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    (Last Updated: 7 May 2020)
    • (Problem) Migration Z-Wave NW from Vera to UZB1 dongle

      T

      So ... I am trying to do the following:

      Current setup:
      Vera Plus (1.7.4955) Zwave only -> HASSIO VM (full control via Vera Integration)

      Future Target:
      HASSIO VM (leveraging zwave.me UZB1 dongle via USB)

      I have done the following so far:

      Updated UZB1 dongle (via RPi SmartHome) to latest 5.39 Firmware

      I followed the following steps to try and migrate my existing Z-Wave NW (currently on Vera) onto the UZB1 dongle following the steps listed here:

      Migrate from Vera to Z-way

      Problem:

      Steps 1-3: went fine (although the dumps are labeled as dongle.6.1.dump.x)

      Step 4: went fine and the UZB1 was recognized as it should be (per dmesg)

      Step 5: updating the port to /dev/ttyACM0 went fine, although I didn't see any indication of luup reload (or a save button for that matter when updating the port mapping)

      Step 6: I did the touch for dongle.restore, but wasn't sure where to trigger a luup reload (I assumed it was Z-Wave Settings > Advanced > Reload Engine). I believe I got an error message when trying to do that step

      Step 7: verify dongle.restore.go I don't recall being in the directions when I was going the test, but I rebooted

      Post Reboot: None of my previous z-wave devices were listed. I also checked dmesg via ssh and noticed the following items:

      [ 4.328000] Unsupported Device! [ 4.328000] Vendor=658 ProdID=200 [ 4.328000] Manufacturer= Product=

      I saw that item a couple times which almost seems like Vera is blocking the UZB1 or at least complaining about it.

      I ended up switching the Z-Wave back to the embedded controller, and restoring configuration from backup.

      Any suggestions what I did wrong??

      Vera
    • Vera 3 with a Z-Wave.Me UZB stick

      A

      Having trouble getting a Vera 3 to recognise a Z-Wave.Me UZB stick.

      WinSCP indicates it's mounted at /dev/ttyACM0, so the Vera Z-Wave settings were adjusted to match. On a Luup engine reload Vera UI states: "ZWave : Failed To Start". Ditto for a complete Vera reboot.

      Has anyone successfully used a UZB stick with a Vera 3?

      Vera
    • Using the vera with external usb zwave or zigbee dongle

      rafale77

      The vera can run both its zwave and zigbee network off of external USB radios instead of the onboard ones. This could have advantages in terms of portability, facilitating migrations or recoveries in case the vera craps out. It could also enable testing of newer radio firmwares.
      Zwave is pretty straightforward as its serial API is standardized and the protocol is the same regardless of what brand of USB stick you use. I have run my vera off of USB sticks of various brands for years going from Aeotec, Zooz, Homeseer and even the most generic silabs/Sigma Design. You just insert the stick in the usb port, find out which serial port it created (under the /dev/ folder) and use that port (ie. /dev/ttyACM0, /dev/ttyUSB0 etc) in the zwave advance menu.
      Zigbee is a little trickier as the protocol and chipset was not quite as standardized as zwave. The vera only works with ember Znet protocol and you will need to find a usb stick with an EM35x chip in it which already has an ember zigbee firmware loaded. One example of such a stick is the Go Control HUSBZB1 (dual zwave-zigbee stick). The port is not readily accessible on the vera UI but can be accessed either through editing of the /etc/cmh/user-data.json or through ALTUI by going into the hidden zigbee radio device through the "table devices " menu and changing modifying the port variable there.

      You can also upgrade the onboard zwave and zigbee radio firmwares from the command line SSH...

      Vera
    • iPhone locator or alternative.

      MikeReadington

      Hello Everyone,

      I am using iPhone locator on Vera, and yesterday it stopped working. Looking at the logs, I can see the connection is refused, but nothing on my end changed. iPhone locator is really important in my particular setup, so I guess I have two questions.

      Is it broken, or is it me?
      I don't see anyone else saying there is an issue, but I am not sure how many people are still using it (or Vera for location) at this point. I installed it on a blank Vera test controller, same issue. It might be something with the iCloud account, but it works everywhere else.

      Is there something similar on another platform?

      Mainly what I would like is the ability to force a poll of iCloud location on demand. I have a bunch of triggers setup, including magnetic sensors in my driveway to sense vehicles and determine if the motion is egress or ingress. These triggers in conjunction with MSR have been a great way to double check phone location, and I would hate to lose this functionality. It looks like HA might have something with "iCloud3". Is anyone using it?

