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    (Last Updated: 23 February 2023)
    • [Solved] Expressions - predefining a variable type

      PerH

      I have a use case where I need to have a boolean variable that will be set to true/false by reactions.

      I see that i can define a local variable by giving it a name and leaving the definition empty. This leaves it at state "null" until a reaction tells it that its a boolean.

      Is there a way to tell it that it should start out as "false" (i.e when reactor has restarted), and not null?

      Am i going about this the wrong way?

      -- The use case is that I have a sensor on my fireplace, and the following logic is for notifying when its time to get up en refill with firewood.. I also want to reset the MaxInInterval to CurrentTemp when notification is sent..

      1fd2951f-cb6b-4a2f-b957-1e0698171f4d-image.png dd99634e-f0ad-4878-bb87-0284c2df5535-image.png

      Edit: better screenhots. Reactor version 23010-7dd2c9e9

      Multi-System Reactor
    • Trying to add second Hubitat controller

      R

      Converting from Vera Plus to Hubitat at two different locations. The two sites are interconnected via a router-to-router VPN. I currently have a Hubitat C7 running at Site One and a Vera Plus at Site Two. The MSR Raspberry Pi is co-located with the Vera Plus at Site Two. I "activated" a Hubitat C8 (ethernet connected) at Site Two including the installation of Hub Information Driver and its associated device. I also installed a single zwave outlet module (GE ZW4202). I restarted MSR. The C8 and its associated devices appear on both the Entities page and the MSR Dashboard, but the C8 reports as down on the MSR Status page and the GE outlet does not respond when "clicked". I am not sure where to look to try to find the source of the problem and will greatly appreciate any suggestions.

      Multi-System Reactor
    • Reactor (Multi-System/Multi-Hub) Announcements

      toggledbits

      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.
      Multi-System Reactor
    • Home assistant addon: Import Vera/Openluup backup

      R

      Hi guys,

      I want to import my reactor sensors in the MSR addon for Home Assistant, but I can't find the app.js file anywhere. So now I don't know where to put the backup file.

      I have not tried to put it in the main directory (config/reactor) yet. Wanted to know if I'm the only one with the problem.

      Reactor addon: v0.0.8
      MSR: 23063-c464b685
      Home Assistant 2023.3.3
      Supervisor 2023.03.1
      Operating System 9.5
      Frontend 20230202.0 - latest

      I started with v0.0.7, have just updated everything. Still no file.

      Multi-System Reactor
    • MQTT Controller and extended capabilities

      M

      I'm a little bit confused how to configure extended capabilities for the entities in the MQTTController.

      mqtt_cababilities.yaml states that: "...You can add your own capabilities by adding a "capabilities" section to your own local_mqtt_capabilities.yaml file in your config directory."

      So I did this in my local_mqtt_capabilities.yaml in the config directory:

      version: 22353 revision: 1 format: 1 capabilities: x_my_config: attributes: partyMode: type: bool actions: some_action: topic: '%topic/write' payload: "some value"

      And in my reactor.yaml I have following configuration entry:

      my-config: name: 'My custom configuration' topic: 'my-config' query: "%topic%/read" init: "%topic%/read" capabilities: - x_my_config primary_attribute: x_my_config.partyMode events: "%topic%/status": "x_my_config.partyMode": json_payload: true expr: "payload.partyMode"

      This sort of works but not quite. The partyMode attribute gets updated when messages arrive for that specific topic, so that's fine. But I don't see x_my_config capability in the Capabilities list in the UI and also the some_action is missing.

      Screenshot from 2023-03-09 19-42-49.png

      Addition to that the primary value is not set and I'm getting the following error:
      Screenshot from 2023-03-09 19-30-42.png

      Have I completely misunderstood the idea behind the capability extension and the attributes? If so, could someone point me to the right direction with few explanatory example configs.

      What I'm trying to achieve is a set of configuration options that could be updated thru the MQTT, and also provide some actions that the rules could invoke.

