I need a handful of victims volunteers to help test previews of the next build of Reactor. A long-standing request was for "a simple login mechanism," but in practice, adding user authentication and competent access control turned out to be a pretty big project with a lot of big changes on both server and client sides. It's a bit more than I'm comfortable testing myself and springing out to everyone at once, so I'd like to work with a small group to put it through "sea trials."
Major changes/features include:
User authentication with hashed password storage; User group configuration with application restriction (admin, dashboard, API); Detailed control over API access, with user- and token-based authentication/authorization; Improvements to the HTTPS service; Improvements to UI coordination with the core for Rules and Reactions.If this sounds like something you'd like to help with, drop me a reply here in this thread or privately.
I have a case where I'm trying to send a MQTT message similar to the example below:
Topic: pool/set { "command": 4, "value": 1, "time": 0, "interval": 0 }But I need to set "value" so that it is an integer between 20-30. I thought I could use "dimming" capability here, but there's probably a better way. @therealdb ?
(Using userauth-24120-7745fb8d build in Docker)
There's a filtering capability for entities in reactor.yaml, but I have a case where I don't want to filter an entity altogether, but would like to "throttle" it, as this sensor updates every 1-2 seconds (and therefore unnecessarily takes database space).
Sensor data comes through home assistant, and seems that there's no way to control update interval at that end.
So I'm asking if plugin configuration could support limiting/throttling updates for certain entities?
Good morning,
Hopefully this is a simple request. I believe the title should be self explanatory, but just in case, I'll elaborate.
On the status tab, we all get alerts if a device state has changed (i.e., been removed). This is great, but when I go into the entities tab, I have to either type the name (or a portion thereof) of the device that has been removed, or I need to scroll all the way through my list of devices. This is infrequent, however, yesterday I replaced a failed device in my HAAS environment. It was a Z-Wave switch that is added using the Smart Scan QR code, which normally makes it pretty easy. However, some devices don't get fully added the first time around, so it'll add multiple entries into HAAS until it get's the S2 authentication correct and the device fully included. It did this to me yesterday, and I had to delete the incomplete device from my installation. MSR still saw the entities of that failed/incomplete switch entity, and I was left with 8 alerts and entities that I needed to removed.
It's not a huge problem, but this example was just one switch. If I were to add replace multiple devices at once, this could be a bit more annoying to remove. It would be helpful to be able to filter by removed entities, so I can find them all quickly and delete them. Continuing that train of thought, it would also be useful to have check boxes next to those lines, and perhaps do a select all type of thing so they could be deleted in one mouse click.
@toggledbits I have finally finished up the SSL using Let's Encrypt and am getting this from my local browser:
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I know you said in the docs that using a self-signed could lead to this but this is LE.
Hi @toggledbits,
I don't know if I'm the only one, so I'm reporting here first instead of opening a bug.
Basically, with the latest 2-3 updates of Reactor and MQTTController, after a restart previous statuses are lost (for both Virtual and MQTT entities), until they're restored.
It's particularly annoying for Virtual Entities, because I have to set them all over again (I've coded some defaults at startup if the values are empty, but sometimes these are not the correct values before the update).
Not easy to reproduce, and logs are gone, but the first time I tought it was me hallucinating, the second one didn't bother too much, after the third I realized it's something not coming from me.
the behavior could be seen in this screenshot:
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Any hint is appreciated.
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.I'm slowly migrating all my stuff to MQTT under MSR, so I have a central place to integrate everything (and, in a not-so-distant future, to remove virtual devices from my Vera and leave it running zwave only).
Anyway, here's my reactor-mqtt-contrib package:
Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor. Contribute to dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib development by creating an account on GitHub.
Simply download yaml files (everything or just the ones you need) and you're good to go.
I have mapped my most useful devices, but I'll add others soon. Feel free to ask for specific templates, since I've worked a lot in the last weeks to understand and operate them.
The templates are supporting both init and query, so you have always up-to-date devices at startup, and the ability to poll them. Online status is supported as well, so you can get disconnected devices with a simple expression.