      Thanks,
      Mike

      Vera
    • Power monitoring options

      therealdb

      @akbooer said in

      The only thing left on Vera is now electricity meter readers, and I simply can't find any suitable WiFi replacement.

      My hem stopped reporting this august and I’ve replaced it with a Shelly EM. I’m using another one on my solar and they’re amazing fast to report and quite precise. They’re WiFi, and mqtt based. Recommended!

      Vera
    • Another Vera --> Home Assistant migration question

      T

      Good morning all,
      I've got a stable Home Assistant running on a RPI 4 with a Aeotec Z-Stick 7 Plus, and of course the Z-wave JS integration. I've manually moved a handful of devices, and I'm overall much happier with the HA z-wave capability than I am with Vera. There are still some things I'm trying to figure out that I have in Vera that I'm not sure how they'll work in HA, but no deal breakers.

      I've got all of my automation on MSR and off of luup Reactor, so really the only thing left for me is to migrate my Z-wave network. I saw @rafale77's post about using a Zwave.me UZB1 to Zway, but of course that's not what I'm using.

      Is there a similar method that I can use my Aeotec Z-Stick 7 plus to Home Assistant? I have around 70 Z-wave devices (give or take devices that generate multiple instances in Vera), so manual unpairing, including, etc, would be quite a chore.

      Vera
    • Nuke Vera Script

      rafale77

      Script to disable all the mios/vera proprietary program and broadcast its zwave and zigbee radio serial ports in your network so it can be picked up by another controller... For example z-way.

      GitHub - rafale77/Nuke-Vera: Script to neuter the vera and broadcast its zwave and zigbee serial ports GitHub - rafale77/Nuke-Vera: Script to neuter the vera and broadcast its zwave and zigbee serial ports

      Script to neuter the vera and broadcast its zwave and zigbee serial ports - GitHub - rafale77/Nuke-Vera: Script to neuter the vera and broadcast its zwave and zigbee serial ports

      Vera
    • Getting FW version from Vera's FirmwareInfo

      therealdb

      Long story short: I need to tweak some parameters for Fibaro Plugs, to remove frequent notifications about watts (I just need a very good approximation, in order to detect the cycle of washer/dryer), but the parameters depend on the firmware version, and I have:

      271,1554,21554

      and the other one has:

      271,4102,0

      Any help is apprreciated.

      Vera
    • Vera to zwavejs

      S

      Hi all! I am almost relieved from Vera 🙏. Around 65 decices to go. Of which some are on very hard places (under floor etc.). Is there any way to easily get the vera devices on the zwave network without repairing them per piece?

      I think I knowthe answer, but I am asking 😉

      Vera
    • Vera firmware 7.32 beta

      LibraSun

      Anyone installed the new beta f/w on their Vera unit and liking it?

      Read https://community.ezlo.com/t/7-32-vera-firmware-beta-release/217060

      Vera
    • [Solved] Aeotec Smart Switch 6 configuration not updating

      tunnus

      Have Aeotec Smart Switch 6 in use with Vera Plus (fw 7.31 - 1.7.5186, decoupled) and now as I'm trying to change its configuration, it seems impossible.

      Screenshot 2021-09-07 at 11.21.28.png

      "Save changes" just initiates luup reload, but parameters stay the same. "Configure node right now" does not help either, Vera informs that command sent, but nothing happens. Hard refresh of the browser done.

      Device itself is working, e.g. it reports current wattage.

      "Automatically configure" is set to "No", if set to "Yes", configuration change is initiated but fails with the message "Failed at: Setting special association"

      EDIT: in the end this was solved by unplugging the switch and then plugging it back, some internal state corrupted...

      Vera
    • Method to get the security key from Vera?

      H

      Hi there,

      I know this was floating around on the other forum but just hoping someone can post the steps as I’m finally biting the bullet and moving to a USB stick and Zwave JS in home assistant.

      Thanks!

      Vera
    • Why is VERA+ making calls to facebook.com?

      D

      So, I recently added Pi-Hole (pi-hole.net) to my networked clients for its open-sourced Ad and Tracker Blocking. Essentially, it’s a DNS Blacklisting solution and it can display the Domains being accessed.
      To my dismay I’m seeing the VERA+ attempting calls to facebook.com on a regular basis between 20 – 70 minutes each.
      The Active apps on VERA are Sercomm IP Camera, Amazon Alexa Helper, Garage Door, Foscam HD, Reator, SiteSensor and Ezlo Cameras. I just recently removed AltUI before disconnecting from the cloud services.

