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    (Last Updated: December 30, 2021)
    • Constraints under triggers or under constraints, what is the difference?

      A

      Need to ask, have thougth about this since the move from Rector to MSR I think.

      What is the difference between putting constraints under trigger groups, like this
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      Compared to this similar rule, but the time limits is under contraints instead?
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      I think the Constraints parts in manual is still to be done because I can only find in the chapter menu, but it is not mentioned anywhere else.

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    • Adding remotes, scene controllers as entities to MSR

      A

      EDIT: 2022.07.01

      So I will try to remake this thread to some kind of guide for future use, or in worst case a documentation of my failure. At least that could also be useful for letting someone know what didn't work...
      I have zero knowledge of programming, so every time I need to edit a config file in HomeAssistant or similar it requires a good portion of googletime and read, re-reading instructions.
      Also is english not my native language, so bear with me.

      Two goals!
      1: Get MSR to take notice (and then actions of course) of pressed buttons on remotes.
      2: Document what I do in hope I can help someone else in the future.

      I will use a Fibaro Keyfob as described below, but what I understand from Togglebits answers most type of remotes should work in similar ways.

      Original thread:
      Fibaro Keyfob support in MSR? (thru Hassio & Z-wave JS)
      Hi

      I just bought a Fibaro Keyfob FGKF-601 and plan to give this to my son so he can control some stuff in his own room. Primary some lightning and Sonos, maybe blinds in the future.

      As the noob I am it will, of course, not work as I expected.👶🏻

      The remote handle 1x, 2x, 3x clicks per button (six of them) and "release button"
      I thought that it would appear like some "scene controller" in HA and that I could make Rules in MSR depending on what scene-entety that was triggered.
      So is not the case, and if that is because of HA, Z-wave JS or MSR I have no idea.
      I found a HA Blueprint that works in HA, but of course I would prefer to keep all automation in MSR.
      I guess a workaround could be using HA virtual switches "Helpers" that I suppose will come up as an on/off trigger in MSR, but before going this way I would like to check with the wisdom of your guys if there is a better way of doing this.

      I am using:
      MSR 22168 on windows.
      Home Assistant Core 2022.6.7
      Home Assistant Supervisor 2022.05.3
      Home Assistant OS 7.6
      Z-Wave JS version: 0.1.64

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    • The Home Remote with MSR

      MikeReadington

      Did anyone do/start any work on a full integration with The Home Remote application yet?

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    • Condition must occur after -restriction not working

      tunnus

      Running MSR 22123 in Docker container and trying to use "condition must occur after" option. Will update to the latest build and log a PR if needed, but wanted to poll first if anyone is using this option successfully?

      I have the following rules:

      Screenshot 2022-06-28 at 15.18.50.png

      Notification activity connected to "Alarm disabled" rule did not trigger. I also did another test with quite simple rules and that didn't work either (FWIIW - when observing that test in "real-time", I didn't see any timer running on the second rule while the first rule was true).

      As said, before going further with debug/logs, nice to know if someone is using this option/restriction (successfully).

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    • Reactor (Multi-System/Multi-Hub) Announcements

      toggledbits

      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.
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    • [Solved] Changes in 22178 for HASS sensor no longer provide a value in topic "value", MQTTController echo capability

      Crille

      Before updating to 22178 there was a primary value echoed in MQTTControllers echo capability, can I tell the controller which value to put as primary from HASS sensors after this change as it now is null? or is it a bug?

      I have not changed the

      primary_attributes: true

      mqtt_value.PNG

      Reactor latest-22178 bare metal
      Hass 2022.6.7

      Edit: Solved in build 22179

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    • Using InfluxDB with MSR

      wmarcolin

      Hi!

      I have a system that I consider pretty stable, running in a VM Ubuntu 20.04, it has some communication failures, but I think more by HE than by the OS/MSR.

      I'm thinking of taking the next step to get more advantages from the system, and I'm thinking of using InfluxDB maybe for queries or to extend rules.

      The question is, I would like practical examples of what really helps to install InfluxDB? What would you be doing that really makes a difference with this installation? Can you post examples of features or information?

      Thanks

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    • git hub docker container not available?

      Black Cat

      @toggledbits - what now?