Many-many thanks to @toggledbits for its dedication, support, and patience with me and my requests 🙂
Good morning,
So Home Assistant decided to change the default weather home format that I've been using for the past year and a half. I had two Global Expressions set up to pull the high and low temp forecast for the day. Now it's pulling null values.
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In the dev tools, it now uses a new service (Weather. get forecasts), plural, where the old Weather.get forecast is depreciated and now longer functions.
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It shows a templow field, and a temperature field, which I presume is the forecast high.
When I head back over to MSR, I'm having a hard time finding those values in the Entities tab.
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wx.asoftime=null wx.ceiling=null wx.ceiling_unit=null wx.cloud_cover=null wx.condition_code=null wx.description="partlycloudy" wx.feels_like=null wx.humidity=57 wx.humidity_unit="%" wx.icon=null wx.location=null wx.precipitation_1hr=null wx.precipitation_24hr=null wx.precipitation_other=null wx.precipitation_type=null wx.precipitation_unit="in" wx.pressure=30 wx.pressure_unit="inHg" wx.temperature=55 wx.temperature_unit="°F" wx.visibility=null wx.visibility_unit="mi" wx.wind_compass=210.3 wx.wind_conditions=null wx.wind_direction="SSW" wx.wind_gust=null wx.wind_speed=6.28 wx.wind_speed_unit="mph" x_hass.domain="weather" x_hass.entity_id="weather.forecast_home" x_hass.services=["weather"] x_hass.state="partlycloudy" x_hass_attr.attribution="Weather forecast from met.no, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute." x_hass_attr.cloud_coverage=85.9 x_hass_attr.dew_point=40 x_hass_attr.friendly_name="New Windsor Weather" x_hass_attr.humidity=57 x_hass_attr.precipitation_unit="in" x_hass_attr.pressure=30 x_hass_attr.pressure_unit="inHg" x_hass_attr.supported_features=3 x_hass_attr.temperature=55 x_hass_attr.temperature_unit="°F" x_hass_attr.visibility_unit="mi" x_hass_attr.wind_bearing=210.3 x_hass_attr.wind_speed=6.28 x_hass_attr.wind_speed_unit="mph"There is a x_hass_attr.temperature, but that appears to be the current temperature, not the high that I found on the dev tools screenshot.
Any ideas?
Running:
Core
2024.4.3
Supervisor
2024.04.0
Operating System
12.2
Frontend
20240404.2
MSR: latest-24057-e9add9f5
Hey Patrick, I recently have been noticing that MSR has been acting up ie. it's been needing restarts and has been slow. I began trouble shooting by looking at the logs and have noticed the following errors for a lot of entities. I thought maybe a simple reboot of RPi was needed and I kept seeing the same errors in the system logs. I am oddly enough not seeing these same errors in the MSR logs. Where things started getting weird is whenever I rebooted MSR it wouldn't come back online .I would have to restart the RPi then it would come back online. I just restarted MSR again to capture logs and it restarted fine, so I guess its good for now? I think this is more or so a corrupted SD card issue rather a MSR issue but well being troubleshooting from here. The SD card is about 1-2 years old.
Apologies if this post is everywhere, I cannot consistently recreate any oddities that are happening, that's what is leading me to believe my SD is going bad.
PS: If anyone knows how to diagnose a corrupt SD card please chime in.
MSR latest-24057-e9add9f5
Home Assistant 2024.4.3
Raspberry Pi 3b+
This system has been running flawlessly year after year for the time changes twice a year literally since MSR came out so I was caught off-guard when this happened this morning.
Time in MSR browser is EST, time on RPi is local time (DST).
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I've rebooted the RPi I've restarted MSR after double-checking the time on the RPi. Used a completely different browser to eliminate any caching concerns. Double-checked MSR reactor.yamla5f23151-d691-4343-8499-8e77a55528e5-image.png
What am I missing here @toggledbits ?
Hi,
For the standard capabilities MSR sends both a value record and a units record to InfluxDB. The latter I would like not to send as they are not really any use for me and it will reduce the number of records send to my InfluxDB.
