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3rdStng

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Dynamic MQTT topics and parameters
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Condition for trend
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Struggling to setup my first Tasmota device and MQTT
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Raspberry Pi 4 dual RAM variant introduced to mitigate RAM price increases
toggledbitsT
Article here that may be of interest to some: https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/05/raspberry-pi-4-dual-ram-variant-introduced-to-mitigate-ram-price-increases-and-supply-challenges/
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Existing Rule stopped working HTTP command fetching IP address from website
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Set reaction triggering wrong z-wave device
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Can you run MSR on Home Assistant OS ?
cw-kidC
Looking at using Home Assistant for the first time, either on a Home Assistant Green, their own hardware or buying a cheap second hand mini PC. Sounds like Home Assistant OS is linux based using Docker for HA etc. Would I also be able to install things like MSR as well on their OS ? On the same box? Thanks.
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RPi Alternative: Orange Pi 4 LTS (3GB RAM/16GB eMMC)
toggledbitsT
The last of four boards I'm trying in this batch is the Orange Pi 4 LTS. I purchased a 3GB RAM + 16GB eMMC model from Amazon for $83, making it the most costly of the four boards tried, but still well under my US$100 limit. This board is powered by a Rockchip RK3399-T processor, ARM-compatible with dual Cortex-A72 cores and quad Cortex-A53 cores at 1.6Ghz (1.8Ghz for the 4GB model); compare this to the RPi 3B+ with four Cortex-A53 and the RPi 4B with four Cortex-A72, this board is a hybrid that I would expect to stand in the performance middle between the two RPi models. It's available in 3GB and 4GB DDR4 RAM configurations, with and without 16GB eMMC storage. It has a MicroSDHC slot, gigabit Ethernet, WiFi and BT, two USB 2.0 type A ports, one USB 3.0 type C port, a mini PCIe ribbon-cable connector (requires add-on board for standard connector), two each RPi-compatible camera and LCD ports, HDMI type A, and can be powered (5VDC/3A) via USB-C or DC type C (3.8mm OD/1.1mm ID) jack (center-positive), an odd and perhaps unwelcome departure from the more common type A (5.5mm/2.1mm). A serial port for console/debug can be connected by using a (not included) USB-TTL adapter (3.3V) via pin headers like the Orange Pi Zero 2. The included dual-band antenna connects via U.FL connector to the board, so it's easy substituting for another if you prefer. The manufacturer recommends use of a heat sink (which was included in the box). A metal cooling case is also offered by the manufacturer (a bundle with the metal case and a power supply is sold on Amazon for $90 as of this writing). The Orange Pi 4 LTS is somewhat longer than the RPi 4B, and although the boards are the same width, the mounting hole placement is different both in length and (oddly) width. Between this and the differences in connector locations, neither board is a drop-in replacecment for the other and their respective cases are not interchangeable. The 26-pin header is a subset of the RPi 4B's 40-pin header, so some HATs for the RPi may work (although the mounting hole differences will make securing them "interesting"), and some HATs will surely not. Models with eMMC storage have an OS installed and boot immediately with SSH daemon running and ready for login. Mine was running Debian Bullseye, which would probably be fine for most users. It had clearly been on there a while, because it needed a lot of updates, but it's a current distro, so you're running out of the box with something that will last. A different OS can be installed by downloading an image (once again I chose Ubuntu Jammy) and writing it to a MicroSD card, then booting the system from the SD card. You can either leave the system in that state (running the OS from the SD card), or copy the OS from the SD card to the eMMC. The latter is done by a script; documentation for the process is best described in the downloadable PDF User Manual. This took about 10 minutes and went smoothly, and I was able to boot the system without the SD card after the process completed. I have lingering questions around the value of the eMMC storage. It's definitely faster than using MicroSD or USB-based storage (I got 311MB/s average on a 4GB write, compared to MicroSD performance around 15MB/s), but it would take a long-term test of this product to determine if the on-board eMMC option has the stamina to take the write counts typical of Linux systems, and if its wear-leveling and error correction are sufficient to assure a long, error-free life. Given the high premium apparently being paid for including eMMC on the board, it should be fast and durable, but only time and experience (perhaps painful) would tell the latter. A careful configuration with other Flash-friendly filesystems could be used to reduce wear, but this is an advanced configuration/cookbook topic and beyond the scope of this writing. This question is also not unique to eMMC — MicroSD cards are also known to fail with high write cycles, so the use of a "high endurance" product