Good morning,
I'm trying to figure out if there is a way to evaluate if a command was completed and retry if it did not complete.
I have 14 iBlinds 3.1 z-wave controllers in my home. 95% of the time, they work just fine. Occasionally, I'll get a blind that does not open on the first attempt. When I go into Home Assistant, and manually open or close the blind, it works.
I have 3 reactions set up for each room. One to open, one to close, and one partial open for sun glare. Each of them is set up as below.
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The reactions are set up to wait for 5 seconds before going onto the next blind, so the z-wave network doesn't get overwhelmed.
In addition, the set command to run the reactions has "Wait for completion" checked.
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I also have a routine set up whenever a z-wave device reports as non-functional (dead), it'll get pinged to wake it up. This usually works to wake them up.
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Appreciate any ideas to make this more reliable.
I'm running:
Reactor latest-24190-bd310acc, Bare-metal on Fedora WaveJSController [0.1.23326] Home Assistant: 2024.7.0I think this feature request could be accomplished with the use of two or more rules, but it would be great if there was a way to wait for an event or trigger to occur before continuing on in the reactions.
For example, I have a rule that will turn on some exterior lights if you arrive home after the porch lights have been turned off. Right now this rule randomly will turn off between 5-10 minutes after the person has entered the geofence. On some occasions this 5-10 minutes isn't long enough, say if you are unloading the car or something. I would like to kick off the reaction, but pause it part way through and wait for the door to close and lock, then continue it on. Hubitat Rule Machine has a "Wait for event" option, but I really want to keep all my logic within MSR.
Good morning,
I'm going through my ruleset this morning, trying to get away from haas>blahblablah entries and completely migrate them all to zwavejs>xx-0 entries where possible.
I have 3 Aeon MultiSensor 6 devices in my home, all USB powered.
When using Haas entries, I see an entry for hass>binary_sensor_guest_bedroom_multisensor_home_security_motion_detection, and motion_sensor.state (primary)
Screenshot 2024-07-25 at 8.25.53 AM.png
Under ZwaveJS, this entry appears to be missing.
Screenshot 2024-07-25 at 8.26.51 AM.png
From the Entities page:
battery_power.level=1
battery_power.since=1721910337433
binary_sensor.state=false
humidity_sensor.units="%"
humidity_sensor.value=46
light_sensor.units="Lux"
light_sensor.value=5
tamper.state=false
temperature_sensor.units="°F"
temperature_sensor.value=73.8
x_debug.dt={}
x_zwave_values.Basic_currentValue=0
x_zwave_values.Battery_isLow=false
x_zwave_values.Battery_level=100
x_zwave_values.Binary_Sensor_Any=false
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_1_Battery_1=1
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_1_Humidity_64=1
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_1_Luminance_128=1
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_1_Temperature_32=1
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_1_Ultraviolet_16=1
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_2_Battery_1=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_2_Humidity_64=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_2_Luminance_128=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_2_Temperature_32=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_2_Ultraviolet_16=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_3_Battery_1=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_3_Humidity_64=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_3_Luminance_128=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_3_Temperature_32=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Report_Group_3_Ultraviolet_16=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Reporting_Interval_Group_1=3600
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Reporting_Interval_Group_2=3600
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Reporting_Interval_Group_3=3600
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Automatic_Temperature_Reporting_Unit=2
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Battery_Level_Threshold=10
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Current_Power_Mode_65280=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Humidity_Above_Lower_Limit_32=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Humidity_Below_Lower_Limit_2=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Humidity_Change_Threshold=10
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Humidity_Recover_Limit=5
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Humidity_Sensor_Calibration=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_LED_Blinking=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Lighting_Recover_Limit=10
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Lock_Configuration=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Low_Battery_Threshold=20
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Low_Temperature_Alarm_15_C=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Lower_Humidity_Limit=50
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Lower_Lighting_Limit=100
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Lower_Temperature_Limit_4294901760=320
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Lower_Temperature_Limit_Unit_3840=2
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Lower_Ultraviolet_Limit=4
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Luminance_Above_Lower_Limit_64=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Luminance_Below_Lower_Limit_4=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Luminance_Change_Threshold=100
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Luminance_Sensor_Calibration=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Motion_Sensor_Report_Type_to_Send=2
x_zwave_values.Configuration_PIR_Sensitivity=3
x_zwave_values.Configuration_PIR_Sensor_Timeout=20
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Recover_Limit_Temperature_Unit_255=2