      Any ideas on how I could track down the culprit caller?

      Thanks for your consideration.

      Vera
    • Can I connect a Nokia/Withings scale to Vera?

      LibraSun

      I've got a Nokia/Withings bathroom scale on which I weigh myself daily. I used to use IFTTT to push every weighing result into a Google Spreadsheet in the cloud, but now that I use MSR, I'm more interested in integrating this data into that workflow.

      Has anyone figured out a way to move data from a WiFi-connected scale into the Vera environment? I don't mind trying something indirect, as for instance I've already linked the weights over to my Google Fit app.

      Open to suggestions!

      Vera
    • Help with Luup Reloads

      Pabla

      Recently I have been getting constant reloads on my Vera Plus running the latest 7.32 beta build. It usually starts after a 3-4 day Luup uptime and the reloads start at around 5am local time and keep going every 30 mins until I physically restart my Vera Plus (unplugging and plugging it back in). Right before a reload I see on the status bar above the modes on the homepage "cannot write user data" then after a few minutes a reload occurs. Looking into the logs I have seen mention of 03 06/21/21 8:53:18.102 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::Reload: low memory Critical 1 m_bCriticalOnly 0 dirty data 1 running 1 <0x76aa7520> almost every single time a reload happens. I have attached logs from 2 instances this morning where a reload happened. I have noticed that the OpenSprinkler plugin has been very chatty even though I have set debugging to 0, is that what is filling up temp log system?

