Good morning,
I have a service MQTT service that needs a restart occasionally. The add-on (Smartbed MQTT) is for the smart bed base for my bed. It has a "safety light" that I can control from HAAS & MSR as a light entity, and also moves the head of the bed to a preset at bedtime, and then lies it back flat in the morning The problem is, from time to time, the light becomes "unavailable" Restarting from the Add-ons tab in HAAS always fixes it, but I should be able to detect when it happens when "light.tempur_pedic_safety_lights" is not true or false, i.e., unavailable.
What I don't know how to do is how to restart that service. Does anybody have experience in restarting add-ons from MSR?
Running:
Reactor (Multi-hub) latest-24212-3ce15e25 ZWaveJSController [0.1.24232]HAAS:
RPi5-64 (8GB) Core 2024.7.3 Supervisor 2024.08.0 Operating System 13.0 Frontend 20240710.0Hi!
Is it possible to generate two additional log files, the first being the replica of what is displayed on screen by the Rule History widgets and the other with Recently Changed Entities?
And could I configure the generation of one file per day, and delete the older ones? For example, store the last 5 days?
And being more ambitious, does Windget have an icon to open these TXT files in the navigated?
Well, we're approaching Christmas, so here's my request to Santa Claus @toggledbits 🙂
Hi @toggledbits
I'm working on a controller to generate llm response from a prompt in reactor. I have http response coming thru an http request action at the moment, capturing the response inside a local variable. So, it's practically sync.
I want to create a controller, so I don't have to rely on a proxy (and have a simpler architecture), and duplicate absurd http actions, but AFAIK in the current implementation, actions are async only. But if I have multiple requests going on, I cannot be sure what it's really inside an attribute. I also thought that something like a correlation id when sending the request could be used to identity multiple responses, but I wanted to double check with you before starting with something too complicated. I also noticed that some actions in home assistant (ie forecast) are sync and I'm wondering if you have any plan or hint to address this situation. Thanks.
Thanks.
@togglebits I am curious as to why the tilt_sensor.state (primary) = NULL. I believe it should show true or false. I have to use binary_sensor.state instead in my rules.
Again, not sure if this is related to Reactor/ZwaveJSController implementation or the actual Z-Wave JS UI docker version. I have copied, below, the attributes of the tilt sensor in hopes it can help.
Thanks in advance.
Reactor version 23302
ZWaveJSController version 23254
Z-Wave JS UI version 9.3.0.724519f
zwave-js version 12.2.3
@toggledbits I have noticed after upgrading both Reactor and ZWaveJSController to version 24257 that two of my devices/entities, TILT-ZWAVE2.5-ECO and Zooz ZSE18, had their entity re-named in an unusual way and also appears to be duplicated.
Reactor version 24257
ZWaveJSController version 24257
Z-Wave JS UI version 9.18.1
zwave-js version 13.2.0
Vestibule Motion Sensor State attributes/partial screenshot of entities it created. All entities have the same attributes.
motion_sensor.state=true x_zwave_values.Notification_Home_Security_Motion_sensor_status=8 zwave_device.capabilities=[113] zwave_device.endpoint=0 zwave_device.failed=null zwave_device.manufacturer_info=null zwave_device.node_id=23 zwave_device.valueId=[113,"Notification","Home Security","Home Security","Motion sensor status","Motion sensor status"] zwave_device.version_info=nullTilt Sensor Door State and Tilt Sensor Door State Simple attributes/partial screenshot of entities it created. All entities have similar attributes with exception of x_zwave_values.Notification_Access_Control_Door_State = 22 or 23.
tilt_sensor.state=true x_zwave_values.Notification_Access_Control_Door_state=22 zwave_device.capabilities=[113] zwave_device.endpoint=0 zwave_device.failed=null zwave_device.manufacturer_info=null zwave_device.node_id=24 zwave_device.valueId=[113,"Notification","Access Control","Access Control","Door state","Door state"] zwave_device.version_info=null tilt_sensor.state=true x_zwave_values.Notification_Access_Control_Door_state_simple=22 zwave_device.capabilities=[113] zwave_device.endpoint=0 zwave_device.failed=null zwave_device.manufacturer_info=null zwave_device.node_id=24 zwave_device.valueId=[113,"Notification","Access Control","Access Control","Door state (simple)","Door state (simple)"] zwave_device.version_info=null tilt_sensor.state=false x_zwave_values.Notification_Access_Control_Door_state=23 zwave_device.capabilities=[113] zwave_device.endpoint=0 zwave_device.failed=null zwave_device.manufacturer_info=null zwave_device.node_id=24 zwave_device.valueId=[113,"Notification","Access Control","Access Control","Door state","Door state"] zwave_device.version_info=null tilt_sensor.state=false x_zwave_values.Notification_Access_Control_Door_state_simple=23 zwave_device.capabilities=[113] zwave_device.endpoint=0 zwave_device.failed=null zwave_device.manufacturer_info=null zwave_device.node_id=24 zwave_device.valueId=[113,"Notification","Access Control","Access Control","Door state (simple)","Door state (simple)"] zwave_device.version_info=nullI'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:
Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor. Contribute to dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib development by creating an account on GitHub.
