Use case:
When performing home maintenance, such as air conditioning, I want all rules involving air conditioning to be disabled.
To do this, to day, I have a virtual switch that I placed within all rules involving air conditioning, meaning that if I turn it off, none of them work.
Then another situation: the water pump system and garden irrigation, another switch.
In short, I had to create several virtual switches in Hubitat to disable rules in MSR.
Unfortunately, however, I was unable to cover all scenarios, so I wondered if it would be possible for MSR to support a virtual MSR switch, which, when configured in the reactor settings, would function as a general on/off switch for MSR.
If it is configured and turned off, the entire rules and actions in MSR stops working, except for the status change reading process, specifically for this switch, which, when turned on, would restart the MSR.
Would it be possible to do something like this? Any recommendations from the experts?
@toggledbits, not sure if this is a feature request or I'm using the search tool wrong. You have a "Search for rule" in the Rules Set tab in MSR. It works nicely to find a rule and bring up said rule, but can it/could it be used for as a "where used?" global search? For instance, I have a fairly large set of rules, divided up into 10 different rulesets. There's easily a hundred individual rules, and many of the rules have Rule State triggers, which of course refer to other rules. Amongst my troubleshooting today, I came across what may have been a duplicate or troubleshooting attempt, but I can't tell if it's actually used as a Rule State in another rule without opening each rule that I suspect it may be a part of.
Thanks.
I'm running MSR build 25139 on Docker, using MQTT controller 24293, and everything working as expected. But if I try to upgrade to MQTTController build 25139, I'm getting the following errors on MSR UI:
An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa auto heating off" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute value_sensor.god
Last 11:20:37
An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa auto heating off" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute temperature_sensor.green
Last 11:20:37
An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa filter pump auto off" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute temperature_sensor.red
Last 11:20:37
An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa filter pump auto run" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute value_sensor.pump
Last 11:20:37
An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa watchdog" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute value_sensor.status
Last 11:20:37
My MQTT configuration (local_mqtt_devices.yaml) for the related entity is:
layzspa_message:
type: ValueSensor
capabilities: ["temperature_sensor", "value_sensor", "power_sensor"]
primary_attribute: power_sensor.value
events:
"layzspa/message":
"power_sensor.value":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.PWR )'
expr: "float(payload.PWR)"
"value_sensor.air":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.AIR )'
expr: "float(payload.AIR)"
"value_sensor.pump":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.FLT )'
expr: "float(payload.FLT)"
"value_sensor.god":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.GOD )'
expr: "float(payload.GOD)"
"value_sensor.lock":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.LCK )'
expr: "float(payload.LCK)"
"value_sensor.unit":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.UNT )'
expr: "float(payload.UNT)"
"value_sensor.error":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.ERR )'
expr: "float(payload.ERR)"
"temperature_sensor.green":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.GRN )'
expr: "float(payload.GRN)"
"temperature_sensor.red":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.RED )'
expr: "float(payload.RED)"
"temperature_sensor.target":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.TGT )'
expr: "float(payload.TGT)"
"temperature_sensor.value":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.TMP )'
expr: "float(payload.TMP)"
"temperature_sensor.virtual":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.VTM )'
expr: "round(float(payload.VTM), 1)"
"temperature_sensor.ambient":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.AMB )'
expr: "float(payload.AMB)"
"layzspa/Status":
"value_sensor.status":
if_expr: '! isnull( payload )'
expr: "payload"
"layzspa/button":
"value_sensor.button":
if_expr: '! isnull( payload )'
expr: "payload"
and in reactor.yaml I have:
"layzspa_states":
name: "Lay-Z-Spa States"
friendly_name: 'Lay-Z-Spa States'
include: layzspa_message
I realize my MQTT configuration might be a bit unorthodox, but could there still be something unintentional in the latest MQTTController build? If needed, I can provide detailed logs.
Since today is my birthday - and I still pretend to be unconventional - I'm giving away a present to this wonderful community and I'm releasing my first OpenSprinkler controller for MSR. It was real fun to code it - and while it's still WIP, it seems to work OK for me. It's polling-based at the moment, but I'll add support for updates via MQTT very soon (it's already partially coded).
Get it at (install is similar to MQTTController and such):
https://github.com/dbochicchio/reactor-opensprinkler
Feel free to try it. It's beta software, but it's stable. I'll update it weekly until all the tasks from my todo list are empty.
Since I've learnt a lot from this controller, I'll explore new controllers soon.
Good day all,
I'm in the process of trying to shut down my 10 year old Linux home server that served many purposes, but primarily it's what I used for my NAS/Plex Media server. I migrated the NAS aspect of the server in November of last year to a true NAS solution (Ubiquti UNAS Pro), which is rack mount and much more efficient than my old tower, which it's only side benefit was heating my home office during the winter. Unfortunately it also means heating my home office during the summer, which were about to be in full swing.
