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I have been trying to get my windowshadeautomation (outside window)to work for some time in reactor but I cant get it working good..
What I want is that shades should close if above 20000lux if window is closed else if window open only set shade position to 0.7And if shade is closed and window is opened shade should go to 0.7 and if closed again shade should go back to closed
I have tried so many variants with different results.
I need som help...
/Mattias
I have :Trigger
light sensor ( above 20000 lux )Constraint
Rainsensor ( no rain)
Windsensor(no wind)
Window (closed, or open )Set reaction
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I have "rainstorm lights", those couple lights in the house that come on during the day when it's gotten so dark due to weather that it's almost like night inside. The trigger for this is mode + solar radiation level.
However, this gets triggered in that last hour before I wake in the morning due to the fact that I switch the house from NIGHT mode to DAY mode at 05:30 so climate control has an hour to warm the house appropriately before I rise at 06:30 weekdays (07:30 weekends.) To circumvent that I've added two "excludes" for hours "not between".
Everything is working great with the exception of blocking the pre-alarm hours. I'm posting what I've created for another set of eyes to review and point out my obvious-to-all-but-me error.
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I have been playing with TTS through an Ikea/Sonos speaker controlled through Hubitat.
When writing the action using variables and then using the PLAY button for that action I get an error message.
Using the PLAY button for the Set Reaction and the TTS works fine.
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Haven't been keeping track with the releases for a while, still on 096.
Is there any risk in using savedata from this old version on the newest, or can i just go ahead and update to the new docker?
Just thinking if there's any changes in savedata format or handling?
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I have MSR installed on two separate TS-251+ devices with the shared MSR_Data folders kept in sync using Hybrid Backup Sync.
The container on the standby or secondary server is stoped so both versions are not operating at once.
I've tried disabling one and switching to the other and that works well. It is nice to have the data backed up and another system ready to go if the first one fails.
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We're 60 days out from the 1.0 release date I gave earlier in this category. For about the next 30 days, I'll entertain new feature requests for anything you all feel is absolutely needed and not yet present for a 1.0 release, and you're going to have to make a strong case. Short of that, it will have to live on the wish list for a possible future release.
Identify and discuss in this topic, please... go!
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OK, people, here we go! At long last, Multi-System Reactor developer preview is available!
The package can be downloaded from the Reactor bug tracker, a MantisBT system (at https://reactor.toggledbits.com/mantisbt/). There is a download button in the left margin, as well as links to the documentation, which you will need for installation.
UPDATE 2021-02-24 -- To keep spammers off, I've locked down registration on the Bug Tracker. To get access to the Bug Tracker and preview downloads, please PM me (not reply here) your full name and email address and I will set up an account for you.
This version of MSR will run on Linux systems, including RPi's under Raspios Buster, running node.js version 12.10 or higher (v14.15.1). For RPi users, there is an installation script that will install a local copy of node.js (for the logged-in user).
Bugs reports will be handled through the bug tracker only. Discussion and questions in this forum are fine, though (if that leads to a bug report, we'll transition).
This version supports Vera (and openLuup to the degree it's compatible with Vera Luup), Hubitat, and Home Assistant. Some of the device support on the H platforms is still a bit basic, but it is largely controlled by configuration and progress can be made quickly.
The documentation beyond installation is a mess. Of course, I started with the existing documentation and have been massaging into MSR's particulars, but it still has a long way to go on the detail.
I know I don't have to say this, but I will anyway... let me know how it goes!
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This Might have been addressed, but I did not see anything anywhere.
Do the new EZLO controllers work with MSR?
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I would like an explanation of how I can define a global variable in numeric format.
Scenario 1:
Create a global variable in Expressions > Add Expression > variable name > set initial value = 0 (number zero) When entering Rule Sets > Triggers > Variable Value, the variable created appears to be selected and used in the rule However, in Set Reaction > Set Variable, this variable that was created with a numeric value does not appear, so we cannot change the value.Scenario 2:
Create a global variable in Expressions > Add Expression > variable name > DO NOT SET VALUE, leave as null When to go into Rule Sets > Triggers > Variable Value, the variable created appears to be selected and used in the rule, of course, because it has no value yet it is set to zero In Set Reaction > Set Variable, this variable appears, and we can define a content, that even if it is a number, it will be stored as a characterTo summarize, for scenario 1, I can't find a way to handle the value. For scenario 2, it works, but I can't use it if I want to use the variable for mathematical operations.
A little help from the community.
I use MSR 21153.
Thanks
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Three LIFX outdoor bulbs, call them #1, #2, #3.