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 🙂
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.Hi @toggledbits.
After a couple of weeks, I noticed that my Remotec zrc90 isn't working as expected.
Scenes are working in ZWaveJS, but this device has a strange behavior: the scene change, but then it's set again to null. In Reactor, this remains null:
battery_power.level=0.7 battery_power.since=1725817957361 x_debug.dt={"description":"Scene master 8 button remote","model":"BW8510/ZRC-90US","default_name":"Scene master 8 button remote","manufacturerId":21076,"productType":0,"productId":34064} x_zwave_values.Battery_isLow=false x_zwave_values.Battery_level=70 x_zwave_values.Central_Scene_scene_001=null x_zwave_values.Central_Scene_scene_002=null x_zwave_values.Central_Scene_scene_003=null x_zwave_values.Central_Scene_scene_004=null x_zwave_values.Central_Scene_scene_005=null x_zwave_values.Central_Scene_scene_006=null x_zwave_values.Central_Scene_scene_007=null x_zwave_values.Central_Scene_scene_008=null x_zwave_values.Central_Scene_slowRefresh=null x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_manufacturerId=21076 x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_productId=34064 x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_productType=1 x_zwave_values.Version_firmwareVersions=["1.1","1.1"] x_zwave_values.Version_hardwareVersion=3 x_zwave_values.Version_libraryType=2 x_zwave_values.Version_protocolVersion="4.5" x_zwave_values.Wake_Up_controllerNodeId=1 x_zwave_values.Wake_Up_wakeUpInterval=0 zwave_device.capabilities=[91,114,128,132,134] zwave_device.endpoint=0 zwave_device.failed=false zwave_device.generic_class="Remote Controller" zwave_device.impl_sig="24242:1:22315:1" zwave_device.is_beaming=false zwave_device.is_listening=false zwave_device.is_routing=false zwave_device.is_secure=false zwave_device.manufacturer_info=[21076,1,34064] zwave_device.max_data_rate=null zwave_device.node_id=154 zwave_device.specific_class="Simple Remote Control" zwave_device.status=2 zwave_device.status_text="awake" zwave_device.version_info=[null,"1.1"] zwave_device.wakeup_interval=0Anything I could look at? Thanks.
Hi, @toggledbits!
I have a question about the execution behavior. See the code below, and I'll explain the situation.
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This is a routine that, at a certain point, determines that the desktop on which the VM hosting the Reactor is located receives an instruction to perform a shutdown (Shell Command).
When this happens, the desktop is turned off, and then Hubitat detects by a "ping" that the VM has been down, waits 15 seconds, turns off the power to this desktop, and then 15 seconds later turns on the desktop with the Reactor VM again.
After restarting the desktop, the VM is loaded, and the Reactor is triggered. Still, the following problem occurs: I expected that when the rule was continued to be executed again, the next step would be executed, that of the 900-second delay after shutdown, but the Shell command is executed again, and then it goes into a loop, the rule does not advance.
To break the loop, I first have to make the VM not load, change the desktop password, and then start the VM. In this case, Reactor generates an error when trying to execute the Shell Command because of the invalid password and then finishes the routine following the 900 delay step.
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Is my interpretation that when it returns, the routine should continue to the next step that has not yet been executed incorrectly? Or does Reactor, through the shutdown command, interpret that it hasn't finished this step and keep trying, which is the correct reaction?
Thanks for clarifying.
Hi @toggledbits ,
I'm slowly moving my ZWave network from Vera to ZWaveJS. I successfully cloned my ZWave network using a spare Vera Edge (a new post for the community later when I'll be fully back from vacation) and I'm testing a couple of things before moving everything to ZWaveJS.
In the meanwhile, I have a couple of venetian blinds connected to Fibaro Roller Shutters 2 (FGR222) and I'm using some proprietary ZWave commands to control the tilt position, that right now I'm sending via Vera (with some code from the old place, messing with this):
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The ZWaveJS values are reported via this:
x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Proprietary_fibaro_venetianBlindsPosition=0 x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Proprietary_fibaro_venetianBlindsTilt=0I hope there's a way to expose a separate device to control the tilt position directly, without doing the mess I'm doing now. Let me know if you need some files. Thanks.
As per @toggledbits request, new topic.