      01 06/21/21 8:45:58.123 IOPort::Connect connect -1 192.168.8.43:23 <0x6a148520> 02 06/21/21 8:45:59.031 UserData::CommitToDatabase data size 1244271 1244271 <0x7662b520> 01 06/21/21 8:45:59.333 UserData::WriteUserData saved--before move File Size: 234865 save size 234865 <0x7662b520> 02 06/21/21 8:45:59.333 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure start 0 <0x7662b520> 02 06/21/21 8:45:59.334 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure (not failure, only WriteUserData) 0 <0x7662b520> 02 06/21/21 8:45:59.334 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure 0 res:0 (null) <0x7662b520> 01 06/21/21 8:45:59.341 UserData::WriteUserData failed File Size: 234865 save size 234902 <0x7662b520> 02 06/21/21 8:45:59.342 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure start 1 <0x7662b520> 02 06/21/21 8:45:59.344 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure 0 res:0 (null) <0x7662b520> 01 06/21/21 8:45:59.632 UserData::WriteUserData failed result:1 size2:234865 vs 234865 <0x7662b520> 02 06/21/21 8:45:59.632 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure start 1 <0x7662b520> 02 06/21/21 8:45:59.634 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure 0 res:0 (null) <0x7662b520> 02 06/21/21 8:45:59.635 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure start 0 <0x7662b520> 02 06/21/21 8:45:59.635 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure (not failure, only WriteUserData) 0 <0x7662b520> 02 06/21/21 8:45:59.636 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure 0 res:0 (null) <0x7662b520> 06 06/21/21 8:45:59.636 Device_Variable::m_szValue_set device: 1 service: urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZWaveNetwork1 variable: NetStatusID was: 1 now: 2 #hooks: 0 upnp: 0 skip: 0 v:0x1099d38/NONE duplicate:0 <0x7662b520> 06 06/21/21 8:45:59.637 Device_Variable::m_szValue_set device: 1 service: urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZWaveNetwork1 variable: NetStatusText was: OK now: Resetting ZWave Network #hooks: 0 upnp: 0 skip: 0 v:0x1a02d48/NONE duplicate:0 <0x7662b520> 06 06/21/21 8:45:59.637 Device_Variable::m_szValue_set device: 2 service: urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZigbeeNetwork1 variable: NetStatusID was: 0 now: 3 #hooks: 0 upnp: 0 skip: 0 v:(nil)/NONE duplicate:0 <0x7662b520> 06 06/21/21 8:45:59.638 Device_Variable::m_szValue_set device: 2 service: urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZigbeeNetwork1 variable: NetStatusText was: OK now: GET_LANG(resetting_zigbee_network,Resetting Zigbee Network) #hooks: 0 upnp: 0 skip: 0 v:0x12b9e60/NONE duplicate:0 <0x7662b520> 01 06/21/21 8:45:59.648 RAServerSync::SendAlert notification lost quit 1 device 50002761 servers:vera-us-oem-event12.mios.com/vera-us-oem-event11.mios.com for time 23822220 type 7 code user_data <0x7642b520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:01.381 UserData::CommitToDatabase data size 1244349 1244349 <0x770dc320> 01 06/21/21 8:46:01.675 UserData::WriteUserData saved--before move File Size: 234875 save size 234875 <0x770dc320> 02 06/21/21 8:46:01.675 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure start 0 <0x770dc320> 02 06/21/21 8:46:01.676 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure (not failure, only WriteUserData) 0 <0x770dc320> 02 06/21/21 8:46:01.676 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure 0 res:0 (null) <0x770dc320> 01 06/21/21 8:46:01.680 UserData::WriteUserData failed File Size: 234875 save size 234865 <0x770dc320> 02 06/21/21 8:46:01.680 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure start 1 <0x770dc320> 02 06/21/21 8:46:01.682 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure 0 res:0 (null) <0x770dc320> 01 06/21/21 8:46:01.940 UserData::WriteUserData failed result:1 size2:234875 vs 234875 <0x770dc320> 02 06/21/21 8:46:01.941 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure start 1 <0x770dc320> 02 06/21/21 8:46:01.943 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure 0 res:0 (null) <0x770dc320> 02 06/21/21 8:46:01.944 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure start 0 <0x770dc320> 02 06/21/21 8:46:01.945 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure (not failure, only WriteUserData) 0 <0x770dc320> 02 06/21/21 8:46:01.945 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure 0 res:0 (null) <0x770dc320> 50 06/21/21 8:46:03.102 luup_log:1304: VeraOpenSprinkler[1.50]: [updateFromController] error: false - nil - nil <0x72581520> 01 06/21/21 8:46:05.210 Main WatchDogRoutine: blocked - terminating 1 <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.211 Dumping 40 locks <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.211 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.211 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.211 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.211 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.212 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.212 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.212 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.212 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.212 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.212 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.213 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.213 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.213 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.213 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.213 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.213 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.214 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.214 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.214 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.214 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.214 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.214 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.215 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.215 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.215 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.215 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.215 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.215 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.216 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.216 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.216 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.216 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.216 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.216 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.217 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.217 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.217 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.217 