After a prolonged power cut, the UPS was unable to cope with the weather and shut down the entire system.
When I returned, I had the problem that the host time displayed in the browser and automatically used in the rules was not correct.
I searched for a topic here on this forum that talked about it, but it referred to a container installation. There was a recommendation to go into the storage/states directory and delete the files and restart MSR, I did it and it didn't solve the problem.
There was also a recommendation to go directly to the browser to check the time, and I did so and I see that the time is correct.
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As you can see on the screen above:
MSR browser shows the correct browser time 21:23, but host time 13:02; In the browser below the direct query and the host time is correct 9:22:54 PM; Setting the VM date command on the third screen, the time is 9:23:00 PM.I've opened the entire reactor.log file and searched for any errors, and there aren't any.
^L [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.928Z <app:null> Reactor build latest-23242-5ee8e1d4 starting on v18.12.0 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.929Z <app:null> Process ID 1807 user/group 1000/1000; bare-metal; platform linux/x64 #179-Ubuntu SMP Mo> [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.929Z <app:null> Basedir /home/leonardo/reactor; data in /home/leonardo/reactor/storage [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.929Z <app:null> NODE_PATH=/home/leonardo/reactor [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.933Z <app:INFO> Configured locale (undefined); selected locale(s) en_US.UTF-8 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.955Z <app:INFO> Loaded locale en-US for en-US [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.958Z <Structure:null> Module Structure v23172 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.959Z <Capabilities:null> Module Capabilities v22356 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.969Z <Capabilities:NOTICE> System capabilities loaded from core distribution, data version 23914 revisi> [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.978Z <Plugin:null> Module Plugin v22300 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.981Z <TimerBroker:null> Module TimerBroker v22283 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.983Z <Entity:null> Module Entity v22353 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.986Z <Controller:null> Module Controller v23069 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.992Z <default:null> Module Ruleset v22293 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.992Z <default:null> Module Rulesets v22146 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:12.996Z <GlobalExpression:null> Module GlobalExpression v23211 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:13.003Z <Predicate:null> Module Predicate v23093 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:13.005Z <AlertManager:null> Module AlertManager v22283 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:13.007Z <Rule:null> Module Rule v23107 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:13.009Z <GlobalReaction:null> Module GlobalReaction v22324 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:13.010Z <Engine:null> Module Engine v23231 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:13.012Z <httpapi:null> Module httpapi v23058 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:13.019Z <wsapi:null> Module wsapi v23172 [latest-23242]2023-09-15T02:11:13.019Z <app:NOTICE> Starting Structure...As you can see, the time in the log is 02:11, which is correct, because I'm in time zone -5, which means it's 09:11PM for me.
I've restarted the VM, the computer hosting the VM, and the MSR a few times and the same difference remains. What do you recommend for the next step in understanding and solving the problem?
Thanks.
Hi @toggledbits
I'm trying to use OWM, apparently, I receive the correct information, but after a while, the MSR disconnects.
My configuration is as follows.
