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 installed MSR on a RP5 bare metal and then copied the config and store files. Everything seems to be on the RP5 but I am missing all global expression and I don't see the controller time.
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My browser is Microsoft Edge Version 135.0.3179.54 (Official build) (64-bit)
I have probably done something stupid or missed a step but I am stuck.
Thanks for any help.
Hi,
It seems that the widget deletion does not work. I tried to drag the widget to the left (as explained in here https://smarthome.community/topic/1071/deleting-widgets?_=1744037333660)
but it does not delete it. Anyone else experiencing the same problem?
Also the landing page after login is empty and seems be have some JS issues on the dev console:
Screenshot from 2025-04-07 18-06-19.png
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Using dockerized version of Reactor (Multi-hub) latest-25082-3c348de6 on Chromium 135.0.7049.52 (Official Build) snap (64-bit)
br,
mgvra
Good day all,
I have an notification set up for my washing machine to let me know when it's complete. I have a templete sensor set up in HAAS to let me know if it's Washing, in Standby, or off, based upon the power consumption (Shelly 1PM on outlets)
The MSR code is relatively simple. I have a built in false positive attribute for if MSR gets rebooted, because I would suddenly get tons of notifications when I upgraded MSR.
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What I'm trying to introduce, is a way to verify that I just didn't bump the knob on the washing machine when transferring loads from the washer to the dryer, which turns on the display and brings the power above the Standby threshold.
The power goes up to 3.7W for about 4 minutes if the selector knob is bumped/turned.
What would the best way to do this be? I have most of my MSR code set up for a couple of years now, and my coding logic is struggling a bit.
I think I need a power threshold to be substained for a minimum time period (say 2 or 3 minutes, above 10W), before the other triggers can act. What would the best way to do that be?
Running: latest-25082-3c348de6
Fedora 41 Server
HAAS:
Core
2025.3.4
Supervisor
2025.03.4
Operating System
15.1
Frontend
20250306.0
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 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?
Hi!
I get this message when I'm on the status tab:
System Configuration Check
The time on this system and on the Reactor host are significantly different. This may be due to incorrect system configuration on either or both. Please check the configuration of both systems. The host reports 2025-04-01T15:29:29.252Z; browser reports 2025-04-01T15:29:40.528Z; difference 11.276 seconds.
I have MSR installed as a docker on my Home Assistant Blue / Hardkernel ODROID-N2/N2+. MSR version is latest-25082-3c348de6.
HA versions are:
Core 2025.3.4
Supervisor 2025.03.4
Operating System 15.1
I have restarted HA as well as MSR multiple times. This message didn´t show two weeks ago. Don´t know if it have anything to do with the latest MSR version.
Do anyone know what I can try?
Thanks in advance!
Let's Be Careful Out There (Hill Street reference...) 🙂
/Fanan
I have a very strange situation, where if InfluxDB restarts, other containers may fail when restarting at the same time (under not easy to understand circumstances), and InfluxDB remains unreachable (and these containers crashes). I need to reboot these containers in an exact order, after rebooting InfluxDB.
While I understand what's going on, I need a way to reliable determine that InfluxDB is not reachable and these containers are not reachable, in order to identify this situation and manually check what's going on - and, maybe, in the future, automatically restart them if needed.
So, I was looking at HTTP Request action, but I need to capture the HTTP response code, instead of the response (becase if ping is OK, InfluxDB will reply with a 204), and, potentially, a way to programmatically detect that it's failing to get the response.
While I could write a custom HTTP controller for this or a custom HTTP virtual device, I was wondering if this is somewhat on you roadmap @toggledbits
Thanks!
Hi ,
I'm on
-Reactor (Multi-hub) latest-25067-62e21a2d
-Docker on Synology NAS
-ZWaveJSUI 9.31.0.6c80945
Problem with ZwaveJSUI:
When I try to change color to a bulb RGBWW, it doesn't change to the RGB color and the bulb remains warm or cold white.
I tryed with Zipato RGBW Bulb V2 RGBWE2, Hank Bulb HKZW-RGB01, Aentec 6 A-ZWA002, so seems that it happens with all RGBWW bulb with reactor/zwavejsui.
I'm using from reator the entity action: "rgb_color.set" and "rgb_color.set_rgb".