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Report_Above_Humidity_Threshold_32=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Report_Above_Luminance_Threshold_64=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Report_Above_Temperature_Threshold_16=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Report_Above_Ultraviolet_Threshold_128=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Report_Below_Humidity_Threshold_2=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Report_Below_Luminance_Threshold_4=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Report_Below_Temperature_Threshold_1=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Report_Below_Ultraviolet_Threshold_8=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Reset_Parameters_101_103_to_Default_Values=null
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Reset_Parameters_111_113_to_Default_Values=null
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Reset_to_Factory_Default_Setting=null
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Selective_Reporting=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Sleep_State_255=2
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Temperature_Above_Lower_Limit_16=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Temperature_Below_Lower_Limit_1=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Temperature_Calibration_Offset_65280=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Temperature_Calibration_Unit_255=2
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Temperature_Change_Threshold_4294901760=20
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Temperature_Recover_Limit_65280=20
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Temperature_Threshold_Unit_3840=2
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Ultraviolet_Above_Lower_Limit_128=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Ultraviolet_Below_Lower_Limit_8=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Ultraviolet_Change_Threshold=2
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Ultraviolet_Recover_Limit=2
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Ultraviolet_Sensor_Calibration=0
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Upper_Humidity_Limit=60
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Upper_Lighting_Limit=1000
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Upper_Temperature_Limit_4294901760=824
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Upper_Temperature_Limit_Unit_3840=2
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Upper_Ultraviolet_Limit=8
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Wake_Device_for_10_minutes_After_Power_On=1
x_zwave_values.Configuration_Wake_Up_Timeout=15
x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_manufacturerId=134
x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_productId=100
x_zwave_values.Manufacturer_Specific_productType=258
x_zwave_values.Multilevel_Sensor_Air_temperature=73.8
x_zwave_values.Multilevel_Sensor_Humidity=46
x_zwave_values.Multilevel_Sensor_Illuminance=5
x_zwave_values.Multilevel_Sensor_Ultraviolet=0
x_zwave_values.Notification_Home_Security_Cover_status=0
x_zwave_values.Notification_Home_Security_Motion_sensor_status=0
x_zwave_values.Notification_alarmLevel=0
x_zwave_values.Notification_alarmType=0
x_zwave_values.Version_firmwareVersions=["1.17"]
x_zwave_values.Version_hardwareVersion=100
x_zwave_values.Version_libraryType=3
x_zwave_values.Version_protocolVersion="4.54"
x_zwave_values.Wake_Up_controllerNodeId=1
x_zwave_values.Wake_Up_wakeUpInterval=3600
zwave_device.capabilities=[32,48,49,112,113,114,128,132,134]
zwave_device.endpoint=0
zwave_device.failed=false
zwave_device.generic_class="Multilevel Sensor"
zwave_device.impl_sig="23326:1:22315:1"
zwave_device.is_beaming=false
zwave_device.is_listening=true
zwave_device.is_routing=true
zwave_device.is_secure=false
zwave_device.manufacturer_info=[134,258,100]
zwave_device.max_data_rate=null
zwave_device.node_id=53
zwave_device.specific_class="Routing Multilevel Sensor"
zwave_device.status=4
zwave_device.status_text="alive"
zwave_device.version_info=[null,"1.17"]
zwave_device.wakeup_interval=3600
I'm running:
Reactor latest-24190-bd310acc, Bare-metal on Fedora
WaveJSController [0.1.23326]
Home Assistant: 2024.7.0
I'm fetching certain data five past every hour, but I would like to do it closer to the hour, e.g. 1 or 2 past (but not at the hour).
I experimented with the following rule that almost works (triggers also at the hour which is not the intention). Any advice for a solution?
It would be nice to have an ability to bookmark a direct link to a dashboard item. In my case I would use this feature to access a virtual switch directly.
Hi @toggledbits
Would you please consider adding an extra sublevel in the rulesets?
I have grouped my rules in rooms/ areas. This works great for me, but I would also like to group rules for the same functionality (in a room). This would make the rules easier to find and name.
Please let me know if this is an option. Thanks!
@togglebits I am curious as to why the tilt_sensor.state (primary) = NULL. I believe it should show true or false. I have to use binary_sensor.state instead in my rules.
Again, not sure if this is related to Reactor/ZwaveJSController implementation or the actual Z-Wave JS UI docker version. I have copied, below, the attributes of the tilt sensor in hopes it can help.
Thanks in advance.
Reactor version 23302
ZWaveJSController version 23254
Z-Wave JS UI version 9.3.0.724519f
zwave-js version 12.2.3
@toggledbits,
I have this device attached to my system, but use a DSC panel. If you need testers to move forward, I'm happy to help.
I'm curious what your thinking the use case is for this. I currently have it integrated into HomeAssistant, and it works fine for the most part. The one thing I can't do is bypass zones, which I would like to have the ability to do.
Are you looking at more direct control for the panel, as opposed to having to jump through HA (or another system) first?
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 have the following ruleset which I though had been working well until this morning when I noticed it's not.