      Reactor (Multi-hub) latest-23063-c464b685 + MQTTController [0.1.23010]

      br,
      mgvra

      Multi-System Reactor
    • localization settings

      tunnus

      Using the following localization settings in reactor.yaml:

      units: metric locale: fi-FI time_format: "%H:%M:%S" date_format: "%d/%m/%Y"

      But still I'm getting US date & time formatting, so settings do not seem to override defaults? Using 23049 on Synology Docker

      Multi-System Reactor
    • Installing MQTTController on Home Assistant Core when Reactor is installed as an Add-In (VirtualBox)

      W

      Running Home Assistant Core under VirtualBox (on Windows) and Reactor is installed and working fine as an add-in. What I can't figure out is how to install MQTTController in this situation. I can upload the files and unzip them, but I can't run install.sh in a terminal window because npm is not a part of the Core installation.

      It does appear that somewhere in the stack there is a version of docker there between VirtualBox and HA, (I see some references go by in the VirtualBox startup log) but it appears minimal and will not execute the install via the docker technique in your documentation from the VB console.

      Is there a way to do this?

      Thanks.

      Multi-System Reactor
    • Home Assistant add-on

      M

      I've done a bit of repackaging of MSR to make it work as an add-on under Home Assistant mostly for my own purposes but hopefully it makes it a bit easier to install and get going.

      GitHub - mrw298/hassio-reactor-addon GitHub - mrw298/hassio-reactor-addon

      Contribute to mrw298/hassio-reactor-addon development by creating an account on GitHub.

      Multi-System Reactor
    • Does order matter in Reactions Set/Reset

      G

      @toggledbits somewhere I thought I read that MSR goes thru the items in set reaction and reset reaction in stack order, ie from top to bottom/first to last.

      Am I mistaken?

      Multi-System Reactor
    • Reactor: How to call Hass service for noob

      W

      Reactor 23063 running on Windows Bare Metal.
      Home assistant 2023.3.1
      ESPHome 2023.2.4

      I've been trying a few ways using some results from search to call a Hass service as a reaction in a Reactor rule.

      Specifically, when the PIR in the room senses motion, wake the NsPanel screen.

      My Reactions otherwise so far are basic If this then that so I'm way behind what others are doing.

      What I want to call as a Reaction:
      Capture1.PNG

      What I've tried (a few variations on):
      Capture2.PNG

      What happens:

      [latest-23063]2023-03-07T07:45:21.688Z <wsapi:ERR> wsapi: error thrown handling client message [Object]{ "command": "perform", "entity": "WOKHASS1>system", "action": "x_hass_system.call_service", "parameters": { "service": "ESPHome: nspensuite_send_command_printf", "data": "page home" }, "qid": 75 } [latest-23063]2023-03-07T07:45:21.688Z <wsapi:CRIT> TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading '1') [-] TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading '1') at HassController.performOnEntity (C:\reactor\reactor\server\lib\HassController.js:584:108) at System.perform (C:\reactor\reactor\server\lib\Entity.js:707:56) at WSAPI.clientMessage (C:\reactor\reactor\server\wsapi\wsapi.js:499:48) at WebSocket.<anonymous> (C:\reactor\reactor\server\wsapi\wsapi.js:290:158) at WebSocket.emit (node:events:520:28) at WebSocket.emit (node:domain:475:12) at Receiver.receiverOnMessage (C:\reactor\reactor\node_modules\ws\lib\websocket.js:1059:20) at Receiver.emit (node:events:520:28) at Receiver.emit (node:domain:475:12) at Receiver.dataMessage (C:\reactor\reactor\node_modules\ws\lib\receiver.js:517:14)

      If someone can convert the 'call service' to a 'reaction' for me, or share their own similar thing I think that's what I need to achieve this goal.

      I suspect if I'm even close to being on the right track, my problems are probably formatting like curly braces etc and lack thereof.

      Thanks in advance.

      Multi-System Reactor
    • Reactor Ex Machina

      G

      @toggledbits was looking thru rule sets and updating which (new) lights I wanted REMII to impact and saw that this...

      4711b0df-5e98-4992-bb25-d0e53203f0e8-image.png

      ...is showing as (missing) in the rule Deactivatedand looking in the dropdown of Variables it appears I cannot select that local expression (only Global) as I did when originally building this out back in 2021.

      27f7025c-057e-441a-88ea-dc4bdf39614d-image.png

      In looking at the rule Active Period I'm seeing:
      487074ef-3bfa-4a84-b03d-ed6d920c118c-image.png which appears to be pointing to setting a variable in a rule?

      It's admittedly been a couple years since this was built and it's def not fresh in my memory.