- id: weather enabled: true implementation: OWMWeatherController name: OWM Weather config: # Place your OWM API key here (remember to enable the controller after adding your appid) appid: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" # How often weather is allowed to be refreshed. This helps limit OWN API use, # to keep you in their good graces (and on their free tier). This value is # in minutes. interval: 30 locations: - id: home name: Home Weather # Set the location by specifying ONE OF: latitude+longitude, OWN city # ID, or location (as postal,country). If none is set, the system # location will be used. latitude: 8.9936 longitude: -79.5197 city_id: 3703443 #location: "30269,us" # Enable "save_full_response" to save the full response (you may have # need to use parts of the response that are not part of the wx # capability in your dashboard widgets). #save_full_response: falseWhen I request a systemctl status reactor I get this message:
root@main:/home/wilson/reactor/logs# systemctl status reactor ● reactor.service - Multi System Reactor Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/reactor.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Fri 2023-09-08 21:03:13 EST; 5s ago Main PID: 194711 (node) Tasks: 11 (limit: 9390) Memory: 82.5M CPU: 2.508s CGroup: /system.slice/reactor.service └─194711 /usr/bin/node app -p Sep 08 21:03:13 main node[194711]: Error: Incompatible serialization data; can't unserialize Sep 08 21:03:13 main node[194711]: at System.unserialize (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Entity.js:624:19) Sep 08 21:03:13 main node[194711]: at /home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:458:70 Sep 08 21:03:13 main node[194711]: at Array.forEach (<anonymous>) Sep 08 21:03:13 main node[194711]: at OWMWeatherController._restoreEntities (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:446:36) Sep 08 21:03:13 main node[194711]: at new Controller (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:37:45) Sep 08 21:03:13 main node[194711]: at new OWMWeatherController (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/OWMWeatherController.js:327:9) Sep 08 21:03:13 main node[194711]: at /home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:93:37 Sep 08 21:03:13 main node[194711]: [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.855Z <NUTController:null> Module NUTController v22305 Sep 08 21:03:13 main node[194711]: [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.859Z <SystemController:null> Module SystemController v23214 root@main:/home/wilson/reactor/logs# root@main:/home/wilson/reactor# systemctl status reactor ● reactor.service - Multi System Reactor Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/reactor.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Fri 2023-09-08 20:48:36 EST; 2min 58s ago Main PID: 194353 (node) Tasks: 11 (limit: 9390) Memory: 66.0M CPU: 9.493s CGroup: /system.slice/reactor.service └─194353 /usr/bin/node app -p Sep 08 20:48:37 main node[194353]: at System.unserialize (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Entity.js:624:19) Sep 08 20:48:37 main node[194353]: at /home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:458:70 Sep 08 20:48:37 main node[194353]: at Array.forEach (<anonymous>) Sep 08 20:48:37 main node[194353]: at OWMWeatherController._restoreEntities (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:446:36) Sep 08 20:48:37 main node[194353]: at new Controller (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:37:45) Sep 08 20:48:37 main node[194353]: at new OWMWeatherController (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/OWMWeatherController.js:327:9) Sep 08 20:48:37 main node[194353]: at /home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:93:37 Sep 08 20:48:37 main node[194353]: [latest-23242]2023-09-09T01:48:37.017Z <NUTController:null> Module NUTController v22305 Sep 08 20:48:37 main node[194353]: [latest-23242]2023-09-09T01:48:37.024Z <SystemController:null> Module SystemController v23214 Sep 08 20:48:37 main node[194353]: [latest-23242]2023-09-09T01:48:37.475Z <Timer:null> Timer#rule-l7ujwva5 just a note: I'm setting a delay of > lines 1-20/20 (END)I can see this information in the log, but I don't understand what I should do to fix it.
[latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.838Z <DynamicGroupController:null> Module DynamicGroupController v22313 [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.845Z <Structure:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface weather (OWMWeatherController) [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.847Z <OWMWeatherController:null> Module OWMWeatherController v22294 [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.850Z <Controller:WARN> OWMWeatherController#weather failed (1) to restore entity controller_all: [Error] Inco> [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.850Z <Controller:CRIT> Error: Incompatible serialization data; can't unserialize [-] Error: Incompatible serialization data; can't unserialize at Group.unserialize (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Entity.js:624:19) at /home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:458:70 at Array.forEach (<anonymous>) at OWMWeatherController._restoreEntities (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:446:36) at new Controller (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:37:45) at new OWMWeatherController (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/OWMWeatherController.js:327:9) at /home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:93:37 [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.851Z <Controller:WARN> OWMWeatherController#weather failed (1) to restore entity default: [Error] Incompatibl> [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.851Z <Controller:CRIT> Error: Incompatible serialization data; can't unserialize [-] Error: Incompatible serialization data; can't unserialize at Entity.unserialize (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Entity.js:624:19) at /home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:458:70 at Array.forEach (<anonymous>) at OWMWeatherController._restoreEntities (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:446:36) at new Controller (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:37:45) at new OWMWeatherController (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/OWMWeatherController.js:327:9) at /home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:93:37 [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.852Z <Controller:WARN> OWMWeatherController#weather failed (1) to restore entity system: [Error] Incompatible> [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.852Z <Controller:CRIT> Error: Incompatible serialization data; can't unserialize [-] Error: Incompatible serialization data; can't unserialize at System.unserialize (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Entity.js:624:19) at /home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:458:70 at Array.forEach (<anonymous>) at OWMWeatherController._restoreEntities (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:446:36) at new Controller (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:37:45) at new OWMWeatherController (/home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/OWMWeatherController.js:327:9) at /home/wilson/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:93:37 [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.853Z <Structure:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface nut (NUTController) [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.855Z <NUTController:null> Module NUTController v22305 [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.855Z <Controller:INFO> Loaded NUTController version "0.1.22305"; Patrick Rigney/Kedron Holdings LLC <patrick@> [latest-23242]2023-09-09T02:03:13.857Z <Structure:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface reactor_system (SystemController) [And finally, I have a second house, with the same OWM configuration I made today, and it doesn't show any errors.