I've put four weather conditions in an in array and one of them is the current weather condition - but the rule is not true. Now the cloud cover percentage is not yet met but this is an or rule so as long as the "Current Conditions" are met then it should go true.
What's the obvious thing I'm missing here? (I've tried spaces/no spaces in the in and no difference.)
Hi,
Running the latest MSR latest-24152-3455578a with the latest HA 2024.6.1. When trying to call a service I get the following in the MSR logs. Is this a version mismatch? I am not seeing anything in the HA logs.
[latest-24152]2024-06-11T10:29:56.162Z <Rule:INFO> rule-Monitor-DHW (rule-lsvq5k3x in Central Heating) started [latest-24152]2024-06-11T10:29:58.625Z <HassController:WARN> HassController#hass unknown service opentherm_gw.set_hot_water_setpoint in x_hass.call_service action on Thermostat#hass>climate_living_room_otgw [latest-24152]2024-06-11T10:29:58.626Z <HassController:INFO> HassController#hass: sending payload for x_hass.call_service on Thermostat#hass>climate_living_room_otgw action: [Object]{ "type": "call_service", "service_data": { "gateway_id": "living_room_otgw", "temperature": 65 }, "domain": "opentherm_gw", "service": "set_hot_water_setpoint", "target": { "entity_id": "climate.living_room_otgw" } } [latest-24152]2024-06-11T10:29:58.627Z <HassController:ERR> HassController#hass request 1718101798626<6/11/2024, 12:29:58 PM> (call_service) failed: [Object]{ "id": 1718101798626, "type": "result", "success": false, "error": { "code": "invalid_format", "message": "extra keys not allowed @ data['entity_id']" } } [latest-24152]2024-06-11T10:29:58.627Z <HassController:WARN> HassController#hass action x_hass.call_service([Object]{ "service": "opentherm_gw.set_hot_water_setpoint", "data": "{ \"gateway_id\": \"living_room_otgw\", \"temperature\": 65 }" }) on Thermostat#hass>climate_living_room_otgw failed!Cheers Rene
Some background
I'm trying to integrate a Zigbee device into the MSR using zigbee2mqtt bridge and MQTTController. The device in question is a cheap mood light that has following properties that I'd like to control:
I'v already managed to get the switch part working and can toggle the light on/off. Also the brightness value is mapped back to MSR. In zigbee2mqtt it has a value range from 0 to 254, so this the reason for the expression:
expr: 'payload.brightness / 254'Here's the entity definition (don't know whether the type should be something else than the Switch)
zigbee-lidl-mood-light: name: 'Lidl Mood Light' friendly_name: 'Mood Light' type: Switch uses_template: lidl-moodlightAnd the corresponding template (NOTE: rgb_color has not been defined in this example):
lidl-moodlight: init: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%/get/state" query: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%/get/state" capabilities: - power_switch - toggle - dimming primary_attribute: power_switch.state events: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%": "power_switch.state": json_payload: true expr: 'upper(payload.state) == "ON"' "dimming.level": json_payload: true expr: 'payload.brightness / 254' actions: power_switch: "on": topic: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%/set/state" payload: 'ON' "off": topic: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%/set/state" payload: 'OFF' set: topic: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%/set/state" payload: expr: "parameters.state ? 'ON' : 'OFF'" type: raw toggle: topic: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%/set/state" payload: 'TOGGLE'The problem
In order to control the brightness or the RGB color values, I would have send a JSON payload in corresponding actions. But I have no idea how to define it in the template. The reason why the switch part is working is that the zigbee2mqtt accepts also plain ON / OFF / TOGGLE string payloads in that case.
But the brightness should be controlled with the following payload:
{"brightness": 196}And the RGB color like:
{"color":{"rgb":"46,102,150"}}Here's the link for the documentation (the Exposes part defines the messages).
So how should I define the JSON payload for example for the dimming action? It definitely should be some sort of expressions since I have to map the MSR real value (0...1) to (0...254) for the zigbee2mqtt.
actions: dimming: set: topic: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%/set" payload: expr: ????? type: jsonAnother problem is the RGB value. I could use the rgb_color capability for the setting but the problem is that the zigbee2mqtt only reports the current color in hue/saturation or xy coordinates.
Here's an example of published message after setting the color:
Topic: zigbee2mqtt/Mood Light QoS: 0 { "brightness":254, "color":{ "hue":240, "saturation":100, "x":0.1355, "y":0.0399 }, "color_mode":"xy", "color_temp":574, "linkquality":96, "state":"ON" }I would have to map those values back to RGB, but is it even possible with existing constructs in MQTTController's templates?
Help would be appreciated @toggledbits
br,
mgvra
That's probably more appropriate to post on Mantis for @toggledbits, but since I know there's at least @Crille publishing templates, my intent with this post is to open a broader discussion.