Position and cover commands not working and position/cover attributes are incorrect. Dimming is OK.
cover.state=null dimming.level=1 dimming.step=0.1 energy_sensor.units="kWh" energy_sensor.value=0.41 position.value=null power_sensor.units="W" power_sensor.value=0 power_switch.state=true x_debug.dt={"entity_class":"Cover","match":"deviceClass.generic.key=17;deviceClass.specific.key=6","capabilities":["cover","toggle","position"],"primary_attribute":"cover.state"} x_zwave_values.Meter_reset=null x_zwave_values.Meter_value_65537=0.41 x_zwave_values.Meter_value_66049=0 x_zwave_values.Multilevel_Switch_Down=null x_zwave_values.Multilevel_Switch_Up=null x_zwave_values.Multilevel_Switch_currentValue=99 x_zwave_values.Multilevel_Switch_duration="unknown" x_zwave_values.Multilevel_Switch_restorePrevious=null x_zwave_values.Multilevel_Switch_targetValue=99 x_zwave_values.Notification_Power_Management_Over_current_status=0 x_zwave_values.Notification_System_Hardware_status=0 x_zwave_values.Notification_alarmLevel=null x_zwave_values.Notification_alarmType=null zwave_device.capabilities=[38,50,113] zwave_device.endpoint=1 zwave_device.failed=null zwave_device.impl_sig="24225:1:22315:1" zwave_device.manufacturer_info=null zwave_device.node_id=148 zwave_device.version_info=nullThanks!
Another one for you, @toggledbits.
I have two water sensors (same device, NAS-WS01Z), but one is reporting leak_detector.state=true even if no alarm is detected (I double checked from ZWaveJS UI):
battery_power.level=0.86 battery_power.since=null leak_detector.state=true x_debug.dt={"entity_class":"Notification Sensor","match":"deviceClass.generic.key=7"} x_zwave_values.Battery_isLow=false x_zwave_values.Battery_level=86 x_zwave_values.Binary_Sensor_Water=false x_zwave_values.Configuration_Alarm_Activity_Duration=5 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Alarm_Beep=1 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Alarm_Duration=120 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Alarm_Interval=null x_zwave_values.Configuration_Basic_Set_Level=255 x_zwave_values.Configuration_First_Alarm_Activity_Duration=null x_zwave_values.Configuration_Water_Detection=1 x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_manufacturerId=600 x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_productId=4229 x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_productType=3 x_zwave_values.Notification_Water_Alarm_Sensor_status=null x_zwave_values.Notification_alarmLevel=0 x_zwave_values.Notification_alarmType=0 x_zwave_values.Version_firmwareVersions=null x_zwave_values.Version_hardwareVersion=null x_zwave_values.Version_libraryType=null x_zwave_values.Version_protocolVersion=null x_zwave_values.Wake_Up_controllerNodeId=1 x_zwave_values.Wake_Up_wakeUpInterval=43200 zwave_device.capabilities=[48,112,113,114,128,132,134] zwave_device.endpoint=0 zwave_device.failed=false zwave_device.generic_class="Notification Sensor" zwave_device.impl_sig="24225:1:22315:1" zwave_device.is_beaming=false zwave_device.is_listening=false zwave_device.is_routing=true zwave_device.is_secure=false zwave_device.last_wakeup=1724143899220 zwave_device.manufacturer_info=[600,3,4229] zwave_device.max_data_rate=null zwave_device.node_id=114 zwave_device.specific_class="Notification Sensor" zwave_device.status=1 zwave_device.status_text="asleep" zwave_device.version_info=[null,null] zwave_device.wakeup_interval=43200here's the other one, correctly report the leak status:
battery_power.level=1 battery_power.since=null leak_detector.state=false x_debug.dt={"entity_class":"Notification Sensor","match":"deviceClass.generic.key=7"} x_zwave_values.Battery_isLow=false x_zwave_values.Battery_level=100 x_zwave_values.Binary_Sensor_Water=false x_zwave_values.Configuration_Alarm_Activity_Duration=5 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Alarm_Beep=1 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Alarm_Duration=120 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Alarm_Interval=1 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Basic_Set_Level=255 x_zwave_values.Configuration_First_Alarm_Activity_Duration=60 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Water_Detection=1 x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_manufacturerId=600 x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_productId=4229 x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_productType=3 x_zwave_values.Notification_Water_Alarm_Sensor_status=0 x_zwave_values.Notification_alarmLevel=null x_zwave_values.Notification_alarmType=null x_zwave_values.Version_firmwareVersions=["2.54"] x_zwave_values.Version_hardwareVersion=48 x_zwave_values.Version_libraryType=6 x_zwave_values.Version_protocolVersion="4.5" x_zwave_values.Wake_Up_controllerNodeId=1 x_zwave_values.Wake_Up_wakeUpInterval=43200 zwave_device.capabilities=[48,112,113,114,128,132,134] zwave_device.endpoint=0 zwave_device.failed=false zwave_device.generic_class="Notification Sensor" zwave_device.impl_sig="24225:1:22315:1" zwave_device.is_beaming=false zwave_device.is_listening=false zwave_device.is_routing=true zwave_device.is_secure=false zwave_device.last_wakeup=1724105239533 zwave_device.manufacturer_info=[600,3,4229] zwave_device.max_data_rate=null zwave_device.node_id=113 zwave_device.specific_class="Notification Sensor" zwave_device.status=1 zwave_device.status_text="asleep" zwave_device.version_info=[null,"2.54"] zwave_device.wakeup_interval=43200Also, both seems to have no primary value. Thanks.
