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Notice to Docker + ARM Users (RPi 3/4/5 and others)
toggledbitsT
This post does not apply to users of Intel/AMD-based systems. If you are using a Reactor image tagged latest-amd64 or stable-amd64, then this post does not apply to you. It also does not apply to bare-metal installs; it's for users of docker images on ARM-based systems only (principally Raspberry Pi hosts, but could be others). After January 15, 2026, I will no longer produce the aarch64-tagged docker image for Reactor. The ARM images will be arm64 for 64-bit operating systems, and armv7l for 32-bit operating systems. For those of you running a container from the aarch64 image today, this will be a relatively simple change: you just need to switch the image used for your docker container to a differently-tagged image. If you are using docker-compose, then this is a relatively simple matter of changing the image line in your docker-compose.yaml file and then stopping (docker-compose down) and restarting (docker-compose up -d) your Reactor daemon. But there's a catch... not all of you can safely just switch from the aarch64 image to the arm64 image. And, you can't just trust the output of uname -m, for example, because this exposes the CPU architecture, but not the word size of the OS running on that CPU. For Raspberry Pi systems, the transition to 64-bit operating systems was long (starting in 2016) and not always obvious — although there was a first "official" 64-bit OS for RPis in 2020, it did not become a default recommendation in the Raspberry Pi Imager until 2021, and then that was only the default for Pi 3/4 systems with >4GB RAM; it was 2022 before it was universally recommended for all 64-bit CPUs regardless of RAM size. Depending on when you first imaged your RPi system and what default you may have been offered/chosen, you could today easily have a 64-bit CPU Raspberry Pi running a 32-bit version of the operating system. Upgrades along the way would not change this; changing it to fully 64-bit requires a full reimage of the system. To establish if your OS is 64- or 32-bit, log in to your Pi and run: sudo dpkg-architecture -q DEB_HOST_ARCH. If the response is arm64, then you are running a 64-bit OS and you should use the arm64-tagged image. If it's anything else, you are running a 32-bit OS, and you should use the armv7l-tagged image. pi@rpi4-1:~ $ sudo dpkg-architecture -q DEB_HOST_ARCH armhf pi@rpi4-1:~ $ uname -m aarch64 pi@rpi4-1:~ $ In the example above, the uname command reports that the CPU is 64-bit architecture (aarch64), which is true for the host on which I ran these commands, but the DEB_HOST_ARCH value is armhf, indicating a 32-bit operating system. This system has to use the armv7l-tagged image. Other systems will have their own ways of determining the word size of the running OS. Since the majority of Reactor users running ARM systems are on Raspberry Pis, I am able to supply the above instructions, but if you happen to have a different ARM system, you'll need to do some web searching to figure out how to expose that information. Or, you can just try the arm64 image, and if it doesn't start up, try the armv7l image. Remember to always back up your system before making any changes. For everyone, please make this change as soon as possible, and if you have any trouble finding a working image, please (1) go back to the current aarch64 image; and (2) let me know in this thread along with as much detail about your host system as you can offer (including the output of the dpkg command mentioned above).
Multi-System Reactor
Requesting a proper ARM64/aarch64 Docker image (Pi 5 support)
M
Hi, I'm in the process of migrating from a Raspberry Pi 4 (ARMv7) to a Raspberry Pi 5 (ARMv8/aarch64), but I’ve run into an issue: there is no proper ARMv8/aarch64 image available. None of the existing images run on the Pi 5 - they all exit immediately with code 139 (segmentation fault), which typically indicates that the binaries inside the image are not compatible with the ARM64/aarch64 architecture used by the Pi 5. Would it be possible to publish a correct ARMv8/aarch64 (linux/arm64) image? Building one should be relatively straightforward using docker buildx with multi-arch support. For example, my own Node.js images are built this way: docker buildx build --push \ -t <localrepo>/<project>:<tag> \ --platform=linux/arm64,linux/amd64 \ --file ./apps/<project>/Dockerfile . This produces both the AMD64 and ARM64/v8 variants automatically. Also, as a side note, it may be best to avoid using Alpine as the base image for the ARM64 build, since musl-based builds often cause compatibility issues and unnecessary headaches. A glibc-based base image (e.g., Debian or Ubuntu) tends to work far more reliably on ARM64, especially for Node.js applications. @toggledbits - tagging you in case you missed this. Thanks, mgvra
Multi-System Reactor
Script action and custom timers
therealdbT
Sorry to write here without trying, but I’m flying today. Am I correct if i say that script action with alarm() makes it possible to execute a reaction in a given interval, lets say 15 seconds or 3.5 minutes? That sounds amazing, since I’ve used weird tricks, including a custom controller, just to do this.