Long story short: I'm starting to slowly add new template for Shelly Plus and I noticed I'll end up with a dozen more templates, all similar but simply different in trivial details, all sharing a large amount of code and all needing special cares when fixing bugs/adding features (as the latest wifi_status addition).
So, I'm wondering if it's time to start thinking of some sort of inheritance in templates, where I could just create a generic shelly_gen1 and use it as a base for shelly_relay, and this be used as the base for shelly_relay_power and so on.
I could probably achieve this with some sort of scripting on my side to generate templates via code, but maybe there's a better way of doing this, or it's already on the radar.
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.
[Solution: Reactor 24115 is not compatible with MQTTController > 24120]
Reactor latest-24115 bare metal.
All MQTT entities stop working after updating MQTTController to 24142, downgrade to 24120 and they are back. Templates and configured entities has not been changed between versions.
I'm not sure if uses_template should be replaced by ìnclude in entity configuration in reactor.yaml but I guess not, I've tried it and it did not do any difference.
I have not tried to update Reactor to userauth version.
Example entity in reactor.yaml that uses MQTTController included template:
entities: "takflakt_kallare": name: "Takfläkt källare" topic: "Källartemp" unit: "" uses_template: tasmota_generic_relay init: "cmnd/%topic%/POWER%unit%"Any hints? Do you need more info, please let me know.
Log from startup:
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 🙂
Is the following config correct?
- id: time_series name: "Out temp" capabilities: temperature_sensor: attributes: value: model: time series entity: "hass>sensor_outdoor_temperature" attribute: "temperature_sensor.value" interval: 5 # minutes retention: 20 # minutes aggregate: wma primary_attribute: temperature_sensor.value type: ValueSensorSpecifically, is "depth" directive needed/mandatory here? Reason I'm asking is that I'm not getting a "final" value in MSR, only debug values are shown:
temperature_sensor.units=null temperature_sensor.value=null x_virtualentity.last_request_time=null x_virtualentity.request_failures=null x_virtualentity.template=null x_virtualentity.timeseries_debug=[{"time":1716537360000,"value":22.1},{"time":1716537660000,"value":22},{"time":1716537960000,"value":22},{"time":1716538260000,"value":21.9},{"time":1716538560000,"value":22}]Good morning,
I apologize if this subject has been covered. I did try the search, but I'm not coming up with any topics on my issue.
I'm running userauth-24137-57b41335, bare metal installation on Fedora 39 Server.
I have a rule set up to turn the Eco mode off on my Nest Thermostat when the thermostat is set to Away (Rule State: Away Mode), the user (Driver) presence in my car changes to true, and the destination is set to home.
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This works fine for most days, where I'm headed home from work (commute is about 45 minutes). What I don't want it to do is set change it to Eco mode if my ETA is more than an hour.
There is a sensor/entity for Time to Arrival when the Destination is set. What it appears to provide is the Time OF arrival/ETA, not time until arrival. If it was Time until Arrival, and it was a numeric value, I could simply test if the value is less than 60 and be done with it.
I pulled up the history through Home Assistant for my morning commute and this appears to be what it is providing.
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So what I need to do is to do a calculation of the the ETA from the sensor value and subtract the current time, and get a value in minutes that I can determine if it's less than 60.
I believe I can do this with the local expression, but I don't see anything for the system time, or local time. Also, do the local expressions update themselves if the sensors do?
Good morning,
I'm running userauth-24137-57b41335 on Fedora 39, bare metal installation.
ZWaveJSController 0.1.23254
Home Assistant:
Core, 2024.5.3 Supervisor, 2024.05.1 Operating System, 12.3 Frontend, 20240501.1I'm trying to troubleshoot a Dynamic Group Controller and notification alert that I've set up for low battery level.
In my Reactor.config, I have the following lines:
name: "Dynamic Group Controller" implementation: DynamicGroupController config: groups: "zwavejs_dead": select: - include_group: "zwavejs" filter_expression: "entity?.attributes?.zwave_device?.status == 3" group_actions: true "low_battery": select: - include_capability: battery_power filter_expression: > entity.attributes.battery_power.level < 0.35The idea here is that I should only have members of this group that have a battery level below 35%. When I go into Entities, I show a whole slew of devices, none of which have a battery level below the threshold.
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I also tried setting up a rule to generate a push notification once a day, but with all of the group members, I've had to disable the rule. I believe I have it set up correctly, but I'm not 100% sure. I want the notification to tell me the battery level for that device as well.
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Can anyone point to me what I may have misconfigured to get these results?
I should also note I'm only interested in ZWaveJS devices. It's showing me battery status for my iPad and car as well, which I don't need it to send me.