Hi-
I have an android media player entity publishing from HA. I watch for changes in transport state and media title to trigger some actions.
Though those attributes report as expected, the set rule is being throttled for possible flapping.
There is an attribute for media position that continually updates, I suspect it is causing the evaluations to run constantly.
The workaround I am seeking is to ignore those attributes in HA or MSR. Anyone know how, or have a better idea??
Thx
Btw- this problem has spanned versions of HA and reactor, but I am current on both. Too current on HA for transparency, but the issue has survived several updates.
Referencing an expression inside a reaction is in the form of ${{ expression }}. When referenced inside my shell command to set the watering delay duration for my Rachio sprinkler system, it just does not work.
If I enter "86400" instead of referencing the expression lWateringDelayDuration, it works. Either I am doing something wrong or referencing an expression inside a shell command is not supported.
Reactor version: 24212
Local Expression
lWateringDelayDuration =
Setting Reaction using Shell command
curl -X PUT -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer xxxxxxxxxx -d '{ "id" : "xxxxxxxxxx", "duration" : ${{ lWateringDelayDuration}} }' https://api.rach.io/1/public/device/rain_delayThanks in advance
As per @toggledbits request, here's a new topic.
My Fibaro Door Window Sensor 2 (FGDW002) is always reporting as open, even if
x_zwave_values.Notification_Access_Control_Door_state=23 x_zwave_values.Notification_Access_Control_Door_state_simple=23which means that the door is closed. It was working before and I could downgrade to test, if necessary. Thanks.
Hi @toggledbits,
I'm not sure if it's a bug or something, but I have a lot of Fibaro Double Switch (FGS223) as follows.
In the example, it's zwavejs>65-2:
energy_sensor.units="kWh" energy_sensor.value=0.21 power_sensor.units="W" power_sensor.value=0 power_switch.state=false x_debug.dt={"entity_class":"Switch","match":"deviceClass.generic.key=16","capabilities":["power_switch","toggle"],"primary_attribute":"power_switch.state"} x_zwave_values.Binary_Switch_currentValue=false x_zwave_values.Binary_Switch_targetValue=false x_zwave_values.Meter_reset=null x_zwave_values.Meter_value_65537=0.21 x_zwave_values.Meter_value_66049=0 zwave_device.capabilities=[37,50] zwave_device.endpoint=2 zwave_device.failed=null zwave_device.impl_sig="23326:1:22315:1" zwave_device.manufacturer_info=null zwave_device.node_id=65 zwave_device.version_info=nullWhen operating endpoint 2, it's triggered endpoint 1. Endpoint 1 is fine. This is causing a lot of troubles, as you may imagine.
Also, endpoint 0 is not really a switch, and the associated actions are not doing anything at all. Maybe these could be removed. Also, I see battery_maintenance and power_source capabilities, all with null values.