After I send the reactor command, It changes in zwavejsui the rgb settings but doesn't put the white channel to "0", so the prevalent channel remains warm/cold White and the bulb doesn't change into the rgb color.
This is the status of the bulb in zwavejsui after "rgb_color.set" (235,33,33,) and the bulb is still warmWhite.
x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_currentColor={"warmWhite":204,"coldWhite":0,"red":235,"green":33,"blue":33}The "cold white" and "warm white" settings interfer with the rgb color settings.
Reactor can change bulb colors with rgb_color set — (value, ui8, 0x000000 to 0xffffff) or rgb_color set_rgb — (red, green, blue, all ui1, 0 to 255) but if warm or cold white
are not to "0", zwavejsui doesn't change them and I can't find a way to change into rgb or from rgb back to warm white.
So if I use from reactor: rgb_color set_rgb — (235,33,33) in zwavejsui I have
x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_targetColor={"red":235,"green":33,"blue":33} 14/03/2025, 16:43:57 - value updated Arg 0: └─commandClassName: Color Switch └─commandClass: 51 └─property: targetColor └─endpoint: 0 └─newValue └──red: 235 └──green: 33 └──blue: 33 └─prevValue └──red: 235 └──green: 33 └──blue: 33 └─propertyName: targetColor 14/03/2025, 16:43:57 - value updated Arg 0: └─commandClassName: Color Switch └─commandClass: 51 └─property: currentColor └─endpoint: 0 └─newValue └──warmWhite: 204 └──coldWhite: 0 └──red: 235 └──green: 33 └──blue: 33 └─prevValue └──warmWhite: 204 └──coldWhite: 0 └──red: 235 └──green: 33 └──blue: 33 └─propertyName: currentColorIn zwavejsui, the bulb changes rgb set but warm White remains to "204" and the bulb remais on warm White channel bacause is prevalent on rgb set.
x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_currentColor_0=204 x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_currentColor_1=0 x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_currentColor_2=235 x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_currentColor_3=33 x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_currentColor_4=33Is it possible to targetColor also for "warmWhite" and "coldWhite" and have something similar to this?
x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_targetColor={"warmWhite":0,"coldWhite":0,"red":235,"green":33,"blue":33}Thanks in advance.
Good day all,
I have a reaction set up, that I use for both troubleshooting and changing home modes when one of my family members either arrive or are leaving. I use the companion app for HAAS on our iPhones, and HAAS reports if the person associated with the iPhone enters or leaves the geofenced area around my home. I'm sure most MSR and HAAS users are familiar with this.
I use this rule set mainly as a condition for other rules, however, as part of troubleshooting, a notification is sent through HAAS to the companion app when the rule becomes true. The problem is that I'm getting notifications now for both arriving and departing simultaneously.
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36903cdd-a87f-473b-82ef-af9ef96d3c44-image.png It used to work fine as intended. I'm not sure exactly when it changed, but now I'm getting two notifications when either of these conditions change.
Any idea what could be happening?
Edit:
Running: latest-25082-3c348de6, bare-metal Linux
ZWaveJSControllerr [0.1.25082]
MSR had been running fine, but I decided to follow the message to upgrade to 25067. Since the upgrade, I have received the message "Controller "<name>" (HubitatController hubitat2) could not be loaded at startup. Its ID is not unique." MSR throws the message on every restart. Has anyone else encountered this problem?
I am running MSR on a Raspberry Pi4 connecting to two Hubitat units over an OpenVPN tunnel. One C8 and a C8 Pro. Both are up-to-date. It appears that despite the error message that MSR may be operating properly.
Similarly as for local expressions, global expressions evaluate and update fine when getEntity(...) structure is used. However, at least when certain functions are in use, expressions do not update.
Consider the following test case:
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Even though auto-evaluation is active, value does not change (it changes only if that expression is manually run). MSR restarts do not help.
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Note: Tested using build 25067 on Docker. I have also a PR open (but couldn't now get details or PR number as my Mantis account was somehow expired?).
Trying to understand what cause a local expresssion to be evaluated. I have read the manual but I am still not clear about it. Using the test rule below, I can see in the log that the rule is being automatically evaluated every time the temperature entity is changing. That is great...
What I am trying to understand is why the expression is not evaluated based on time as well since the "case" statement has time dependencies.