Please, your traditional help.
Thanks.
I installed a new iblind this evening and it is appearing in ZWaveJS. It is operational thru Home Assistant just fine. It is operational thru the HA ZwaveJS plugin just fine.
Where it is non-responsive is in MSR for some reason. The entities are there. Adding the node to a Reaction and then attempting to run said Reaction nets me this:
[latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:33:08.454Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:655> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs _apply_value motion_sensor.state=false [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:33:08.455Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:722> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs setting Binary Sensor#zwavejs>11-0.x_zwave_values.Binary_Sensor_Motion to false [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:33:08.692Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:360> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs handling node event statistics updated entity Binary Sensor#zwavejs>11-0 [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:23.960Z <ZWaveJSController:INFO> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs performing cover.open on Cover#zwavejs>20-0 with [Object]{ } [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:23.962Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:1843> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs no implementation mapped; attempting default [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:25.062Z <ZWaveJSController:INFO> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs performing zwave_device.refresh on Cover#zwavejs>20-0 with [Object]{ } **[latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:25.063Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:1843> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs no implementation mapped; attempting default** [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:25.065Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:294> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs sending #1694151625064<9/8/2023, 1:40:25 AM>: [Object]{ "command": "node.refresh_values", "nodeId": 20, "messageId": 1694151625064 } [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.307Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:360> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs handling node event statistics updated entity Cover#zwavejs>20-0 [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.317Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:360> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs handling node event value updated entity Cover#zwavejs>20-0 [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.318Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:667> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs update node 20 value "0:128:level:" data [Object]{ "source": "node", "event": "value updated", "nodeId": 20, "args": { "commandClassName": "Battery", "commandClass": 128, "property": "level", "endpoint": 0, "newValue": 100, "prevValue": 100, "propertyName": "level" } } [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.319Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:684> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs updating attributes for node 20 value "0:128:level:"=100: [Array][ "battery_power.level", "battery_power.since" ] [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.320Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:698> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs updating attribute battery_power.level with [Object]{ "entity": "20-0", "impl": { "expr": "float( value ) / 100", "valueId": "128:level:" } } [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.321Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:591> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs _apply_value entity Cover#zwavejs>20-0 battery_power.level [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.322Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:655> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs _apply_value battery_power.level=1 [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.323Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:698> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs updating attribute battery_power.since with [Object]{ "entity": "20-0", "impl": { "expr": "time()", "valueId": "128:level:" } } [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.323Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:591> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs _apply_value entity Cover#zwavejs>20-0 battery_power.since [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.324Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:655> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs _apply_value battery_power.since=1694151626324<9/8/2023, 1:40:26 AM> [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.325Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:722> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs setting Cover#zwavejs>20-0.x_zwave_values.Battery_level to 100 [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.333Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:360> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs handling node event value updated entity Cover#zwavejs>20-0 [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.334Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:667> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs update node 20 value "0:128:isLow:" data [Object]{ "source": "node", "event": "value updated", "nodeId": 20, "args": { "commandClassName": "Battery", "commandClass": 128, "property": "isLow", "endpoint": 0, "newValue": false, "prevValue": false, "propertyName": "isLow" } } [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.336Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:324> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs request 1694151625064<9/8/2023, 1:40:25 AM> (node.refresh_values) success notification [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.337Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:684> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs updating attributes for node 20 value "0:128:isLow:"=false: [Array][ ] [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.338Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:722> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs setting Cover#zwavejs>20-0.x_zwave_values.Battery_isLow to false [latest-23242]2023-09-08T05:40:26.558Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:360> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs handling node event statistics updated entity Cover#zwavejs>20-0Please note the highlighted logpart - no other iblind has this. In addition, in MSR>Entities several show as null rather than having a value as the others do.
