Moving MSR from a QNAP container to RP 5 - some issues

[kfxo]

@toggledbits said in Multi-System Reactor Developer Preview AVAILABLE:

I'm getting ready to assemble today's build (21051). I think I have everything urgent covered, with some PRs left open for confirmation. There's one more I want to try to address before I roll it up and out for the day.

This build also includes:

• Fix for condition trigger repeating when a sustained-for delay applies (#30);
• Fix an error on import (#29);
• Fix an error on Hass caused by an unhandled attribute (#27);
• New units configuration value "uk" (#31), as well as more granular control over units (if imperial, metric, or uk isn't enough, you can now set units by use class; per device/attribute is planned and part of the architecture as well);
• Fix elevation computation problem in sunrise/set data (mangles angles if elev configured <> 0) (#34);
• Now with working SMTP, Prowl, Pushover and Syslog notifications;
• Notification forwarding for Hubitat (see docs for configuration details);
• many documentation fixes and upgrades.

Looking good, squashing those bugs. I will keep reporting anything I find. Just set up SMTP. Works great!

[Matohl]

For being a "Developer preview" it is quite solid. After some minor issues yesterday and have been solved with 21051, I have re-built most of my Reactor-sensors in Vera in the MSR and it is working fine. They are now disabled in the Vera and let's see how it goes in the coming days

[Andr]

Hi! I have really looking forward to this, MSR is the sole reason I have been trying to wrap my head around Home Assistant.

For now I am running Hassio on a VM at my Win10 "home server"
If I read the information right, I can't run MSR on Windows at the moment?

[toggledbits]

I'm close. I think by tomorrow or Wednesday I'll have the cross-platform issues nailed down.

[toggledbits]

Version 21054 now available.

• Fix 0000020: Play button doesn't run cover action (Fibaro-specific issue)
• Fix 0000034: Sunrise/sunset conditions over midnight don't trigger in the morning
• Fix 0000041: VeraController has no thermostat mapping (generic done; specific versions will almost surely be needed)
• Fix 0000044: Time conditions spanning midnight don't trigger in the morning
• Fix 0000045: Importer brings root group with options in, but root group options are not editable in MSR
• Fix 0000046: Hubitat configuration for URL needs to go deeper (IP and access token insufficient)
• Fix 0000047: VeraController rgb_color capability has attributes but no actions
• Fix 0000048: VeraController has no mapping for Harmony plugin

A couple of side notes:

1. The API functions mentioned here are integrated in this version;
2. This version runs on Windows, and there are draft instructions for how to get it installed.

[kfxo]

@toggledbits said in Multi-System Reactor Developer Preview AVAILABLE:

• Fix 0000041: VeraController has no thermostat mapping (generic done; specific versions will almost surely be needed)

Is it possible to get thermostat (climate) mappings for HassController?

[toggledbits]

Version 21055 now available

• 0000048 - No support for Harmony plugin or devices (basic support); related PR 0000053 still open (details).
• 0000049 - Version 21054 missing SMTP
• 0000051 - Show reaction ID on (Global) Reactions detail card
• 0000054 - ALTHUE Vera plugin mapping (basic support); please comment on this PR with issues
• 0000055 - Telegram plugin mapping; please comment on this PR with issues

Resolved, but left open for confirmation/feedback (comment on PR as needed; will be closed if not further comments):

• 0000053 - Harmony device details
• 0000052 - Thermostat attributes and actions for Horstmann thermostat
• 0000045 - Importer will bring in options on trigger (root) group, but you can't edit them
• 0000005 - Set Variable action not yet implemented; now has completely untested implementation.

[Black Cat]

Pi4 (2GB RAM) arrived today. can't wait to join in the action.
Some advice please from the knowledgeable ones if I can.
I had intended to use a SATA HD instead of the SD Card, perhaps this isn't necessary and may be an overkill?
What does the collective think?

[rafale77]

No it’s not overkill. If you look at the HA forum, you will see legions of people migrating away from the rPI to intel NUC because of the SD card issue. These are very cheap, controller less (therefore cache less, garbage collection less, wear leveling less) NAND flash which have a relatively short lifetime (similar to what Ezio embedded in their updated/downgraded version of the vera). The rPi4 is a bit tricky to boot from SATA but it can be done and if you want a reliable system, you should definitely go down that route.