Any help would be appreciated
I have the following test rule:
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Here is the expressioncode:
vFrom1 = "09:25:00", vFrom2 = "09:30:00", vFrom3 = "09:41:00", vTo = "10:55:00", # Get current time (format HH:MM:SS) vToDay = strftime("%H:%M:%S"), #Get current house temperature CurrentHouseTemp = getEntity( "hass>Thermostat2 " ).attributes.temperature_sensor.value, case when CurrentHouseTemp <= 19 and vToDay >= vFrom1 && vToDay <= vTo: "true1" # From1 when CurrentHouseTemp <= 20 and vToDay >= vFrom2 && vToDay <= vTo: "true2" # From2 when CurrentHouseTemp < 26 and vToDay >= vFrom3 && vToDay <= vTo: "true3" # From3 else "false" endI am getting a Runtime error on different browsers when I click exit when editing an existing or creating a new global reaction containing a group. If the global reaction does not have a group I don't get an error. I see a similar post on the forum about a Runtime Error when creating reactions but started a new thread as that appears to be solved.
The Runtime Error is different in the two browsers
Safari v18.3
Google Chrome 133.0.6943.142
TypeError: self.editor.isModified is not a function at HTMLButtonElement.<anonymous> (http://192.168.10.21:8111/reactor/en-US/lib/js/reaction-list.js:171:34) You may report this error, but do not screen shot it. Copy-paste the complete text. Remember to include a description of the operation you were performing in as much detail as possible. Report using the Reactor Bug Tracker (in your left navigation) or at the SmartHome Community.Steps to reproduce:
Click the pencil to edit a global reaction with a group.
Click the Exit button.
Runtime error appears.
or
Click Create Reaction
Click Add Action
Select Group
Add Condition such as Entity Attribute.
Add an Action.
Click Save
Click Exit
Runtime error appears.
I don’t know how long the error has been there as I haven’t edited the global reaction in a long time.
Reactor (Multi-hub) latest-25060-f32eaa46
Docker
Mac OS: 15.3.1
Thanks
I am trying to delete a global expression (gLightDelay) but for some strange reason, it comes back despite clicking the Delete this expression and Save Changes buttons.
I have not created a global expression for some times and just noticed this while doing some clean-up.
I have upgraded Reactor to 25067 from 25060 and the behaviour is still there. I have restarted Reactor (as well as restarting its container) and cleared the browser's cache several times without success.
Here's what the log shows.
[latest-25067]2025-03-08T23:50:22.690Z <wsapi:INFO> [WSAPI]wsapi#1 rpc_echo [Object]{ "comment": "UI activity" } [latest-25067]2025-03-08T23:50:26.254Z <GlobalExpression:NOTICE> Deleting global expression gLightDelay [latest-25067]2025-03-08T23:50:27.887Z <wsapi:INFO> [WSAPI]wsapi#1 rpc_echo [Object]{ "comment": "UI activity" }Reactor latest-25067-62e21a2d
Docker on Synology NAS
Morning, experts. Hard on learning about the internet check script in MSR tools, I was wondering what suggestions anyone has about a local (i.e. non-internet dependent) notification method.
This was prompted by yesterday's fun and games with my ISP.
I've got the script Cronned and working properly but short of flashing a light on and off, I'm struggling to think of a way of alerting me (ideally to my phone)
I guess I could set up a Discord server at home, but that feels like overkill for a rare occasion. Any other suggestions?
TIA
C
Hi,
I'm trying to integrate the sonos-mqtt (https://sonos2mqtt.svrooij.io/) with the MSR and it's coming along nicely so far.
But cannot wrap my head around how to define custom capabilities in MQTT templates. I need this for the TTS announcements and similarly for the notification sounds where I would pass the sound file as parameter.