battery_maintenance.charging=null battery_maintenance.rechargeable=false battery_maintenance.replace=false battery_maintenance.state=null heat_detector.state=false power_source.source=null power_switch.state=null x_debug.dt={"entity_class":"Switch","match":"deviceClass.generic.key=16","capabilities":["power_switch","toggle"],"primary_attribute":"power_switch.state","description":"Double Switch 2","model":"FGS223","default_name":"Double Switch 2","manufacturerId":271,"productType":515,"productId":4096} x_zwave_values.Central_Scene_scene_001=null x_zwave_values.Central_Scene_scene_002=null x_zwave_values.Central_Scene_slowRefresh=null x_zwave_values.Configuration_First_Channel_Energy_Reports_Threshold=100 x_zwave_values.Configuration_First_Channel_Operating_Mode=0 x_zwave_values.Configuration_First_Channel_Power_Reports_Minimum_Time_Between_Reports=10 x_zwave_values.Configuration_First_Channel_Power_Reports_Threshold=20 x_zwave_values.Configuration_First_Channel_Pulse_Time_for_Blink_Mode=5 x_zwave_values.Configuration_First_Channel_Reaction_to_Key_S1_for_Delay_Auto_ON_OFF_Modes=0 x_zwave_values.Configuration_First_Channel_Time_Parameter_for_Delay_Auto_ON_OFF_Modes=50 x_zwave_values.Configuration_General_Purpose_Alarm_Response=3 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Include_Consumption_By_Device_Itself_in_Reports=0 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Input_Button_Switch_Configuration=2 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Key_S1_Associations_Double_Click_Value_Sent=99 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Key_S1_Associations_Send_OFF_With_Single_Click_2=0 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Key_S1_Associations_Send_ON_With_Single_Click_1=0 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Key_S1_Associations_Send_When_Double_Clicking_8=0 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Key_S1_Associations_Send_When_Holding_and_Releasing_4=0 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Key_S1_Associations_Switch_OFF_Value_Sent=0 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Key_S1_Associations_Switch_ON_Value_Sent=255 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Key_S1_Send_Scenes_When_Held_Down_and_Released_8=1 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Key_S1_Send_Scenes_When_Pressed_1_Time_1=1 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Key_S1_Send_Scenes_When_Pressed_2_Times_2=1 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Key_S1_Send_Scenes_When_Pressed_3_Times_4=1 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Key_S2_Associations_Double_Click_Value_Sent=99 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Key_S2_Associations_Send_OFF_With_Single_Click_2=0 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Key_S2_Associations_Send_ON_With_Single_Click_1=0 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Key_S2_Associations_Send_When_Double_Clicking_8=0 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Key_S2_Associations_Send_When_Holding_and_Releasing_4=0 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Key_S2_Associations_Switch_OFF_Value_Sent=0 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Key_S2_Associations_Switch_ON_Value_Sent=255 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Key_S2_Send_Scenes_When_Held_Down_and_Released_8=1 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Key_S2_Send_Scenes_When_Pressed_1_Time_1=1 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Key_S2_Send_Scenes_When_Pressed_2_Times_2=1 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Key_S2_Send_Scenes_When_Pressed_3_Times_4=1 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Periodic_Active_Power_Reports=3600 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Periodic_Energy_Reports=3600 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Report_During_Blink_Mode=0 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Second_Channel_Energy_Reports_Threshold=100 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Second_Channel_Operating_Mode=0 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Second_Channel_Power_Reports_Minimum_Time_Between_Reports=10 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Second_Channel_Power_Reports_Threshold=20 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Second_Channel_Pulse_Time_for_Blink_Mode=5 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Second_Channel_Reaction_to_Key_S2_for_Delay_Auto_ON_OFF_Modes=0 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Second_Channel_Time_Parameter_for_Delay_Auto_ON_OFF_Modes=50 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Send_Secure_Commands_to_2nd_Association_Group_1=1 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Send_Secure_Commands_to_3rd_Association_Group_2=1 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Send_Secure_Commands_to_4th_Association_Group_4=1 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Send_Secure_Commands_to_5th_Association_Group_8=1 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Smoke_CO_or_CO2_Alarm_Response=3 x_zwave_values.Configuration_State_After_Power_Failure=1 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Temperature_Alarm_Response=1 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Time_of_Alarm_State=600 x_zwave_values.Configuration_Water_Flood_Alarm_Response=2 x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_manufacturerId=271 x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_productId=4096 x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_productType=515 x_zwave_values.Notification_Heat_Alarm_Heat_sensor_status=0 x_zwave_values.Notification_Power_Management_Over_current_status=0 x_zwave_values.Notification_alarmLevel=null x_zwave_values.Notification_alarmType=null x_zwave_values.Protection_exclusiveControlNodeId=null x_zwave_values.Protection_local=0 x_zwave_values.Protection_rf=0 x_zwave_values.Protection_timeout=null x_zwave_values.Version_firmwareVersions=["3.2"] x_zwave_values.Version_hardwareVersion=3 x_zwave_values.Version_libraryType=3 x_zwave_values.Version_protocolVersion="4.5" zwave_device.capabilities=[91,112,113,114,117,134] zwave_device.endpoint=0 zwave_device.failed=false zwave_device.generic_class="Binary Switch" zwave_device.impl_sig="23326:1:22315:1" zwave_device.is_beaming=false zwave_device.is_listening=true zwave_device.is_routing=true zwave_device.is_secure=false zwave_device.manufacturer_info=[271,515,4096] zwave_device.max_data_rate=null zwave_device.node_id=65 zwave_device.specific_class="Binary Power Switch" zwave_device.status=4 zwave_device.status_text="alive" zwave_device.version_info=[null,"3.2"]Thanks.
Good morning,
I'm having an issue with controlling my Zooz Zen14 outdoor double outlet. I should be able to control each outlet individually, and this does work when use Home Assistant (haas) from Reactor.
When I use zwavejs, I see 3 entries:
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The first entry is for the overall device. I can turn both outlets on and off (in theory) by setting the power_switch state to on or off. This does turn them on and off when using zwavejs.