      Multi-System Reactor
    • No drop-down list on Entity Attribute in "Creation Rule Sets" interface

      C

      New installation of Reactor version 23063-c464b685 on a Raspberry PI4 with Portainer/Docker.
      Report :
      No drop-down list on Entity Attribute in "Creation Rule Sets" interface
      I can however visualize the entities.
      I have configured HomeAssistant and all entities are coming up fine.
      I have an unsupported Hass version 2023.3.0b5.
      I'm new to Docker and can someone guide me to a solution?
      Christian FABRE

      Alert:
      reactor_20230305_01.png Rule :
      reactor_20230305_02.png Entities:
      reactor_20230305_03.png log Reactor :

      [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:49.575Z <app:null> Process ID 1 user/group 0/0; docker; platform linux/arm64 #1595 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 26 11:07:24 BST 2022; locale (undefined) [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:49.576Z <app:null> Basedir /opt/reactor; data in /var/reactor/storage [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:49.577Z <app:null> NODE_PATH=/opt/reactor:/opt/reactor/node_modules [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:49.584Z <app:INFO> Configured locale (undefined); selected locale(s) en-US.UTF-8 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:49.708Z <app:INFO> Loaded locale en-US for en-US [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:49.725Z <Structure:null> Module Structure v22323 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:49.729Z <Capabilities:null> Module Capabilities v22356 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:49.806Z <Capabilities:NOTICE> System capabilities loaded from core distribution, data version 23058 revision 1 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:49.849Z <Plugin:null> Module Plugin v22300 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:49.869Z <TimerBroker:null> Module TimerBroker v22283 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:49.878Z <Entity:null> Module Entity v22353 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:49.889Z <Controller:null> Module Controller v23044 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:49.926Z <default:null> Module Ruleset v22293 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:49.928Z <default:null> Module Rulesets v22146 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:49.943Z <GlobalExpression:null> Module GlobalExpression v22146 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:49.977Z <Predicate:null> Module Predicate v22345 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:49.987Z <AlertManager:null> Module AlertManager v22283 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:49.995Z <Rule:null> Module Rule v22345 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.004Z <GlobalReaction:null> Module GlobalReaction v22324 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.008Z <Engine:null> Module Engine v23001 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.019Z <httpapi:null> Module httpapi v23058 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.078Z <wsapi:null> Module wsapi v23053 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.080Z <app:NOTICE> Starting Structure... [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.100Z <Structure:NOTICE> Structure#1 plugin ID influx disabled; skipping [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.106Z <Structure:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface hass (HassController) [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.210Z <HassController:null> Module HassController v23060 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.639Z <Structure:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface groups (DynamicGroupController) [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.649Z <DynamicGroupController:null> Module DynamicGroupController v22313 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.659Z <Structure:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface reactor_system (SystemController) [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.672Z <SystemController:null> Module SystemController v22306 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.680Z <Structure:INFO> Starting controller HassController#hass [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.682Z <HassController:NOTICE> HassController#hass starting... [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.691Z <Controller:INFO> HassController#hass loaded hass capabilities ver 22312 rev 2 format 1 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.715Z <Controller:INFO> HassController#hass loaded implementation data ver 23058 rev 1 format 1 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.715Z <Structure:INFO> Starting controller DynamicGroupController#groups [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.728Z <Controller:NOTICE> Controller DynamicGroupController#groups is now online. [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.728Z <Structure:INFO> Starting controller SystemController#reactor_system [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.733Z <Controller:NOTICE> Controller SystemController#reactor_system is now online. [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.877Z <HassController:INFO> HassController#hass device mapping data loaded; checking... [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.881Z <HassController:WARN> HassController: implementation of capability input_select.selector does not provide attribute values [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.884Z <HassController:NOTICE> HassController#hass connecting to ws://192.168.1.31:8123/api/websocket [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.894Z <app:NOTICE> Starting HTTP server and API... [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.901Z <httpapi:NOTICE> httpapi: starting HTTP service on port "8111" [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.909Z <app:NOTICE> Starting Reaction Engine... [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.910Z <Engine:INFO> Reaction Engine starting [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.911Z <Engine:INFO> Checking rule sets... [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.916Z <Engine:INFO> Checking rules... [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.923Z <Engine:INFO> Data check complete; no corrections. [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.938Z <Rule:NOTICE> rule-leu8xfe4 (rule-leu8xfe4 in First Rule Set) starting [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.939Z <Engine:NOTICE> Reaction Engine running! [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.939Z <Rule:NOTICE> rule-leu8xfe4 (rule-leu8xfe4 in First Rule Set) can't start -- rule is disabled [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.952Z <httpapi:NOTICE> httpapi: listening [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.981Z <app:NOTICE> Starting WSAPI... [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:50.983Z <wsapi:NOTICE> wsapi: starting version 23053 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:51.080Z <Engine:INFO> [Engine]Engine#1 master timer tick, local time "3/5/2023 10:51:51 AM" (TZ offset 60 mins from UTC) [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:51.119Z <HassController:NOTICE> HassController#hass connected, starting protocol [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:51.127Z <httpapi:INFO> httpapi: API request from ::ffff:192.168.1.42: GET /api/v1/systime [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:51.145Z <HassController:INFO> HassController#hass successful authentication with ws://192.168.1.31:8123; fetching initial data... [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:51.155Z <HassController:INFO> HassController#hass Hass reports version "2023.3.0b5" location Maison timezone Europe/Paris state RUNNING safe_mode false [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:51.245Z <HassController:NOTICE> HassController#hass no signature match for update.home_assistant_supervisor_update [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:51.248Z <HassController:NOTICE> HassController#hass no signature match for update.home_assistant_core_update [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:51.249Z <HassController:NOTICE> HassController#hass no signature match for update.terminal_ssh_update [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:51.250Z <HassController:NOTICE> HassController#hass no signature match for update.file_editor_update [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:51.251Z <HassController:NOTICE> HassController#hass no signature match for update.samba_backup_update [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:51.252Z <HassController:NOTICE> HassController#hass no signature match for update.home_assistant_operating_system_update [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:51.253Z <HassController:NOTICE> HassController#hass no signature match for sun.sun [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:51.285Z <HassController:NOTICE> HassController#hass no signature match for calendar.calendrier [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:51.413Z <HassController:NOTICE> HassController#hass no signature match for siren.piscine_siren [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:51.419Z <HassController:NOTICE> HassController#hass no signature match for camera.portillon [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:51.607Z <Controller:INFO> HassController#hass 0 dead entities older than 86400000s purged [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:51.633Z <Controller:NOTICE> Controller HassController#hass is now online. [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:51.634Z <DynamicGroupController:INFO> All controllers ready, setting up dynamic groups [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:51.726Z <wsapi:INFO> wsapi: connection from ::ffff:192.168.1.42 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:55.510Z <wsapi:INFO> client "192.168.1.42#1" closed, code=1001, reason= [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:55.815Z <httpapi:INFO> httpapi: API request from ::ffff:192.168.1.42: GET /api/v1/lang [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:55.843Z <wsapi:INFO> wsapi: connection from ::ffff:192.168.1.42 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:51:56.849Z <httpapi:INFO> httpapi: API request from ::ffff:192.168.1.42: GET /api/v1/systime [latest-23063]2023-03-05T09:52:07.392Z <httpapi:INFO> httpapi: API request from ::ffff:192.168.1.42: GET /api/v1/systime---

