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Seems OK
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@toggledbits said in Is it possible to use a single reaction for multiple entities as variables?:
Seems OK
It's still not tripping in MSR when I open a window.
This is what is being shown when all the windows are closed. I'm not really paying atention to the comparssion value, jsut the current value it's displaying. That value isn't changing.
I tried it with sys_group.members as well.
None of the comparisons seem to make any difference. Current value: array:0) "" remains the same in any state of the windows.
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Go to your Entities list, and find the
window_sensors
group entity, look at its attributes while you open and close a listed sensor. If it's not changing, then you either have an error in your DGC configuration, or the device(s) aren't responding as expected.Remember also your basic troubleshooting steps: any time something doesn't work the way you expect it to, go look in the log files for messages. DGC configures groups at startup, so look at the messages logged for DynamicGroupController during startup.
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@toggledbits
I was just going around the hosue and testing different windows.Some of the windows seem to work. When I use sys_group.empty (primary), the value when all the windows are closed is True: The windows that are working, the boolean changes to false and the Local Expression value (window_names) changes to that window. I'm going to have to pinpoint which windows aren't working correctly. It could be an issue in the HA configuration.yaml for the DSC/Envisalink entries. That's for me to figure out.
The only other issue is the message. It's not sending the value of the string. I'm receiving $ Opened!
message: ${{ window_names }} Opened!
Edit: The one I had been testing with, right next to my office desk, does change in the entities tab.
Office Windows
hass>binary_sensor_office_windows
true
1:38:38 PMEdit 2: I copied and pasted from the Entities tab the Office Windows Canoncial ID into the reactor.yaml config. Even though they looked identical, once I restarted reactor, that window is now responding properly. I suspect I may have hidden characters in the ones that aren't functioning.
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@tamorgen said in Is it possible to use a single reaction for multiple entities as variables?:
@toggledbits said in Is it possible to use a single reaction for multiple entities as variables?:
Seems OK
It's still not tripping in MSR when I open a window.
This is what is being shown when all the windows are closed. I'm not really paying atention to the comparssion value, jsut the current value it's displaying. That value isn't changing.
I tried it with sys_group.members as well.
None of the comparisons seem to make any difference. Current value: array:0) "" remains the same in any state of the windows.
I went back to all the windows in the reactor.yaml file and copied the values directly from the Entities tab. They are all now working.
The only thing not working is the notification. Any ideas what the cause could be?
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@tamorgen said in Is it possible to use a single reaction for multiple entities as variables?:
The only thing not working is the notification. Any ideas what the cause could be?
You have:
message: ${{ window_names }} Opened!
That stands out because it's not valid YAML. Missing quotes.
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@toggledbits, how should the quotes work for a MSR variable in yaml? I copied your example in the second post, but you aren’t calling a HA function. I’ve been playing around with it, but I’m not getting the variable in the system call.
I’m looking at this documentation for HA.
They show an example
data: message: "{{ blind_state_message }}"
So, in theory,
message: "{{ window_names }}" opened.
should be valid. The difference here is that window_names is coming from the local expression.
However, MSR throws an error, telling me that I have invalid service data.