I installed a new iblind this evening and it is appearing in ZWaveJS. It is operational thru Home Assistant just fine. It is operational thru the HA ZwaveJS plugin just fine.
Where it is non-responsive is in MSR for some reason. The entities are there. Adding the node to a Reaction and then attempting to run said Reaction nets me this:
[latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:33:08.454Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:655> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs _apply_value motion_sensor.state=false [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:33:08.455Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:722> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs setting Binary Sensor#zwavejs>11-0.x_zwave_values.Binary_Sensor_Motion to false [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:33:08.692Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:360> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs handling node event statistics updated entity Binary Sensor#zwavejs>11-0 [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:23.960Z <ZWaveJSController:INFO> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs performing cover.open on Cover#zwavejs>20-0 with [Object]{ } [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:23.962Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:1843> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs no implementation mapped; attempting default [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:25.062Z <ZWaveJSController:INFO> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs performing zwave_device.refresh on Cover#zwavejs>20-0 with [Object]{ } **[latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:25.063Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:1843> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs no implementation mapped; attempting default** [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:25.065Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:294> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs sending #1694151625064<9/8/2023, 1:40:25 AM>: [Object]{ "command": "node.refresh_values", "nodeId": 20, "messageId": 1694151625064 } [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.307Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:360> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs handling node event statistics updated entity Cover#zwavejs>20-0 [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.317Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:360> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs handling node event value updated entity Cover#zwavejs>20-0 [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.318Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:667> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs update node 20 value "0:128:level:" data [Object]{ "source": "node", "event": "value updated", "nodeId": 20, "args": { "commandClassName": "Battery", "commandClass": 128, "property": "level", "endpoint": 0, "newValue": 100, "prevValue": 100, "propertyName": "level" } } [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.319Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:684> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs updating attributes for node 20 value "0:128:level:"=100: [Array][ "battery_power.level", "battery_power.since" ] [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.320Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:698> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs updating attribute battery_power.level with [Object]{ "entity": "20-0", "impl": { "expr": "float( value ) / 100", "valueId": "128:level:" } } [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.321Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:591> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs _apply_value entity Cover#zwavejs>20-0 battery_power.level [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.322Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:655> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs _apply_value battery_power.level=1 [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.323Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:698> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs updating attribute battery_power.since with [Object]{ "entity": "20-0", "impl": { "expr": "time()", "valueId": "128:level:" } } [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.323Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:591> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs _apply_value entity Cover#zwavejs>20-0 battery_power.since [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.324Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:655> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs _apply_value battery_power.since=1694151626324<9/8/2023, 1:40:26 AM> [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.325Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:722> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs setting Cover#zwavejs>20-0.x_zwave_values.Battery_level to 100 [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.333Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:360> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs handling node event value updated entity Cover#zwavejs>20-0 [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.334Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:667> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs update node 20 value "0:128:isLow:" data [Object]{ "source": "node", "event": "value updated", "nodeId": 20, "args": { "commandClassName": "Battery", "commandClass": 128, "property": "isLow", "endpoint": 0, "newValue": false, "prevValue": false, "propertyName": "isLow" } } [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.336Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:324> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs request 1694151625064<9/8/2023, 1:40:25 AM> (node.refresh_values) success notification [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.337Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:684> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs updating attributes for node 20 value "0:128:isLow:"=false: [Array][ ] [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.338Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:722> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs setting Cover#zwavejs>20-0.x_zwave_values.Battery_isLow to false [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.558Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:360> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs handling node event statistics updated entity Cover#zwavejs>20-0Please note the highlighted logpart - no other iblind has this. In addition, in MSR>Entities several show as null rather than having a value as the others do.
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I tried deleting all Entities associated with this device from MSR and then refreshing ZWaveJS in Home Assistant and restarting MSR - the Entities return but in the same state/s.
Admittedly, it's been a very long three weeks at work - I could have missed something obvious during setup but I sure can't figure what it is.
Hi @toggledbits
I'm trying to use OWM, apparently, I receive the correct information, but after a while, the MSR disconnects.
My configuration is as follows.