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I tried deleting all Entities associated with this device from MSR and then refreshing ZWaveJS in Home Assistant and restarting MSR - the Entities return but in the same state/s.
Admittedly, it's been a very long three weeks at work - I could have missed something obvious during setup but I sure can't figure what it is.
Build 21228 has been released. Docker images available from DockerHub as usual, and bare-metal packages here.
Home Assistant up to version 2021.8.6 supported; the online version of the manual will now state the current supported versions; Fix an error in OWMWeatherController that could cause it to stop updating; Unify the approach to entity filtering on all hub interface classes (controllers); this works for device entities only; it may be extended to other entities later; Improve error detail in messages for EzloController during auth phase; Add isRuleSet() and isRuleEnabled() functions to expressions extensions; Implement set action for lock and passage capabilities (makes them more easily scriptable in some cases); Fix a place in the UI where 24-hour time was not being displayed.Good afternoon,
I'm running my MSR instance on an old NAS server running Fedora 37 Server. This is an older Core i5-4690K server that has served me well overall, but it's showing it's age, and will often reboot into maint mode if it applies updates overnight. I've been trying to troubleshoot, but it's also in my office (makes my office hot), and I'm looking at getting either a QNAP or Syslogy rack mount NAS to replace it.
What I'm wondering is what the process would be to migrate my current MSR config and move it to a different platform. I have quite a large ruleset that I don't want to have to recreate. I know I can run it in a container on either platform, but I'm not sure how I would migrate all my rules over. Is there one config file that has all of the rules, or could I simply copy my /reactor directory over to a enw platform?
I am also considering moving the MSR instance to a stand alone RPI 4 with a SSD. This way, while I'm migrating all of my files off of my NAS, I'm not loosing Reactor's functionality until I have whichever rack mount NAS I go with up and running, with all of the data migrated.
Thoughts?
Hello,
I've installed MSR in a Docker container on my Synology NAS. I'm able to access my Vera, but I'm having trouble using the Reactor import within the Docker environment. I'm using the Docker terminal, and I've navigated to "/opt/reactor". However, when I try to run the command, it's telling me I'm not in the installation directory, even though I can see the "tools" directory and the "apps.js" file there. I've also tried changing the file permissions, but nothing seems to work. How do you manage this in a Synology Docker container? Do you use the terminal inside Docker, or SSH into the Synology itself? I'm not finding the "/opt/reactor" path, but I see a "/var/reactor" directory, which I placed in my storage folder.
ERROR: This script must only be run from the Reactor app directory.
Maybe I'm missing something, but this appears to be a bug.
I'm troubleshooting a rule to see if one of the system participants is arriving (presence changes from not home to home). I want this arriving state to be less than 5 minutes (300 seconds), to differentiate between being home for a longer period of time, and just getting home.
In the restrictions sections of the Trigger, I set "Condition must be sustained for less than 300 seconds", and I save the trigger.
After I save and exit, I'm looking at the rule, and it's changed itself to x_hass.state == home; for at least 300 secs. I go back into edit the rule, and it in fact shows "at least" from the drop down.
This logic is of course failing and I can't seem to get it to work.
Changed to less than, and saved:
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Exited:
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Back in rule:
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I'm running latest-23218-ebab7a1b.
I added the Proximity integration to HA to create automations based on if a person is on vacation or not. The integration creates an entity and its x_hass.state is the distance to the zone you have setup in HA. For some reason MSR sees that value as a string so I am not able to use the<, >, etc operators as a trigger. Is there anyway this could be fixed without needing to convert the string in a local expression?