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.217 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.217 OL: (0xbbc560) (>100746) Variable JobHandler_LuaUPnP.cpp l:9817 time: 4:00:00p (1624290365 s) thread: 0x6f948520 Rel: Y Got: Y <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.217 finished check for exceptions <0x695de520> 02 06/21/21 8:46:05.218 OL: (0xbbc560) (>100751) Variable JobHandler_LuaUPnP.cpp l:9817 time: 4:00:00p (1624290365 s) thread: 0x6d948520 Rel: Y Got: Y <0x695de520> 2021-06-21 08:46:05 - LuaUPnP Terminated with Exit Code: 137 03 06/21/21 8:53:18.102 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::Reload: low memory Critical 1 m_bCriticalOnly 0 dirty data 1 running 1 <0x76aa7520> 01 06/21/21 8:53:18.103 luup_log:901: Tesla Car_error: Monitor awake state, failed #400 HTTP/1.1 400 BAD REQUEST !! <0x72ffd520> 02 06/21/21 8:53:18.482 UserData::CommitToDatabase data size 1244185 1244185 <0x76aa7520> 01 06/21/21 8:53:18.781 UserData::WriteUserData saved--before move File Size: 234865 save size 234865 <0x76aa7520> 02 06/21/21 8:53:18.781 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure start 0 <0x76aa7520> 02 06/21/21 8:53:18.781 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure (not failure, only WriteUserData) 0 <0x76aa7520> 02 06/21/21 8:53:18.782 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure 0 res:0 (null) <0x76aa7520> 01 06/21/21 8:53:18.787 UserData::WriteUserData failed File Size: 234865 save size 234875 <0x76aa7520> 02 06/21/21 8:53:18.787 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure start 1 <0x76aa7520> 02 06/21/21 8:53:18.789 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure 0 res:0 (null) <0x76aa7520> 01 06/21/21 8:53:18.813 IOPort::Connect connect -1 192.168.8.43:23 <0x6a7c4520> 01 06/21/21 8:53:19.020 UserData::WriteUserData failed result:1 size2:234865 vs 234865 <0x76aa7520> 02 06/21/21 8:53:19.020 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure start 1 <0x76aa7520> 02 06/21/21 8:53:19.023 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure 0 res:0 (null) <0x76aa7520> 02 06/21/21 8:53:19.027 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure start 0 <0x76aa7520> 02 06/21/21 8:53:19.028 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure (not failure, only WriteUserData) 0 <0x76aa7520> 02 06/21/21 8:53:19.028 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure 0 res:0 (null) <0x76aa7520> 06 06/21/21 8:53:19.029 Device_Variable::m_szValue_set device: 1 service: urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZWaveNetwork1 variable: NetStatusID was: 1 now: 2 #hooks: 0 upnp: 0 skip: 0 v:0x14bad80/NONE duplicate:0 <0x76aa7520> 06 06/21/21 8:53:19.029 Device_Variable::m_szValue_set device: 1 service: urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZWaveNetwork1 variable: NetStatusText was: OK now: Resetting ZWave Network #hooks: 0 upnp: 0 skip: 0 v:0x1e23b10/NONE duplicate:0 <0x76aa7520> 06 06/21/21 8:53:19.033 Device_Variable::m_szValue_set device: 2 service: urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZigbeeNetwork1 variable: NetStatusID was: 0 now: 3 #hooks: 0 upnp: 0 skip: 0 v:(nil)/NONE duplicate:0 <0x76aa7520> 01 06/21/21 8:53:19.040 RAServerSync::SendAlert notification lost quit 1 device 50002761 servers:vera-us-oem-event12.mios.com/vera-us-oem-event11.mios.com for time 20546340 type 7 code user_data <0x76ca7520> 06 06/21/21 8:53:19.044 Device_Variable::m_szValue_set device: 2 service: urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZigbeeNetwork1 variable: NetStatusText was: OK now: GET_LANG(resetting_zigbee_network,Resetting Zigbee Network) #hooks: 0 upnp: 0 skip: 0 v:0x16dadc0/NONE duplicate:0 <0x76aa7520> 02 06/21/21 8:53:20.807 UserData::CommitToDatabase data size 1244263 1244263 <0x77759320> 01 06/21/21 8:53:21.081 UserData::WriteUserData saved--before move File Size: 234875 save size 234875 <0x77759320> 02 06/21/21 8:53:21.081 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure start 0 <0x77759320> 02 06/21/21 8:53:21.116 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure (not failure, only WriteUserData) 0 <0x77759320> 02 06/21/21 8:53:21.117 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure 699 res:1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 504 Jun 26 2017 /etc/cmh/user_data.json.luup.lzo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 234865 Jun 21 08:53 /etc/cmh/user_data.json.lzo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 234996 Jun 21 08:11 /etc/cmh/user_data.json.lzo.1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 234930 Jun 21 08:02 /etc/cmh/user_data.json.lzo.2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 234968 Jun 21 07:47 /etc/cmh/user_data.json.lzo.3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 234658 Jun 21 07:11 /etc/cmh/user_data.json.lzo.4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 234909 Jun 21 06:50 /etc/cmh/user_data.json.lzo.5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 234875 Jun 21 08:53 /etc/cmh/user_data.json.lzo.new <0x77759320> 02 06/21/21 8:53:21.228 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure start 0 <0x77759320> 02 06/21/21 8:53:21.259 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure (not failure, only WriteUserData) 0 <0x77759320> 02 06/21/21 8:53:21.259 UserData::TempLogFileSystemFailure 610 res:1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 504 Jun 26 2017 /etc/cmh/user_data.json.luup.lzo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 234875 Jun 21 08:53 /etc/cmh/user_data.json.lzo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 234865 Jun 21 08:53 /etc/cmh/user_data.json.lzo.1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 234996 Jun 21 08:11 /etc/cmh/user_data.json.lzo.2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 234930 Jun 21 08:02 /etc/cmh/user_data.json.lzo.3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 234968 Jun 21 07:47 /etc/cmh/user_data.json.lzo.4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 234658 Jun 21 07:11 /etc/cmh/user_data.json.lzo.5 <0x77759320> 06 06/21/21 8:53:21.465 Device_Variable::m_szValue_set device: 2 service: urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZigbeeDevice1 variable: PendingRemoveDevices was: 0024460000144655-01d8,0024460000146120-a155,00244600001467ad-a538 now: 0024460000144655-01d8,0024460000146120-a155,00244600001467ad-a538 #hooks: 0 upnp: 0 skip: 0 v:(nil)/NONE duplicate:1 <0x77759320> 06 06/21/21 8:53:21.469 Device_Variable::m_szValue_set device: 2 service: urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZigbeeDevice1 variable: UnknownDevices was: now: #hooks: 0 upnp: 0 skip: 0 v:(nil)/NONE duplicate:1 <0x77759320> 03 06/21/21 8:53:22.100 LuaUPNP: ending <0x77759320> 2021-06-21 08:53:22 - LuaUPnP Terminated with Exit Code: 0```
      Vera
    • How to reset a Tripped state?