- id: weather enabled: true implementation: OWMWeatherController name: OWM Weather config: # Place your OWM API key here (remember to enable the controller after adding your appid) appid: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" # How often weather is allowed to be refreshed. This helps limit OWN API use, # to keep you in their good graces (and on their free tier). This value is # in minutes. interval: 30 locations: - id: home name: Home Weather # Set the location by specifying ONE OF: latitude+longitude, OWN city # ID, or location (as postal,country). If none is set, the system # location will be used. latitude: 8.9936 longitude: -79.5197 city_id: 3703443 #location: "30269,us" # Enable "save_full_response" to save the full response (you may have # need to use parts of the response that are not part of the wx # capability in your dashboard widgets). #save_full_response: falseWhen I request a systemctl status reactor I get this message:
root@main:/home/wilson/reactor/logs# systemctl status reactor ● reactor.service - Multi System Reactor Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/reactor.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Fri 2023-09-08 21:03:13 EST; 5s ago Main PID: 194711 (node) Tasks: 11 (limit: 9390) Memory: 82.5M CPU: 2.508s CGroup: /system.slice/reactor.service └─194711 /usr/bin/node app -p Sep 08 21:03:13 main node[194711]: Error: Incompatible serialization data; can't unserialize Sep 08 21:03:13 main node[194711]: at System.unserialize (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Entity.js:624:19) Sep 08 21:03:13 main node[194711]: at /home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:458:70 Sep 08 21:03:13 main node[194711]: at Array.forEach (<anonymous>) Sep 08 21:03:13 main node[194711]: at OWMWeatherController._restoreEntities (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:446:36) Sep 08 21:03:13 main node[194711]: at new Controller (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:37:45) Sep 08 21:03:13 main node[194711]: at new OWMWeatherController (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/OWMWeatherController.js:327:9) Sep 08 21:03:13 main node[194711]: at /home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:93:37 Sep 08 21:03:13 main node[194711]: [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.855Z <NUTController:null> Module NUTController v22305 Sep 08 21:03:13 main node[194711]: [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.859Z <SystemController:null> Module SystemController v23214 root@main:/home/wilson/reactor/logs# root@main:/home/wilson/reactor# systemctl status reactor ● reactor.service - Multi System Reactor Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/reactor.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Fri 2023-09-08 20:48:36 EST; 2min 58s ago Main PID: 194353 (node) Tasks: 11 (limit: 9390) Memory: 66.0M CPU: 9.493s CGroup: /system.slice/reactor.service └─194353 /usr/bin/node app -p Sep 08 20:48:37 main node[194353]: at System.unserialize (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Entity.js:624:19) Sep 08 20:48:37 main node[194353]: at /home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:458:70 Sep 08 20:48:37 main node[194353]: at Array.forEach (<anonymous>) Sep 08 20:48:37 main node[194353]: at OWMWeatherController._restoreEntities (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:446:36) Sep 08 20:48:37 main node[194353]: at new Controller (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:37:45) Sep 08 20:48:37 main node[194353]: at new OWMWeatherController (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/OWMWeatherController.js:327:9) Sep 08 20:48:37 main node[194353]: at /home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:93:37 Sep 08 20:48:37 main node[194353]: [latest-23242]2023-09-09T01:48:37.017Z <NUTController:null> Module NUTController v22305 Sep 08 20:48:37 main node[194353]: [latest-23242]2023-09-09T01:48:37.024Z <SystemController:null> Module SystemController v23214 Sep 08 20:48:37 main node[194353]: [latest-23242]2023-09-09T01:48:37.475Z <Timer:null> Timer#rule-l7ujwva5 just a note: I'm setting a delay of > lines 1-20/20 (END)I can see this information in the log, but I don't understand what I should do to fix it.
[latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.838Z <DynamicGroupController:null> Module DynamicGroupController v22313 [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.845Z <Structure:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface weather (OWMWeatherController) [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.847Z <OWMWeatherController:null> Module OWMWeatherController v22294 [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.850Z <Controller:WARN> OWMWeatherController#weather failed (1) to restore entity controller_all: [Error] Inco> [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.850Z <Controller:CRIT> Error: Incompatible serialization data; can't unserialize [-] Error: Incompatible serialization data; can't unserialize at Group.unserialize (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Entity.js:624:19) at /home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:458:70 at Array.forEach (<anonymous>) at OWMWeatherController._restoreEntities (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:446:36) at new Controller (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:37:45) at new OWMWeatherController (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/OWMWeatherController.js:327:9) at /home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:93:37 [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.851Z <Controller:WARN> OWMWeatherController#weather failed (1) to restore entity default: [Error] Incompatibl> [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.851Z <Controller:CRIT> Error: Incompatible serialization data; can't unserialize [-] Error: Incompatible serialization data; can't unserialize at Entity.unserialize (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Entity.js:624:19) at /home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:458:70 at Array.forEach (<anonymous>) at OWMWeatherController._restoreEntities (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:446:36) at new Controller (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:37:45) at new OWMWeatherController (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/OWMWeatherController.js:327:9) at /home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:93:37 [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.852Z <Controller:WARN> OWMWeatherController#weather failed (1) to restore entity system: [Error] Incompatible> [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.852Z <Controller:CRIT> Error: Incompatible serialization data; can't unserialize [-] Error: Incompatible serialization data; can't unserialize at System.unserialize (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Entity.js:624:19) at /home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:458:70 at Array.forEach (<anonymous>) at OWMWeatherController._restoreEntities (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:446:36) at new Controller (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:37:45) at new OWMWeatherController (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/OWMWeatherController.js:327:9) at /home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:93:37 [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.853Z <Structure:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface nut (NUTController) [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.855Z <NUTController:null> Module NUTController v22305 [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.855Z <Controller:INFO> Loaded NUTController version "0.1.22305"; Patrick Rigney/Kedron Holdings LLC <patrick@> [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.857Z <Structure:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface reactor_system (SystemController) [And finally, I have a second house, with the same OWM configuration I made today, and it doesn't show any errors.
Please, your traditional help.
Thanks.
After a prolonged power cut, the UPS was unable to cope with the weather and shut down the entire system.
When I returned, I had the problem that the host time displayed in the browser and automatically used in the rules was not correct.
I searched for a topic here on this forum that talked about it, but it referred to a container installation. There was a recommendation to go into the storage/states directory and delete the files and restart MSR, I did it and it didn't solve the problem.
There was also a recommendation to go directly to the browser to check the time, and I did so and I see that the time is correct.
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As you can see on the screen above:
MSR browser shows the correct browser time 21:23, but host time 13:02; In the browser below the direct query and the host time is correct 9:22:54 PM; Setting the VM date command on the third screen, the time is 9:23:00 PM.I've opened the entire reactor.log file and searched for any errors, and there aren't any.
^L [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.928Z <app:null> Reactor build latest-23242-5ee8e1d4 starting on v18.12.0 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.929Z <app:null> Process ID 1807 user/group 1000/1000; bare-metal; platform linux/x64 #179-Ubuntu SMP Mo> [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.929Z <app:null> Basedir /home/leonardo/reactor; data in /home/leonardo/reactor/storage [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.929Z <app:null> NODE_PATH=/home/leonardo/reactor [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.933Z <app:INFO> Configured locale (undefined); selected locale(s) en_US.UTF-8 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.955Z <app:INFO> Loaded locale en-US for en-US [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.958Z <Structure:null> Module Structure v23172 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.959Z <Capabilities:null> Module Capabilities v22356 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.969Z <Capabilities:NOTICE> System capabilities loaded from core distribution, data version 23914 revisi> [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.978Z <Plugin:null> Module Plugin v22300 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.981Z <TimerBroker:null> Module TimerBroker v22283 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.983Z <Entity:null> Module Entity v22353 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.986Z <Controller:null> Module Controller v23069 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.992Z <default:null> Module Ruleset v22293 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.992Z <default:null> Module Rulesets v22146 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.996Z <GlobalExpression:null> Module GlobalExpression v23211 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:13.003Z <Predicate:null> Module Predicate v23093 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:13.005Z <AlertManager:null> Module AlertManager v22283 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:13.007Z <Rule:null> Module Rule v23107 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:13.009Z <GlobalReaction:null> Module GlobalReaction v22324 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:13.010Z <Engine:null> Module Engine v23231 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:13.012Z <httpapi:null> Module httpapi v23058 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:13.019Z <wsapi:null> Module wsapi v23172 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:13.019Z <app:NOTICE> Starting Structure...As you can see, the time in the log is 02:11, which is correct, because I'm in time zone -5, which means it's 09:11PM for me.