      Log Portainer:

      NODE_PATH /opt/reactor:/opt/reactor/node_modules [latest-23063]2023-03-05T08:55:17.734Z <app:null> Reactor build latest-23063-c464b685 starting on v16.15.1 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T08:55:17.736Z <app:null> Process ID 1 user/group 0/0; docker; platform linux/arm64 #1595 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 26 11:07:24 BST 2022; locale (undefined) [latest-23063]2023-03-05T08:55:17.737Z <app:null> Basedir /opt/reactor; data in /var/reactor/storage [latest-23063]2023-03-05T08:55:17.738Z <app:null> NODE_PATH=/opt/reactor:/opt/reactor/node_modules [latest-23063]2023-03-05T08:55:17.875Z <Structure:null> Module Structure v22323 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T08:55:17.879Z <Capabilities:null> Module Capabilities v22356 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T08:55:18.004Z <Plugin:null> Module Plugin v22300 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T08:55:18.023Z <TimerBroker:null> Module TimerBroker v22283 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T08:55:18.032Z <Entity:null> Module Entity v22353 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T08:55:18.042Z <Controller:null> Module Controller v23044 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T08:55:18.079Z <default:null> Module Ruleset v22293 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T08:55:18.080Z <default:null> Module Rulesets v22146 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T08:55:18.096Z <GlobalExpression:null> Module GlobalExpression v22146 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T08:55:18.129Z <Predicate:null> Module Predicate v22345 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T08:55:18.139Z <AlertManager:null> Module AlertManager v22283 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T08:55:18.146Z <Rule:null> Module Rule v22345 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T08:55:18.156Z <GlobalReaction:null> Module GlobalReaction v22324 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T08:55:18.159Z <Engine:null> Module Engine v23001 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T08:55:18.171Z <httpapi:null> Module httpapi v23058 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T08:55:18.232Z <wsapi:null> Module wsapi v23053 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T08:55:18.358Z <HassController:null> Module HassController v23060 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T08:55:18.780Z <DynamicGroupController:null> Module DynamicGroupController v22313 [latest-23063]2023-03-05T08:55:18.803Z <SystemController:null> Module SystemController v22306```
      Multi-System Reactor
    • Evaluating variables redux