Multidimensional Array
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Hi @toggledbits it is possible to have an array in the following way
["Window 1"]["Status On"]
["Window 2"]["Status On"]
["Window 3"]["Status Off"]
["Window 4"]["Status On"]That is, bidirectional.
How would this array be loaded? Normally we use Variable = ${{ ["Window 1", "Window 2", "Window 3", "Window 4"] }}, how would the array pair be loaded?.
Then the use, how would be a looping where I want to ask who has "Status On" and it returns me a new array with the part 1, that is the list of "Window"?
Or another search, I provide the information of the content of part 1, as "Window 2" and it would return me an array with the part 2 "Satus On".
Is it possible to have something like this?
Could you give the examples?
Thanks.
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${{[["Window 1","Status On"],["Window 2","Status On"],["Window 3","Status Off"],["Window 4","Status On"]]}}
should work
and to find all Status on'seach val in testarray : if val[1] === "Status On" then val[0] endif
and to find the value of Window 1
(each val in testarray : if val[0] === "Window 1" then val[1] endif)[0]
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Expanding the question, suppose the first part of the array is the device ID, like "vera>device1234".
Is it possible to use the function below to use this same bidirectional array to search for the name, i.e. using val[0] for the search?
sort( each id in testarray: do e=getEntity( id ), ( e?.attributes?.binary_sensor?.state == true or e?.attributes?.motion_sensor?.state == true ) ? e.name : null done )
What would the function look like?
Thanks.
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@wmarcolin I smell an X-Y problem, but I'll go on...
I don't know what "bidirectionally" means in this context. Do you mean "two dimensional?" Bidirectional refers to movement, for example, forwards and backwards, or up and down, which is a different thing.
A couple of minor comments to @Elcid 's response:
${{[["Window 1","Status On"],["Window 2","Status On"],["Window 3","Status Off"],["Window 4","Status On"]]}}
Note that this is substitution syntax, not expression syntax when defining a variable. Adjust accordingly.
each val in testarray : if val[1] === "Status On" then val[0] endif
There is no
===
operator in the expression language, it's just==
(each val in testarray : if val[0] === "Window 1" then val[1] endif)[0]
This is better written as
first ... of ...
, since you only want the one element (which by implication here the key "Window 1" must be unique in the array), and there's no need to keep searching through the array once you've found it (wastes CPU cycles).But about that uniqueness for "Window 1"... this is the real meat of my response:
If the first element of each subarray (row) is unique, then using a two-dimensional array is inefficient (i.e. doable, but not the best choice). Where unique values are present, an object containing key/value pairs gives immediate random access to any "element", without iteration:
devices = { "lamp1": "on", "lamp2": "off", "lamp3": "on" }
In this example, we can quickly determine the status of any lamp without iteration:
devices.lamp2
will give usoff
.This can be further broken down with additional data: each value in the key/value pairs of the object can be any data type, so they can be an array or object themselves:
devices = { "lamp1": { "status": "on", "room": 0 } "lamp2": { "status": "off", "room": 0 } "lamp3": { "status": "on", "room": 2 } }
We can again quickly get to the state of lamp2 using
devices.lamp2.status
(resultoff
again). Usingdevices.lamp3.room
tells us that lamp3 is in room 2. Note that in the example code above, I have shown lamp1 with a typical (JSON-style) fully indented with line breaks for readability, but lamp2 and lamp3 are in a more compact form. Whitespace (including newlines) are not significant to the syntax. Use them for readability if you wish, or leave them out for compactness if that's acceptable.When you must search within the values, you can still use iteration. Find the devices in room 0:
each dev,id in devices: dev.room==0 ? id : null
By using
each dev,id
, the iterator will provide both the value and the key for each pair in the object. That is, on the first iteration, dev will contain our subobject (itself with keys status and room) for lamp1, and id will containlamp1
; on the second iteration, the subobject for lamp2 is given in dev, and id islamp2
, and so on. The result of the iteration in this case is an array of IDs of objects in room 0:["lamp1","lamp2"]
; you could also modify the iteration to return the data objects (using dev), if that was more efficient for your later use of this expression's result.Find the first device that is "off":
first dev,id of devices: dev.status=="off" ? id : null
Adding new devices after the initialization is also easy:
devices.lamp4 = { "status": "on", "room": 2 }
But this is all data storage theory, and details of an implementation for a problem that apparently hasn't been stated. We need to know what you are really trying to do, if you are asking for help getting it done. As I said, where we stand right now, this seems very X-Y-ish. The post title is also poor quality, and the head post itself breaks a couple of the posting guidelines.
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Hi Patrick!
%(#ff0000)[Again a Master Class on how to do the right things.]
My use case is that I want to associate each device in my installation with an identification of which group it belongs to (door, window, security, light...).
The group I will have to make the manual list (I think), so the first step of var1, I understand is the list I have to assemble, and whenever I have a new device, I update this list manually.