I've restarted the VM, the computer hosting the VM, and the MSR a few times and the same difference remains. What do you recommend for the next step in understanding and solving the problem?
Thanks.
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.Good afternoon,
I'm running my MSR instance on an old NAS server running Fedora 37 Server. This is an older Core i5-4690K server that has served me well overall, but it's showing it's age, and will often reboot into maint mode if it applies updates overnight. I've been trying to troubleshoot, but it's also in my office (makes my office hot), and I'm looking at getting either a QNAP or Syslogy rack mount NAS to replace it.
What I'm wondering is what the process would be to migrate my current MSR config and move it to a different platform. I have quite a large ruleset that I don't want to have to recreate. I know I can run it in a container on either platform, but I'm not sure how I would migrate all my rules over. Is there one config file that has all of the rules, or could I simply copy my /reactor directory over to a enw platform?
I am also considering moving the MSR instance to a stand alone RPI 4 with a SSD. This way, while I'm migrating all of my files off of my NAS, I'm not loosing Reactor's functionality until I have whichever rack mount NAS I go with up and running, with all of the data migrated.
Thoughts?
Hello,
I've installed MSR in a Docker container on my Synology NAS. I'm able to access my Vera, but I'm having trouble using the Reactor import within the Docker environment. I'm using the Docker terminal, and I've navigated to "/opt/reactor". However, when I try to run the command, it's telling me I'm not in the installation directory, even though I can see the "tools" directory and the "apps.js" file there. I've also tried changing the file permissions, but nothing seems to work. How do you manage this in a Synology Docker container? Do you use the terminal inside Docker, or SSH into the Synology itself? I'm not finding the "/opt/reactor" path, but I see a "/var/reactor" directory, which I placed in my storage folder.
ERROR: This script must only be run from the Reactor app directory.
Maybe I'm missing something, but this appears to be a bug.
I'm troubleshooting a rule to see if one of the system participants is arriving (presence changes from not home to home). I want this arriving state to be less than 5 minutes (300 seconds), to differentiate between being home for a longer period of time, and just getting home.
In the restrictions sections of the Trigger, I set "Condition must be sustained for less than 300 seconds", and I save the trigger.
After I save and exit, I'm looking at the rule, and it's changed itself to x_hass.state == home; for at least 300 secs. I go back into edit the rule, and it in fact shows "at least" from the drop down.
This logic is of course failing and I can't seem to get it to work.
Changed to less than, and saved:
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Exited:
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Back in rule:
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I'm running latest-23218-ebab7a1b.
I added the Proximity integration to HA to create automations based on if a person is on vacation or not. The integration creates an entity and its x_hass.state is the distance to the zone you have setup in HA. For some reason MSR sees that value as a string so I am not able to use the<, >, etc operators as a trigger. Is there anyway this could be fixed without needing to convert the string in a local expression?
MSR 23218
HA 2023.8.3
Entity Attributes if needed
x_hass.domain="proximity" x_hass.entity_id="proximity.arman_proximity" x_hass.services=["proximity"] x_hass.state="0" x_hass_attr.dir_of_travel="unknown" x_hass_attr.friendly_name="arman_proximity" x_hass_attr.nearest="Arman’s iPhone" x_hass_attr.unit_of_measurement="km"MSR Version: latest-23218
Running as Docker Container : Docker version 24.0.5, build ced0996
OS: Linux 15BPMSR1 6.1.26-05272-g26c406245a2c #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Apr 27 10:15:40 UTC 2023 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux
SMTP notifications had been working fine and I am unsure exactly what action(s) stopped it from working.
I have verified that the SMTP server configured in notifications.yml is working properly.
