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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)
HiI 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
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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
23b4a249-3292-41cd-9927-7f49c9bf1d07-image.pngCompared to this similar rule, but the time limits is under contraints instead?
ee596c9f-f52b-4a39-9605-f5932f3d9ed5-image.pngI 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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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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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. -
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: trueReactor latest-22178 bare metal
Hass 2022.6.7Edit: Solved in build 22179
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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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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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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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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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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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I have a Tripp-Lite UPS (https://www.tripplite.com/smartpro-lcd-120v-1500va-900w-line-interactive-ups-avr-tower-lcd-usb-10-outlets~smart1500lcdt) that connected by a USB cable to my computer, reports various power supply and failure information, as shown in the panel below.
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The application I installed runs Java and opens the console to send the information.
Has anyone tried to bring the information into the MSR? Or even a VeraPlus?
Thanks.
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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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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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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?
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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; ignoringI'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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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 = 17.6MIf I run df on the docker container I get this. Disk space is not critical
1f5d230c-0792-468b-b3b7-9f45e31581c5-image.pngWhat gives?
How to monitor sensors that stop working?
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I have some battery powered sensors that doesn't report battery level and thought it would be nice if can make MSR to send me a notification if a sensor value doesn't change for 24h.
I tried to make a rule that monitored if a temperature value NOT changes, but in this setup I couldn't choose Sustained For as I expected.
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@andr Change is instantaneous. There's no change the instant a change has been noticed. So it's not a sustainable condition.
The solution is in the way you phrase the problem: "send me a notification if a sensor value doesn't change for 24h". In other words, if changes is false is sustained for 24 hours. Since changes can only signal true (false is its normal state), you need to wrap the entity condition in a group. Use the NOT group operator to invert the interior test condition. You can assign "sustained for" on this group, and that's exactly what you should do.
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@andr I will try to collaborate with two suggestions for you to validate your device.
The first one with the screen below is to validate your sensors with battery information:
sensor = prepares the list of which devices have the battery power variable
low_battery = checks who has less than 50% charge
names: make a list with names to send alertsThe second option is very similar, but I am using the CommFailure variable which depends on an invocation of the device for it to appear as failed, i.e., the same one as in the Vera device list.
But I open a question here for our master @toggledbits.
If the Vera hub has the Poll parameter on all devices, I understand that a call is made from time to time. In this case, using the two examples above, couldn't there be something that the validation would then be if a Polling fails to trigger the error? What would this variable or test time be? How would we express a current time equation - 6 hours to test?
Thanks
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Vera keeps track of its own polling failures, which you can see most usefully for this kind of application in the entity attribute
x_vera_svc_micasaverde_com_ZWaveNetwork1.ConsecutivePollFails
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@toggledbits this variable I can't understand how it works to return to zero, because I have a case here that is different from zero but the device is working normally. It may be a historical accumulation.
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@wmarcolin
Ok, Expressions isn't anything I have used before. But I noticed the thread about low battery notifications and added this to my list of needed knowledge in the future.
Either way, I copied your Expressions and devices got listed as expected.
But how do I get that list in a notification??I think that many kind of sensors can need at least two rules/values for checking for failure.
For example I have a Fibaro Smokesensor that just stop reporting. But either Hass or Vera notice that the device doesn't communicate.
This device has a temp.sensor, which of course will (should) change value a lot more than battery level.
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@toggledbits One of the last things keeping me from localizing my vera is that the cloud will notify me when a zwave device goes offline. It's important for me to know as some of my devices are connected to security functions.
Do you know if the offline notice is tied to "x_vera_svc_micasaverde_com_ZWaveNetwork1.ConsecutivePollFails" and if so, the count/number of fails that vera uses to send a device offline notice? My distant zwave devices tend to rack up a lot of fails, but I never get an offline notice sent to me.
I'd much rather prefer to handle that error condition locally, and if it can be done, I can then run your Vera Decouple script.
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I do not know how their notification works or what their thresholds are.
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@wmarcolin I'll get a device offline notice approximately 24 hours after a device is disconnected. Perhaps vera is using a combination of the two metrics to trigger an offline email ie once 24 hours passes without a poll response, the CommFailure for the device goes true and an Email is sent.
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@wmarcolin Here's a do loop that uses the device.failed attribute:
join( each id in matchEntities( { controller: 'vera', capability: 'x_vera_device' } ): do e=getEntity( id ), e.attributes.x_vera_device.failed ? e.name : null done, ", " )
I have one device offline that shows up in the array and the device is offline as I physically removed it a couple of days ago. As well, I'm seeing one plugin that has this attribute set to true, although it is working. Perhaps something in the plugin code needs to reset the device from true to false if the plugin regains communication....