Is there a quick way to do this with a filter_entities line like: *>units?
Or do I have to update all capabilities to read like this:
power_sensor:
attributes:
value: true
Cheers Rene
I'm trying to replicate this
wallbox_set_number.PNG
into a MQTT entity where I could set a number with a min and max value.
I can't find a standard capability that fits or any documentation on local MQTT capabilities and the only post on the forum mentioning local MQTT capabilities is this post, is it even possible in current release?
My trial and error work in local_mqtt_capabilities.yaml isn't much to show as it's just a copy of mqtt_capabilities.yaml with changed names and then I got stuck.
Any guidance, examples, documentation, future feature request or denial would be much appreciated, thanks!
Reactor 24057-e9add9f5 bare metal
MQTTController 24050
Hi guys,
I've recently bought a new Govee outdoor permanent lights set, and I love it. WAF is pretty high, and the product is good quality. I hope to never run lights in the front of the house.
This new addition has found me searching for something to control these lights, locally. Govee has officials remote and LAN APIs and Home Assistant has it supported, but some undocumented stuff that's integrated into an Homebridge plugin that seems very promising. Without this plugin, my playlist is orchestrated via the cloud and that makes zero sense.
In the past I got some inspiration from plugins running on other platforms and Homebridge seems one of the most active. I could map its devices via HomeKit-local on HA, but I've decommissioned Homebridge years ago when we settled to Alexa (and I want to stay simple), so I had an idea: why get inspiration and rewrite things, when you could write an Homebridge adapter that could load any Homebridge plugin and run them natively under Reactor (MSR)?
I'm not sure if that's viable or made any sense, so I'm posting here to get feedback, encouragement and your thoughts. Anyone could be potentially interested in such a thing?
Hi- looking for a hint in where to start. My goal is to set a PIN code in a zwave kwikset lock triggered in a rule.
The device isn’t exposing methods to help. The x-hass.call-service looks promising, but what would the service name be?
Plan b would be send the zwave controller a config command- I don’t see any way to explicitly send a command through JS Zwave in my environment.
Running reactor bare metal. JS Zwave is running as an add on inside HASS OS.
Any tips are appreciated.
Hey crew, I'm trying to use MSR to control the RGB values of a Z-Wave bulb in Home Assistant.
Problem I'm running into - I would like to use 'rgb_color.set' to control this, but it doesn't work, instead it always passes the values '255,255,255' to HA no matter what values I enter within MSR.
More notes and examples below - I'm wondering if this is a formatting issue that I'm missing? Thanks for any help!
NOTES FROM TROUBLESHOOTING:
'rgb_color.set_rgb' works successfully, which seems strange. You'd think they would both be affected I've tried a couple different formats, like adding quotes, adding/removing spaces between the RGB values, nothing has fixed it.EXAMPLES:
When I use 'rgb_color.set_rgb', the values successfully carry over to Home Assistant:
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But when I use 'rgb_color.set', the values DO NOT successfully carry over to Home Assistant:
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DETAILS:
Bulb is LZW42 by Inovelli MSR version: stable-23242-5ee8e1d4HA DETAILS
Core 2024.2.5 Supervisor 2024.02.1 Operating System 12.0Hi,
I’m running MSR in a docker container on my Synology Nas. The container is automatically updated using watchtower weekly.
It was working. Now, after the update, Reactor webpage is able to load, and all indications on the webpage suggests that it is working fine. However, the updated statuses from Home Assistant and Vera are not being detected.