The goal is to have the following outcome:
#1, color A
#2, color B
#3, color C
after 00:00:10, hard shift:
#1, color B
#2, color C
#3, color A
after 00:00:10, hard shift:
#1, color C
#2, color A
#3, color B
after 00:00:10, hard shift:
#1, color A
#2, color B
#3, color CVisual being that the colors essentially move in a single direction across the house all night long.
I thought maybe cannibalizing Reactor Ex Machina until I realized I'm shifting COLORS, not ENTITIES.
Thoughts, anyone?
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@toggledbits in 21153, I'm getting this rather consistent warning message every time I click on "Status":
System Configuration Check The time on this system and on the Reactor host are significantly different. This may be due to incorrect system configuration on either or both. Please check the configuration of both systems.Thing is, my system time and MSR's clock match exactly, and in turn match Internet time precisely for my time zone. Also, the TZ variable is set correctly in my Docker setup.
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I have some experience with Linux from about 30 years ago and my first thought was to install MSR in a QNAP TS-251+ Debian container. That did not go well as at every step it seemed I needed to add components to the OS to move forward one step. I got so frustrated I ordered a RPi which comes tomorrow. I have tried a few container Linux versions and gotten the furthest with CentOS.
MSR is running but complains about the system time being different from the MSR time. MSR is at my correct local time but the container OS is not. All the searching says that datetimectl is the program to run but I get an error about file or folder being incorrect. As long as MSR is at the correct time is that enough? -
I have a Hubitat device errors of devices that I am pretty sure I have never published to MSR. I have looked through my rules and cant find any reference to the devices and have checked my Maker API instance and the devices are not included. I am using Version 21129. Here is an example:
2021-05-10T01:30:00.013Z Engine:5:1032:Engine.js _process_reaction_queue() running task 4 { "tid": 4, "id": "rule-kodpluwh:R", "rule": "rule-kodpluwh", "__reaction": [RuleReaction#rule-kodpluwh:R], "next_step": 0, "status": 0, "ts": 1620610200011, "parent": --null--, "__resolve": --function--, "__reject": --function--, "__promise": [object Promise] }
2021-05-10T01:30:00.013Z Engine:NOTICE Starting reaction Test-Stairs Light<RESET> (rule-kodpluwh:R)
2021-05-10T01:30:00.013Z Engine:NOTICE Test-Stairs Light<RESET> delaying until 1620610500013<5/9/2021, 8:35:00 PM>
2021-05-10T01:30:00.014Z Engine:5:1036:Engine.js _process_reaction_queue() task returned, new status 2; task 4
2021-05-10T01:30:00.015Z Engine:5:1071:Engine.js _process_reaction_queue() ending with 1 in queue; waiting for 1 (next delayed task)
2021-05-10T01:30:04.873Z HubitatController:ERR HubitatController#hubitat device 96 not found. You may need to publish the device in Maker API to make it accessible to Reactor.
2021-05-10T01:30:04.884Z HubitatController:ERR HubitatController#hubitat device 96 not found. You may need to publish the device in Maker API to make it accessible to Reactor.
2021-05-10T01:30:04.888Z HubitatController:ERR HubitatController#hubitat failed request for device 96 info: Error: unparseable response
2021-05-10T01:30:04.889Z HubitatController:CRIT Error: unparseable response
Error: unparseable response
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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?
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Knowing that MSR Preview may not yet fully implement LuaXP (CORRECTION: MSR uses a different language lexpjs), I could not resist whipping up some text expressions for fun. Whereupon two things popped out at me:
The new scaling (0.00 - 1.00) of Dimming Level will require a rewrite of certain Expressions that I use to balance my light levels. For example, it was my custom to monitor one lamp's brightness (0 - 100) with Reactor Luup, then set another lamp to 93% of that level, using this Expression: floor(getstate( 9, "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:Dimming1", "LoadLevelTarget" ) * 0.93)Now, in MSR, it will become necessary to modify that to read:
floor ((getEntity( "vera>device_9" ).attributes.dimming.level * 0.93)*100)/100which effectively scales the value up x 100 (so that floor() can act upon it correctly), then downscale it / 100. Just an FYI to ponder.
I'm noticing that every edit, however minor, of an Expression in MSR requires an immediate SAVE click before the 'Run' button will become active. That is to say, I cannot repeatedly evaluate the Expression during editing, without clicking SAVE first.Only mentioning this latter behavior since it departs so dramatically from Reactor Luup's paradigm.
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Having issues with gmail. This was working 3 days ago. I updated to nodejs14 and for some reason had to reinstall MSR I did not have backup of notification.yaml, so re-entered the settings. The log is showing the smtp call is timing out. Any Ideas. I turn logging to 6 but no aditional info.
