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Gradually turn on lights.
Tom_DT
I have several lights that I would like to turn on very gradually over 15 or 20 seconds. from 0 to .25 in .01 increments. I have tried a few things that came nowhere near working, so here I am.
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Stop the MSR by an external switch on Hubitat.
wmarcolinW
Use case: When performing home maintenance, such as air conditioning, I want all rules involving air conditioning to be disabled. To do this, to day, I have a virtual switch that I placed within all rules involving air conditioning, meaning that if I turn it off, none of them work. Then another situation: the water pump system and garden irrigation, another switch. In short, I had to create several virtual switches in Hubitat to disable rules in MSR. Unfortunately, however, I was unable to cover all scenarios, so I wondered if it would be possible for MSR to support a virtual MSR switch, which, when configured in the reactor settings, would function as a general on/off switch for MSR. If it is configured and turned off, the entire rules and actions in MSR stops working, except for the status change reading process, specifically for this switch, which, when turned on, would restart the MSR. Would it be possible to do something like this? Any recommendations from the experts?
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Way to search for rules (rule state) in other rules
T
@toggledbits, not sure if this is a feature request or I'm using the search tool wrong. You have a "Search for rule" in the Rules Set tab in MSR. It works nicely to find a rule and bring up said rule, but can it/could it be used for as a "where used?" global search? For instance, I have a fairly large set of rules, divided up into 10 different rulesets. There's easily a hundred individual rules, and many of the rules have Rule State triggers, which of course refer to other rules. Amongst my troubleshooting today, I came across what may have been a duplicate or troubleshooting attempt, but I can't tell if it's actually used as a Rule State in another rule without opening each rule that I suspect it may be a part of. Thanks.
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Links to MSR from HA
Tom_DT
I am using Home Assistant a lot recently. On a dashboard showing the devices, I would like to show a link to the MSR rule that controls the devices. Is there a way to link directly into MSR?
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Set Reaction > Script Action
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Errors after updating to MQTTController build 25139
tunnusT
I'm running MSR build 25139 on Docker, using MQTT controller 24293, and everything working as expected. But if I try to upgrade to MQTTController build 25139, I'm getting the following errors on MSR UI: An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa auto heating off" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute value_sensor.god Last 11:20:37 An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa auto heating off" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute temperature_sensor.green Last 11:20:37 An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa filter pump auto off" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute temperature_sensor.red Last 11:20:37 An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa filter pump auto run" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute value_sensor.pump Last 11:20:37 An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa watchdog" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute value_sensor.status Last 11:20:37 My MQTT configuration (local_mqtt_devices.yaml) for the related entity is: layzspa_message: type: ValueSensor capabilities: ["temperature_sensor", "value_sensor", "power_sensor"] primary_attribute: power_sensor.value events: "layzspa/message": "power_sensor.value": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.PWR )' expr: "float(payload.PWR)" "value_sensor.air": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.AIR )' expr: "float(payload.AIR)" "value_sensor.pump": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.FLT )' expr: "float(payload.FLT)" "value_sensor.god": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.GOD )' expr: "float(payload.GOD)" "value_sensor.lock": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.LCK )' expr: "float(payload.LCK)" "value_sensor.unit": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.UNT )' expr: "float(payload.UNT)" "value_sensor.error": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.ERR )' expr: "float(payload.ERR)" "temperature_sensor.green": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.GRN )' expr: "float(payload.GRN)" "temperature_sensor.red": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.RED )' expr: "float(payload.RED)" "temperature_sensor.target": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.TGT )' expr: "float(payload.TGT)" "temperature_sensor.value": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.TMP )' expr: "float(payload.TMP)" "temperature_sensor.virtual": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.VTM )' expr: "round(float(payload.VTM), 1)" "temperature_sensor.ambient": json_payload: true if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.AMB )' expr: "float(payload.AMB)" "layzspa/Status": "value_sensor.status": if_expr: '! isnull( payload )' expr: "payload" "layzspa/button": "value_sensor.button": if_expr: '! isnull( payload )' expr: "payload" and in reactor.yaml I have: "layzspa_states": name: "Lay-Z-Spa States" friendly_name: 'Lay-Z-Spa States' include: layzspa_message I realize my MQTT configuration might be a bit unorthodox, but could there still be something unintentional in the latest MQTTController build? If needed, I can provide detailed logs.
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🎉 My very first MSR controller: OpenSprinkler
therealdbT
Since today is my birthday - and I still pretend to be unconventional - I'm giving away a present to this wonderful community and I'm releasing my first OpenSprinkler controller for MSR. It was real fun to code it - and while it's still WIP, it seems to work OK for me. It's polling-based at the moment, but I'll add support for updates via MQTT very soon (it's already partially coded). Get it at (install is similar to MQTTController and such): https://github.com/dbochicchio/reactor-opensprinkler Feel free to try it. It's beta software, but it's stable. I'll update it weekly until all the tasks from my todo list are empty. Since I've learnt a lot from this controller, I'll explore new controllers soon.
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T
Good day all, I'm in the process of trying to shut down my 10 year old Linux home server that served many purposes, but primarily it's what I used for my NAS/Plex Media server. I migrated the NAS aspect of the server in November of last year to a true NAS solution (Ubiquti UNAS Pro), which is rack mount and much more efficient than my old tower, which it's only side benefit was heating my home office during the winter. Unfortunately it also means heating my home office during the summer, which were about to be in full swing. I have two things running on this 10 year old server at this point. MSR and pi-hole. I'm running Plex Media Server on Fedora Workstation in Podman on mini PC, which is much more energy efficient than my old tower. My next step is to migrate MSR. I know there are images of MSR out there, and creating it is well documented. I'm going to be using Podman instead of Docker for various reasons, but they work very similar. What I don't know, is what I need to do to migrate my existing Bare Metal installation over to a container. Has anyone done this? Any advice?
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Reactor (Multi-System/Multi-Hub) Announcements
toggledbitsT
Build 21228 has been released. Docker images available from DockerHub as usual, and bare-metal packages here. Home Assistant up to version 2021.8.6 supported; the online version of the manual will now state the current supported versions; Fix an error in OWMWeatherController that could cause it to stop updating; Unify the approach to entity filtering on all hub interface classes (controllers); this works for device entities only; it may be extended to other entities later; Improve error detail in messages for EzloController during auth phase; Add isRuleSet() and isRuleEnabled() functions to expressions extensions; Implement set action for lock and passage capabilities (makes them more easily scriptable in some cases); Fix a place in the UI where 24-hour time was not being displayed.
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Can´t restart or upgrade/deploy MSR
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[Solved] Limit HA Entity in MSR
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Organizing/ structuring rule sets and rules
R
Hi guys, Just wondering how you guys organize your rule sets and rules. I wish I had an extra layer to have some more granularity, but my feature request was not popular. Maybe there are better ways to organize my rule sets. I use the rule sets now primarily for rooms. So a rule set per room. But maybe grouping by functionality works better. Any examples/ suggestions would be appreciated.
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Moving MSR from a QNAP container to RP 5 - some issues
Tom_DT
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Widget deletion does not work and landing page (status) is empy
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Need help reducing false positive notifications
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Deleting widgets
tunnusT
Hopefully a trivial question, but how do you delete widgets in a status page? Using build 22266
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MQTT configuration question
tunnusT
I have the following yaml configuration in local_mqtt_devices file x_mqtt_device: set_speed: arguments: speed: type: str topic: "command/%friendly_name%" payload: type: json expr: '{ "fan": parameters.speed }' While this works fine, I'm wondering how this could be changed to "fixed" parameters, as in this case "fan" only accepts "A", "Q" or a numeric value of 1-5?
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    #1