      wmarcolin

      Hi,

      Some devices, I don't know why, stay in a tripped state after the trigger has already closed.

      Let me try to explain better.

      A door sensor is tripped when it opens the door, for some reason it does not go back to an Untripped state when it closes. Or a motion sensor likewise, arms with a movement, and then does not disarm even though there is no more presence to justify being armed.

      Is it possible by some command to make the device reevaluate its state? If the door was closed, and it is still indicating open, reevaluate and put the correct state of closed door?

      Thanks.

      Vera
    • OpenSprinkler devices (valves) not showing up in Vera

      F

      I have 6 stations in the Open Sprinkler web page/app, however after installing the Vera plugin, only 2 stations appear as Vera devices. I have uninstalled and re-installed, but same result.

      I have 3 programs in Open Sprinkler and all of them show up in Vera.

      Not sure what I need to do for the other stations to show up as devices in Vera.

      Note: I installed the plugin using the Vera apps listing by simply clicking the 'Install' button.

      Any help you can provide would be much appreciated @therealdb

      Thanks,
      Chris

      Vera
    • Ezlo Plus as Network Attached Zigee & Z-Wave Device

      J

      Hello, all!

      For several years now I've had a Vera Edge at home providing all my z-wave needs. I only really use it as a mechanism to get all my devices integrated into home assistant, which is the brains of the operation.

      Recently I ordered a few new z-wave devices that have z-wave 700 chips. They work fine with the Vera (albeit with some more advanced features unavailable), but I figure the Vera's days are numbered are there was a really good pre-order deal available on an Ezlo Plus, so I bought one of those too expecting it would be a drop-in replacement for the aging Vera.

      It arrived yesterday, and how wrong I was. There isn't any local control at all as best as I can tell, I can't integrate it with Home Assistant, and doing anything at all requires a clunky app and the cloud. Not what I want.

      Googling around I found this post on the home assistant community from few years back from someone who killed the running Vera software on their Vera Edge and ran some software to expose the serial Z-Wave chip to the network so Home Assistant could work with it directly. It looks like that idea eventually evolved into a script that automates the process of nuking the Vera.

      Despite just barely knowing what I'm doing I'm giving the same approach a shot on the Ezlo Plus. The first barrier was that ser2net wasn't installed and wasn't available in the mios repo, so I've compiled it from source and I just got it running.

      So far that's as far as I've gotten, but I'm interested in hearing from the community - especially those of you with more knowledge and experience. I have home assistant running on a server in my basement so the goal of network-attached radios that can be better located in the house is an attractive one, but is there even merit to the approach I'm trying to take? Is there a simpler way to get the Ezlo Plus working with Home Assistant that I'm overlooking? Has anyone else already done this and I'm just reinventing the wheel for no good reason? Should I just chalk the Ezlo up as a poor purchasing decision and get on with my life?

      Looking forward to your responses!

      Vera
    • Messaging after VERA decoupling

      D

      First I want to say thank you to this group. You have given me ideas and help along the HA path for a long time.
      I'm an old Vera user and planning to decouple from MIOS cloud now or after 7.32 but I'm stuck at how to push messages out.
      I'm using Reactor and Scenes for Vera native messaging. What's a good solution going forward?

      Also want to mention that after reading the Decoupling document I have built a NTP GPS server on a Pi3B and enjoyed learning more about Linux along the way. I have it stabilized after learning 100 different ways.

      Thanks

      Vera
    • Backup

      T

      Hello Everyone -

      Can someone point me in the proper direction of doing a Vera (Secure) backup?

      Specifically, I'm worried about a controller failure and unable to source a new one where I could just use the included backup facilities.

      I'm considering staying on Vera a little longer to see what happens with Ezlo (especially around easy migrations).

      I know I can manually run backups from the UI but wondering if there's a more "standard" method that would allow me to move to another platform if required. This would require me to pull my (important definition, I feel. This shouldn't be a secret) encryption key off of the Vera as part of the backup - so any pointers there would be helpful as well.

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    • prophead
      prophead last edited by

      So if my vera will as it will want to restart after removing each zwave device and I have say 35 devices what are the chances it survives 35 restarts? How do I explain to my wife that our HA system is unstable? Yes, I know backup first.

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      • akbooer
        akbooer last edited by

        I can assure you that your Vera will have had at least 10, if not 100, times that number of restarts already.