      Re: Cheapest platform on which to run MSR

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    • Synology NAS docker image replacement

      MikeReadington

      Hi Everyone,

      MSR had a docker image file naming convention change, and I am not exactly sure how to swap the image out. I'm sure it's not rocket science, I've just never done this before.

      I am using a Synology NAS, and under the environment tab there is a "REACTOR_IMAGE" variable. Can I just change the image name to the new image naming convention and clear the container, or should I launch a new container and populate the volume location from the previous reactor?

      Thanks in advance

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    • Cheapest platform on which to run MSR

      T

      Please can anyone give me advice on a cheap way to run MSR (both initial cost and ongoing electricity cost). I currently run it on my QNAP network drive (which works very well incidentally). However, this draws a constant 35Watts (£90/yr @ 30p/kWh) and given the recent rise in fuel costs I am evaluating the best way forwards. Note, I only really need to turn my QNAP on for an hour a week to back-up my computer data. I understand that MSR can run on a Raspberry PI, but I am not competent with Linux! Thanks.

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    • Copying configuraiton and rules from QNAP install to Raspberry PI 4 install

      T

      I have made good progress setting up a new Raspberry PI 4 with the latest OS (64bit) and latest Reactor images in Docker. However I am not able to copy my configuraiton files (.yml) and reactor reactions over. I am not yet that confident with linux commands, so I have tired to drag and drop the files from a USB drive to the working folders in my new Raspberry PI. I am getting a popup in the GUI stating 'The file operation was completed with errors.' and Errors occured: "rule-xxxxxx.json: Error opening file "/home/pi/reactor/....................................json":Permission denied.

      I suspect it's something to do with permissions?

      Is there an easier way to copy my configuration over??

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    • Alexa TTS via Home Assistant?

      T

      Hello All -

      I'm gradually moving away from Vera to Home Assistant. I've recently gotten the Alexa and Mini Media Player setup in Home Assistant and everything is working well.

      Is there a way to call this service from Reactor? My goal is to send TTS requests to HAAS upon certain events within Reactor (e.g. "Front Door Opened")

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    • Integrate UPS with MSR

      wmarcolin

      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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      afa73913-5318-42c6-af9a-02d36e2e6ea1-image.png

      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.

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    • Reactor as tab in Hass sidebar

      Matohl

      panel_iframe in configuration.yaml. If you access MSR with HTTP it works in HA with HTTP to Reactor and HTTPS to HTTPS obviously.

      configuration.yaml

      # ============ SIDEBAR ============ panel_iframe: reactor: title: "Reactor" url: "http://192.168.0.23:8111/reactor/sv-SE/"
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    • Documentation>Network Status

      S

      It appears that in the Manual, under Management>Network Status is for Reactor on Vera. Is the Internet check functionality available with MSR and if so is there updated instructions? I do see a variable reactor_system.internet.ok but the value is null.
      I am looking for a way to check for internet status with MSR before installing an extra app on a hub to get the information.

      Synology Docker latest-22149

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    • MSR Upgrade from 22119 to 22136 fails, service wont start

      W

      Windows Server 2022 Build 20348
      Nodejs v16.14.0
      Currently running Reactor (Multi-hub) stable-22119-ae7212f
      Linked to Hass 2022.0.5.4 (on a different box)
      Windows server is dedicated to MSR and doesn't do anything else.

      I'd like to upgrade to 22136 to take advantage of the SSL feature added recently, and also to bring my current version of Hass into the 'supported' column with MSR.

      Following the instructions here: link text, section "Upgrade Windows Bare Metal"

      Stop Reactor Service Extract the zip, overwriting the reactor folder in c:\reactor\reactor There is no package-lock.json file so I skip that. Run "npm install --no-save --omit dev"

      Next step is to start the service. I start the service and it immediately stops. "Windows could not start the Reactor service on Local Computer. Error 1067: The process terminated unexpectedly".

      Tried rebooting, service won't stay running.

      I suspect I'm missing something, it's probably obvious but I've not been able to figure it out.

      I rolled back the reactor folder version (Windows Shadow copies) and then the service starts fine.

      Anyone else running Windows and know what I'm missing?