    I am paranoid that my trusty old Rpi 3b+ running on an old micro SD card is gonna eventually give out, and the countless hours I have put into Reactor will be put to waste. I created a simple script that backups the Reactor directory, dates it and auto deletes any previous backups 7 days old. I have a rule in Reactor that calls a SSH command to my Rpi to run the backup script once every day. Here's the nitty gritty:

    The Backup Script

    SSH into your Rpi and use the command sudo nano reactorbackup.sh. In the file editor that opens up enter these lines (remember to change the paths):

    #! /bin/bash
    
    sudo cp -r {path_to_reactor_directory} {path_to_backup_location}-$(date +'%Y_%m_%d_%H:%M')
    sudo {path_to_backup_location} -maxdepth 1 -mtime +7 -exec rm -rf {} +
    

    Some notes about the script: you can update the date format if you want something else, also change the +7 in -mtime +7 changes the amount of days-old backups to be deleted. Currently it's 7 days.

    Home Assistant Config

    There are many ways you can send SSH commands from HA to other devices, the simplest way I have found is using this HACS integration. Following the install instructions on the GitHub page you will now have a new service called SSH Command: Execute command. This is the service we will use in our Reactor ruleset.

    Reactor Backup Rule

    Now it's time to create a rule that auto runs the previously created reactorbackup.sh script. Very simple stuff:

    Triggers:

    Date/Time between 1:00am and 1:15am (can edit this to whatever time you'd like).

    Set Reaction:

    Entity Action - hass>system - call service
    service ID: SSH Command: Execute command
    Data:
    host: {Rpi IP Adress}
    port: 22
    user: {user}
    pass: {password}
    command: sh reactorbackup.sh

    I do recommend you test this and do check on your backup files, I have yet to think of a way to check if the backup was successful without needing to go into the backup location but its better than nothing.