A big part of it of course will depend on how much storage writing you will be doing but regardless, mid-long term it’s a bit of a waste. The SSD cards are really designed for digital cameras where pictures are taken until the card is full, transferred and then erased again on a low frequency basis. They are not very good for computing storage use.

[Elcid]

In fact its a good idea, those sd cards can fail all to easily, with all the reading and writing.

[therealdb]

I'm on my second NUC. The first one was a Celeron, now on an i3 I found getting dust in our offices (it was used as front desk PC before the pandemic). This to say that probably eBay is your friend, and Amazon too. You could find a lot of deals (well under 100 USD/EUR) for used/reconditioned NUCs.

Mine with i3, 16GB ram (I added more) and 256 GB SSD is heavily used (openLuup, my own software, cams processing, mqtt server, a lot of mqtt clients, bluetooth for MiFlora and SwitchBot) and barely consuming more than 5% CPU.

[toggledbits]

They're good little boxes, although I wish they were a bit cheaper. My Hass runs on a NUC, and I also use a NUC as my on-LAN secondary DNS/NTP and a few other things (like Unifi management). I'm a big fan of the Jetson Nano, too. I think this board needs more attention.

[rafale77]

Alternative here in the US: I just got an HP T640 for $90. It's a little big physically but all the memory is replaceable: 2 sodimm slots, one 16gb mmc which I replaced with an SSD and boom, that's my MSR box. CPU is a ryzen equivalent of the i3 8145U in the NUC. Runs circles around any rpi for a lot less when you add up all the storage and peripheral cost. Heck it adds up to be even cheaper than my mini pc celeron box I posted in this forum before and is 3x faster. (or 8-10x faster than any rpi)

More info here: https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/new-hp-t640-thin-client-ryzen-r1505g-4gb-16gf-no-kb-mouse-no-os-installed-109.31544/

Edit:
Added for reference comparison to rpi4... pretty hard to justify buying a raspberry honestly when they end up costing the same.

Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) vs AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G Benchmark, comparison and differences

or here

[rafale77]

In the same tone of what I posted before but with an older slower 6W CPU if you want to dirt cheap, these are very good (as in more reliable, upgradable, cheaper) than rPIs
in the UK: https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Flexible-T520-Thin-Client/265062105722?
in the US: https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-T520-Flexible-Thin-Client-4GB-DDR3-V2V45UA-ABA-No-Stand-SSD/313404749197?

You just need to find an old HP laptop power supply for it. That won't break your scotch budget... and amazingly they come with a windows10 pro license in the BIOS.

[cw-kid]

Wow they are cheap.

So these HP Thin Clients, what Linux OS could you run on it with an 8GB SSD ?

[rafale77]

I would run debian. As I am running right now on my T640. It is a very simple lightweight OS for this type of things. You can chose to install the GUI part of it or not...

[cw-kid]

I currently only have an old Rpi 2

I was only running Node-Red and Java HA-Bridge on the Rpi, but now I have MSR on there also.

How would that HP T520 compare to a Rpi 2 in terms of speed etc.

I'd like to buy a decent Intel NUC at some point but not yet.

[rafale77]

If you are on a budget the T520 will run about as fast as a rPi4B for single core applications but slower for multi core. For home automation you probably won't see any difference. But it is definitely much faster than the rPi2 in every aspects. It is a perfect little machine to play around without having to worry about ever bricking it and you can repurpose it for other things later.

Edit:
This might be an even better choice:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-T620-Dual-Core-AMD-Gx217Ga-1-65GHz-4GB-RAM-Radeon-HD-16GB-SATA-Flash-Drive/184659317870?

A little faster, only with W7ES license but has a 16GB eMMC.

[Matohl]

@rafale77 said in Multi-System Reactor Developer Preview AVAILABLE:

"The rPi4 is a bit tricky to boot from SATA but it can be done and if you want a reliable system, you should definitely go down that route."

Today with an upgraded system, since the RPi firmware has native support, it is fairly straight forward. There are tons of guides and videos online to help.

[LibraSun]

IN reading the MSR docs, I see we'll soon have the capability to import backup files saved from a Vera hub's master Reactor device, thereby auto-creating Rulesets on the receiving MSR.

I presume the necessary conversion applet (in the form of a .JS script) will be forthcoming as part of the /tools folder under MSR?

Has anyone tested this feature out yet? I wouldn't mind being a guinea pig, if more data points are required to iron out kinks.