I have two things running on this 10 year old server at this point. MSR and pi-hole. I'm running Plex Media Server on Fedora Workstation in Podman on mini PC, which is much more energy efficient than my old tower. My next step is to migrate MSR. I know there are images of MSR out there, and creating it is well documented. I'm going to be using Podman instead of Docker for various reasons, but they work very similar. What I don't know, is what I need to do to migrate my existing Bare Metal installation over to a container.
Has anyone done this? Any advice?
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.
Hi guys,
Just wondering how you guys organize your rule sets and rules. I wish I had an extra layer to have some more granularity, but my feature request was not popular.
Maybe there are better ways to organize my rule sets.
I use the rule sets now primarily for rooms. So a rule set per room. But maybe grouping by functionality works better. Any examples/ suggestions would be appreciated.
I have the following yaml configuration in local_mqtt_devices file
x_mqtt_device:
set_speed:
arguments:
speed:
type: str
topic: "command/%friendly_name%"
payload:
type: json
expr: '{ "fan": parameters.speed }'
While this works fine, I'm wondering how this could be changed to "fixed" parameters, as in this case "fan" only accepts "A", "Q" or a numeric value of 1-5?
Docker container update - documentation
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Proposing the following instruction text when upgrading MSR Docker container on Synology:
Upgrading the Container
To update to the latest version of MSR and the toggledbits/reactor container using the Synology docker client, go to the Docker app in Synology.
- On the Container tab stop the existing MSR container (Select the container, then Action > Stop).
- Edit the existing container and change its name to MSR-old.
- Go to the Image tab. Note the tag of the Docker image you have been using.
- Go to the Registry tab and find toggledbits/reactor. Choose the same tag that you saw in the step above.
- Download the new image
- When the image download is complete, go to the Container tab and select MSR-old then click Settings - Duplicate settings.
- Rename the container MSR.
- When “Use the same network as Docker host” is NOT selected in Network settings:
- in the Port settings of the OLD container, change local & container ports “8111” to “8112” (also disable “auto-restart” just in case)
- in the Port settings of the NEW container, change local port “Auto” to “8111”
- Start the (new) MSR container.
- Delete the MSR-old container once you have confirmed everything is working.
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Proposing the following instruction text when upgrading MSR Docker container on Synology:
Upgrading the Container
To update to the latest version of MSR and the toggledbits/reactor container using the Synology docker client, go to the Docker app in Synology.
- On the Container tab stop the existing MSR container (Select the container, then Action > Stop).
- Edit the existing container and change its name to MSR-old.
- Go to the Image tab. Note the tag of the Docker image you have been using.
- Go to the Registry tab and find toggledbits/reactor. Choose the same tag that you saw in the step above.
- Download the new image
- When the image download is complete, go to the Container tab and select MSR-old then click Settings - Duplicate settings.
- Rename the container MSR.
- When “Use the same network as Docker host” is NOT selected in Network settings:
- in the Port settings of the OLD container, change local & container ports “8111” to “8112” (also disable “auto-restart” just in case)
- in the Port settings of the NEW container, change local port “Auto” to “8111”
- Start the (new) MSR container.
- Delete the MSR-old container once you have confirmed everything is working.
@tunnus
The existing documentation for upgrading a Synology Docker container works well and is lot less steps. Have you tried this method?
From the docs:
Upgrading the ContainerWhen new versions of the image are released, you can upgrade your container as follows:
- Open Docker by clicking the "Open" button under the Docker item in the Package Center of your NAS.
- In the Docker app, go to the Registry, and search for "toggledbits". The listing for toggledbits/reactor should come up. Click that row, and then click the "Download" button.
- Go to the "Containers" list.
- Click on your Reactor container.
- Choose "Reset" from the "Action" dropdown (this is "Clear" on Docker packages earlier than 20.10.3-0554)
- Start the container.
Synology Docker MSR, Hubitat, Home Assistant, Homebridge, ZwaveJS, MQTT, NUT controller.
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@tunnus
The existing documentation for upgrading a Synology Docker container works well and is lot less steps. Have you tried this method?
From the docs:
Upgrading the ContainerWhen new versions of the image are released, you can upgrade your container as follows:
- Open Docker by clicking the "Open" button under the Docker item in the Package Center of your NAS.
- In the Docker app, go to the Registry, and search for "toggledbits". The listing for toggledbits/reactor should come up. Click that row, and then click the "Download" button.
- Go to the "Containers" list.
- Click on your Reactor container.
- Choose "Reset" from the "Action" dropdown (this is "Clear" on Docker packages earlier than 20.10.3-0554)
- Start the container.
@sweetgenius I'm aware of that instruction. And yes, it does work, but if there would be issues with the upgrade, using this more lengthy process enables smooth rollback
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@toggledbits, any thoughts?
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