Multi-System Reactor
Help resolve change in behaviour post update
CatmanV2C
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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.
Multi-System Reactor
Reactor w/HA 2025.11 error on set_datetime service call setting only time
CrilleC
@toggledbits Do you know if this is related to that PR or is it a change they made in 2025.11.1? [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.319Z <HassController:INFO> HassController#hass perform x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime on Entity#hass>input_datetime_vvb_dag with { "time": "10:45" } [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.320Z <HassController:INFO> HassController#hass: sending payload for x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime on Entity#hass>input_datetime_vvb_dag action: { "type": "call_service", "service_data": { "date": (null), "time": "10:45", "datetime": (null), "timestamp": (null) }, "domain": "input_datetime", "service": "set_datetime", "target": { "entity_id": "input_datetime.vvb_dag" } } [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.321Z <HassController:ERR> HassController#hass request 1762866984320<2025-11-11 14:16:24> (call_service) failed: [Error] Not a parseable type for dictionary value @ data['date'] [-] [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.321Z <HassController:WARN> HassController#hass action x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime({ "time": "10:45" }) on Entity#hass>input_datetime_vvb_dag failed! [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.321Z <HassController:INFO> Service call payload: {"type":"call_service","service_data":{"date":null,"time":"10:45","datetime":null,"timestamp":null},"domain":"input_datetime","service":"set_datetime","target":{"entity_id":"input_datetime.vvb_dag"},"id":1762866984320} [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.322Z <HassController:INFO> Service data: {"fields":{"date":{"example":"\"2019-04-20\"","selector":{"text":{"multiline":false,"multiple":false}}},"time":{"example":"\"05:04:20\"","selector":{"time":{}}},"datetime":{"example":"\"2019-04-20 05:04:20\"","selector":{"text":{"multiline":false,"multiple":false}}},"timestamp":{"selector":{"number":{"min":0,"max":9223372036854776000,"mode":"box","step":1}}}},"target":{"entity":[{"domain":["input_datetime"]}]}} [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.322Z <Engine:ERR> Engine#1 reaction rule-mgb8pfhs:S step 0 perform x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime failed: [Error] Not a parseable type for dictionary value @ data['date'] [-] [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.322Z <Engine:INFO> Engine#1 action args: { "time": "10:45" } [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.322Z <Engine:INFO> Resuming reaction Sätt Schema VVB i Home Assistant<AKTIV> (rule-mgb8pfhs:S) from step 1 [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.323Z <HassController:INFO> HassController#hass perform x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime on Entity#hass>input_datetime_vvb_natt with { "time": "03:00", "timestamp": 0 } [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.323Z <HassController:INFO> HassController#hass: sending payload for x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime on Entity#hass>input_datetime_vvb_natt action: { "type": "call_service", "service_data": { "date": (null), "time": "03:00", "datetime": (null), "timestamp": 0 }, "domain": "input_datetime", "service": "set_datetime", "target": { "entity_id": "input_datetime.vvb_natt" } } [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.324Z <HassController:ERR> HassController#hass request 1762866984323<2025-11-11 14:16:24> (call_service) failed: [Error] Not a parseable type for dictionary value @ data['date'] [-] [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.324Z <HassController:WARN> HassController#hass action x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime({ "time": "03:00", "timestamp": 0 }) on Entity#hass>input_datetime_vvb_natt failed! [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.324Z <HassController:INFO> Service call payload: {"type":"call_service","service_data":{"date":null,"time":"03:00","datetime":null,"timestamp":0},"domain":"input_datetime","service":"set_datetime","target":{"entity_id":"input_datetime.vvb_natt"},"id":1762866984323} [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.324Z <HassController:INFO> Service data: {"fields":{"date":{"example":"\"2019-04-20\"","selector":{"text":{"multiline":false,"multiple":false}}},"time":{"example":"\"05:04:20\"","selector":{"time":{}}},"datetime":{"example":"\"2019-04-20 05:04:20\"","selector":{"text":{"multiline":false,"multiple":false}}},"timestamp":{"selector":{"number":{"min":0,"max":9223372036854776000,"mode":"box","step":1}}}},"target":{"entity":[{"domain":["input_datetime"]}]}} [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.324Z <Engine:ERR> Engine#1 reaction rule-mgb8pfhs:S step 1 perform x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime failed: [Error] Not a parseable type for dictionary value @ data['date'] [-] [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.324Z <Engine:INFO> Engine#1 action args: { "time": "03:00", "timestamp": 0 } [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.325Z <Engine:INFO> Resuming reaction Sätt Schema VVB i Home Assistant<AKTIV> (rule-mgb8pfhs:S) from step 2 [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.325Z <Engine:INFO> Sätt Schema VVB i Home Assistant<AKTIV> all actions completed.