When I go to the individual outlets, performing the power_switch.on or power_switch.off actions turns them all (main, 1 and 2) on or off, and not just the individual outlets. When I perform the same action from haas, turning on outlet 1 will turn on the main switch and 1, but not 2.
I reviewed the logs for that node and I'm not seeing anything obvious.
:~/reactor/logs$ cat reactor.log.1 | grep ZWaveJSController#zwavejs | grep "node 216" [latest-24212]2024-08-07T00:19:00.233Z <ZWaveJSController:INFO> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs update node 216 value "0:37:targetValue:" data [Object]{ "source": "node", "event": "value updated", "nodeId": 216, "args": { "commandClassName": "Binary Switch", "commandClass": 37, "endpoint": 0, "property": "targetValue", "newValue": true, "prevValue": false, "propertyName": "targetValue" } } [latest-24212]2024-08-07T00:19:00.235Z <ZWaveJSController:INFO> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs update node 216 value "0:37:currentValue:" data [Object]{ "source": "node", "event": "value updated", "nodeId": 216, "args": { "commandClassName": "Binary Switch", "commandClass": 37, "property": "currentValue", "endpoint": 0, "newValue": true, "prevValue": false, "propertyName": "currentValue" } } [latest-24212]2024-08-07T00:19:00.321Z <ZWaveJSController:INFO> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs update node 216 value "0:37:currentValue:" data [Object]{ "source": "node", "event": "value updated", "nodeId": 216, "args": { "commandClassName": "Binary Switch", "commandClass": 37, "property": "currentValue", "endpoint": 0, "newValue": true, "prevValue": true, "propertyName": "currentValue" } } [latest-24212]2024-08-07T00:19:00.322Z <ZWaveJSController:INFO> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs update node 216 value "0:37:targetValue:" data [Object]{ "source": "node", "event": "value updated", "nodeId": 216, "args": { "commandClassName": "Binary Switch", "commandClass": 37, "property": "targetValue", "endpoint": 0, "newValue": true, "prevValue": true, "propertyName": "targetValue" } } [latest-24212]2024-08-07T00:19:00.323Z <ZWaveJSController:INFO> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs update node 216 value "0:37:duration:" data [Object]{ "source": "node", "event": "value updated", "nodeId": 216, "args": { "commandClassName": "Binary Switch", "commandClass": 37, "property": "duration", "endpoint": 0, "newValue": { "value": 0, "unit": "seconds" }, "prevValue": { "value": 0, "unit": "seconds" }, "propertyName": "duration" } } [latest-24212]2024-08-07T00:19:02.189Z <ZWaveJSController:INFO> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs update node 216 value "1:37:currentValue:" data [Object]{ "source": "node", "event": "value updated", "nodeId": 216, "args": { "commandClassName": "Binary Switch", "commandClass": 37, "property": "currentValue", "endpoint": 1, "newValue": true, "prevValue": false, "propertyName": "currentValue" } } [latest-24212]2024-08-07T00:19:02.192Z <ZWaveJSController:INFO> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs update node 216 value "1:37:targetValue:" data [Object]{ "source": "node", "event": "value updated", "nodeId": 216, "args": { "commandClassName": "Binary Switch", "commandClass": 37, "property": "targetValue", "endpoint": 1, "newValue": true, "prevValue": false, "propertyName": "targetValue" } } [latest-24212]2024-08-07T00:19:02.193Z <ZWaveJSController:INFO> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs update node 216 value "1:37:duration:" data [Object]{ "source": "node", "event": "value updated", "nodeId": 216, "args": { "commandClassName": "Binary Switch", "commandClass": 37, "property": "duration", "endpoint": 1, "newValue": { "value": 0, "unit": "seconds" }, "prevValue": { "value": 0, "unit": "seconds" }, "propertyName": "duration" } } [latest-24212]2024-08-07T05:32:30.127Z <ZWaveJSController:INFO> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs configuring node 216 endpoint 0 (entity "216-0") [latest-24212]2024-08-07T05:32:30.127Z <ZWaveJSController:INFO> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs configuring node 216 endpoint 1 (entity "216-1") [latest-24212]2024-08-07T05:32:30.128Z <ZWaveJSController:INFO> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs configuring node 216 endpoint 2 (entity "216-2")I'm running:
Reactor (Multi-hub) latest-24212-3ce15e25
ZWaveJSController [0.1.23326] (with zwavejs_data from 7/25/2024)
HA:
Core 2024.7.3
Supervisor 2024.08.0
Operating System 12.3
Frontend 20240710.0
[SOLVED] Random ghosting of lights when Away
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When using Vera I made use of Deus Ex Machina II after Patrick took it over. Worked brilliantly for ghosting lights on and off when I was away.
Now that my devices are migrated to Hubitat I can't make use of DEMII.