      Tail of log file from running OK version, before upgrade attempt [stable-22119]2022-06-01T22:20:19.081Z <Rule:INFO> Lounge Billy Ambient Lighting - Turn On (Rule#rule-l0ki453b) evaluation complete [stable-22119]2022-06-01T22:20:19.082Z <httpapi:NOTICE> HTTP API v1 22021 base URL http://172.16.128.6:8111; listening [stable-22119]2022-06-01T22:20:19.228Z <app:NOTICE> HTTP server running; registering proxy endpoints. [stable-22119]2022-06-01T22:20:19.228Z <app:NOTICE> Starting WSAPI... [stable-22119]2022-06-01T22:20:19.229Z <wsapi:NOTICE> wsapi: starting version 21334 [stable-22119]2022-06-01T22:20:19.656Z <Engine:INFO> [Engine]Engine#1 master timer tick, local time "6/2/2022, 8:20:19 AM" (TZ offset 600 mins from UTC) [stable-22119]2022-06-01T22:27:54.788Z <wsapi:INFO> wsapi: connection from ::ffff:172.16.128.5 Tail of log file from failed to start after upgrade (is identical, ii.e. nothing has been appended to it) [stable-22119]2022-06-01T22:20:19.081Z <Rule:INFO> Lounge Billy Ambient Lighting - Turn On (Rule#rule-l0ki453b) evaluation complete [stable-22119]2022-06-01T22:20:19.082Z <httpapi:NOTICE> HTTP API v1 22021 base URL http://172.16.128.6:8111; listening [stable-22119]2022-06-01T22:20:19.228Z <app:NOTICE> HTTP server running; registering proxy endpoints. [stable-22119]2022-06-01T22:20:19.228Z <app:NOTICE> Starting WSAPI... [stable-22119]2022-06-01T22:20:19.229Z <wsapi:NOTICE> wsapi: starting version 21334 [stable-22119]2022-06-01T22:20:19.656Z <Engine:INFO> [Engine]Engine#1 master timer tick, local time "6/2/2022, 8:20:19 AM" (TZ offset 600 mins from UTC) [stable-22119]2022-06-01T22:27:54.788Z <wsapi:INFO> wsapi: connection from ::ffff:172.16.128.5 reactor.wrapper.log (log file the failed to start event points to) 2022-06-02 08:19:23 - Stopping reactor.exe 2022-06-02 08:19:23 - ProcessKill 3628 2022-06-02 08:19:25 - Shutdown exception Message:A system shutdown is in progress. Stacktrace: at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHRInternal(Int32 errorCode, IntPtr errorInfo) at System.Management.ManagementScope.InitializeGuts(Object o) at System.Management.ManagementScope.Initialize() at System.Management.ManagementObjectSearcher.Initialize() at System.Management.ManagementObjectSearcher.Get() at winsw.WrapperService.GetChildPids(Int32 pid) at winsw.WrapperService.StopProcessAndChildren(Int32 pid) at winsw.WrapperService.StopIt() at winsw.WrapperService.OnShutdown() 2022-06-02 08:20:11 - Starting C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\reactor\reactor\node_modules\node-windows\lib\wrapper.js --file C:\reactor\reactor\app.js --scriptoptions= --log "Reactor wrapper" --grow 0.25 --wait 1 --maxrestarts 3 --abortonerror n --stopparentfirst undefined 2022-06-02 08:20:11 - Started 3272 2022-06-02 08:30:54 - Stopping reactor.exe 2022-06-02 08:30:54 - ProcessKill 3272 2022-06-02 08:30:54 - Found child process: 3280 Name: conhost.exe 2022-06-02 08:30:54 - Found child process: 3504 Name: node.exe 2022-06-02 08:30:54 - Stopping process 3280 2022-06-02 08:30:54 - Send SIGINT 3280 2022-06-02 08:30:54 - SIGINT to 3280 failed - Killing as fallback 2022-06-02 08:30:54 - Stopping process 3504 2022-06-02 08:30:54 - Send SIGINT 3504 2022-06-02 08:30:54 - SIGINT to 3504 failed - Killing as fallback 2022-06-02 08:30:54 - Stopping process 3272 2022-06-02 08:30:54 - Send SIGINT 3272 2022-06-02 08:30:54 - SIGINT to 3272 failed - Killing as fallback 2022-06-02 08:30:54 - Finished reactor.exe 2022-06-02 08:33:41 - Starting C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\reactor\reactor\node_modules\node-windows\lib\wrapper.js --file C:\reactor\reactor\app.js --scriptoptions= --log "Reactor wrapper" --grow 0.25 --wait 1 --maxrestarts 3 --abortonerror n --stopparentfirst undefined 2022-06-02 08:33:41 - Started 4184 2022-06-02 08:36:57 - Starting C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\reactor\reactor\node_modules\node-windows\lib\wrapper.js --file C:\reactor\reactor\app.js --scriptoptions= --log "Reactor wrapper" --grow 0.25 --wait 1 --maxrestarts 3 --abortonerror n --stopparentfirst undefined 2022-06-02 08:36:57 - Started 3100 Windows event log event: Child process [4184 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\reactor\reactor\node_modules\node-windows\lib\wrapper.js --file C:\reactor\reactor\app.js --scriptoptions= --log "Reactor wrapper" --grow 0.25 --wait 1 --maxrestarts 3 --abortonerror n --stopparentfirst undefined] finished with 1
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    • [Solved] suninfo.period "night" and rule trigger for sunset are at different times