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Hi
I had an MSR rule to run some LUA code that would randomly run different Vera scenes to change the colours on some garden lights, the rule would pulse every 15 minutes, so a different Vera scene was selected to change to a different colour etc.
local scenes = {"172", "173", "174", "175", "176", "271", "272"} local tmp_random_number = math.random(1,7) local scene_id_to_launch = scenes[tmp_random_number] luup.call_action("urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:HomeAutomationGateway1", "RunScene", {SceneNum = scene_id_to_launch}, 0)This was working OK, but then I have been deleting lots of scenes off my Vera Plus and making them MSR Global Reactions instead and I forgot about this setup and now its broken as the Vera scenes have gone.
So now I have several MSR Global Reactions for setting each colour on these garden lights. But don't know how to achieve the same thing but by using Global Reactions instead of Vera scenes.
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Anyone good with expressions ? Or another way to do this in a rule?
Thanks
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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!
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Are there any plans to password protect the MSR web GUI with a username and password login ?
If so when might we expect that feature ?
Thank you.
Version 1.0 Pre-release Discussion
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We're 60 days out from the 1.0 release date I gave earlier in this category. For about the next 30 days, I'll entertain new feature requests for anything you all feel is absolutely needed and not yet present for a 1.0 release, and you're going to have to make a strong case. Short of that, it will have to live on the wish list for a possible future release.
Identify and discuss in this topic, please... go!
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The only thing that comes to mind is fleshing out the Docs (gonna be a fun chore!) and introducing more little (i) icons throughout the UI so that users can quickly jump to the related section of Docs for that panel/pane/action.
Right now, 21140 is like butter and I have no pressing outstanding Feature Requests to suggest.
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possibly add future wind readings to weather entity like rain(1h and 24hr)
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+1 on the docs. As a non-programmer, I struggled with what could probably best be described as the lack of prerequisite programming knowledge. I certainly would never expect a programming course in the docs, but examples in the "how-to" section will really help point people like me in the right direction. The installation (docker), logic, and concept sections were excellent for me, but I already had the basic gist of things from Vera Reactor.
+1 on the virtual devices.
Dashboard: I don't know if you view this as a separate but related project, but since MSR concentrates entities in one system, it would be a wonderful addition.
The only other thing I had thought of was a global "pause" button. I had to make lots of controller/device changes at one point, and I found myself looking for a way to put everything on hold while I reconfigured.
I just wanted to say thank you again for everything you have created. MSR has brought a level of maturity to my automation that was not previously possible for me to accomplish at my skill level.
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Potential change: now that constraints apply to groups in a Rule's reactions, I see no value in keeping the Constraints as a separate subsection at the top level of a rule (that is, the section between Triggers and the Set Reaction when you edit a Rule). So, I'm thinking about removing them from here (any rules you have with constraints in this area would just get them restructured into a group constraint).
Thoughts?
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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On the constraints, once groups were introduced, I stopped using the constraint subsection unless it was a straightforward rule that did not require groups. I think opinions on this would vary based on the way people have settled in on rule construction and layout. Groups allowed me to consolidate my rule sets, so I have less use for them.
I thought of one other thing that would be helpful to me personally...
Would you or anyone else see any value in an "entity in use by" inspector/report generator? As things got more complex, I found myself doing a little digging when I needed to address a logic issue with an entity used in multiple sections of logic.
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+1 on "Entity in use by" (or "watched by" or "referenced in") and see that as a possible extension of the objects we already see under ENTITIES. If, for instance, "Sofa Lamp" was referenced twice in the "Dim Lights" rule, it could list both occurrences as:
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+1 Libra. A clickable link to take you to the location of use would be really nice.
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@mikereadington said in Version 1.0 Pre-release Discussion:
+1 Libra. A clickable link to take you to the location of use would be really nice.
Although we have to acknowledge that expressions are able to reference entities without overtly looking like that's what they do - such as using loops and arrays - so it might be a technical challenge for MSR to pick up every single reference.
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@toggledbits said in Version 1.0 Pre-release Discussion:
now that constraints apply to groups in a Rule's reactions, I see no value in keeping the Constraints as a separate subsection at the top level of a rule (that is, the section between Triggers and the Set Reaction when you edit a Rule). So, I'm thinking about removing them from here
Really?
Are these not two separate things with different uses.
I use the Contraints section of a rule as the main set of constraints / conditions for that rules Reaction / actions being run or not.
And then in some of my rules in its Set Reaction I also have further additional and different "Group Constraints" that are only evaluated and carried out if the Set Reaction actions were even run in the first place by the main constraints being met.
Personally I do not like at all this idea to remove the rules Contraints.