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        • prophead
          prophead last edited by

          Right now everything is very stable after removing every app except day/night, system monitor, and virtual switch. I may just learn zway for a while before I break whats working. The manual is 300 pages ffs. The alexa, siri and hue integrations are working perfectly and hard fought if you know what I mean. The writing is on the wall and there will come a day, and very soon that my alexa, remote access, and ios app stop working. When that happens I hope to be ready at least with the new hardware. Ill leave it to ezlo to determine my schedule. Honestly I would pay a reasonable monthly fee to keep those services going.

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          • rafale77
            rafale77 last edited by rafale77

            The 300 pages are really for developers. I think you can browse around and figure out how it works. The interface is pretty intuitive.

            As for your integrations, they all work perfectly on openLuup so you can just toss the vera out an keep them. Did you see my post about the local integration of alexa and siri? They are faster, more reliable and more secure than the native vera one by a long shot.

            Your network size is right at the edge of where things get iffy on the vera. If like me you had notication setup to be sent every time the luup engine reloads you would really know how often that thing crashes. It is not reliable under any condition by any stretch of the imagination. It is a matter of not catching it when it crashes because you don't have it do anything at that moment.
            Kind of what the forum manager in the other place was saying: As long as you don't make it do much you won't feel it to be unreliable... and likewise I would add the new platform is lightning fast as long as it does nearly nothing.

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            • akbooer
              akbooer @rafale77 last edited by

              @rafale77 said in The death of a thousand cuts:

              As long as you don't make it do much you won't feel it to be unreliable...

              Absolutely! Here’s what happened to my Vera Edge when I stopped asking it to do anything ZWave-related...

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              • prophead
                prophead last edited by

                It is just such a big job to move everything over. I have no doubt I can do it and it will be better. I would rather defer the large time investment and do more productive things. Even if I use the zwave backup method it will still take a considerable amount of time. What is going to be the best replacement for my native ios vera app? Altui is nice on the web but not as nice on my phone. My vera app has current image from camera in each room that has one. Ive not seen that on openluup. I Haven’t tried impirihome. I’m loath to upgrade things that are working. I do automated forced vera reboots every night and I believe that has helped keep my system more stable I have been doing this for the last few years at least

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                • akbooer
                  akbooer last edited by

                  Have you tried HomeWave? The developer @intveltr uses openLuup. Actually, we should invite him to this forum.

                  Yes, you can get camera images in openLuup (and email triggers.)

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                  • rafale77
                    rafale77 @akbooer last edited by

                    @akbooer said in The death of a thousand cuts:

                    Have you tried HomeWave? The developer @intveltr uses openLuup. Actually, we should invite him to this forum.

                    Yes, you can get camera images in openLuup (and email triggers.)

                    +1 on Homewave and inviting @inveltr over. It is basically what eZLO is trying to sell with their mobile app and their dashboard and is already ages old. It much better than the vera app in terms of configurability and can be run completely locally, bypassing the cloud servers.

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                    • therealdb
                      therealdb last edited by therealdb

                      I think that @prophead is referring to the ability of the Vera's native app to run with nothing exposed from the inside. I have my automations and my own bot, but my wife is using the app a lot, because - of course - automations are never what they really want at that precise moment.

                      So I have the same problem and I'll probably just expose my openluup installation via a reverse proxy, authenticated. This and the amount of work necessary to migrate the scenes/Vera features (like status associated to home mode changes) is holding me back as well. I will complete it because my Vera started a reboot cycle every 20 minutes since sunday and it's frustrating, and I'm wondering if this could be easily done or not. I will know it soon, I guess 😄

                      --
                      On a mission to automate everything.

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                      • rafale77
                        rafale77 @therealdb last edited by rafale77

                        @therealdb said in The death of a thousand cuts:

                        I think that @prophead is referring to the ability of the Vera's native app to run with nothing exposed from the inside.

                        A bit more work but there is VPN for that (also with a dynamic DNS). It enables you to access your entire network so it can be used for a lot of other things. I undertand using a mirror server from the outside to tunnel in through your vera is convenient but it really isn't all that secure and not under your control. That's how I view all my cameras and access my NAS along with a bunch of other things remotely.

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                        • therealdb
                          therealdb last edited by

                          Yep, I know, since part of my job is to deal about security. But the tunnel is convenient and while I can build it on my own, it's another thing to maintain...
                          Thus, it's very complicated for the average wife 🙂

                          For my NAS/Cameras, I use Synology's built-in tunnel and it work OK. Files are mostly in cloud, so no need to use the VPN anyway.