      Crille

      I'm just curious, what's the difference between suninfo.period changing from "day" to "night" vs "after sunset" with no offset?
      suninfo.period changes to "night" 7 minutes and 33 seconds before "after sunset" is triggered in my latest-22149 bare metal setup.

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    • Status page rule history length.

      MikeReadington

      Hello Patrick,

      On the status page rule history is there any adjustably on length of the history shown? I had an occasion where it would have been helpful to go a few notches farther back than it does as currently configured.

      I don't know if this is a log parser or if it is a separate smaller data set. If it is a log parser, any chance for maybe something like a "more" button?

      Thanks,
      Mike

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    • [Solved] New device on Ezlo is not added in Reactor

      Crille

      I can't find any posts or reference in docs for this log message

      <EzloController:NOTICE> EzloController#ezlo received notice of new device, but auto-rediscover is OFF; ignoring

      I've restarted MSR and hard refreshed browser but the new entity is not added. Can I set auto-rediscover to ON or how do I get the new device added into Reactor?

      Edit:
      Bare metal latest-22142
      The device is a Xiaomi Mini Switch, it's publishing correct values in ezmqtt.

      Edit 2: The Xiaomi Aqara Mini Switch is now mapped in build 22149.

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    • Disk Warning on Multisystem Reactor

      S

      334ccd7a-9499-4dea-8a4a-2347609dce62-image.png

      For the life of me I cannot figure this out.
      when I run the du -hs command (from the host) for the mapped volume I get 25M
      (/home/seth/ReactorConfig maps to /var/reactor)

      Inside the container I ran du -hs for each of the folders that the ui is complaining about
      /opt/reactor = 71.2M
      /var/reactor/storage = 2.9M
      /var/reactor/logs = 17.6M

      If I run df on the docker container I get this. Disk space is not critical
      1f5d230c-0792-468b-b3b7-9f45e31581c5-image.png

      What gives?

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    SOLVED TTS in MSR?

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      Fanan last edited by

      Hi!

      In Home Assistant I sometimes uses the TTS, either to my Sonos or Google speakers. With reactor in Vera I also use TTS.
      But in MSR I can't select the TTS-service. It's simply not there. Am I missing something, or is this the case, so far?
      Thanks!
      /Fanan

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      • LibraSun
        LibraSun last edited by

        In MSR, try the following action (assuming you have the Sonos_TTS plug-in running on Vera):

        [ Entity Action ] [ Sonos device ] [ x_vera_svc_micasaverde_com_Sonos1.say ]
        where these fields are all (mostly) optional:
        Text:, Language:, Engine: [AZURE], Volume:, SameVolumeForAll:, GroupDevices:, GroupZones:, Chime:, Repeat:, UnMute:, UseCache:
        

        Hope I'm pointing you in the right direction, as that's what I see in my (only) rule that produces TTS output.

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        • cw-kid
          cw-kid last edited by

          Reactor for Vera has support for sending TTS to Google Home speakers?

          I'm currently using Node Red for Google Home TTS and I am sending Http requests from MSR rules to Node Red etc to initiate a TTS announcement.

