[Reactor] Bug when sending MQTT boolean payloads

[cw-kid]

Hi

Does the Reactor plugin for Vera support some 3rd party Vera plugins such as the Logitech Harmony plugin for example ?

In PLEG I am able to select a Harmony hub device and create some logic based on its various states.

Other plugin examples might be the RGB Controller plugin which I am using with Fibaro RGBW modules, I can start the various light animations on the Fibaro RGBW module.

Or the AltHue plugin which exposes aspects of the Hue Bridge like ColorLoop or to be able to start Hue Scenes etc.

With MSR all this type of functionality is currently lost.

Obviously a work around would be to create Vera scenes instead and have those use these types of 3rd party plugins features and have MSR call those scenes. Don't think that would work for the Harmony plugin though where you are wanting to query states of the hub in your logic.

I am just wondering how Reactor plugin for Vera currently works in this respect and what any plans for MSR might be ?

Thank you.

[toggledbits]

Reactor can support any Vera device. All I have to do is write a mapping. I haven't written all of the mappings. Writing mappings for devices I don't use or own can be a challenge. The device mapping is done in a way where plugin authors or any interested user could write the mapping, but it needs to be documented. But both Reactor and MSR can and will support anything Vera throws at it. Vera Reactor has the benefit of years of history accumulating devices (fun fact: Vera Reactor's device map is .125K; so far MSR's is 41K. There's work to be done).

[cw-kid]

OK cool.

If I can help write any mappings you may not have for Vera plugins I am using, I would certainly like to contribute.

[toggledbits]

OK. Also, the way some plugins work, they create standard devices, and some of those standard devices already have at least some support, if not full. So for the Hue lights, for example, you should be able to find an AltHue child and turn it on/off, set its color, etc. It may be missing special Hue functions, but it should do the generic stuff already. If that's not the case, we'll need to investigate why. So, if you've got a Hue-based color light or strip, give it a try in the Entities list and see (and report here) what works and what doesn't.

I'm always working in the background on device support. So if you give me a list of the plugins you use, I can give those some priority.

[Matohl]

The AltHue plugin works fine as well as RfxTrx plugin and, of course, your own Switchboard, Virtual Sensor, Sonos. I have not installed, yet, the Harmony plugin so I can not test it now, although I have a Harmony in the TV-room.

[toggledbits]

Switchboard and VirtualSensor come along for free because I used standard devices for those plugins. Sonos I had already written the mappings for, because I use Sonos around my house, so I at least grabbed what I know I can get right. I'm thrilled to hear that RfxTrx works.

I just did mappings for color lights, which were incomplete (attributes but no actions yet), and I just did both attributes and actions for a generic thermostat. Unfortunately, I can't easily test thermostat, because my own thermostat plugins don't use Vera's standard thermostat devices (they're horribly broken and hard to write a functional plugin/virtual on top of). So I'm curious how that will pan out. All that will be in tonight's 21054.

[Pabla]

Can confirm that Vera Reactor has Harmony support. You’re able to start/end activities and send device commands too

[Matohl]

@pabla Yes, I used it before in Reactor but do you know if it's working in MSR as well?

[Pabla]

@matohl Can't confirm for MSR unfortunately

[Matohl]

@toggledbits Great!

[toggledbits]

Don't sweat it. Let me take a look and give a mapping a try. Just keep in mind, I don't have the device, so I'm flying totally blind--I can build, but I can't test. I rely on your hands and eyes for that.

[Matohl]

Dont worry, I was refering to your comment "...mappings for color lights, which were incomplete...". We will take us on the Harmony when it comes

[cw-kid]

@pabla said in Support for 3rd party Vera plugins ?:

Can confirm that Vera Reactor has Harmony support. You’re able to start/end activities and send device commands too

Sounds promising if it already works in Reactor plugin for Vera.

In addition I'd need to be able to also tell which Harmony Activity is currently active? Or if the Power Off activity is active etc.

[cw-kid]

@matohl said in Support for 3rd party Vera plugins ?:

The AltHue plugin works fine as well

In MSR or in the Reactor plugin for Vera?

[Pabla]

@cw-kid Yes

@cw-kid said in Support for 3rd party Vera plugins ?:

In addition I'd need to be able to also tell which Harmony Activity is currently active? Or if the Power Off activity is active etc.

[Matohl]

@cw-kid Both

[cw-kid]

@matohl Is it ?

I can't see how to run a Hue Scene or start the ColorLoop off the Hue Bridge.

There doesn't appear to be any Actions implemented yet against the AltHue device.

[Matohl]

@cw-kid You are running the AltHue app in Vera, right? Not looking at the Hue app but do you see your lamps in MSR as entities?

[Matohl]

@cw-kid ! Like this?
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[cw-kid]

Yes the AltHue plugin.

Yes I see my Hue lamps listed in the Entities

I can turn them on and off and control other basic stuff.

But can't see how to initiate a hue scene for example.