So this is what I have in the local_mqtt_devices.yaml
capabilities: x_sonos_announcement: attributes: actions: speak: arguments: text: type: string volume: type: int delay: type: intAnd this is the template:
templates: sonos-announcement: capabilities: - x_sonos_announcement actions: x_sonos_announcement: speak: topic: "sonos/cmd/speak" payload: expr: > { "text": parameters.text, "volume": parameters.volume, "delayMs": parameters.delay, "onlyWhenPlaying": false, "engine": "neural" } type: jsonSo the speak action should send something like this to topic sonos/cmd/speak
{ "text": "message goes here", "volume": 50, "delayMs": 100, "onlyWhenPlaying": false, "engine": "neural" }At startup the MSR seems to be quite unhappy with my configuration:
reactor | [latest-25016]2025-02-09T08:19:59.029Z <MQTTController:WARN> MQTTController#mqtt entity Entity#mqtt>sonos-announcement unable to configure capabilities [Array][ "x_sonos_announcement" ] reactor | i18n: missing fi-FI language string: Configuration for {0:q} is incomplete because the following requested capabilities are undefined: {1} reactor | i18n: missing fi-FI language string: Configuration for {0:q} has unrecognized capability {1:q} in actions reactor | Trace: Configuration for {0:q} is incomplete because the following requested capabilities are undefined: {1} reactor | at _T (/opt/reactor/server/lib/i18n.js:611:28) reactor | at AlertManager.addAlert (/opt/reactor/server/lib/AlertManager.js:125:25) reactor | at MQTTController.sendWarning (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:627:30) reactor | at MQTTController.start (/var/reactor/ext/MQTTController/MQTTController.js:268:26) reactor | at async Promise.allSettled (index 0) Configuration for "sonos-announcement" has unrecognized capability "x_sonos_announcement" in actions Controller: MQTTController#mqtt Last 10:21:37 AM Configuration for "sonos-announcement" is incomplete because the following requested capabilities are undefined: x_sonos_announcement Controller: MQTTController#mqtt Last 10:21:37 AMThis is probably a pretty stupid question and the approach may not even work at all, but maybe someone or @toggledbits for sure, could point me to the right direction.
Basically the idea is to be able to send TTS messages from reactions using entity actions. I've previously used HTTP requests to Sonos HTTP API (https://hub.docker.com/r/chrisns/docker-node-sonos-http-api/) for the same functionality, but since moving to sonos-mqtt, I need a way to send the TTS notifications using MQTTController. Along with the actual message, volume and delay must also be parameterizable.
br,
mgvra
MSR latest-25016-d47fea38 / MQTTController [0.2.24293]
Hi, @toggledbits
I just noticed that following a reboot of my raspberry pi, some of the rules, that I was expecting to recover, are not catching up following a reboot. I have made a simple test rule (rule-m6rz6ol1) with only "after Date/time" as trigger and "turn on a lamp" as a set reaction. All my infrastructure is on the same board so Reactor, Hass, Zwavejs, ... are all rebooting.
Here is the sequence of the test case (All time converted to Zulu to match logs):
Rule "after Date/Time" set to 14:05:00z Shutdown on Raspberry Pi at 14:04:00z Power back up at 14:08:00z Rule overview shows true as of 14:08:14z waiting for 00:00:00 in GUIFrom the log I can see that MSR is picking up the rule and knows that the state of the rule has changed from false to true and tries to send the update to HASS but failed with websocket error.
Here is what I see from the log:
14:04:04z shutdown complete 14:08:08z Power up 14:08:13.111z websocket connection 14:08:15:323z Reaction to the light failed, Websocket not opened After there is a series of websocket connection attempt until 14:08:51z where it seemed to be really ready.Back in 2021 we had a discussion (https://smarthome.community/topic/700/solved-start-up?_=1738766986566) and you proposed to add a startup_delay:xxxx and startup_wait:xxxx parameter in the engine section of "reactor.yaml". When I try the startup_delay (this used to be a hard delay), the engine failed to start (I think). I then try the startup_wait:xxxx without any success. Since it wait for the connection status to be up to cancel the delay, it does not do anyting since Hass is reporting the socket up without really being up ( I think...).
Questions:
Did I figured it all wrong? should the startup_delay:xxxxx have worked? Any ideas?Here is the log:
OK now I am stuck. I did add the log but when I submit the editor complained saying that I am limited to 32767 characters. The log from the shutdown to the time the websocket is stable is about 300000 character long. What are my options?
Not a big issue simply a request if easily doable.
The MSR logs files inside the container are owned by root witch is fine however, the permissions are very restrictive. I do not know if there is something wrong with my installation but the logs permission are set to 222 (write only). Even if the docker volume is set for Read/Write the log files are retaining these values.
I go around the problem by doing a chmod 777 on all reactor logs but every time there is an MSR log rotation the permissions are set back to 222. So unless the permission are implemented in the container there is no permanent solution to this (that I know of).