The container logs show the following error
Reactor stable-23344-5aad7754 app 23344 configuration from /var/reactor/config NODE_PATH /opt/reactor:/opt/reactor/node_modules [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:49.516Z <app:null> Reactor build stable-23344-5aad7754 starting on v16.15.1 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:49.517Z <app:null> Process ID 1 user/group 0/0; docker; platform linux/x64 #69057 SMP Fri Jan 12 17:02:28 CST 2024; locale (undefined) [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:49.517Z <app:null> Basedir /opt/reactor; data in /var/reactor/storage [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:49.517Z <app:null> NODE_PATH=/opt/reactor:/opt/reactor/node_modules [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:49.696Z <Structure:null> Module Structure v23172 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:49.698Z <Capabilities:null> Module Capabilities v23331 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:49.780Z <Plugin:null> Module Plugin v22300 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:49.790Z <TimerBroker:null> Module TimerBroker v22283 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:49.794Z <Entity:null> Module Entity v22353 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:49.866Z <Controller:null> Module Controller v23069 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.030Z <default:null> Module Ruleset v22293 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.031Z <default:null> Module Rulesets v22146 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.066Z <GlobalExpression:null> Module GlobalExpression v23211 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.581Z <Predicate:null> Module Predicate v23093 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.595Z <AlertManager:null> Module AlertManager v22283 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.600Z <Rule:null> Module Rule v23107 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.614Z <GlobalReaction:null> Module GlobalReaction v22324 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.617Z <Engine:null> Module Engine v23339 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.635Z <httpapi:null> Module httpapi v23058 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.680Z <wsapi:null> Module wsapi v23172 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.789Z <TaskQueue:null> Module TaskQueue 21351 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.790Z <VeraController:null> Module VeraController v23109 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:50.971Z <HassController:null> Module HassController v23344 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:51.716Z <DynamicGroupController:null> Module DynamicGroupController v22313 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:52.253Z <SystemController:null> Module SystemController v23331 i18n: missing en-US language string: The version of nodejs you are using ({0}) is now end-of-life, and so is deprecated for use with Reactor. Please upgrade nodejs to {2}.{3} or higher as soon as possible; the current LTS version is recommended. Releases of Reactor produced after {1} will not run under this version of nodejs at all. [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:52.256Z <Controller:CRIT> SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input [-] SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input at JSON.parse (<anonymous>) at /opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:464:51 at Array.forEach (<anonymous>) at SystemController._restoreEntities (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:458:36) at new Controller (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:45:42) at new SystemController (/opt/reactor/server/lib/SystemController.js:29:9) at /opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:101:37 Trace: The version of nodejs you are using ({0}) is now end-of-life, and so is deprecated for use with Reactor. Please upgrade nodejs to {2}.{3} or higher as soon as possible; the current LTS version is recommended. Releases of Reactor produced after {1} will not run under this version of nodejs at all. at _T (/opt/reactor/server/lib/i18n.js:468:37) at AlertManager.addAlert (/opt/reactor/server/lib/AlertManager.js:126:25) at /opt/reactor/app.js:381:140 [stable-23344]2024-02-28T21:57:59.313Z <app:CRIT> SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input [-] SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input at JSON.parse (<anonymous>) at IndividualFileStrategy.getDataObject (/opt/reactor/server/lib/IndividualFileStrategy.js:114:54) at DelayWriteCacheStrategy.getDataObject (/opt/reactor/server/lib/DelayWriteCacheStrategy.js:87:50) at Container.getDataObject (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Container.js:69:67) at Function.getInstance (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Data.js:37:179) at Rule.getRuleStates (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:507:100) at Rule.getConditionState (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:538:47) at new Rule (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:378:47) at Function.getInstance (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:387:36) at /opt/reactor/server/lib/Engine.js:263:53 i18n: missing en-US language string: HomeAssistant on {0:q} may be an unsupported version. The reported version ({1}) has not been certified/tested with this version of Reactor and may cause errors. You must either modify your HomeAssistant install, or see if an update to Reactor has been made available. Trace: HomeAssistant on {0:q} may be an unsupported version. The reported version ({1}) has not been certified/tested with this version of Reactor and may cause errors. You must either modify your HomeAssistant install, or see if an update to Reactor has been made available. at _T (/opt/reactor/server/lib/i18n.js:468:37) at AlertManager.addAlert (/opt/reactor/server/lib/AlertManager.js:126:25) at HassController.sendWarning (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:197:36) at /opt/reactor/server/lib/HassController.js:1117:370 at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)I’ve tried using “latest-amd64” and it does not work either. The logs show similar json input error.