MSR 23218
HA 2023.8.3
Entity Attributes if needed
x_hass.domain="proximity" x_hass.entity_id="proximity.arman_proximity" x_hass.services=["proximity"] x_hass.state="0" x_hass_attr.dir_of_travel="unknown" x_hass_attr.friendly_name="arman_proximity" x_hass_attr.nearest="Arman’s iPhone" x_hass_attr.unit_of_measurement="km"MSR Version: latest-23218
Running as Docker Container : Docker version 24.0.5, build ced0996
OS: Linux 15BPMSR1 6.1.26-05272-g26c406245a2c #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Apr 27 10:15:40 UTC 2023 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux
SMTP notifications had been working fine and I am unsure exactly what action(s) stopped it from working.
I have verified that the SMTP server configured in notifications.yml is working properly.
To duplicate the problem I am forcing an SMTP email notification using the set reaction play button, the reactor.log shows the following errors:
[latest-23218]2023-08-21T14:23:22.462Z <wsapi:ERR> [WSAPI]wsapi#1 can't queue reaction rule-lgxmrba4:S: [Error] Engine has not been started [-] [latest-23218]2023-08-21T14:23:22.463Z <wsapi:CRIT> Error: Engine has not been started [-] Error: Engine has not been started at Engine.queueReaction (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Engine.js:1494:46) at WSAPI.clientMessage (/opt/reactor/server/wsapi/wsapi.js:782:64) at WebSocket.<anonymous> (/opt/reactor/server/wsapi/wsapi.js:301:157) at WebSocket.emit (node:events:527:28) at WebSocket.emit (node:domain:475:12) at Receiver.receiverOnMessage (/opt/reactor/node_modules/ws/lib/websocket.js:1068:20) at Receiver.emit (node:events:527:28) at Receiver.emit (node:domain:475:12) at Receiver.dataMessage (/opt/reactor/node_modules/ws/lib/receiver.js:517:14) at Receiver.getData (/opt/reactor/node_modules/ws/lib/receiver.js:435:17)I have tried:
OS level: apt udate and apt upgrade and reboot
docker pull toggledbits/reactor:latest-aarch64 latest-aarch64: Pulling from toggledbits/reactor Digest: sha256:d8a019d457c9fef61f7c3e6908db1f1d0a2d14b6f7c5e9d4fc536c791503d152 Status: Image is up to date for toggledbits/reactor:latest-aarch64 docker.io/toggledbits/reactor:latest-aarch64docker stop reactor
docker start reactor
docker compose down
docker compose up -d
To no avail.
I feel like I'm missing something obvious but can't put my finger on it.
Thank you in advance for any guidance.
-bh
I have a rule that's driving my pool heater to match the solar excess. In the previous iteration, I checked for the status every minute, but I wanted something different and smarter. The logic is basically:
run continuously from 9:15 to 18:15 check for conditions, and if there's solar excess, use the power to turn on the heater, then wait 1 minute to check again turn off the heater, then wait 5 minutes to prevent frequent on/off cyclesI thought that this could be very similar to Reactor-Ex machina's logic, so I crafted a rule that's basically doing the same: an infinite loop from 9:15 to 18:15 that's checking for status and has a delay based on the heater's condition.
All went well, but after a couple of hours, I got this:
Reaction task "49683" failed due to an exception. Please see the log. rule-liy7z3gf:S (Pool-Heater-Solar) step 0: Error: Task has run too much! Runaway?and the rule was reset (and the heater was left on). Is that by design and I should adopt another strategy? What are others doing when they have a state machine?
With the EV charger I did two groups of condition, each triggering every x minutes based on the charger status, but this seems less smarter and very rudimental. Any suggestion is appreciated. Thanks.
I have a Tripp-Lite UPS (https://www.tripplite.com/smartpro-lcd-120v-1500va-900w-line-interactive-ups-avr-tower-lcd-usb-10-outlets~smart1500lcdt) that connected by a USB cable to my computer, reports various power supply and failure information, as shown in the panel below.
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The application I installed runs Java and opens the console to send the information.
Has anyone tried to bring the information into the MSR? Or even a VeraPlus?
Thanks.