I do not know much about Docker container so I do not know what is involved here.
Can the logfiles permission be simply chaged in the container to at least allow "other" read permission?
Could the MSR log rotation routine implement a chmod to set the permission?
Just a small anoyance
Thanks
[Solved] Reactor 22067 + Hubitat / InfluxDB feed storing wrong value then stopping on specific attributes
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Reactor latest-22067 on Raspberry Pi, Influx DB 1.8, both in Docker. Controlling two separate Hubitat C7s.
I am storing data for CPU load and free memory from the Hub Information device on the Hubitat Hub in the Influx database so that I can graph them.
I noticed that for the last two days I was not getting the free memory on my graph. (I don't currently graph the CPU data.) When I restarted Reactor I got two data points and then nothing for a while.
I looked at the Hubitat Hub Information device and could see the numbers changing there. I also watched the entities screen in Reactor and could see it flash green when it updated. Both the Hubitat device and the Reactor entities matched and were updating.
However the Influx database stopped getting new data. What I see in Grafana matches what I see when I directly query the database in a terminal window, so it is not an issue with Grafana.
The Hub Temperature data is updating in the database every time it changes. It is not one of the extra attributes that I added. It is logged as a regular temperature_sensor.
This is the relevant portion of reactor.yaml:
select_capabilities: light_sensor: true x_hubitat_Thermostat: attributes: - coolingSetpoint - heatingSetpoint - thermostatFanMode - thermostatMode - thermostatOperatingState - thermostatSetpoint - temperature x_hubitat_extra_attributes: attributes: - cpu5Min - cpuPct - freeMemory wx: attributes: - temperature - humidity - cloud_coverThis chart from Grafana illustrates what is happening. The data points circled in red are the pairs of points from two restarts of Reactor. The yellow line and green line represent the two separate Hubitat hubs that I'm connected to. The blue line is the CPU temperature from one of the hubs.
Here is the same graph from a little later to show the CPU temp is continuing to update, but the free memory is not:
Again, the free memory is changing in the entities screen every time it changes in the hub, but the data isn't being saved to InfluxDB after the first two data points.
Looking at the most recent documentation, I saw the format for the attributes was different, using a trailing ":true" intead of a leading "-", so I tried switching my reactor.yaml to match. The section now reads:
x_hubitat_extra_attributes: attributes: cpu5Min: true cpuPct: true freeMemory: trueI restarted Reactor and got the same result.
Final observation... the second data point in each pair is incorrect...
After the last restart I pulled the data from the database.
time controller cpu5Min cpuPct entity freeMemory name ---- ---------- ------- ------ ------ ---------- ---- 1646918194198000000 hubitat_11705 0.07 1.75 hubitat_11705>130 526192 Hub information 1646918045910000000 hubitat 0.23 5.75 hubitat>483 324088 Hub information 1646918032985000000 hubitat_11705 0.07 1.75 hubitat_11705>130 526192 Hub informationThe first and third lines are relevant here. They are both for the 'hubitat_11705' hub. They show the free memory as 526192 on both lines.
But when the second data point was saved to the database the reactor entity showed:
x_hubitat_extra_attributes.freeMemory="525728"and the Hubitat device shows:
So the second data point should have been saved in the database as '525728' but instead it saved the previous value of 526192.
Looking back at the annotated Grafana graph I can see the same thing happened with the earlier pairs of points... the second point was the same value as the first, and then there was no more data logged until the next Reactor restart.
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Checking the logs would be useful here (again: not seeing what you expect? Look at the logs.). Also you haven't shown your queries in Grafana. If you've got mean() or other aggregates in the query, or anything in group by, the presentation is not a representation of the raw feed. Remove all aggregates and groups to make sure you are looking at the raw data. Can be very confusing otherwise. On the road, won't be much responding to this more until I return around 3/20.
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@toggledbits I wasn't expecting a reply until you got back from vacation and handled other higher priority things, but I'll try to add the additional information now:
What I'm expecting is that each time the data on the Hubitat Hub Information device changes, that the values for that I added in my reactor.yaml file (cpu5Min, cpuPct, freeMemory) will be written to the influx database. This is what it was doing up until two days ago, and I think the change in behavior matches up to when I upgraded to 22067.