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          • toggledbits
            toggledbits last edited by toggledbits

            Home Assistant does not enumerate the full list of services supported by a device in any of its APIs. It's a bit of a hole (but not unusual -- Hubitat is the same).

            You can tell MSR that a device supports a service by creating a file local_hass_devices.yaml with contents similar to the following (modify the entity ID as needed):

            # This file has local definitions for HomeAssistant devices.
            
            entities:
              # This media player is a Sonos device, so it supports the Hass "tts" service
              "hass>media_player_portable":
                services:
                  - tts
            

            Remember YAML indenting is done with spaces, not tabs; two spaces per level. Use yamlchecker.com for check/diagnostics.

            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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              Fanan @toggledbits last edited by

              @toggledbits That worked as a charm! 🙂
              A new question; I send the TTS-message to a Nest smart display. Is it possible to have the text visible on the screen? Or even a selected picture? Maybe that's to much... But it would still be cool!

              Thanks for giving me the TTS option!

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                Fanan last edited by

                @toggledbits, I wounder if it's possible to use the "PlayURI" command, as in the Reactor in Vera. The aim is to play a certain Sonos playlist. My Sonos is visible both as a Vera integration and a HA integration. The Vera integration shows up as an option, but doesn't work. The HA integration don't seem to have that option in MSR. I tried to add it using the same method as you descriped above, but that didn't work. Do you know how to fix this?
                Best regards,
                /Fanan

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                • Matohl
                  Matohl @Fanan last edited by

                  @fanan To play a Sonos-playlist I use the SQ:xxx command and it works well.
                  Skärmavbild 2021-05-21 kl. 17.33.58.png

                  Vera Plus, Hue Bridge, RFXtrx and Home Assistant (RPi) 2022.6.4, MSR (RPi) 22001

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                  • toggledbits
                    toggledbits last edited by

                    For Hass, the x_hass_media_player.play_media action is the one to use, but the parameters are platform (Sonos) dependent and you need to figure them out. The Hass documentation for the Sonos component has some information, but it's anything but user-friendly. Google is your friend.

                    For Hubitat, I've never had any luck getting Sonos to play queues, even from the Hubitat's own UI.

                    I will say, this is a reflection of how much the Sonos plugin on Vera simplifies the use of the zone player, because the Hass and Hubitat interfaces are pretty raw/low-level, and Sonos is complex.

                    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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                      Matteburk @toggledbits last edited by

                      @toggledbits And in Hubitat? 🙂

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                      • toggledbits
                        toggledbits last edited by

                        I think I answered that.

                        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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                          Matteburk @Matteburk last edited by

                          @matteburk sorry missed your last post

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                            Fanan last edited by

                            Thanks everyone - I'll give it a try in the weekend!

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                            • LibraSun
                              LibraSun last edited by LibraSun

                              This news just in from Microsoft:

                              "Thanks for using Azure Text-to-Speech. We would like to share the great news that we have recently released 12 new regions. We also released neural Text-to-Speech in 10 more languages, a new neural voice (Jenny Multilingual) that speaks 14 languages, 11 more neural voices in American English and 5 more neural voices in Chinese. When using neural voice, synthesized speech is nearly indistinguishable from human recordings."

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                                Fanan @LibraSun last edited by Fanan

                                @librasun . I'm trying to add Microsofts TTS service, but it doesn't work. I got a API key and everything. Still doesn't work. My aim is to use a swedish neural voice instead of Googles voices. Is it working for you?

                                EDIT: I got it working! The neural voices don't support my region, so I had to change the region (created a new service), when I was logged in at Azure.

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                                • Tom_D
                                  Tom_D last edited by toggledbits

                                  I am trying to enable MSR TTS on Google home devices. I found the local_hass_devices.yaml file already existed with the above example.
                                  So in the true spirit of cutting and pasting while not knowing what I am doing I ended up with the following file:

                                  # This file has local definitions for HomeAssistant devices.
                                  ---
                                  entities:
                                    # Entry shows how an entity can have a service added and its name forced
                                    "hass>sensor_connected_clients":
                                      name: "WebSocket Clients"
                                      services:
                                        - homeassistant
                                    # Sample Sonos device, add the Hass "tts" service for text-to-speech capability
                                    "hass>media_player_sonos_living_room":
                                      service:
                                        - tts
                                    # Sample Sonos device, add the Hass "tts" service for text-to-speech capability
                                    "hass>media_player.family_room_speaker":
                                      service:
                                        - tts
                                  