      CatmanV2

      Sorry for another dumb question. Migrating from Vera Alexa to HASS Vera TTS. MSR is on bare metal, Debian Bullseye version 23049

      I can get TTS from MSR and basic TTS from MSR which is great!

      Trying to get some of the variables I used to use though is stumping me.

      In the original MSR, I'd use:

      It is now ${{OutingDays}} days until we go to ${{OutingName}}. , Sleep well!

      for example, and that worked fine (I've not bothered to list the variables as I know the worked)

      If I use

      { "message":"It is now${{OutingDays}} days until we go to ${{OutingName}}. , Sleep well!", "data":{"type":"announce", "method":"speak"}, "target":["media_player.everywhere"] }

      In the data field of the hass service system call it doesn't evaluate the variables (Not really surprised)

      So might someone take mercy on me and give me a clue?

      TIA

      C

      Multi-System Reactor
    • Virtual Device for Vacations

      therealdb

      I'm back from a vacation and it was the first winter one with MSR.

      I have a special vacation mode that's auto-setting after the house is in away mode for at least 18 hours - and that's mostly OK. In this mode, lights are turned on/off automatically, some things are off to preverse powers, etc. Thermostats are automatically set at 17C unless there's solar power. That's mostly OK, except when you have to deal with winters and clouds on the day back home.

      Long story short: back from vacation, we found the house at 17C - wife wasn't impressed.

      Back in the luup days I had a special override, that I forgot to port to MSR, that was basically like this in MSR (coded on the fly):

      32298706-86f7-451e-9700-2baf5d5a23b6-image.png

      So, I could tell my system when I'm on vacation and have a last day flag to re-set the house to normal behavior before I'm back. It was just two strings variable in a virtual binary sensor.

      I don't want to code this in global expressions, so I'm wondering if it's possible to accomplish this with a Virtual Device, but I'm failing to visualize the correct answer and I'm here for inspiration for what others are doing to tackle this.

      I don't want to create 4 separate devices (start date, end date, status, last day) in order to keep it easy and I want to be able to change the start/end date from the UI, to simplify things. Any hint is appreciated 🙂

      Multi-System Reactor
    • Critical Disk Space Warning

      T

      I updated to the latest version of Reactor this morning. I run reactor (successfully) on a Raspberry PI 4 4GB with SSD 64GB. I also run Home Assistant in Docker. After updating I noticed a disk space critical error warning!

      9f4e1ea1-977a-481b-9806-d3d43a4eff04-image.png

      I have tried purging the docker install (docker image prune -a)

      I have rebooted the Raspberry PI also, and the error messages keep coming.

      I have the following disk space:

      58742ed7-e10d-4572-b380-0abda64f90b4-image.png

      How do I free up space?

      Any help would be appreciated.

      Multi-System Reactor
    • Is it possible to use a single reaction for multiple entities as variables?

      T

      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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    • [solved-ish] Reset Reaction doesn't allow multiple Conditions in Groups

      G

      I'd like the "None deferred" Reset Reaction group to have multiple Conditions. Is this not possible?