Hi
I am stuck trying to extract the "SignalLevel" value which is the WIFI Signal Strength off my Foscam via a http request. The request returns this, which isn't Json formatted data I don't think.
<CGI_Result> <result>0</result> <SignalLevel>52</SignalLevel> </CGI_Result>I created a rule that saves the http response into a Global Expression
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But I am struggling to work out what is the correct expression code to extract the value?
Can anyone more knowledgeable please help?
Thank you.
Hi
Today in MSR alerts I see 100 alerts saying that the devices on my Ezlo controllers no longer exist.
They do still exist. I checked some of these devices in the Ezlo Online API Tool doing a hub.devices.list query.
I then checked that the ID numbers were the same for the devices and they are the same device ID's still.
So my devices do still exist with the same device ID's it seems.
So not sure why MSR has over 100 alerts saying otherwise.
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I then looked in Entities selected my Ezlo Plus controller and it listed all my devices OK I think and nothing looked out of place.
Thanks
I just discovered there is a secret webpage I didn't know about for my Asus Merlin router that when I run it in a browser gives me all the routers current temperatures.
http://192.168.0.1/ajax_coretmp.asp
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I have to be logged into the router to access it however.
I tried to create an MSR rule with a HTTP request to store all this data in to a local expression.
But it looks like its not passing or accepting the username and password for my router, I tried Basic and Digest.
I just get this back in the local expression in the rule.
(string) "<HTML><HEAD><script>window.top.location.href='/Main_Login.asp';</script>\n</HEAD></HTML>\n"The data returned in the browser looked like this:
curr_coreTmp_wl0_raw = "43°C"; curr_coreTmp_wl0 = (curr_coreTmp_wl0_raw.indexOf("disabled") > 0 ? 0 : curr_coreTmp_wl0_raw.replace("°C", "")); curr_coreTmp_wl1_raw = "49°C"; curr_coreTmp_wl1 = (curr_coreTmp_wl1_raw.indexOf("disabled") > 0 ? 0 : curr_coreTmp_wl1_raw.replace("°C", "")); curr_coreTmp_wl2_raw = "disabled"; curr_coreTmp_wl2 = (curr_coreTmp_wl2_raw.indexOf("disabled") > 0 ? 0 : curr_coreTmp_wl2_raw.replace("°C", "")); curr_coreTmp_wl3_raw = "disabled"; curr_coreTmp_wl3 = (curr_coreTmp_wl3_raw.indexOf("disabled") > 0 ? 0 : curr_coreTmp_wl3_raw.replace("°C", "")); curr_cpuTemp = "66.495"; fanctrl_info = "";I know how to do this for webpages and sites that give back JSON data, however this data I am not sure what format it is, Javascript ? The page is a .asp ajax page.
So not sure if this is possible ?
I really wanted to monitor the CPU temps on my router as its been getting very hot, even with extra USB fans now on the back of it. Think its a firmware bug maybe in the Asus firmware as others have been talking about it online.
Thanks.
So, I've just installed two venetian blinds and I want to control their lamellas with Fibaro FGRM222.
According to the old place, this could be accomplished with some Zwave raw messages and I'm OK with it.
Since I've moved (mostly) everything virtual in MSR, I'm now ready to add a virtual device with actions.
Looking at the docs, it seems possible, but it's not documented. @toggledbits any hints? I want to define a cover and send Zwave commands to the existing x_vera_svc_micasaverde_com_ZWaveNetwork1.SendData action. Thanks.
@toggledbits,
I'm not sure if this is something you've looked into (or something I'm completely missing in the installation documentation), but would it be possible to add user authentication to the MSR frontend? On my Home Assistant instance, I have external access set up using Cloudflare, and I can add other instances within my network to that Cloudflare configuration, but without any sort of authentication to access MSR, I obviously can't open it to the internet, unless I want random people screwing around with my home automation.
I've just updated to 23218 and now I'm getting this:
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There seems to be related to global variables. The first and last ones are global reactions, while the second is a normal one. All are setting global variables.