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I have to strongly object to removing the rules Contraints section, which would be a major change to the concept of a rule and its work flow.
A logic engine has triggers then conditions then actions.
This is the same concept PLEG had and I used it for a decade.
We then asked you to give us the ability to have further additional conditions within the actions chain and you gave us that with Group Constraints.
The system is perfect as is.
What you are suggesting is to have triggers then actions with conditions mixed in with the actions.
Keep the main conditions in the separate Constraints section as they are now.
It's your project and creation and you can do with it what you like, but I won't be happy with this proposed major change if it happens.
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@toggledbits , As you stated in another thread "Capabilities on Hubitat are free-form, and there's no indication which capability might be the most useful or primary". Could you add the ability for a user to manually select the primary capability for each Hubitat device? This would allow the Entities screen to display info in the primary value. If the Dashboard feature is added in the future then the Hubitat device should display correctly there also.( I also would like to request the dashboard)
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This might be off topic and it also reveals my lack of programming skills. But I wounder how is MSR going to be installed, once it leaves beta? I use it on a stationary Windows 10, and the problem is if the power goes out. Then my PC reboots and I have to start the app and change catalog and finally execute "node app.js". I could install it on a RPi, don't know if it can work alongside and on the same RPi as I got Home assistant installed? Then it would start straight away, when the power gets back. To summarize, it's basicly two questions;
- In which ways are we going to be able to install and start up MSR?
- Is it possible to install MSR on a RPi that already is running HA? Or on a Home assistant blue (Odroid N2+)?
Another feature that would be nice is to have a optional setting of automatic updates.
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@fanan The same thing happens with my RPI4 ... I have to start it manually...
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There was a thread about having MSR auto start on a Pi. I set it up on my Pi and it did work MSR was started automatically after a reboot / power on.
https://smarthome.community/topic/439/how-to-auto-start-on-rpi-reboot?_=1621588014603
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@fanan installing on a poi side by side with anything else will not hurt. On windows, just schedule it to run at startup via task scheduler.
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@fanan At least initially, like many other projects, I expect MSR to be delivered in the following forms:
- Primary: Docker container. This facilitates not only a simpler integrated package to install that contains its dependencies, but also easily takes care of starting at boot on most systems. There are currently Docker containers available for Linux amd64 and armv7l (i.e. RPi4) architectures.
- Generic tarball. This will be a manual install for platform power users (Linux, Windows, and anywhere else nodejs and the companion dependencies can be installed by the user). There are available examples for automatic startup for systemd.
There's no reason you cannot install MSR next to Hass or anything else on a platform that allows you to install such things (clearly you're not going to install it on your Hubitat). I don't know anything about Hass Blue, but if it lets you install docker containers or the generic package, I see no reason you can't run them side-by-side.
@cw-kid said in Version 1.0 Pre-release Discussion:
@matteburk
There was a thread about having MSR auto start on a Pi.Slightly modernized version of the same here, should work on any platform that supports systemd: https://smarthome.community/post/8011
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@fanan said in Version 1.0 Pre-release Discussion:
Another feature that would be nice is to have a optional setting of automatic updates.
I'll address this issue separately.
I think there are two interpretations here, so I'll start with the interpretation that I would more specifically call "unattended upgrades". Philosophically I'm opposed to unattended upgrades in all things, particularly on things that become "mission critical" in my environment. There is no "good time" for such updates except when I'm there to initiate them and recover if they come a gutser. History has shown that they otherwise will happen when I am far from home, usually for a sustained period and while Internet access is unavailable or inconvenient. When fully unattended upgrades to MSR happen, that will be your sign that I am no longer associated with this project.
The other interpretation is "push-to-start" upgrades from the UI. This is, frankly, a very low priority for me, and will not be something I entertain for 1.0, or likely 1.x. Docker containers are easily upgraded with a four-line script on command line-driven platforms, and still pretty painless in, for example, the Synology GUI (and still doable on the command line there as well). For users of the generic tarball, the detar and restart is even simpler. I understand that one click from the GUI would be easier, I don't disagree there, but keep in mind you've all been working in a mode where, for much of the history of its availability, MSR updates have come almost daily. That is not the norm, and I would not want it to be in production. In fact, production will go more to the model I use for R4V, where there is basically a very slow-moving release channel, a faster "stable" channel, and a bleeding-edge "latest" (what you have today).
The feature also introduces something that Reactor currently doesn't (on its own) require: access to a cloud infrastructure. Upgrades from within MSR require it to access cloud services, some existing, some not. This implies a lot of things, not the least of which include its security, its construction, and its cost to maintain and serve. If it gets done at some point, it will not come lightly, or easily, and it will likely be accompanied by license fees.