      Running latest version of MSR, 23049-1fd87c91

      c9f1bb6c-c477-45cc-beab-783d1ad4fe05-image.png

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    • [Solved] Hubitat Hub Information Driver v3 and probe device

      S

      I have upgraded my Hubitat Hub Information Driver to v3 and after the latest MSR update latest-23028 MSR is working ok. The problem is when MSR probes the device it appears to affect the polling in the new Hub Information Device and its data does not update the data fields in Hubitat. If I remove the Hub Information Device from Maker API so MSR can't see it, The Hub information driver updates the data as expected in Hubitat. I added the device back into Maker API the same problem returns in Hubitat. I have tried to have MSR probe a different device by adding a different probe device and probe action in the reactor.yaml per the documentation but it appears then it still uses the Hub Information Device as the probe device instead of the one specified in the reactor.yaml. See Logs below. Is this the intended behavior to always use the Hub Information Driver if found and not use the device in the reactor.yaml file? Any recommendations on how to get MSR and the v3 of the driver to work correctly or can you see what I am doing wrong?

      [latest-23028]2023-02-11T23:27:50.471Z <Controller:NOTICE> Controller HassController#hass is now online. [latest-23028]2023-02-11T23:27:50.471Z <Rule:INFO> Internet Check (rule-l44qss4f in Home) starting evaluation; because entity-changed System#reactor_system>system [latest-23028]2023-02-11T23:27:50.471Z <Rule:INFO> MSR Update Version Available (rule-labweim2 in Notify) starting evaluation; because entity-changed System#reactor_system>system [latest-23028]2023-02-11T23:27:50.472Z <Rule:INFO> Internet Check (rule-l44qss4f in Home) trigger evaluation result is false (previously false) [latest-23028]2023-02-11T23:27:50.472Z <Rule:INFO> Internet Check (rule-l44qss4f in Home) evaluated; trigger state unchanged (false); rule state remains RESET [latest-23028]2023-02-11T23:27:50.472Z <Rule:INFO> MSR Update Version Available (rule-labweim2 in Notify) trigger evaluation result is false (previously false) [latest-23028]2023-02-11T23:27:50.472Z <Rule:INFO> MSR Update Version Available (rule-labweim2 in Notify) evaluated; trigger state unchanged (false); rule state remains RESET [latest-23028]2023-02-11T23:27:50.472Z <Rule:INFO> Internet Check (rule-l44qss4f in Home) evaluation complete [latest-23028]2023-02-11T23:27:50.472Z <Rule:INFO> MSR Update Version Available (rule-labweim2 in Notify) evaluation complete [latest-23028]2023-02-11T23:27:50.673Z <HubitatController:INFO> HubitatController#hubitat Maker API responded with 91 devices [latest-23028]2023-02-11T23:27:50.766Z <HubitatController:INFO> HubitatController#hubitat found 'Hub Information Driver v3' device #"481"; using for probe/health checks. [latest-23028]2023-02-11T23:27:50.780Z <Controller:INFO> HubitatController#hubitat 0 dead entities older than 86400000s purged [latest-23028]2023-02-11T23:27:50.780Z <Rule:INFO> Roku Pause (rule-l3nlrzu9 in Home) starting evaluation; because entity-changed BinarySensor#hubitat>519 [latest-23028]2023-02-11T23:27:50.780Z <Rule:INFO> Stairs Light Low Light (rule-kulslls9 in Living Room) starting evaluation; because entity-changed BinarySensor#hubitat>519 [latest-23028]2023-02-11T23:27:50.780Z <Rule:INFO> Porch Motion Extended check (rule-l3kr45m8 in Porch) starting evaluation; because entity-changed BinarySensor#hubitat>519 [latest-23028]2023-02-11T23:27:50.780Z <Rule:INFO> Porch Light Manual On (rule-kmtxw155 in Porch) starting evaluation; because entity-changed BinarySensor#hubitat>519

      Snippet from the reactor.yaml:

      # action_pace: 100 # warn_unresponsive: true # probe_device: hubitat>132 (not needed if Hub Information app installed) probe_device: hubitat>2 # probe_action: x_hubitat_Configuration.configure (not needed if Hub Information app installed) probe_action: x_hubitat_Configuration.configure # probe_action: x_hubitat_Refresh.refresh

      Synology Docker latest-23028
      Hubitat v2.3.4.139
      Hub Information Driver v3

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    • Home assistant Native Notification

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      @toggledbits

      Hey Patrick,
      I’m trying to figure out how to run Home Assistant native push notifications from MSR. I have MSR set up to arm my home alarm every night, and when all users are out of the home. I’ve used it for years through Reactor, and it works fine, but when I ran Vera and Reactor for Vera, I would get notifications from Vera when Vera went into different home modes. (Home, Away, Night, etc). I’ve set up Home Modes in HA as well, so I’m looking to get the native push notifications from the HA companion app (i.e., System in Home Mode, System Armed Away, or Good Night, etc) Can I set up notifications from MSR to use those native push notifications, or does that need to be done from HA exclusively?