Edit: the plugin that was showing failure used "luup.set_failure false" instead of 0 or 1. This is probably an openLuup bug as using false in this case is a holdover from UI5. I changed false to 0, and the plugin no longer shows as failed. http://wiki.micasaverde.com/index.php/Luup_Lua_extensions#function:_set_failure
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@rafale77 does a deep dive into failed vera zwave devices in this thread: https://smarthome.community/topic/392/vera-device-extended-attributes
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@andr I'm using Telegram, but I think this work for all
<b>BATTERY LOWER THAN 30%</b>
Check the devices listed that have the battery below the desired charge: ${{BatteryMSG}}.<b>DEVICE WITH ERROR</b>
Check the listed devices that have a communication failure: ${{FaultMSG}}.I am trying to better understand how the CommFailure variable is updated. Devices plugged into power as soon as it is cut off, update on the fly, now on battery power it doesn't. I am looking to see how to force this update, this would solve a validation of all devices that do not respond to the hub.
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Besides the Variable x_vera_svc_micasaverde_com_HaDevice1.CommFailure I am also checking now the x_vera_device.failed, but the problem is the same, it's not updating, I keep searching how to send some command that forces this update.
I looked at the other post that @Buxton suggested and it has the information about the @rafale77 but I also didn't find anything about how to do something to force the re-evaluation of the variables.
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@wmarcolin said in How to monitor sensors that stop working?:
I also didn't find anything about how to do something to force the re-evaluation of the variables
I'm not sure if you're talking about the state variables on the Vera here, or the attributes on the entity in MSR, or the expression variables in MSR, but a few important things:
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Vera's state variables are driven by Luup and the ZWave engine. You have to rely on Luup to set them properly. You can change their value yourself, but that's meaningless, of course: setting CommFailure=1 doesn't mean device communications will fail thereafter, and setting CommFailure=0 when device communication failures are occurring will not cure them. They are state variables, not action variables. If you want a state variable to change related to device behavior, you have to think action:
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Entities are updated when Vera posts a change for the device. MSR uses Luup's method of sending changes for devices, and that's a pretty old and reliable mechanism, not without problems, but they are well known and would not apply here. The way to update an MSR entity related to a Vera controller is by causing its states to change.
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MSR variables, be they global or rule-based, should update immediately upon a change of the entity, but since 21267, I've been chasing one particular problem that pops up in expressions that use
each
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, anddo...done
. I think I finally found that yesterday. There is an unannounced build 21280 currently posted that contains that fix (I published it for just one person that I'm helping via Mantis). The expression shown in @Buxton 's post is exactly the type of expression affected. I would upgrade to 21280 and retry this experiment.
Also, the
x_vera_device.failed
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@toggledbits thank you for your comments, and let's be clear, the MSR is perfect, it reflects exactly the information from Vera's many variables. So it is possible to query x_vera_device.failed or urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:HaDevice1/CommFailure without any problem, it can be a Global variable that updates immediately, or a routine that I execute every period and it also updates, the problem is definitely not with the MSR.
The question is how to force Vera to fetch the updated status of the device, and then update the variables in the hub (which MSR will then automatically see).
In an old and excellent suggestion from @rafale77 , the wakeup times and the poll (https://community.ezlo.com/t/zwave-network-on-vera-explained/210661/3) have been increased, which has improved the performance of the hub and battery savings, but causes a huge update delay.
So your comment about running a Refresh or Poll is exactly what I am looking for, I understand it should be commanded to not wait for the hub loop, and as you comment, the action should result in the update of the state and variables.
Now what is this command? Where do I find instructions on how to execute this command? Can I have a loop in the MSR to execute based on a device list (example above) of messages?
Thanks
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The
zwave_device.reconfigure
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This work.
But after a few seconds the error message disappears, and the error is not displayed, i.e. the variables are not updated.
Incredible! Even after doing a Poll or Refresh, the variables are not updated.
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Where are you looking to see if the variables are updated?
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@toggledbits here in this query
Or
Taking as an example the same type of device, but I don't know how and when Vera updated it, see how the same queries appear:
The problem is not the query, it is effectively why the hub is not updating the variables after a refresh or poll, and how come then the hub does an operation that does this updating is we can do the same when we want to.
Thanks