Reactor latest-24057-e9add9f5 app 24052 configuration from /var/reactor/config NODE_PATH /opt/reactor:/opt/reactor/node_modules [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.466Z <app:null> Reactor build latest-24057-e9add9f5 starting on v20.10.0 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.522Z <app:null> Process ID 1 user/group 0/0; docker; platform linux/x64 #69057 SMP Fri Jan 12 17:02:28 CST 2024; locale (undefined) [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.522Z <app:null> Basedir /opt/reactor; data in /var/reactor/storage [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.522Z <app:null> NODE_PATH=/opt/reactor:/opt/reactor/node_modules [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.667Z <Structure:null> Module Structure v23172 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.673Z <Capabilities:null> Module Capabilities v23331 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.780Z <Plugin:null> Module Plugin v22300 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.787Z <TimerBroker:null> Module TimerBroker v22283 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.791Z <Entity:null> Module Entity v22353 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.796Z <Controller:null> Module Controller v23069 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.811Z <default:null> Module Ruleset v22293 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.811Z <default:null> Module Rulesets v22146 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.821Z <GlobalExpression:null> Module GlobalExpression v23211 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.890Z <Predicate:null> Module Predicate v23093 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:30.958Z <AlertManager:null> Module AlertManager v22283 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:31.027Z <Rule:null> Module Rule v24057 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:31.033Z <GlobalReaction:null> Module GlobalReaction v22324 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:31.036Z <Engine:null> Module Engine v24023 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:31.042Z <httpapi:null> Module httpapi v24057 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:31.216Z <wsapi:null> Module wsapi v24057 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:31.296Z <TaskQueue:null> Module TaskQueue 21351 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:31.297Z <VeraController:null> Module VeraController v24050 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:31.365Z <HassController:null> Module HassController v24048 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:31.659Z <DynamicGroupController:null> Module DynamicGroupController v22313 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:31.668Z <SystemController:null> Module SystemController v23331 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:31.673Z <Controller:CRIT> SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input [-] SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input at JSON.parse (<anonymous>) at /opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:464:51 at Array.forEach (<anonymous>) at SystemController._restoreEntities (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:458:36) at new Controller (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:45:43) at new SystemController (/opt/reactor/server/lib/SystemController.js:237:9) at /opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:101:37 [latest-24057]2024-02-28T22:27:38.845Z <app:CRIT> SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input [-] SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input at JSON.parse (<anonymous>) at IndividualFileStrategy.getDataObject (/opt/reactor/server/lib/IndividualFileStrategy.js:51:45) at DelayWriteCacheStrategy.getDataObject (/opt/reactor/server/lib/DelayWriteCacheStrategy.js:89:49) at Container.getDataObject (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Container.js:69:65) at Data.getInstance (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Data.js:45:179) at Rule.getRuleStates (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:515:101) at Rule.getConditionState (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:546:47) at new Rule (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:371:47) at Rule.getInstance (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Rule.js:380:36) at /opt/reactor/server/lib/Engine.js:828:53 i18n: missing en-US language string: HomeAssistant on {0:q} may be an unsupported version. The reported version ({1}) has not been certified/tested with this version of Reactor and may cause errors. You must either modify your HomeAssistant install, or see if an update to Reactor has been made available. Trace: HomeAssistant on {0:q} may be an unsupported version. The reported version ({1}) has not been certified/tested with this version of Reactor and may cause errors. You must either modify your HomeAssistant install, or see if an update to Reactor has been made available. at _T (/opt/reactor/server/lib/i18n.js:614:37) at AlertManager.addAlert (/opt/reactor/server/lib/AlertManager.js:128:25) at HassController.sendWarning (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:197:36) at /opt/reactor/server/lib/HassController.js:1133:374 at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)How do I fix this?
Noticed right away last night at closing time that the open/close had become inverted with the update to v23326.
It wasn't an awful bit of lift to change all Reactions to reflect the change but it was jarring initially when everything flipped.