Multi-System Reactor
Reactor Version 25310 : Office Light control via rule in reactor no longer working since last update.
P
Hello, I currently have an office light (connected via a Leviton Zwave Dimmer switch) controlled from a Gen5 Aeotech Zwave switch installed on my Synology 720+ NAS. I run HA(2025.11.10) in a virtual machine from my NAS and Reactor on the container manager of the same NAS. Prior to updating to 25304 the rule I had set to turn the light on to a specific dimming value worked correctly. Now the rule appears to follow the decision tree, however the reaction does not trigger setting the dimming or turning on the office light? Strangely I can still turn the light on and off as well as dim it directly from HASS..? I have tried using the ''try this action'' button in the rules reaction setting and it will not control the light and does not throw an error flagÉ Please help, P.S Reactor has been rock steady for me over the last few years and I'm a big fan of this solution.
Multi-System Reactor
[Solved] alarm() in global expression throws error in log.
CrilleC
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[Solved] Define function issue in latest-25304
CrilleC
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No Upgrade Notification for Build 25308?
CatmanV2C
FWIW I'm no longer getting a notification from MSR that there's an update. Just thought I'd mention it C
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Strange behavior in MSR latest-25304 with disabled groups in Reaction
therealdbT
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[Reactor] Variables not updating correctly in latest-25201-2aa18550
therealdbT
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The reaction stopped working (Google Nest max playing a video)
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Handling Dead Entities and Renamed Entities
PablaP
Hello all.. been a minute! I recently rebuilt my Z wave network and migrated to a new z wave stick. In order to prevent any downtime I kept my original z wave network up and ran a docker version of Z Wave JS UI with my new controller. This way I could add device by device without having any devices down. I finally moved all the devices over to my new stick today. The final step was to migrate everything from my Docker instance of Z Wave JS UI to the HA add-on of Z Wave JS UI. However during this migration some of the names didn't populate correctly which I later managed to import back into Z Wave JS UI. The issue was in Reactor it is stuck on the default names and the entities are not updating. I removed the controller from Reactor, restarted, hard refreshed, and added the controller back however the new entity names have not updated. Also it seems like the old entities from my previous instance of Z Wave JS UI are lingering and not being marked as dead (I believe a certain amount of time needs to lapse before they're marked as dead in Reactor). My goal is to basically purge all the entities for the 'ZWaveJS' controller in Reactor so it can pull all the updated entity names and only the entities that exist in Z Wave JS UI. I cannot find a quick way to do this, I know entities can be deleted one by one, but with over 100 entities this would take long I am guessing that if I added the controller with a new name in in the Reactor config it would pull the updated entities and names but I think that would break my rules since the entity IDs would change (I made sure to name all the entities the exact same as they were previously to prevent this issue).
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Strange behavior for MQTT templates using payload and attributes
therealdbT
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[MSR] reactor-mqtt-contrib package for additional MQTT templates
therealdbT
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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HA 2025.9.4 Supported Yet?
CatmanV2C
Tangentially did I miss 2025.9.4 getting blessed in MSR? I've been holding off Cheers C
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Rule Set UI bug - RESOLVED
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[Reactor] Copy&Paste of Rules
therealdbT
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
Multi-System Reactor
[Reactor] Help with scene controller cycling logic
therealdbT
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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Cant reach MSR after mowing my Pi