Any thoughts on how to replicate this randomness with two or three lights in MSR?
Solved here: https://smarthome.community/post/8204
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Pretty easy to do with lights to be controlled in an array and a couple of rules to figure out (a) when to be enabled, (b) toggle a randomly-selected light from the array and delay a random time; (c) figure out when transitioning from enabled to disabled and turn off all the lights in the array. That's basically the guts of DEMII.
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@toggledbits Here's a prototype for "Reactor Ex Machina"...
Lights to be cycled are placed in a global expression like this:
This is the "Cycler". It triggers when a variable it owns called
cycler_stim
changes (and is non-zero, which is the resting/deactivated state value).When the cycler is "stimulated", it picks a random device from
REM_lights
and toggles it. Then it goes into a random delay between 10 and 30 minutes, after which it incrementscycler_stim
, effectively stimulating itself (for lack of a better description) and the cycle begins again.This is the "activate" rule. It determines when light cycling should start. It just sets
cycler_stim
to 1, and the Cycler will automatically start going.This is the "deactivate" rule; it determines when cycling should stop. Depending on the complexity of your activate/deactivate rules, you could also do this in the reset reaction of Activate. It sets
cycler_stim
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@librasun This is good to know - I tend to try and keep as much as possible within MSR. Yes, it makes it a SPOF, but it's also better than chasing down troubleshooting in multiple places.
That being said... I do have some things like TV on/off, Night mode on, that are convenience things that ultimately drive back to the root HA system running from within Alexa devices.
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@toggledbits Going to ask a really dumb question: how do I create a variable to use in
Set Variable
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@gwp1 said in Random ghosting of lights when Away:
@toggledbits Going to ask a really dumb question: how do I create a variable to use in
Set Variable
?In MSR, you have two choices. #1 - Create a new Global Expression under (you guessed it) "Global Expressions" on the left-hand menu. #2 - Within any Rule, scroll down to the bottom and click to expand the Expressions pane; there, you can click
[+Add Expression]
. Just type its name (variable names are case-sensitive!), then tab or click into its definition window to begin creating an expression. -
@toggledbits some quick questions about the new
performAction ( )
construct you've just presented:- Will there be a "Builder" button to help create these expressions in the same way
getEntity
currently does? - Is the semicolon
;
a one-for-one alternative to comma,
as a separator in multi-part expressions? or only when used as a terminator foreach
blocks? - Why did you elect to place that
[Set Variable]
sequence inside a separate rule's Set Reaction, rather than have it inside the Reset Reaction of "Active Period". - Any documentation available at this stage for
performAction ( )
showing what the optional{ }
parameters can do?
This is clearly powerful mojo you've just unleashed. And your implementation example takes us into
while
/do
territory without explicitly introducing alabel
/loop
orrepeat
element.(But your example does have me wondering whether "Condition Options" for Triggers and Group Constraints should offer "Randomize" drop-downs in "Pulse" for Output Control?)
e.g. output goes true for [fixed/random] __ (to __) seconds [once/repeat] after [fixed/random] __ (to __) seconds, up to __ times
Thoughts?
- Will there be a "Builder" button to help create these expressions in the same way
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- This is a tough one; which is to say, I'm developing a tough stance around the expressions in general. I'm more likely to remove the existing builder for 1.0. Expressions are an advanced user feature, and putting training wheels around what is really two simple core concepts that are foundational for an MSR user to understand in the system (i.e. how to identify a device and how to pick an attribute from it) isn't helpful in my view. In fact, your earlier suggestion of a full point-and-click expression builder actually set off alarm bells in my head and has pretty much cemented for me where expressions live in this ecosystem. As/if MSR is used by more people, I will be looking at how expressions are used and why, and trying to find ways to address those needs with conditions and actions instead, so that the need for expressions is reduced to the minimum (i.e. make more powerful tools available in the simpler interface, rather than growing the power of the most complex interface). I'm also not afraid to decide that not every automation problem needs an MSR solution. At least for version 1.0, I'm feeling just at or slightly over the limit of what I'm willing to do with expressions until I get more users and more perspective.
- Semicolon and comma are treated the same in lexpjs.
- Which one?
- Yes. Start at the "Manual" link in the left nav, go to Creating Automations, then Expressions.
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@toggledbits said in Random ghosting of lights when Away:
Which one?
I was referring to the placement of the "Reset to 0" action inside of a "Deactivate" rule (see https://smarthome.community/post/7946) rather than just resetting the variable in the Reset reaction of "Active Period" (since I believe, perhaps wrongly?, that the same thing would be accomplished either way).