Hey @toggledbits was wondering if we could have the latest reactor version number as an attribute for the Reactor System entity. It would be useful for me so I can use it for my wget command to automatically download the latest .tar.gz file. Ideally the complete version number like this 23171-85463e02.
@toggledbits ,
I was just taking a look at some of my scheduling to adjust for a new work schedule, and I noticed that the checkboxes for days of the week appear to be off.
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if you'll notice in the screenshot, Sun - Tuesday are good, but then Sat comes next, then Wed, then Sat again, then Wed again. No TGIF in this week.
I know this isn't how I set up the rules (which would explain the behavior I was investigating).
Edit: BTW, I checked all my Week Day entries, and they are all like this.
I'm running latest-23196-40ef07f4 on Fedora 37 Server w/o Docker.
[SOLVED] Lights on all month UNTIL fourth Thursday of the month
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I've a scene for Arming for Xmas Season that works great, starting on Black Friday (Friday after fourth Thursday/Thanksgiving) and it uses
latch
to achieve the goal.Now I want to have DIFFERENT lighting for November 1 - Thanksgiving night, fourth Thu of November. So far I have:
I know that this will only end up with lights coming on ON the fourth Thu, not prior to it. Am I looking at
Output Control
orConstraints
to make my end date/time Thanksgiving night?Solved here: https://smarthome.community/post/10256
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Heck, does this mean MSR needs a "Movable Feasts Calendar" or "National Holidays" component in addition to Date/Time, so you can simply pick [BEFORE] [THANKSGIVING] [OFFSET: 0 DAYS]? I recall Calendar Creator 2.0 on my Apple //c had something similar. It figured out things like Easter, Lent (and by extension, Mardi Gras) and so forth. Even Google Calendar can't do all that, nearly 35 years later!
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And geez, thanks for sending me down a huge rabbit hole. I'm back! I contemplated the reasonableness (you be the judge) of using an API of some kind to simply fetch the always-changing annual date of Thanksgiving. Turns out there are many such APIs, but they cost money, so I focused on the tried-and-true Google Calendars API since Google hosts a robust calendar of U.S. holidays which MSR can query.
Let's take a little stroll down the path I traveled lo these past couple of hours (again, thanks!):
STEP 1. Create an API app in Google developer account https://console.developers.google.com
STEP 2. From the "Credentials" tab, create an API key. You get something like this "AIzaSyBcOT_DpEQysiwFmmmZXupKpnrOdJYAhhM"
STEP 3. Then you can pull events from Google's holiday calendar using this URL -
https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3/calendars/en.usa%23holiday%40group.v.calendar.google.com/events?key=yourAPIKeySTEP 4. To retrieve only events called "Thanksgiving" -- there are 3 of them... last year, current year and next year -- one must insert a 'q=' modifier, so the URL we will use in MSR looks like -
https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3/calendars/en.usa%23holiday%40group.v.calendar.google.com/events?q=Thanksgiving&key=yourAPIKeySTEP 5. Create a new Rule in MSR which (I guess every January 1st) retrieves the next occurrence of Thanksgiving Day and stores that value into a blank expression. The Rule would have (at minimum) the following parts:
CONDITION = Date/Time set to execute on January 1st of each year
SET REACTION = An [HTTP] request that performs a [GET] on the URL from Step 4 and captures the response to expression [Events].
EXPRESSIONS =
'Events' := (blank)
'Items' := Events.items
'TGend' := T = first Occur in Items with (substr(Occur.end.date,0,4) == dateparts(time()).year), T.end.dateThe magic is happening in the 'TGend' expression, which returns a date as string, such as "2021-11-26". You could then, in theory, have your Thanksgiving Lights rule active between November 1 and {{ TGend }}, with some judicious use of an added expression and/or conversion of that end date into epoch time (e.g. (number) 1637884800000) for mathematical purposes. Your call.
BED TIME NOW!
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@librasun Part of me tried, TRIED, to sympathize - but I just couldn't do it. I was poking at various iterations of this rule based off of reading and re-reading the manual and staring endlessly at the xmas rule (which is the opposite, it STARTS on the fourth Friday in November) during an incident bridge at work that did not require me or my team's attention any longer.