                          --
                          On a mission to automate everything.

                          My MS Reactor contrib
                          My Luup Plug-ins

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                          • prophead
                            prophead @akbooer last edited by

                            @akbooer how do I do room images from cameras?

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                            • prophead
                              prophead last edited by

                              My bridged cameras from vera don’t work

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                              • akbooer
                                akbooer @therealdb last edited by

                                @therealdb said in The death of a thousand cuts:

                                work necessary to migrate the scenes/Vera features (like status associated to home mode changes) is holding me back

                                openLuup has a tool to migrate scenes, moving trigger and action references to the local device instances.

                                It also supports house mode, is able to mirror a remote Vera's modes, or get a remote Vera to mirror its own house mode (or, indeed, sync the modes of multiple Veras.) The openLuup plugin itself has an action to set house mode which can be used in a scene, and also a mode variable which can be used to trigger scenes...

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                                • akbooer
                                  akbooer @prophead last edited by akbooer

                                  @prophead said in The death of a thousand cuts:

                                  My bridged cameras from vera don’t work

                                  No, they don't. But I assume that they are IP devices, so can be accessed directly. openLuup has a built-in implementation file for cameras which supports images and also creates a child security sensor which can be triggered by email (without the need for any internet access, since openLuup implements its own SMTP server.)

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                                  • prophead
                                    prophead last edited by

                                    Do i create new device? What do i put as the device and implementation files?

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                                    • therealdb
                                      therealdb @akbooer last edited by

                                      @akbooer said in The death of a thousand cuts:

                                      openLuup has a tool to migrate scenes, moving trigger and action references to the local device instances.
                                      It also supports house mode, is able to mirror a remote Vera's modes, or get a remote Vera to mirror its own house mode (or, indeed, sync the modes of multiple Veras.) The openLuup plugin itself has an action to set house mode which can be used in a scene, and also a mode variable which can be used to trigger scenes...

                                      I now, I played with openluup a lot, because it's the best dev platform for plug-ins hands down. But, as you now, moving from staging to production is always challening. Your customers are always there to point their fingers you if something goes wrong. And when you share the bed with your customer, well, things can get pretty intense 😄

                                      BTW, I was referring to Vera's ModeSetting variable, as we discussed with @rafale77 on Vera's forum. I know this is a bad implementation, but that's what I used because it is in front of you and it's easy to play with. I planned to write a plugin for it, but I'm busy at work and I postponed. It's a one-time effort to migrate, but another thing to add to the TODO list nonetheless. What I'm saying here is that I understand @prophead position and I know it's just anxiety, but not so complex to do. Probably just time consuming, as you need to

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                                      My Luup Plug-ins

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                                      • akbooer
                                        akbooer @prophead last edited by akbooer

                                        @prophead said in The death of a thousand cuts:

                                        Do i create new device? What do i put as the device and implementation files?

                                        Yes, one native to openLuup, rather than bridged from Vera.

                                        I'm not a big user of video (or audio/TTS) but I have a Foscam camera that a very nice person in Australia sent to me for helping them with their HA setup. I've just fired it up on my RPi system and all is working (as I expect it to, at least.)

                                        D_DigitalSecurityCamera1.xml
                                        I_openLuupCamera1.xml

                                        Just tried to post some screen snapshots, but the forum is throwing an error...

                                        ...anyway, suffice to say that a thumbnail appears on the AltUI devices page and on the control page itself you get a larger image.

                                        This is after having set the URL and DirectStreamingURL variables of the device, plus the IP attribute, including port number.

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                                        • akbooer
                                          akbooer last edited by akbooer

                                          ...I should also add that the ArchiveVideo action works for individual snapshots (using Format = 1) with the files being stored in the images/ folder and available to browse from the Images page in the openLuup console.

                                          On the openLuup console Sockets > SMTP page you should see the camera IP as a registered email sender, along with a count of the number of emails received. You obviously have to configure the camera to send these. On the POP3 page you can actually browse the messages sent as triggers, but the child security sensor should also behave as expected (if armed.) I have an old iPod touch set up to browse these internal emails via the POP3 server using the Mail app.

                                          If you have lots of messages/images being sent, you can configure timed scene to use the openLuup plugin's SendToTrash and EmptyTrash actions to enforce file quotas based on filetype / age / number of files.

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                                          • DesT
                                            DesT @therealdb last edited by

                                            @therealdb said in The death of a thousand cuts:

                                            my own bot

                                            Can you elaborate? 😉

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