To duplicate the problem I am forcing an SMTP email notification using the set reaction play button, the reactor.log shows the following errors:
[latest-23218]2023-08-21T14:23:22.462Z <wsapi:ERR> [WSAPI]wsapi#1 can't queue reaction rule-lgxmrba4:S: [Error] Engine has not been started [-] [latest-23218]2023-08-21T14:23:22.463Z <wsapi:CRIT> Error: Engine has not been started [-] Error: Engine has not been started at Engine.queueReaction (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Engine.js:1494:46) at WSAPI.clientMessage (/opt/reactor/server/wsapi/wsapi.js:782:64) at WebSocket.<anonymous> (/opt/reactor/server/wsapi/wsapi.js:301:157) at WebSocket.emit (node:events:527:28) at WebSocket.emit (node:domain:475:12) at Receiver.receiverOnMessage (/opt/reactor/node_modules/ws/lib/websocket.js:1068:20) at Receiver.emit (node:events:527:28) at Receiver.emit (node:domain:475:12) at Receiver.dataMessage (/opt/reactor/node_modules/ws/lib/receiver.js:517:14) at Receiver.getData (/opt/reactor/node_modules/ws/lib/receiver.js:435:17)I have tried:
OS level: apt udate and apt upgrade and reboot
docker pull toggledbits/reactor:latest-aarch64 latest-aarch64: Pulling from toggledbits/reactor Digest: sha256:d8a019d457c9fef61f7c3e6908db1f1d0a2d14b6f7c5e9d4fc536c791503d152 Status: Image is up to date for toggledbits/reactor:latest-aarch64 docker.io/toggledbits/reactor:latest-aarch64docker stop reactor
docker start reactor
docker compose down
docker compose up -d
To no avail.
I feel like I'm missing something obvious but can't put my finger on it.
Thank you in advance for any guidance.
-bh
I have a rule that's driving my pool heater to match the solar excess. In the previous iteration, I checked for the status every minute, but I wanted something different and smarter. The logic is basically:
run continuously from 9:15 to 18:15 check for conditions, and if there's solar excess, use the power to turn on the heater, then wait 1 minute to check again turn off the heater, then wait 5 minutes to prevent frequent on/off cyclesI thought that this could be very similar to Reactor-Ex machina's logic, so I crafted a rule that's basically doing the same: an infinite loop from 9:15 to 18:15 that's checking for status and has a delay based on the heater's condition.
All went well, but after a couple of hours, I got this:
Reaction task "49683" failed due to an exception. Please see the log. rule-liy7z3gf:S (Pool-Heater-Solar) step 0: Error: Task has run too much! Runaway?and the rule was reset (and the heater was left on). Is that by design and I should adopt another strategy? What are others doing when they have a state machine?
With the EV charger I did two groups of condition, each triggering every x minutes based on the charger status, but this seems less smarter and very rudimental. Any suggestion is appreciated. Thanks.
I have a Tripp-Lite UPS (https://www.tripplite.com/smartpro-lcd-120v-1500va-900w-line-interactive-ups-avr-tower-lcd-usb-10-outlets~smart1500lcdt) that connected by a USB cable to my computer, reports various power supply and failure information, as shown in the panel below.
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The application I installed runs Java and opens the console to send the information.
Has anyone tried to bring the information into the MSR? Or even a VeraPlus?
Thanks.
Hi
I am stuck trying to extract the "SignalLevel" value which is the WIFI Signal Strength off my Foscam via a http request. The request returns this, which isn't Json formatted data I don't think.
<CGI_Result> <result>0</result> <SignalLevel>52</SignalLevel> </CGI_Result>I created a rule that saves the http response into a Global Expression
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But I am struggling to work out what is the correct expression code to extract the value?
Can anyone more knowledgeable please help?
Thank you.
Hi
Today in MSR alerts I see 100 alerts saying that the devices on my Ezlo controllers no longer exist.
They do still exist. I checked some of these devices in the Ezlo Online API Tool doing a hub.devices.list query.
I then checked that the ID numbers were the same for the devices and they are the same device ID's still.
