After the veralert service was shut down and Richard confirmed that it will not be available again, I searched for a new notification service to use in my vere secure. I signed up for the PushOver service.
I want to take a snapshot from a camera with camera snapshot address “192.168.4.37/img/snapshot.cgi?size=4&quality=1” and video address “192.168.4.37/img/video.mjpeg” according to a trigger.
Actually, someone (Tlex) did a work about this years ago on the vera forum, but I couldn't understand that script. I also wrote to him to be more descriptive, but I didn't get an answer. Can you help me with this?
I have an older Vera Plus controller that has been collecting dust for a little while. I know the hardware is no longer supported but I would prefer it to go to a good home vs the eWaste center. No charge, just pay for shipping and it's yours. If you are interested, let me know.
With their awesome new X10 switch!
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I'm hopping in my 1980s time machine to go see whether this is exactly what I think it is. 🙂
(Srsly, tho, I love(d) X10 and did everything humanly possible to keep that old equipment perking along with Vera, and almost succeeded.)
LibraP.S. Just got banned for the 9th time from Hubitat Forum, so had a little extra time to throw shade.
P.P.S. The boilerplate 5-star reviews for this brand-new product come from bots with names like Avery, Phoenix and Owen (two from Mateo!). Sheesh.
Let's assume you have done the following:
Downloaded and installed Z-Way following these instructions. No Zway license is required to do the following. The software is now all up and running with your UZB stick (whole other post). Dial up this Zway web page: http://<Zway_server_IP_address>:8083/expert/#/network/controller Under the heading "Firmware" take note of the "SDK version" and the "Serial API Version". Say they equal 6.71.01 & 05.23 respectively like it shows here.Now on to Vera:
Go to the Vera UI --> Z-Wave Settings and taken note of the "Version" shown for Vera's internal Zwave IC. For example purposes, say it equals "6.01". You plug your UZB stick into Vera. In the Z-Wave Settings you set the port to "/dev/ttyACM0" You've rebooted Vera, so that it starts using the UZB stick.OK, so what "Version" will Vera now display and the version of what? The version shown by Vera is the "Z-Wave protocol" version or the "Serial API" version - it's unclear which but I suspect the former. However on most occasions the numbers are the same. It's not the Software Developers Kit (SDK) version number.
Knowing the UZB firmware version you can identify what Vera will show with the following table.
From the example above: Zway stated the version as 5.23. It will show in Vera as version 4.61 - see table. However the Vera internals showed up as 6.01. So using this method to copy the Zwave configuration to the stick will not work, as the stick represents a downgrade and you can only do same to same or upgrades. So in this case you need to update the stick firmware from 5.23 to 5.32 as a minimum. Then the stick will show up in Vera with version of 6.01.
Which is great. So you then use the Zway software to upgrade the stick firmware. And that's the last you hear from it because this happens:
"Sorry to inform you, but there is a known issue in some UZB manufactured by our partners on license base that after upgrade they become bricked."
And you have to do this to unbrick it. So time to try someone else's stick. Sigh.
ZWay UZB version Vera version SDK version 5.39 6.09 6.82.01 6.08 6.82.00 6.07 6.81.06 6.06 6.81.05 6.05 6.81.04 6.04 6.81.03 6.03 6.81.02 5.37 6.02 6.81.01 5.36 6.02??? 6.81.00 ???? 5.33 6.02??? 6.81.00 ???? 5.32 6.01 6.81.00 5.03 6.71.03 5.02 6.71.02 5.27 BL 48059 4.61 6.71.0? 5.26 4.61 6.71.0? 5.23 4.61 6.71.01 4.6 6.71.00 5.2 4.6? 6.7?.00 5.16 4.6? 6.70.00 4.62 6.61.01 4.33 6.61.00 4.54 6.51.10 5.07 4.38 6.51.09 4.34 6.51.08 4.24 6.51.07 4.05 6.51.06 5.06 4.01 6.51.04 3.99 6.51.03 3.95 6.51.02 3.92 6.51.01 3.83 6.51.00 3.79 6.50.01 3.71 6.50.00 3.67 3.35 6.10.00 3.41 6.02.00 3.37 6.01.03 2.78The table is based on page 434 of silabs app INS13954 and the UZB firmware revision information found here. The table may have errors!
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...
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Hello everybody.
I would like to automate the underfloor heating. At the moment I have the gateway from vera secure and thermostat with receiver from SRT SECURE with z-wave. I would like to connect to the gateway a receiver with 4 channels from sonoff and 3 temperature and humidity sensors from aliexpress as a thermostat. do you think it is possible?
and one more question... how can I change the name of the wireless network and the password from the gateway?
Thank you very much!
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 - rafale77/Nuke-Vera
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.
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 FirmwareI 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:
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??
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?
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
@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!
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.
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 😉
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
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.
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"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...
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!
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.
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!
The death of a thousand cuts
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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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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. -
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 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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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
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@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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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.
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@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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@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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@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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@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.xmlJust 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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...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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