      I’m running latest-23028-ddc3fb14 and Home Assistant 2023.1.7.

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    • Play music in random order with Sonos playlists/favorites?

      F

      Hi!
      I have MSR latest-23049-1fd87c91 and Home Assistant 2023.2.5.
      Every friday and saturday evening I have an active reaction/automation; if any adult is home and someone is in the kitchen, music starts playing from Sonos. That works great. I have different playlists and artist radios for each friday and saturday per month (1:st, 2:nd, ...) Some evenings when I don't play an artist radio, but an ordinary playlist, the songs are always played in the same order. I would like to randomize and stir things up. Is it possible, if so, how, to make Sonos play the songs from a Sonos playlist in random order? I always play playlists that is characterized as my Sonos favorites.
      Cheers!
      /Fanan

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      tamorgen last edited by tamorgen

      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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      • toggledbits
        toggledbits @tamorgen last edited by

        @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 with leak_detector capability. The filter_expression then eliminates those that are not tripped (when leak_detector.state attribute is false, no leak).

        This simple rule trips when that group is not empty:

        0af741d6-bfbd-4bcd-8fa2-91fd4bf714b4-image.png 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):

        8ba8deb6-6d87-4dcb-a5c3-642b0a236304-image.png

        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/

        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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          tamorgen @toggledbits last edited by

          @toggledbits

          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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            tamorgen last edited by tamorgen

            @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'
            

            image.png

            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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            • toggledbits
              toggledbits last edited by toggledbits

              Seems OK except two things:

              1. Your window sensors configuration isn't valid. You cannot have an entity ID with a space in it, so you should use something like window_sensors instead. And it has no filter, so the group will contain those two sensors regardless of their state.

              2. 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.

              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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                tamorgen @toggledbits last edited by

                @toggledbits said in Is it possible to use a single reaction for multiple entities as variables?:

                Seems OK except two things:

                1. Your window sensors configuration isn't valid. You cannot have an entity ID with a space in it, so you should use something like window_sensors instead. And is has no filter, so the group will contain those two sensors regardless of their state.

                2. 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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                  toggledbits last edited by

                  Note I edited my reply with some corrections.

                  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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                    tamorgen @toggledbits last edited by tamorgen

                    @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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                      tamorgen @tamorgen last edited by

                      @toggledbits

                      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.

                      4f4a3e19-3f34-428b-8298-9cf8bf71beb6-image.png

                      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:

                      4a592e06-3a7c-4f36-bbbe-0f11c010d350-image.png

                      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.

                      9623cc9d-af70-4f68-bfcf-60a12208263b-image.png

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                        Pabla last edited by

                        For your notify action you're going to want to remove the data:. Also another tip you can add the time and date in your notification like this {{ now().strftime(\"%-I:%M %p %Y-%m-%d\") }}

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                          toggledbits @tamorgen last edited by toggledbits

                          @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 as select (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 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.

                          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. 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 == 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.

                          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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                            tamorgen @toggledbits last edited by

                            @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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                              tamorgen @toggledbits last edited by

                              @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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                                toggledbits last edited by

                                Seems OK

                                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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                                  tamorgen @toggledbits last edited by tamorgen

                                  @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.

                                  589719a4-62af-420a-aefe-83ceb44a5801-image.png

                                  I tried it with sys_group.members as well.

                                  87f1c786-11f3-475c-9e3e-99adf122f89e-image.png

                                  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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                                    toggledbits last edited by

                                    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.

                                    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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                                      tamorgen @toggledbits last edited by tamorgen

                                      @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 PM

                                      Edit 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 @tamorgen last edited by

                                        @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.

                                        589719a4-62af-420a-aefe-83ceb44a5801-image.png

                                        I tried it with sys_group.members as well.

                                        87f1c786-11f3-475c-9e3e-99adf122f89e-image.png

                                        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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                                          toggledbits @tamorgen last edited by

                                          @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.

                                          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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                                            tamorgen @toggledbits last edited by tamorgen

                                            @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.

                                            Home Assistant

                                            Script Syntax

                                            Script Syntax

                                            Documentation for the Home Assistant Script Syntax.

                                            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.

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