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    I decided to move my MSR pi to a permanent place and after that i cant connect to it. I can se in the logs that it has connection with hubitat ..

    I says
    2021-04-22T20:11:54.649Z Controller:ERR SystemController#reactor_system disk usage not available: Error: Cannot find module 'diskusage-ng

    What has happened? I did a hard remove by powercable....
    /Mattias

    Full log

    2021-04-22T20:10:56.493Z Controller:NOTICE Controller HubitatController#hubitat is now online.
    2021-04-22T20:10:56.497Z app:NOTICE Starting Reaction Engine...
    2021-04-22T20:10:56.498Z Engine:INFO Reaction Engine starting
    2021-04-22T20:10:56.499Z Engine:INFO Checking rule sets...
    2021-04-22T20:10:56.514Z Engine:INFO Checking rules...
    2021-04-22T20:10:56.559Z default:ERR [IndividualFileStrategy#/home/pi/reactor/storage] failed to read cs-rule-knbyvokt in /home/pi/reactor/storage/states/cs-rule-knbyvokt.json: SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input
    Trapped unhandled Promise rejection SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at IndividualFileStrategy.getDataObject (/home/pi/reactor/server/lib/IndividualFileStrategy.js:126:38)
    at Container.getDataObject (/home/pi/reactor/server/lib/Container.js:91:53)
    at Rule.getRuleStates (/home/pi/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:601:98)
    at Rule.getConditionState (/home/pi/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:626:46)
    at new Rule (/home/pi/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:491:47)
    at Function.getInstance (/home/pi/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:500:36)
    at /home/pi/reactor/server/lib/Engine.js:584:50
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at Engine.checkData (/home/pi/reactor/server/lib/Engine.js:582:36)
    SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at IndividualFileStrategy.getDataObject (/home/pi/reactor/server/lib/IndividualFileStrategy.js:126:38)
    at Container.getDataObject (/home/pi/reactor/server/lib/Container.js:91:53)
    at Rule.getRuleStates (/home/pi/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:601:98)
    at Rule.getConditionState (/home/pi/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:626:46)
    at new Rule (/home/pi/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:491:47)
    at Function.getInstance (/home/pi/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:500:36)
    at /home/pi/reactor/server/lib/Engine.js:584:50
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at Engine.checkData (/home/pi/reactor/server/lib/Engine.js:582:36)
    Promise {
    <rejected> SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at IndividualFileStrategy.getDataObject (/home/pi/reactor/server/lib/IndividualFileStrategy.js:126:38)
    at Container.getDataObject (/home/pi/reactor/server/lib/Container.js:91:53)
    at Rule.getRuleStates (/home/pi/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:601:98)
    at Rule.getConditionState (/home/pi/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:626:46)
    at new Rule (/home/pi/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:491:47)
    at Function.getInstance (/home/pi/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:500:36)
    at /home/pi/reactor/server/lib/Engine.js:584:50
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at Engine.checkData (/home/pi/reactor/server/lib/Engine.js:582:36)
    }
    Trace
    at process.<anonymous> (/home/pi/reactor/app.js:197:151)
    at process.emit (events.js:315:20)
    at process.EventEmitter.emit (domain.js:467:12)
    at processPromiseRejections (internal/process/promises.js:245:33)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:94:32)
    2021-04-22T20:10:56.599Z Controller:WARN HubitatController#hubitat 'Allow control of HSM' appears to be disabled in your Maker API configuration
    2021-04-22T20:10:56.604Z Controller:NOTICE HubitatController#hubitat current mode is Kv\u00e4ll (131)
    2021-04-22T20:11:54.649Z Controller:ERR SystemController#reactor_system disk usage not available: Error: Cannot find module 'diskusage-ng'
    Require stack:

    • /home/pi/reactor/server/lib/SystemController.js
      2021-04-22T20:12:16.879Z Controller:ERR HubitatController#hubitat mapped capability x_hubitat_healthcheck has no implementation
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      toggledbits
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      Did you shut down in an orderly way before disconnecting power?

      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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        Did you shut down in an orderly way before disconnecting power?

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        @toggledbits No I think I was so stupid that I just unplugged the power.......

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          rafale77
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          Certainly would expect this if you actually "mowed" it. Sorry couldn't help... 😉

          Have you tried reinstalling as if you were updating and ran an "npm update" ?