As for the "Builder", it was just my natural response to an inner dialogue I had upon first seeing
performAction ()
... namely, "How will I ever remember the function 'performAction'?" and "How am I going to keep its syntax straight between uses?" and "What are the myriad valid actions it can perform on a given device?"Such a powerful tool! But chances are, without a Builder, I just would avoid it entirely because I can't keep all that in my mind. Just like I currently use the "Expression Builder" of Reactor for Luup and its counterpart in MSR every single time.
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@librasun As I said, it depends on the complexity of your activation and deactivation. I made them separate because I think that's a more general approach -- not all "not activate" means "deactivate". But for sure, it can be done just in Activate if that is implied.
@librasun said in Random ghosting of lights when Away:
As for the "Builder", it was just my natural response to an inner dialogue I had upon first seeing performAction ()... namely, "How will I ever remember the function 'performAction'?" and "How am I going to keep its syntax straight between uses?" and "What are the myriad valid actions it can perform on a given device?"
Such a powerful tool! But chances are, without a Builder, I just would avoid it entirely because I can't keep all that in my mind. Just like I currently use the "Expression Builder" of Reactor for Luup and its counterpart in MSR every single time.If everybody thought like this, none of us would be here because nobody would use any API and none of these tools or systems would exist. I do not expect users to get through using expressions at all without referring to the documentation from time to time. The R4V "getstate" tool is not an expression builder, it just handles that one function, as does the analogous tool in MSR. But expanding on that seems folly to me, and the more expansive, the more folly. It's anathema to the complexity of the feature (expressions), IMO.
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@toggledbits Agreed. I accept my limitations here, too, just as I have for the past 40 years when attempting to write computer programs. (Ironic, since I taught Applesoft BASIC and LOGO to hundreds of kids in the 1980s.)
For me, composing things like Regex matches, Javascript/Google Apps Script macros, PUT requests, and more generally API calls with code -- even rudimentary Linux commands at the prompt -- means hours of Googling, reading docs, and/or hunting up examples.
So long as we teamwork those MSR docs into something brimming with Pro Tips and Working Examples, I (and 99.9% of users) will be fine. But coming up with Expressions from scratch, on-the-fly with weeks/months between visits to the UI will remain challenging, by design, as you rightly point out.
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That's another reason I really want to see how they get used and what opportunities are possible to add rule or reaction features to alleviate the need. Those interfaces more or less put the options in front of you -- they are Reactor/MSR's expression builders.
On a related note, anecdote: in the late 90s/early 2Ks, I was a Perl power user, big time. Maybe half of my projects and output were Perl at that time. Then tides shifted and until just a few days ago, I had not touched Perl. But I had a file-handling task that was tailor-made for Perl, so I dove in. What a mess. What would have taken me a half hour 20 years ago took me hours that day, much of it Google-searching. C'est la vie.
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@toggledbits Given your affinity for logic charts and equivalences, I think it bears asking at this juncture: What can
performAction()
do that a carefully-iterated Set/Reset Action cannot?After all, if a user can already set up a device array, use Expressions to advance its index step-wise, and loop (or call) a Rule (or Reaction) repeatedly based on Conditions... is there a particular use-case where
performAction()
simplifies things or enables something otherwise impossible?Please show me to the door if I've overstayed my welcome on this topic.
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I'll answer a question with a question: what would the Cycler rule look like without
performAction()
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Here's a naive stab at one solution. It uses a single expression to decide which of N "channels" will get toggled on the next cycle.
The rule itself runs so long as the Trigger condition remains
TRUE
. For testing purposes, I have it set to Pulse true for 5 seconds and repeat every 10 seconds, but the 'Repeat' interval would normally be much longer as in your example, above.Since the 'Reset' reaction would normally engage after each Pulse, I included a Group Constraint to check whether my Trigger condition (in this case, the Fireplace light being ON) has gone
FALSE
. Only then will the ghost lights all be turned OFF.The fun part in between happens in the 'Set' reaction, comprising 3 groups (one for each "channel"):
As should be clear here, I was forced to "hard wire" my selection of ghost lights by naming them explicitly within each Reaction. This illustrates just how convenient the new
performAction()
function is, allowing enumeration of an arbitrary (and easily editable) set of ghost lights listed within a single array as with your example.Unquestionably,
performAction()
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To answer my own question about, "How do you find which Actions a particular device can do using
performAction()
?"The answer is: ENTITIES
Go to the left menu, click Entities, scroll down or filter to find the specific device or class of devices, pick a device and then scroll down to its list of "Actions". There, you will find all possible arguments for
performAction()
, such aspower_switch.off
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@toggledbits I know you made a conscious decision that
performAction()
should returnnull
, but would you consider having it return an object of the form:{device: "vera>device_138", action: "power_switch.off", parameters: {<parameters>}, time: 1620912239172}
instead? I'd find this useful in troubleshooting Rules, especially those using enumeration as in the above examples, without having to resort to Log inspection every time.
- Libra