Are there release notes on that version, @toggledbits ?
SiteSensor migration
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I'm trying to migrate a couple of SiteSensors to MSR, and implementing those as rules with HTTP request reactions. MSR build in use is 21243.
Some challenges though, as I'm capturing an array and because I need those values in the array in multiple rules, I have to use global expressions. Seems that these global expressions/variables are not updating after initialization, but if I try local expressions, they update normally.
(for testing purposes I'm switching between "g_UplinkResponse" and "temp_local_array" in capture response)
So "g_temp_var" and "temp_local_var" should yield the same result, but in this case the values are different (85.9 vs. 36.8, the latter being the most current & correct value)
I also have a test rule using "g_temp_var" just to induce change, but the value stays the same.
@toggledbits, have I understood something wrong or could this be a bug?
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From the docs:
"Global variables are visible to all rules in the system, and can be referred to by any rule-based variable or any other global variable. Global variables are evaluated when a rule-based variable calls for the value. It is therefore normal and expected that, when looking at the Global Expressions list, no values are changing, unless rule variables that reference those global variables are also being evaluated. For example, a global variable consisting of simply
time()
will not continuously update and display the current time in the Global Expression list. It will only be updated if a rule asks for it.Ref: https://reactor.toggledbits.com/docs/Expressions-%26-Variables/
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@toggledbits yep, I had read that part of the manual, that’s why I have that rule with ”changes”, still those values are not updating?
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If
g_temp_var
is not changing, changes is never going to fire. Butg_UplinkResponse
is changing.Edit: to try to clarify more, it's a chicken and egg problem.
g_temp_var
will not be updated until it is referenced by a running rule, but the rule only runs wheng_temp_var
is changed. So without something external causingg_temp_var
to change, the rule will never run and call forg_temp_var
to be updated. If you checkg_UplinkResponse
for changes, but useg_temp_var
everywhere else in the rule, you should get the behavior you are looking for, becauseg_UplinkResponse
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This is a very timely thread as I'm starting to explore how to migrate two Site Sensors (one pulls weather data from Ambient API, the other pulls weather data from OpenWxMap API) to feed my HVAC needs.
Disclaimer: I have near zero KB regarding expressions let along how they work in MSR. I'll be watching this thread closely.
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@toggledbits okay, now I have this test rule set up:
Situation remains the same, global expression(s) is not changing
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I can't tell from the timestamps, but given that they're similar, did the value actually change? No hit if the value doesn't actually change.
By the way, how are you determining if there was a change or not? I mean, how do you know it's not changing. Does something happen when the conditions are met (is there a Reaction that does something?)?
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@toggledbits I know it's supposed to be something else as I can monitor the same values via a couple of different means (an app for instance).
But as I wrote before, if I use local expressions, values are as they should be:
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@tunnus Well, I'm not getting a clear picture here from the little bits and pieces you're posting, so I set up a little test environment of my own where I have an HTTP request run, set a global variable, and have a rule with a condition that goes true when the global changes with a reaction that sends an alert notification that the variable has changed. I get the notification every time I run the HTTP request.
Here's the rule:
And the variables:
Here's the reaction I can run manually to make a request and store the result in the global variable. The API function I'm calling returns a timestamp (with milliseconds), so every request is pretty much guaranteed to give me a different response from the last.
This seems to model what you're telling me you want to do, and it works fine.
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@toggledbits sorry, I tried to depict the problem in the first post as well as I could.
But yes, your test case models my case and now I'm baffled. I'll try to setup my test from a scratch and see what happens...
EDIT: replicated this case, no change. Local variables work nicely, but global expressions won’t update. Patrick, any logs I could provide to solve this?
Only difference I could think of (between my and your test setup) is that if response structures (array etc) differ just enough and code handles local & global expressions a bit differently.
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The key here is that the response to the HTTP request has to change. If it doesn't, then the changes isn't going to work, and nothing will trigger the rule to evaluate and cause the other global variables to be updated. Remember that changes requires an actual change of the value, not just a fetch of the value and setting it (again) to what's already there... no change, no changes.