The Grafana queries are not using aggregates, nor was the direct query I ran from Influx via the command line, but I should have posted the query I used to pull the data. Here is data I just pulled directly from Influx using a command prompt, filtering on only one hub to make it simpler:
> select * from x_hubitat_extra_attributes where entity = 'hubitat>483' order by time desc limit 6 name: x_hubitat_extra_attributes time controller cpu5Min cpuPct entity freeMemory name ---- ---------- ------- ------ ------ ---------- ---- 1646918045910000000 hubitat 0.23 5.75 hubitat>483 324088 Hub information 1646918032714000000 hubitat 0.23 5.75 hubitat>483 324088 Hub information 1646916245576000000 hubitat 3 hubitat>483 325848 Hub information 1646916119494000000 hubitat 3 hubitat>483 325848 Hub information 1646914445106000000 hubitat 0.11 2.75 hubitat>483 325904 Hub information 1646914238104000000 hubitat 0.11 2.75 hubitat>483 325904 Hub informationStarting from the bottom of the list with the oldest two records, they are about 4 minutes apart but show the exact same numbers.
The next two records again are about 4 minutes apart and show the same numbers.
The top two records are about 1 minute apart and show the same numbers.
Between each pair of logged values I restarted Reactor. On the last set - the top two in this list - I was watching the Reactor Entities screen and saw that the Hub Information entity updated at the time the last data point was stored, but the values were NOT 0.23, 5.75, and 324088.
I can upload logs when you get back. I looked at the times in the log when this data was stored and I don't see anything related to Influx. I do see the updates coming from the Hub Information device.
I was able to find the logs corresponding to the two records in the middle (showing 325848 as the freeMemory)
The timestamp on the older one converts to: Thursday, March 10, 2022 12:41:59.494 PM
In the logs I find the value for the freeMemory a few minutes earlier at 12:39:05Z. I think the time discrepancy is because I restarted Reactor between when the value was logged and when it got written to the database. When Reactor started up, it wrote the most recent value to Influx.
[latest-22067]2022-03-10T12:39:05.568Z <HubitatController#hubitat:5:HubitatController.js:641> HubitatController#hubitat received DEVICE event [Object]{ "source": "DEVICE", "name": "freeMemory", "displayName": "Hub information", "value": "325848", "type": "null", "unit": "KB", "deviceId": 483, "hubId": 0, "installedAppId": 0, "descriptionText": "null" } [latest-22067]2022-03-10T12:39:05.569Z <HubitatController#hubitat:INFO> HubitatController#hubitat fast update Entity#hubitat>483 event freeMemory="325848" [latest-22067]2022-03-10T12:39:05.569Z <HubitatController#hubitat:INFO> HubitatController#hubitat fast update Entity#hubitat>483 event freeMemory="325848"The next record from the database with the same values has a timestamp that converts to Thursday, March 10, 2022 12:44:05.576 PM
That matches up in the logs with this:
[latest-22067]2022-03-10T12:44:05.632Z <HubitatController#hubitat:5:HubitatController.js:641> HubitatController#hubitat received DEVICE event [Object]{ "source": "DEVICE", "name": "freeMemory", "displayName": "Hub information", "value": "325884", "type": "null", "unit": "KB", "deviceId": 483, "hubId": 0, "installedAppId": 0, "descriptionText": "null" } [latest-22067]2022-03-10T12:44:05.633Z <HubitatController#hubitat:5:HubitatController.js:643> HubitatController#hubitat ws DEVICE event device 483 freeMemory="325884" [latest-22067]2022-03-10T12:44:05.633Z <HubitatController#hubitat:INFO> HubitatController#hubitat fast update Entity#hubitat>483 event freeMemory="325884"So at 12:44:05 I'm expecting the freeMemory written to the database to be 325884, but the database query returned 325848, the previous value from a few minutes earlier in the logs.