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@gwp1 If you want it to end Thanksgiving night, that means you don't want the lights on starting with the 4th Friday (so on from the Nov-1 to the end of the day on the 4th Thursday).
Theory of operation:
The first date/time condition bounds the operating time of the entire thing. It can only be active in the month of November.
For the remainder, I'll work from the inside of the groups out...
The weekday condition obviously selects the 4th Friday of the month. It is set for latching (options), so when that weekday is encountered, it sticks. Because it's latching, it needs another condition partnered with it to tell it when to reset, and that is the purpose of the accompanying date/time condition in the group: it will be true throughout the end of the month, starting with the earliest possible day that a fourth Thursday could be. So when the end of the month rolls off and the date goes to the first of the month, that condition goes false and causes the interior group to go false, and the group going false causes the latch to be released on its child condition. In all, that means this interior group is true from the fourth Friday through the end of the month, and false otherwise.
Now, since we want the rule reset between that fourth Friday and the end of the month, we add a wrapper group with a NOT to invert the state of the interior group. Very important point here: you cannot take a shortcut and make the interior group NOT AND, because of the latched condition. You change the behavior of the group/latch relationship if you do that -- the latch relies on its parent group to go false to reset it, so you need to leave the logic state of that group unaltered to get correct latch and reset behavior for this solution. The wrapper group allows you to change (NOT) the inner group's state as needed for the rule without changing the interrmost group's native logic state.
Key takeaway: the parent group of a latched condition must be a pure AND group (cannot be NOT AND, OR, XOR, NUL).
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@toggledbits Ok, unpacking this in my head:
Topmost
trigger
, no brainer: eligible during November. My CDO wants to use the 29th as the end but I get it.The
inverting wrapper
- I'm kicking myself because I completely forgot aboutNOT
even though I've used it several times in various rulesets. Ten demerits for me.Here's where I'm slightly behind the curve -
detect and latch
. Talking aloud,weekday
is Friday. Ok, good. Thetrigger
grouped with it essentially says "eligible during this sub-range of that big ol' trigger range way up top".Got it.
Am I implementing the
latch
because there is a availability of multiple Friday's in that 22-EOMafter
range and latching the extra layer ofweekday
fourth
vs any Friday is what caps the grouped sub-range from going beyond that fourth Friday?Sidenote: when have you ever known me to take a shortcut - if anything, I go the waaaaay long way around lol
@LibraSun - no worries, I did give your method a shot and was successfully up to the point where my mental KB fails me: adding the
{{ TGend }}
expression into the ruleset.The last thing I want to review in my rulesets is to ensure everything tied to Thanksgiving is done/gone at midnight Friday so at sunset Friday the Xmas ruleset kicks in without any race states. I've been a master at creating those these past couple weeks....
Post-script: I did add one additional
trigger
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@gwp1 said in Lights on UNTIL fourth Thursday of the month:
Am I implementing the latch because there is a availability of multiple Friday's in that 22-EOM after range and latching the extra layer of weekday fourth vs any Friday is what caps the grouped sub-range from going beyond that fourth Friday?
No, you're using latch because 6 of 7 days of the week aren't Fridays, and as many as 8 days, including another Friday, or as few as 2 with no Friday, may follow the fourth Friday in November of any given year. So once we encounter the fourth Friday, we want to continue to hold that condition state on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and every other day that may follow through the end of the month. The latch takes care of that easily.
I know @LibraSun is into expressions, so another possible solution is to use expressions to gin up the timestamp for midnight on the 22nd day of November (the earliest day of the month a fourth Friday could be) of the current year, and then get its day of the week. Knowing that Friday is weekday index 5, you can increment the date to figure out when the fourth Friday occurs. For example, if 11/22 is already weekday 5, you're on target and no offset is needed (that date is the fourth Friday). But if 11/22 is weekday 1 (Monday), you need to add 4 (days, 5-1) to the timestamp to get it to a Friday. I'll leave what to do if 11/22 is a Saturday (weekday index 6) as an exercise for the reader.
Once you've incremented the date, just compare it to the current time to see if you're on or before it.
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