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@toggledbits what's strange here is that I only change this:
to this:
or vice versa, URL & other settings remain the same, local expression works, changes are immediately detected. And yes, response is really changing.
Here's the most current test rule:
(at the time of the screenshot, "-111.0" was the correct value)
The only time I get an updated/correct value (for the global expression) is when a global variable/expression is initialized (when it is empty), after that it remains the same.
Maybe this problem is unique to my setup.
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@toggledbits, in your test proposal, when the HTTP Request fails, an error is generated and thus an Alert is displayed on the dashboard. Since this is an under-control situation, is it possible to inhibit this alert?
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Depends on how you're doing the implementation. What's the error that's generated?
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@toggledbits I am referring to this error alert, generated when I interrupt the internet access, automatically the HTTP GET will fail, which is expected and I will give the necessary treatment. But I would like to not have this alert in the status dashboard, because as I mention it would be an expected problem, I don't need the alert.
Now of course this is no big problem, just exploring more possibilities.
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@toggledbits if you'd be willing to troubleshoot this issue further, I could provide you the whole response to this http request? But where is that response stored on the filesystem?
What seems to happen is that if my global expression/variable is empty, fresh data is initially stored to that, but subsequent queries are "ignored", data is not replaced.
In the log I can see new/fresh values, but for some reason this new data is not used:
2021-10-01T14:04:00.321Z <Rule:5:Rule.js:997> Rule#rule-ktc09w2v._evaluate() trigger state now false (was false) 2021-10-01T14:04:00.323Z <Rule:5:Rule.js:999> Rule#rule-ktc09w2v._evaluate() constraints state true 2021-10-01T14:04:00.325Z <Rule:5:Rule.js:1008> Rule#rule-ktc09w2v rule state now false, changed no 2021-10-01T14:04:00.548Z <Engine:INFO> Engine#1 reaction Nibe uplink SiteSensor<SET> step 0 HTTP request to https://192.168.XXXX:8443/rest/items?tags=nibe2vera&recursive=false succeeded (200 OK) 2021-10-01T14:04:00.552Z <Engine:5:Engine.js:1547> Engine#1 response type application/json 2021-10-01T14:04:00.556Z <Engine:5:Engine.js:1169> Engine#1 global set variable g_UplinkTest = (object) [ { "link": "https://192.168.XXXX:8443/rest/items/NibeRESTAPI_Control_HotWaterBoost", "state": "0", "stateDescription": { "pattern": "%.0f", "readOnly": false, "options": [ ] }, "commandDescription": { "commandOptions": [ { "command": "0", "label": "Off" }, { "command": "1", "label": "3h" }, { "command": "2", "label": "6h" }, { "command": "3", "label": "12h" }, { "command": "4", "label": "One time" } ] }, "editable": true, "type": "Number", "name": "NibeRESTAPI_Control_HotWaterBoost", "label": "Hot water boost", "tags": [ "nibe2vera" ], "groupNames": [ ] }, { "link": "https://192.168.XXXX:8443/rest/items/NibeRESTAPI_Status_DegreeMinutes", "state": "-54.3", "stateDescription": { "pattern": "%.0f", "readOnly": true, "options": [ ] }, "editable": true, "type": "Number", "name": "NibeRESTAPI_Status_DegreeMinutes", "label": "Degree Minutes", "tags": [ "nibe2vera" ], "groupNames": [ ] }, { "link": "https://192.168.XXXX:8443/rest/items/NibeRESTAPI_Ventilation_FanSpeed", "state": "72.0", "stateDescription": { "pattern": "%.0f", "readOnly": true, "options": [ ] }, "editable": true, "type": "Number", "name": "NibeRESTAPI_Ventilation_FanSpeed", "label": "Fan Speed", "tags": [ "nibe2vera" ], "groupNames": [ ] }, { "link": "https://192.168.XXXX:8443/rest/items/NibeRESTAPI_Addition_Blocked", "state": "ON", "stateDescription": { "readOnly": true, "options": [ ] }, "editable": true, "type": "Switch", "name": "NibeRESTAPI_Addition_Blocked", "label": "Blocked", "tags": [ "nibe2vera" ], "groupNames": [ ] }, { "link": "https://192.168.XXXX:8443/rest/items/NibeRESTAPI_CprInfoEp14_CurrentComprFrequency", "state": "20.0 Hz", "stateDescription": { "pattern": "%.0f", "readOnly": true, "options": [ ] }, "editable": true, "type": "Number:Frequency", "name": "NibeRESTAPI_CprInfoEp14_CurrentComprFrequency", "label": "Compr. Frequency", "tags": [ "nibe2vera" ], "groupNames": [ ] }, { "link": "https://192.168.XXXX:8443/rest/items/NibeRESTAPI_Status_OutdoorTemp", "state": "10.9 °C", "stateDescription": { "pattern": "%.0f", "readOnly": true, "options": [ ] }, "editable": true, "type": "Number:Temperature", "name": "NibeRESTAPI_Status_OutdoorTemp", "label": "Outdoor Temp.", "tags": [ "nibe2vera" ], "groupNames": [ ] }, { "link": "https://192.168.XXXX:8443/rest/items/NibeRESTAPI_Status_AlarmInfo", "state": "NULL", "stateDescription": { "pattern": "%s", "readOnly": true, "options": [ ] }, "editable": true, "type": "String", "name": "NibeRESTAPI_Status_AlarmInfo", "label": "Alarm Info", "tags": [ "nibe2vera" ], "groupNames": [ ] }, { "link": "https://192.168.XXXX:8443/rest/items/NibeRESTAPI_Status_HotWaterTop", "state": "46.3 °C", "stateDescription": { "pattern": "%.0f", "readOnly": true, "options": [ ] }, "editable": true, "type": "Number:Temperature", "name": "NibeRESTAPI_Status_HotWaterTop", "label": "Hot Water Top", "tags": [ "nibe2vera" ], "groupNames": [ ] } ] 2021-10-01T14:04:02.173Z <Engine:5:Engine.js:1367> _process_reaction_queue() wake-up! 2021-10-01T14:04:02.200Z <Engine:5:Engine.js:1328> _process_reaction_queue() running task 1179 { "tid": 1179, "id": "rule-kt9u8aur:S", "rule": "rule-kt9u8aur", "__reaction": [RuleReaction#rule-kt9u8aur:S], "next_step": 2, "status": 0, "ts": 1633097040135, "parent": --null--, "__resolve": --function--, "__reject": --function--, "__promise": [object Promise], "attempts": 1 } 2021-10-01T14:04:02.201Z <Engine:NOTICE> Resuming reaction Nibe uplink SiteSensor<SET> (rule-kt9u8aur:S) from step 2 2021-10-01T14:04:02.204Z <Engine:5:Engine.js:1537> Engine#1 request header accept: application/json 2021-10-01T14:04:02.205Z <Engine:5:Engine.js:1539> Engine#1 reaction rule-kt9u8aur:S step 2 request url https://192.168.XXXX:8443/rest/items?tags=nibe2vera2&recursive=false data { "method": "GET", "timeout": 15000, "size": 8192, "agent": [object Object], "headers": [object Headers] } 2021-10-01T14:04:02.208Z <Engine:INFO> Nibe uplink SiteSensor<SET> all actions completed. 2021-10-01T14:04:02.209Z <Engine:5:Engine.js:1332> _process_reaction_queue() task returned, new status -1; task 1179 2021-10-01T14:04:02.212Z <Engine:5:Engine.js:1367> _process_reaction_queue ending with 0 in queue; none delayed/ready; waiting
(and then it continues with another http request in the same reaction, 2 s delay in between)
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@tunnus said in SiteSensor migration:
What seems to happen is that if my global expression/variable is empty, fresh data is initially stored to that, but subsequent queries are "ignored", data is not replaced.
In the log I can see new/fresh values, but for some reason this new data is not usedYou're going to have to describe this in more detail.
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@toggledbits I'll PM you relevant logs