Just a note master, at the beginning of your example, I had to put the comma at each element of the array
I reproduced your examples to test, and I just can't find the error in the example of the first (var4).
Now comes the use, to see device names and which group they are in, or even to search the groups. My next step, is to manage when a device has the true state of its sensor, to take actions such as triggering an action/alarm/siren/message according to the group the device is part of.
If you can see, I am looking to work around not using (yet) a database, which we have had in other trackers to empower the information from the devices.
Now exploring the Master, sorry
In your last example, you explain how to add one more row to the array, one more element, perfect. Now, is it possible to add another column to the existing array? For example, with the array I created, add a column that already stores the device name? A loop that looks at the devid and then looks at the device name attribute?
I was forgetting, how do I change the contents of the array, is it possible with Set Variable? I want to change for example the group from DevWindow to DevDoor for one element.
Thanks.
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@wmarcolin Well, I'm almost ready to release my first version of dynamic groups... still hashing out a few details. If you urgently need to do all this work, it's certainly a good opportunity to break your forehead on some sticky problems (I'm always in favor of experimentation and pushing limits).
First, having
var1
be an expression that does an assignment todevices
isn't necessary. Just call your variable devices and put in the rest of the expression after the=
in your screen shot and be done with it. You can also set up yourdevices
structure more simply. I'm not sure what the extradev001
anddev002
identifiers are doing for you, but you can (and probably should) just use the entity canonical IDs directly. It will make everything much simpler. Here's is the expression for thedevices
variable:{ "hubitat>15": { group: "DevWindow" }, "vera>device_1866": { group: "DevDoor" }, ...etc... }
Also, if
group
is the only data you are keeping, there is no value to creating a subobject to keep it, just make the group name be the value of the device's key/ID. But I'll continue with the structure you're trying to use...Anyway, by simplifying the structure of
devices
, here's what it looks like and how it changes your first three expressions:Looking at var2, we need to use quoted identifiers because a canonical ID contains a character (
>
) that cannot be used in an identifier, so thisdevices.hubitat>15.group
is not valid. The quoted identifier syntax iscontext["complexKey"]
as shown.The var3 expression is simpler, because we're not looking through the extra layer of indirection your structure had introduced, we're looking directly as our descriptive subobjects.
The var4 expression is an error in the syntax on my part. The correct syntax is shown, but I've had to embellish a bit here (next release of Reactor for you, so it won't work until I publish and you update).
But here's the important part...
As for the rest of it, you're making it unnecessarily hard, I think, because
entity.primary_value
will give you the value of the primary attribute, so you don't really need to care what capability that comes from and go to the work of classifying devices in expressions to try to make that work. There's an easier way.Based on what I see here, now that we understand you are actually trying to accomplish, what you really need to do is set those primary attributes in
local_hubitat_devices.yaml
, and skip all of thedevices
complexity you are creating here, and just use theprimary_value
from the entity in your sort/search expressions.To do the overrides in
local_hubitat_devices.yaml
:entities: # Entry shows how an entity can have a service added and its name forced "hubitat>76": # Name override name: "Attic Environmental Sensor" # # List of capabilities to add to this device (array) capabilities: - SomeAdditionalCapability - AnotherAdditionalCapability # # Assign primary attribute for this device primary_attribute: "temperature_sensor.value" "hubitat>178": primary_attribute: "x_hubitat_extra_attributes.batteryLastReplaced"
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Hi Master!
Wow, good news that we will have in the MSR capacity, I am your test guy if you need a tester. And I'm aligned with you, I like to explore, learn, go to the limit, even with knowledge limitations, I seek to explore.
I will keep the array structure that can put more dimensions, surely I will explore.
Aligned from var4, I repeated your instruction and it really follows the syntax error, no problem for now, as I said we are learning and testing.
Master I am trying, to follow the correct path, instead of going all the way around creating the array. I edited the file local_hubitat_devices.yaml to test with these 4 devices, and I see that in the capabilities now appears the DeviceGroup, but I don't see in the attributes, or way to add the value.
# This file has local definitions/overrides for Hubitat devices. --- entities: # Entry shows how an entity can have a capability added and its name forced "hubitat>NNN": # Name override #name: "Attic Environmental Sensor" # # List of capabilities to add to this device (array) #capabilities: # - Tone # # Assign primary attribute for this device #primary_attribute: "temperature_sensor.value" "hubitat>15": capabilities: - DeviceGroup group: "Window" "hubitat>67": capabilities: - DeviceGroup group: "Window" "hubitat>98": capabilities: - DeviceGroup group: "Door" "hubitat>99": capabilities: - DeviceGroup group: "Door"
Now I have a question, can I use this same file for the Vera devices? Following the same path?
Thanks.