    Bonus: Mounting NAS to your RPi

    So a backup is only useful if you can access it in the event of failure. If you backup your Reactor directory somewhere in your RPi, it's basically useless if something happens to your RPi. I mapped my NAS so that I can backup the Reactor directory into my NAS. Here's how:

    Create a new directory somewhere under /home/{USR} I created one called backup.

    sudo nano /etc/fstab and add this line //{NAS_IP} /home/{USR}/backup cifs username={NAS_Username},password={NAS_Password},x-systemd.automount 0 0

    To mount sudo mount /home/{USR}/backup

    Once It mounts successfully set the {path_to_backup_location} to the location you mounted your NAS to. In this case it would be /home/{USR}/backup. Now whatever file you copy into that directory it will copy to your NAS.

    I hope this saves your butt one day, I am sure these instructions can be modified to work with other install environments so encourage you to share your backup instructions. If you have any tips you'd like to share please let me know! Hoping to figure out a way to get Reactor to check if the back up was successful.

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      toggledbits
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      #2

      Can we get the terminology right? A Ruleset is a collection of Rules. A Rule contains triggers, constraints, and reactions.

      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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      • PablaP Pabla

        I am paranoid that my trusty old Rpi 3b+ running on an old micro SD card is gonna eventually give out, and the countless hours I have put into Reactor will be put to waste. I created a simple script that backups the Reactor directory, dates it and auto deletes any previous backups 7 days old. I have a rule in Reactor that calls a SSH command to my Rpi to run the backup script once every day. Here's the nitty gritty:

        The Backup Script

        SSH into your Rpi and use the command sudo nano reactorbackup.sh. In the file editor that opens up enter these lines (remember to change the paths):

        #! /bin/bash
        
        sudo cp -r {path_to_reactor_directory} {path_to_backup_location}-$(date +'%Y_%m_%d_%H:%M')
        sudo {path_to_backup_location} -maxdepth 1 -mtime +7 -exec rm -rf {} +
        

        Some notes about the script: you can update the date format if you want something else, also change the +7 in -mtime +7 changes the amount of days-old backups to be deleted. Currently it's 7 days.

        Home Assistant Config

        There are many ways you can send SSH commands from HA to other devices, the simplest way I have found is using this HACS integration. Following the install instructions on the GitHub page you will now have a new service called SSH Command: Execute command. This is the service we will use in our Reactor ruleset.

        Reactor Backup Rule

        Now it's time to create a rule that auto runs the previously created reactorbackup.sh script. Very simple stuff:

        Triggers:

        Date/Time between 1:00am and 1:15am (can edit this to whatever time you'd like).

        Set Reaction:

        Entity Action - hass>system - call service
        service ID: SSH Command: Execute command
        Data:
        host: {Rpi IP Adress}
        port: 22
        user: {user}
        pass: {password}
        command: sh reactorbackup.sh

        I do recommend you test this and do check on your backup files, I have yet to think of a way to check if the backup was successful without needing to go into the backup location but its better than nothing.

        Bonus: Mounting NAS to your RPi

        So a backup is only useful if you can access it in the event of failure. If you backup your Reactor directory somewhere in your RPi, it's basically useless if something happens to your RPi. I mapped my NAS so that I can backup the Reactor directory into my NAS. Here's how:

        Create a new directory somewhere under /home/{USR} I created one called backup.

        sudo nano /etc/fstab and add this line //{NAS_IP} /home/{USR}/backup cifs username={NAS_Username},password={NAS_Password},x-systemd.automount 0 0

        To mount sudo mount /home/{USR}/backup

        Once It mounts successfully set the {path_to_backup_location} to the location you mounted your NAS to. In this case it would be /home/{USR}/backup. Now whatever file you copy into that directory it will copy to your NAS.

        I hope this saves your butt one day, I am sure these instructions can be modified to work with other install environments so encourage you to share your backup instructions. If you have any tips you'd like to share please let me know! Hoping to figure out a way to get Reactor to check if the back up was successful.

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        #3

        @Pabla This post inspired me.

        After poking at this a bit I went a different route and have my MSR backing up to a Github repo. The only thing it's unhappy about is backing up the storage directory due to the sheer number of files so I circumvented that and have that directory tarred into an archive and then the archive itself is backed up. Github is happy, I'm happy.

        *Hubitat C-7 2.4.1.177
        *Proxmox VE v8, Beelink MiniPC 12GBs, SSD

        *HASS 2025.6.0
        w/ ZST10-700 fw 7.18.3

        *Prod MSR in docker/portainer
        MSR: latest-25139-fbd67abc
        MQTTController: 25139
        ZWave Controller: 25139

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