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            toggledbits
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            @rafale77 has the right steps to begin: reinstall Reactor as if updating, and then run npm update --no-save in the reactor install directory.

            There is at least one damaged state file, I can see from your log post, so remove all the files in storage/states/. The loss of states may cause some rules to re-run, but once it recovers it should be fine from there. Do not remove files from other directories. Then start Reactor.

            If that doesn't come up, and you don't have a backup, we'll see what we can do to untangle anything else that may be damaged.

            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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              @rafale77 has the right steps to begin: reinstall Reactor as if updating, and then run npm update --no-save in the reactor install directory.

              There is at least one damaged state file, I can see from your log post, so remove all the files in storage/states/. The loss of states may cause some rules to re-run, but once it recovers it should be fine from there. Do not remove files from other directories. Then start Reactor.

              If that doesn't come up, and you don't have a backup, we'll see what we can do to untangle anything else that may be damaged.

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              @toggledbits @rafale77 npm Update and erasing storage /states did it. No it is up and running. Does this mean the same could happen in a power outage?

              Thanx a lot

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                @toggledbits @rafale77 npm Update and erasing storage /states did it. No it is up and running. Does this mean the same could happen in a power outage?

                Thanx a lot

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                @matteburk I have yet to test MSR, but I think it may be more of a Raspberry Pi question. Regarding Pi I think there are a few steps that one can take to make the setup more dependable.

                The first step is to run it on a SSD and not on a SD card. SD cards are quite bad at constant read/write and are initially made for e.g. digital cameras. It is very easy to migrate the installation from the SD to a cheap SSD. I do not remember your setup, but if you have not done this I would say it is step number one.

                The next step is to power the Pi via an UPS. The cheapest way is to buy a regular UPS, this is what I have done for my servers. Even the cheapest you can find has ample power for running a Pi for quite a long outage. You can also set it up on the Pi via e.g. PiJuice Hat, but this is more costly. Also the regular UPS can be used to power/protect other devices such as you router, NAS or similar.

                The third step would be to backup the SSD at times. This can be done either via simply cloning the SSD to an image with e.g. Win32 Disk Imager or also setting it up to run in the background on the Pi. I think there are some tips in the forum on how to set up this.

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                  @matteburk I have yet to test MSR, but I think it may be more of a Raspberry Pi question. Regarding Pi I think there are a few steps that one can take to make the setup more dependable.

                  The first step is to run it on a SSD and not on a SD card. SD cards are quite bad at constant read/write and are initially made for e.g. digital cameras. It is very easy to migrate the installation from the SD to a cheap SSD. I do not remember your setup, but if you have not done this I would say it is step number one.

                  The next step is to power the Pi via an UPS. The cheapest way is to buy a regular UPS, this is what I have done for my servers. Even the cheapest you can find has ample power for running a Pi for quite a long outage. You can also set it up on the Pi via e.g. PiJuice Hat, but this is more costly. Also the regular UPS can be used to power/protect other devices such as you router, NAS or similar.

                  The third step would be to backup the SSD at times. This can be done either via simply cloning the SSD to an image with e.g. Win32 Disk Imager or also setting it up to run in the background on the Pi. I think there are some tips in the forum on how to set up this.

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                  @archers ok Thanx for the tips, i Have it on a SSD ... UPS is smart... will look into it...

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                    toggledbits
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                    Good recommendations all. In terms of architecture, I can personally vouch for using a PoE hat and powering the Pi from a UPS-backed PoE switch. If you have IP cameras, you may already have such a switch. While this is really no different in effect from plugging a Pi's regular AC power adapter into a UPS, it gives you vastly more choice on the location of the Pi, which may be important if you are using a Z-Stick, etc. Being able to distribute stable power over a wide area because of PoE is a huge win. I've also powered my Vera via PoE for a long time now (using a PoE adapter).

                    And, backing up Reactor is as easy as backing up the "storage" and "config" subdirectories. Any way you do that is probably OK. Depending on what else you might be doing with the Pi, it's likely sufficient to back up storage/config often, but make SSD images only very rarely. Even if the image is a year old, an apt upgrade will quickly bring the OS back to current, and then the MSR upgrade and storage/config restore and you'll quickly be back on line in a blink.

                    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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