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You can't make up data. Just because you assign the capability DeviceGroup to the device, that doesn't mean you get to assign the attributes (group) that may be associated with that capability. Hubitat would have to provide the group data from its side -- the values for that attribute still have to come from Hubitat. And that probably won't be happening, because DeviceGroup does not appear to be a valid Hubitat capability.
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@toggledbits I understand, so in this case for now is to use the array resource that we discussed before, until you publish the news.
Anyway thanks for one more class of knowledge.
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@toggledbits said in Multidimensional Array:
There is no === operator in the expression language, it's just ==
Also used in a test expression and working.
Noted used "in" rather than "of" as I thought he wanted a 2D array not a object/dictionary.
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@elcid said in Multidimensional Array:
Not according to your doc's.
You are correct, I'm suffering from holiday brain-fade.
@wmarcolin Version 21331 just released has the first release of dynamic groups. It also includes a syntax enhancement to the expression
first...in
statement to allow a result expression, so it can return something other than what it finds (i.e. it can perform operations on what it finds and return that as a result). This is useful for yourvar4
of this post, which should befirst dev,id of devices: dev.group=="DevDoor": id
to give you the ID of the first matching device. But again, I think the combination of primary attribute assignment and dynamic groups is going to be the best way to solve this. -
@toggledbits Hi!
Perfect, you have totally changed the command.
first dev,id in var1 with dev.group=="DevDoor": dev.devid
I'm going to study the dynamic group, because even though I can compare object or array contents, the usage is horrible. It's very difficult to validate an array inside another one, or to make combined selections.
Well, I don't really know the language, so I'm having a hard time. Let's see if the dynamic groups can make something that should be simple easier.
I'll return tomorrow with my experiences
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Hi Patrick!
I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but I followed the following steps to use DynamicGroupController.- Stopped the MSR
- Compared the reactor configuration file
- Added the new Groups instruction, the one in the file is almost the same as the manual, and below is the one I set up.
- id: groups enable: true implementation: DynamicGroupController name: Dynamic Group Controller config: groups: "low_battery": name: Low Battery Devices select: - include_capability: - battery_power filter_expression: > entity.attributes.battery_power.level < 0.35 "tripped": name: Tripped Devices select: - include_capability: - binary_sensor - motion_sensor filter_expression: > entity.attributes.binary_sensor.state == true or entity.attributes.motion_sensor.state == true
- I restarted MSR + Tools Restart + Crtl+F5
- Search in Entities and I see that they are created, but without content
- Check if they are available for action, yes but also without content.
- As the master instructed, let's go to the log file.
[latest-21331]2021-11-27T21:13:45.136Z <default:INFO> OWMWeatherController#weather done; 1 locations, 0 failed [latest-21331]2021-11-27T21:13:45.137Z <default:NOTICE> Controller OWMWeatherController#weather is now online. [latest-21331]2021-11-27T21:13:46.538Z <VeraController:NOTICE> Controller VeraController#vera is now online. [latest-21331]2021-11-27T21:13:46.540Z <default:ERR> error updating dynamic group low_battery_entries: Error: Invalid selector key [latest-21331]2021-11-27T21:13:46.541Z <default:CRIT> Error: Invalid selector key Error: Invalid selector key at DynamicGroupController._select (C:\MSR\reactor\server\lib\DynamicGroupController.js:260:23) at DynamicGroupController._update_group (C:\MSR\reactor\server\lib\DynamicGroupController.js:193:45) at C:\MSR\reactor\server\lib\DynamicGroupController.js:243:38 at Array.forEach (<anonymous>) at DynamicGroupController._update (C:\MSR\reactor\server\lib\DynamicGroupController.js:240:95) at C:\MSR\reactor\server\lib\DynamicGroupController.js:150:42 at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5) [latest-21331]2021-11-27T21:13:46.543Z <default:ERR> error updating dynamic group tripped_entries: Error: Invalid selector key [latest-21331]2021-11-27T21:13:46.544Z <default:CRIT> Error: Invalid selector key Error: Invalid selector key at DynamicGroupController._select (C:\MSR\reactor\server\lib\DynamicGroupController.js:260:23) at DynamicGroupController._update_group (C:\MSR\reactor\server\lib\DynamicGroupController.js:193:45) at C:\MSR\reactor\server\lib\DynamicGroupController.js:243:38 at Array.forEach (<anonymous>) at DynamicGroupController._update (C:\MSR\reactor\server\lib\DynamicGroupController.js:240:95) at C:\MSR\reactor\server\lib\DynamicGroupController.js:150:42 at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5) [latest-21331]2021-11-27T21:13:46.544Z <app:NOTICE> Starting HTTP server and API... [latest-21331]2021-11-27T21:13:46.552Z <app:NOTICE> Starting Reaction Engine...
