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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/dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib 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
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The reaction stopped working (Google Nest max playing a video)
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Rule Set UI bug - RESOLVED
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[Reactor] Copy&Paste of Rules
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I don't know if I'm the only one, but managing more than one Reactor installs, the need to have some sort of copy&paste for rules has grown on me. While I understand the technical challenges, I'm wondering if a "god mode" where I could copy the raw JSON rule and paste it into another rule could be an advanced, flag only feature that could benefit power users. I know I can copy the JSON file and proceed, but I must stop Reactor and when doing maintenance, it's more clicks to do. Just an idea
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[Reactor] Help with screne controller cycling logic
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I’ve added a couple of Shelly Wave i4 as scene controllers and I’m planning to add more, since I can just use standard buttons instead of battery-powered scene controllers, which also looks better aesthetically. That said, I’m struggling to figure out how to write a simple rule that cycles between states every time I press a button. Example: Light 1 ON → OFF, then Light 2 ON → OFF. The part I can’t get right is handling the case where Light 1 or Light 2 might already be ON independently of the rule. Maybe it’s just too much sun and relaxation clouding my brain, but any hint would be appreciated.
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Stop the MSR by an external switch on Hubitat.
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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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Expose MSR entities
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Probably a really dumb question. Currently I am using the owntracks_sensor for tracking phones being in region in MSR and it works great. Digging around with Home Assistant and toying with some dashboards, is there any way of exposing that sensor to HA trivially? I could set MSR to trip a virtual switch in OpenLuup which can then be exposed to HA (with all my other Vera devices) but that feels a bit in-elegant if I can do it directly. Any thoughts? Apologies if the ask is not clear/ TIA C
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Comment in Globa Expressions
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I have several Global Expressions that are set by a rule so the definition area is blank. I'd like to add a comment in this area that explains what is setting the value. Commenting in this area breaks the remote setting. Any way to document what is setting the GE?
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Unofficial thread for compatibility
tunnusT
As there are statements about compatibility for home assistant versions in MSR new version announcements (e.g. "HassController: Bless Hass to 2025.7.3"), I thought it would be good idea to track other controllers as well. As an example, I can confirm that build "latest-25208-c53e8513" works with Hubitat Elevation C-8 platform version 2.4.2.134 using Maker API. Updates: (the latest versions first in the list) OK: build "latest-25264-2fbe9217" with Hubitat C-8 platform v. 2.4.3.123
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Gradually turn on lights.
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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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Reactor (Multi-System/Multi-Hub) Announcements
toggledbitsT
Build 21228 has been released. Docker images available from DockerHub as usual, and bare-metal packages here. Home Assistant up to version 2021.8.6 supported; the online version of the manual will now state the current supported versions; Fix an error in OWMWeatherController that could cause it to stop updating; Unify the approach to entity filtering on all hub interface classes (controllers); this works for device entities only; it may be extended to other entities later; Improve error detail in messages for EzloController during auth phase; Add isRuleSet() and isRuleEnabled() functions to expressions extensions; Implement set action for lock and passage capabilities (makes them more easily scriptable in some cases); Fix a place in the UI where 24-hour time was not being displayed.
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Can't customize home page
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I foolishly let my system wipe all cookies this morning and with it my settings for my MSR home page. Once logged back in I can no longer remove errant panes nor is the + available to add new ones. Brave Browser v1.80.122 (Jul 16, 2025) What have I done?! Will check other browsers on my M1. UPDATE: Safari exhibits same behaviour. I've tried both sans last-four public key entry and with - no change.
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Reset attribute value of entity in event handler
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Need help figuring out how to delay a reset on reaction
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Way to search for rules (rule state) in other rules
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@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
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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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The reaction stopped working (Google Nest max playing a video)

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    Hi!
    I've have had a mp4 (video) file playing on my Google Nest Max at specific times. A few weeks ago it stopped working. I´ve tried everything but the correct way...
    fad3f664-456d-491e-acb6-c145ef76e925-image.png I've changed the boxes above countless times. What is the correct info in each box?
    I can do it within Home Assistant, but not in MSR.
    My MSR installation is on version 25208-c53e8513, my HA is 2025.9.4.

    I´m grateful for any pointers and help.
    /Fanan

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      The action you are using is created from data passed from Home Assistant for that service. It looks like they changed the definition of that service since you created the Reaction. When did you upgrade your Home Assistant install, and what revision was running before? It looks like they haven't even yet updated their documentation to coincide with the revised service data, either.

      Edit/update:

      The fields that have (extension) in the value are Reactor telling you that it has parameter data for the action in this reaction that the action definition now doesn't define. It preserves that data so you can copy it to the correct fields in HA's expected (new) format. Based on what I see in my installation (HA 2025.9.3), it looks like they moved the media_content_... fields into an object supplied by a new media field. Using your preserved data, the media field should now contain:

      { "media_scontent_id": "http://192.../fredag.mp4", "media_content_type": "video" }
      

      Once you make that change, clear out the extension fields and exit the editor, and they will go away (not appear next time you edit this reaction).

      That's a pretty nasty breaking change. And I'm still trying to find where HA documented it. So far, no luck. This is why I track HA version numbers and have the UI complain when it sees something unexpected, but in this case, there's so far no telling when this change happened.

      They also introduced a new data type in their service definition data for that media field, so I'll make sure the next version of HassController supports it and gives you a more appropriate field size for entering/editing that data.