So my devices do still exist with the same device ID's it seems.
So not sure why MSR has over 100 alerts saying otherwise.
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I then looked in Entities selected my Ezlo Plus controller and it listed all my devices OK I think and nothing looked out of place.
Thanks
I just discovered there is a secret webpage I didn't know about for my Asus Merlin router that when I run it in a browser gives me all the routers current temperatures.
http://192.168.0.1/ajax_coretmp.asp
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I have to be logged into the router to access it however.
I tried to create an MSR rule with a HTTP request to store all this data in to a local expression.
But it looks like its not passing or accepting the username and password for my router, I tried Basic and Digest.
I just get this back in the local expression in the rule.
(string) "<HTML><HEAD><script>window.top.location.href='/Main_Login.asp';</script>\n</HEAD></HTML>\n"The data returned in the browser looked like this:
curr_coreTmp_wl0_raw = "43°C"; curr_coreTmp_wl0 = (curr_coreTmp_wl0_raw.indexOf("disabled") > 0 ? 0 : curr_coreTmp_wl0_raw.replace("°C", "")); curr_coreTmp_wl1_raw = "49°C"; curr_coreTmp_wl1 = (curr_coreTmp_wl1_raw.indexOf("disabled") > 0 ? 0 : curr_coreTmp_wl1_raw.replace("°C", "")); curr_coreTmp_wl2_raw = "disabled"; curr_coreTmp_wl2 = (curr_coreTmp_wl2_raw.indexOf("disabled") > 0 ? 0 : curr_coreTmp_wl2_raw.replace("°C", "")); curr_coreTmp_wl3_raw = "disabled"; curr_coreTmp_wl3 = (curr_coreTmp_wl3_raw.indexOf("disabled") > 0 ? 0 : curr_coreTmp_wl3_raw.replace("°C", "")); curr_cpuTemp = "66.495"; fanctrl_info = "";I know how to do this for webpages and sites that give back JSON data, however this data I am not sure what format it is, Javascript ? The page is a .asp ajax page.
So not sure if this is possible ?
I really wanted to monitor the CPU temps on my router as its been getting very hot, even with extra USB fans now on the back of it. Think its a firmware bug maybe in the Asus firmware as others have been talking about it online.
Thanks.
So, I've just installed two venetian blinds and I want to control their lamellas with Fibaro FGRM222.
According to the old place, this could be accomplished with some Zwave raw messages and I'm OK with it.
Since I've moved (mostly) everything virtual in MSR, I'm now ready to add a virtual device with actions.
Looking at the docs, it seems possible, but it's not documented. @toggledbits any hints? I want to define a cover and send Zwave commands to the existing x_vera_svc_micasaverde_com_ZWaveNetwork1.SendData action. Thanks.
@toggledbits,
I'm not sure if this is something you've looked into (or something I'm completely missing in the installation documentation), but would it be possible to add user authentication to the MSR frontend? On my Home Assistant instance, I have external access set up using Cloudflare, and I can add other instances within my network to that Cloudflare configuration, but without any sort of authentication to access MSR, I obviously can't open it to the internet, unless I want random people screwing around with my home automation.
I've just updated to 23218 and now I'm getting this:
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There seems to be related to global variables. The first and last ones are global reactions, while the second is a normal one. All are setting global variables.
Hey @toggledbits was wondering if we could have the latest reactor version number as an attribute for the Reactor System entity. It would be useful for me so I can use it for my wget command to automatically download the latest .tar.gz file. Ideally the complete version number like this 23171-85463e02.
@toggledbits ,
I was just taking a look at some of my scheduling to adjust for a new work schedule, and I noticed that the checkboxes for days of the week appear to be off.
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if you'll notice in the screenshot, Sun - Tuesday are good, but then Sat comes next, then Wed, then Sat again, then Wed again. No TGIF in this week.
I know this isn't how I set up the rules (which would explain the behavior I was investigating).
Edit: BTW, I checked all my Week Day entries, and they are all like this.
I'm running latest-23196-40ef07f4 on Fedora 37 Server w/o Docker.
[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()
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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