                                  Reactor (Multi-hub) latest-22149-cd758fa6 on QNAP container
                                  Vera Plus 1.7.5186 (7.31) - Ezlo Plus 2.0.27.1916.1
                                  Hubitat Elevation 2.3.0.124
                                  Home Assistant 2022.3.5

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                                  • toggledbits
                                    toggledbits last edited by toggledbits

                                    What you've done here (correct approach, one little error, see below) is declare that those two media_player devices have the tts service as an additional declared service. That will cause MSR to bring in the attributes and actions of that service as supported for the device.

                                    Hass doesn't publish what Hass services a Hass entity supports through its API. The only service that can be known for certain is the one that is part of the Hass entity ID (e.g. the Hass entity ID media_player.family_room_speaker tells you that it will support the media_player service). Any other supported services (like tts) aren't enumerated by the API, sadly (in a few cases, they can be inferred as related in a bit mask, but this is an extension and highly implementation/component dependent, not consistent at all, but I try to pick this up when known). This manual way of connecting additional services/capabilities to the entities is the best I could do at the moment.

                                    Other things you can do in this file are override the name of the device (by supplying name: "myoverridename" at the same indent level as service:), and change the primary attribute (primary_attribute: "servicename.attributename"). When setting/overriding the primary attribute, the service must be supported by the device (so known by the device ID or added via services: in this file).

                                    One small correction, though: the canonical ID for the third entry hass>media_player.family_room_speaker -- the dot (.) should probably be an underscore (_). Confirm on the Entities list.

                                    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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                                      Fanan last edited by

                                      Picking up on my old thread. I just got Alexa working with tts in Home Assistant. Is it possible to get it to work with MSR as well? I added the speakers to my local_hass_devices.yaml, and then I got the same tts options as with google speakers. But that don't work for sending tts messages. In HA I have to add "Type: tts" for it to work. I also don't see the native Alexa voice as an option, only the same as the google speakers. It's not a personal big deal, but would be a fun and maybe useful feature in the future.

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                                      • toggledbits
                                        toggledbits last edited by

                                        Let me play around with this a bit. You can add the notify service to the entity (have you done this?), but I'm not sure about the rest of the parameters. Some are tricky. But I want to get something like this going in my house, so good excuse to figure it out...

                                        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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                                          Fanan @toggledbits last edited by

                                          @toggledbits said in TTS in MSR?:

                                          You can add the notify service to the entity (have you done this?)

                                          @toggledbits No, I haven't used the notify service. I might give it a try later this week. If you (or anyone else) figure it out, please share!

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                                            Buxton @Fanan last edited by

                                            @fanan Per this topic https://smarthome.community/topic/744/sending-a-service-request-to-home-assistant?_=1638829172919 I couldn't get Alexa tts to work in MSR, but I do have it working in openLuup with the following code that sits inside a simple plugin:

                                            myEchoDevice = "alexa_media_".. myEchoDevice
                                            myEchoMessage = table.concat(myEchoMessage)
                                            	
                                            local request_body = json.encode {message = myEchoMessage, data = {["type"] = "announce",method = "all"}}
                                            
                                            local response_body = {}
                                            	
                                            local theURL = 'http://'..HomeAssistantIP..':'..HomeAssistantPort..'/api/services/notify/'..myEchoDevice  
                                            	
                                            r, c, h = http.request {
                                               url = theURL,
                                               method = "POST",
                                               headers = {
                                               ["Content-Type"]   = "application/json",
                                               ["Authorization"] = "Bearer ".. HomeAssistantToken,
                                               ["Content-Length"] = request_body:len()
                                               },
                                            source = ltn12.source.string(request_body),
                                            sink   = ltn12.sink.table(response_body)
                                            }
                                            

                                            The variable "myEchoDevice" is the exact name of the specific echo device (or device group) as presented in the Amazon Alexa app. I typically broadcast to all my devices via a group, intercom style, so I catch the message wherever I am in my home. The variable "HomeAssistantToken" needs to be created in HA. "myEchoMessage "is a lua table in the above code, but you could just as easily capture the message as a string, and then trim the string prior to sending it to the HTTP post request.

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