      Edit 2: FOUND IT! It's listed only as "Use media_selector for media_player.play_media" on this pull request, marked as a breaking change, but... not called out as such in their general release notes. My biggest issue with HA has always been the frequency of breaking changes, and like this, that they often miss spelling them out. Sometimes, we're just going to discover these things by accidents like this.

      By the way, if you recently upgraded your HA install and something stops working, it's probably a good idea to mention that upgrade in your post.

      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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        The action you are using is created from data passed from Home Assistant for that service. It looks like they changed the definition of that service since you created the Reaction. When did you upgrade your Home Assistant install, and what revision was running before? It looks like they haven't even yet updated their documentation to coincide with the revised service data, either.

        Edit/update:

        The fields that have (extension) in the value are Reactor telling you that it has parameter data for the action in this reaction that the action definition now doesn't define. It preserves that data so you can copy it to the correct fields in HA's expected (new) format. Based on what I see in my installation (HA 2025.9.3), it looks like they moved the media_content_... fields into an object supplied by a new media field. Using your preserved data, the media field should now contain:

        { "media_scontent_id": "http://192.../fredag.mp4", "media_content_type": "video" }
        

        Once you make that change, clear out the extension fields and exit the editor, and they will go away (not appear next time you edit this reaction).

        That's a pretty nasty breaking change. And I'm still trying to find where HA documented it. So far, no luck. This is why I track HA version numbers and have the UI complain when it sees something unexpected, but in this case, there's so far no telling when this change happened.

        They also introduced a new data type in their service definition data for that media field, so I'll make sure the next version of HassController supports it and gives you a more appropriate field size for entering/editing that data.

        Edit 2: FOUND IT! It's listed only as "Use media_selector for media_player.play_media" on this pull request, marked as a breaking change, but... not called out as such in their general release notes. My biggest issue with HA has always been the frequency of breaking changes, and like this, that they often miss spelling them out. Sometimes, we're just going to discover these things by accidents like this.

        By the way, if you recently upgraded your HA install and something stops working, it's probably a good idea to mention that upgrade in your post.

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        @toggledbits Thank you for the hard work! 🙏
        I can´t get it to work just yet, but maybe it get easier after the next update.
        Right now I only get the Runtime error: "[object Object]", no matter what I do. I´ll keep on trying.
        /Fanan

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          @toggledbits Thank you for the hard work! 🙏
          I can´t get it to work just yet, but maybe it get easier after the next update.
          Right now I only get the Runtime error: "[object Object]", no matter what I do. I´ll keep on trying.
          /Fanan

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          @Fanan Ok, I'm gonna jump in here now. I just added a Switchbot Tilt Blind to my system and it is giving me the same

          [object Object]
          

          response when I go to Entities > Perform to test position.set.

          Wasn't gonna say anything as @toggledbits is focused on the above items and it seemed a distraction.

          I am on HA 2025.9.4 but installed the Switchbot just in the last 48 hours so didn't draw the line between them connecting the dots.

          *Hubitat C-7 2.4.3.123
          *Proxmox VE v8, Beelink MiniPC 12GBs, SSD

          *HASS 2025.9.4
          w/ ZST10-700 fw 7.18.3

          *Prod MSR in docker/portainer
          MSR: latest-25264-2fbe9217
          MQTTController: 25139
          ZWave Controller: 25139

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            Odds are there's something logged. This is why I always say, go look at the log files when something isn't working. When you find it, post with context, don't just post the one or two line error message.

            @gwp1 in your case I would also like to see posted the attributes of the new device (using the Copy Attributes button, not a screen shot).

            I'll be away all weekend, unfortunately, so this won't get more attention until Monday.

            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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              Odds are there's something logged. This is why I always say, go look at the log files when something isn't working. When you find it, post with context, don't just post the one or two line error message.

              @gwp1 in your case I would also like to see posted the attributes of the new device (using the Copy Attributes button, not a screen shot).

              I'll be away all weekend, unfortunately, so this won't get more attention until Monday.

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              @toggledbits

              cover.state=true
              position.step=0.1
              position.value=1
              x_hass.domain="cover"
              x_hass.entity_id="cover.living_room_right_blind"
              x_hass.services=["cover","switchbot_cloud"]
              x_hass.source="switchbot_cloud"
              x_hass.state="open"
              x_hass_attr.current_position=100
              x_hass_attr.current_tilt_position=100
              x_hass_attr.device_class="blind"
              x_hass_attr.friendly_name="Living Room Right Blind"
              x_hass_attr.supported_features=176
              

              And there's absolutely no rush on this specific item. The blind is opening and closing, just opposite of what I want it to and I'm fighting with learning HA templates to try and achieve this. Switchbot approaches tilting in a unique way.

              *Hubitat C-7 2.4.3.123
              *Proxmox VE v8, Beelink MiniPC 12GBs, SSD

              *HASS 2025.9.4
              w/ ZST10-700 fw 7.18.3

              *Prod MSR in docker/portainer
              MSR: latest-25264-2fbe9217
              MQTTController: 25139
              ZWave Controller: 25139

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                Logs will definitely be your friend right now. If HA is returning an error on a request, the detail of that error is logged, along with the request that was sent to HA and the full response from HA. There are rules for fields that HA doesn't publish in its service data APIs, and that can vary by device and even firmware, so sometimes, you just have to "go low" to figure out how to talk to them.

                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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