Well, I found this error, and obviously, I don't know how to solve it. What I did? I reinstalled the MSR, using only the config and storage directory, and the result is the same.
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The groups would be empty if there were no tripped or low battery devices in their respective groups, so that's not all conclusive; it may be perfectly correct. The groups at least appear to be correct, for empty groups (no entities matched).
The time stamps in your log snippet are unrelated to the time stamp on the entities, so I can't really draw any conclusions from that either. If you post logs, make sure you are posting logs where the time stamps align to the problem you're reporting.
On your conditions, you can't compare an array to an empty string; that's not a valid test.
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Ok let's go in parts, what I created in Group is the same thing I do in the traditional way and get the result, see the battery case.
I'm not seeing an error anymore, after a reboot of the MSR host.
[latest-21331]2021-11-28T02:45:18.584Z <default:null> Module httpapi v21308 [latest-21331]2021-11-28T02:45:18.661Z <VeraController:null> Module VeraController v21324 [latest-21331]2021-11-28T02:45:18.668Z <default:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface hubitat (HubitatController) [latest-21331]2021-11-28T02:45:18.676Z <HubitatController:null> Module HubitatController v21324 [latest-21331]2021-11-28T02:45:18.679Z <default:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface groups (DynamicGroupController) [latest-21331]2021-11-28T02:45:18.686Z <DynamicGroupController:null> Module DynamicGroupController v21331 [latest-21331]2021-11-28T02:45:18.688Z <default:INFO> Structure#1 loading controller interface weather (OWMWeatherController) [latest-21331]2021-11-28T02:45:18.693Z <OWMWeatherController:null> Module OWMWeatherController v21313
[latest-21331]2021-11-28T02:45:18.761Z <default:INFO> Starting controller HubitatController#hubitat [latest-21331]2021-11-28T02:45:18.782Z <default:INFO> Starting controller DynamicGroupController#groups [latest-21331]2021-11-28T02:45:18.784Z <default:NOTICE> Controller DynamicGroupController#groups is now online. [latest-21331]2021-11-28T02:45:18.785Z <default:INFO> Starting controller OWMWeatherController#weather
I see that the times are synchronized
But the array is still empty
Any instructions where I can look for something?
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The recommended debugging for this would be to start unraveling your criteria and see what it produces. As a first step (don't do this, just read), I would remove the
filter_expression
and make sure that your selectors are producing the expected set of eligible devices. An easy way to do that is to simply put an "X" in front offilter_expression
(i.e. to make itXfilter_expression
), which changes the name of the key and hides it from the code that's looking for it. You could also comment it out, but that would require that you comment each subordinate line as well, which is more work and can be error-prone. Restart MSR after config changes, of course, and refreshes are also recommended (don't need to be hard refreshes).But, I found an error, and it's pretty subtle. For me, it logged one short line, so it would be easy to miss; I imagine you have it as well. But it's going to require a code change to fix, so I'll release another build later today. I'll also fix the doc issue you PM'd me about.
Also, don't forget that filtering by controller or capability is a good way to quickly remove "noise" from your Entities list.
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I debugged removing filter_axpression entirely, and the variables are still empty. I'll wait for your version update and test again.
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@toggledbits well done
Low Battery Devices charging perfect!
But there is a problem for "tripped", which repeated the same setting as "low_battery".
- id: groups enable: true implementation: DynamicGroupController name: Dynamic Group Controller config: groups: "low_battery": name: Low Battery Devices select: - include_capability: - battery_power filter_expression: > entity.attributes.battery_power.level < 0.3 "tripped": name: Tripped Devices select: - include_capability: - binary_sensor - motion_sensor filter_expression: > entity.attributes.binary_sensor.state == true or entity.attributes.motion_sensor.state == true
This is what is showing up in the log.
[latest-21332]2021-11-29T01:49:33.599Z <default:ERR> error updating dynamic group tripped: ReferenceError: Invalid reference to member state of null [latest-21332]2021-11-29T01:49:33.600Z <default:CRIT> ReferenceError: Invalid reference to member state of null ReferenceError: Invalid reference to member state of null at _run (C:\MSR\reactor\common\lexp.js:1369:31) at _run (C:\MSR\reactor\common\lexp.js:1233:34) at _run (C:\MSR\reactor\common\lexp.js:1290:44) at C:\MSR\reactor\common\lexp.js:1223:29 at Array.forEach (<anonymous>) at _run (C:\MSR\reactor\common\lexp.js:1222:28) at Object.run (C:\MSR\reactor\common\lexp.js:1564:22) at DynamicGroupController._update_group (C:\MSR\reactor\server\lib\DynamicGroupController.js:229:141) at C:\MSR\reactor\server\lib\DynamicGroupController.js:267:39 at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
Would I have to include any additional information in the configuration to not have this problem with null?