The next instance of the hub freeMemory in the logs is at 12:49:05Z
[latest-22067]2022-03-10T12:49:05.763Z <HubitatController#hubitat:5:HubitatController.js:641> HubitatController#hubitat received DEVICE event [Object]{ "source": "DEVICE", "name": "freeMemory", "displayName": "Hub information", "value": "325664", "type": "null", "unit": "KB", "deviceId": 483, "hubId": 0, "installedAppId": 0, "descriptionText": "null" } [latest-22067]2022-03-10T12:49:05.764Z <HubitatController#hubitat:5:HubitatController.js:643> HubitatController#hubitat ws DEVICE event device 483 freeMemory="325664" [latest-22067]2022-03-10T12:49:05.765Z <HubitatController#hubitat:INFO> HubitatController#hubitat fast update Entity#hubitat>483 event freeMemory="325664"There is no corresponding record in the Influx database. I would expect an entry with freeMemory of 325664.
There are additional logs showing the Hubitat Hub Information device updating values every few minutes, but nothing was added to the database until after 1:13:52Z when I restarted Reactor. Then I got the two entries showing a freeMemory of 324088, but as with the middle two record in the query results, the second one of the pair is wrong. The last (top of the list) data in the database shows freeMemory of 324088 and its timestamp converts to Thursday, March 10, 2022 1:14:05.910 PM
The log shows:
[latest-22067]2022-03-10T13:14:05.943Z <HubitatController#hubitat:5:HubitatController.js:641> HubitatController#hubitat received DEVICE event [Object]{ "source": "DEVICE", "name": "freeMemory", "displayName": "Hub information", "value": "323712", "type": "null", "unit": "KB", "deviceId": 483, "hubId": 0, "installedAppId": 0, "descriptionText": "null" } [latest-22067]2022-03-10T13:14:05.945Z <HubitatController#hubitat:5:HubitatController.js:643> HubitatController#hubitat ws DEVICE event device 483 freeMemory="323712" [latest-22067]2022-03-10T13:14:05.945Z <HubitatController#hubitat:INFO> HubitatController#hubitat fast update Entity#hubitat>483 event freeMemory="323712"I would have expected the database entry at 13:14:05Z to show 323712 as the freeMemory value.
I haven't restarted Reactor since then, and as I type this several hours later, no new data for these attributes has made it into the database.
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I'm not quite out the door yet; I was just leaving ample room for packing, and whatever support my older son needed for a final exam he was taking today.
So I see two things contributing here:
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There is an opportunity for a value change that occurs during a loss of connection to the hub and a reconnect to be missed; that is, if Reactor stays running, but the hub is rebooted, Reactor may miss a value that changes (and free memory would almost certainly change there). This would be due to the new fast update behavior, so a new issue. That will take a code fix, which I can safely and quickly make in the next hour or so.
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The event websocket is sending all values for updated (Hubitat) attributes as strings. That's disappointing. That will make InfluxDB choke, because the values given by Maker API, which are the first values inserted into the database, will be numbers, thereby cementing the type for that field in InfluxDB. Thereafter, the attempt to insert a string will fail because the data types don't match. This is a chronic InfluxDB problem, and I actually made some code changes to the integration about a month ago to help get around that problem when it comes up. So, you will need to modify your InfluxDB plugin config to look more like this:
x_hubitat_extra_attributes: attributes: cpu5Min: type: number cpuPct: type: number freeMemory: type: number uptime: type: numberThis will make the plugin coerce (if it can) each value to its "proper" type before handing it off to InfluxDB. You can do this now, and it should have an immediate effect on your updates. The code change mentioned above (item 1) handles a rarer circumstance that you could also see, but is probably not the major contributor to what is going on for you today. Try this change out, and see if it helps. I expect it will. If so, you may want to consider adding this to other attributes being exported to InfluxDB.
I can do more in HubitatController to make sure the types are properly converted when they come in from the event websocket, but that's a bigger change that I'm reticent to make right now. The code change to fix the restart update is small, so I'm more confident in making that change today, but I'll leave the rest for later. The type configuration should work around that issue pretty effectively until I get back.
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Just realized I was only looking in the Hubitat.log file, which we turned on while trying to troubleshoot something else, and not in the reactor.log file... Ugh... need more coffee before trying to troubleshoot. Apologies for making this more difficult by missing that. In the reactor.log files I found the Influx errors saying that the database field was type 'float' and the data from the hub was 'string'. If I had posted that at the top of this thread, it would be a much shorter read.
After changing the attributes as you showed above I'm now getting correct data into the database and I'm not seeing errors in reactor.log.
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What you posted was great, and I was able to see the string data in the events, so clue attained, and that's a win. We'll fix it right when I get back.
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