is recommended for any and all systems using MicroSD as primary storage. The board has Mini PCIe capability, and that may be a storage alternative, but read on... Also bear in mind that the eMMC storage is fixed-size forever; it cannot be expanded, and 16GB can run out pretty quickly these days. Users of MicroSD cards for primary storage can upgrade to bigger cards, but when users of eMMC primary storage outgrow it, the only choice is to add a MicroSD card or other "external" storage to the system, move part of the filesystem to it, and then manage both storage devices and deal with the limitations and risks of both. As I mentioned with the Orange Pi Zero 2, if you are going to use this board as a home automation controller/gateway or similar role, it should (IMO) have a battery-backed real time clock (RTC), and Orange Pi offers an add-on module that connects directly to the 26-pin header on the board. An available expansion board provides a standard Mini PCIe interface and SIM card slot (hmm...), but it connects to the main board via a short ribbon cable, and its mounting holes have no complement on the main board, so it seems like it would be a fragile dangly thing that's a nuisance to deal with. I want to like this board more, and it's very capable, but I'm concerned about value. The limited options for eMMC (16GB or none), the question mark of the eMMC's longevity vs cost, the strange DC power connector choice, the lack of 40-pin GPIO on a full-size (plus) board, the inconsistent hole placement, and the fragile Mini PCIe arrangement, are all "cons" that devalue this board in my view. The price point is clearly driven by the additional capabilities of the board (camera support, ports, six core CPU, extra RAM, on-board eMMC storage), but unfortunately, a great many of these features may not be useful for home automation, and therefore potentially a waste of money. In terms of overall value, I still believe the Libre "Le Potato" seems a better choice to me, and the Orange Pi Zero 2 (very) a close second, but I'll admit I'm focused on a particular application and your needs may be better suited to what this board offers than mine. Passmark Results: OrangePi 4 LTS Cortex-A72 (aarch64) 6 cores @ 1200 MHz | 2.9 GiB RAM Number of Processes: 6 | Test Iterations: 1 | Test Duration: Medium -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CPU Mark: 583 Integer Math 12037 Million Operations/s Floating Point Math 2542 Million Operations/s Prime Numbers 4.5 Million Primes/s Sorting 3141 Thousand Strings/s Encryption 153 MB/s Compression 4049 KB/s CPU Single Threaded 154 Million Operations/s Physics 80.5 Frames/s Extended Instructions (NEON) 244 Million Matrices/s Memory Mark: 498 Database Operations 551 Thousand Operations/s Memory Read Cached 2524 MB/s Memory Read Uncached 2602 MB/s Memory Write 3182 MB/s Available RAM 1947 Megabytes Memory Latency 119 Nanoseconds Memory Threaded 6243 MB/s --------------- eMMC storage write 311MB/s average for 4GB; MicroSD (Samsung 32GB class 10) storage write 15MB/s.
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RPi Alternative: Orange Pi Zero 2 (1GB)
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RPi Alternative: Libre Computer AML-S905X-CC "Le Potato" (2GB RAM)
toggledbitsT
With Raspberry Pi boards continuing to be relatively scarce, I've been trying a few alternatives to see what may be usable and good. I had previously written about the Jetson Nano 2GB, which is great, but a little pricey, so I'm trying to find sub-US$100 boards that will run Reactor. I've got four that I'm trying now, but one in particular goes right to work in the most predictable way and seems worth a mention immediately: the Libre Computer Board AML-S905X-CC 2GB (known as "Le Potato"). The form factor is very similar to that of the Raspberry Pi 3 B+, and has comparable CPU (ARM Cortex-A53, quad 64-bit cores at 1.5+GHz -- slightly higher clock speed). It's US$35 on Amazon and LoverPi in the (recommended) 2GB configuration, and easy to get. Startup is like RPi: download one of the available OS images (Ubuntu, Raspbian, Debian, ARMbian, etc.) from their site and write the image to a MicroSD card, insert into slot, power up, and off you go. I tried the Ubuntu 22.04 image first and it comes right up. No problem getting nodejs 18.12.1 installed and running (with Reactor). No WiFi on board, but I don't see that as a minus for use as a controller/hub (which should be hard-wired, IMO). The 40-pin GPIO connector is compatible with typical RPi HATs (PoE, breakouts, etc.). There is an available eMMC (solid state storage) module to use instead of MicroSD, which I would recommend for long-term use. It runs US$25 for 32GB (64GB and 128GB available). The module is scarcely larger than the chip it carries, and has the smallest board-to-board connector I've ever seen. Next up: ESPRESSObin 2GB (spoiler: it's... technical...)
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HA and AI
CatmanV2C
Having hours of (actually quite fun) interaction with AI (Chat GPT) making up dashboards and sensors for HA. It's OK (well it's better than I am!) but it makes soooo many mistakes. Gets there in the end though, if you've half a clue (which I do half the time) C
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How to upgrade from an old version of MSR?
cw-kidC
Hello I haven't updated my installation of MSR in a very long time. Its a bare metal Linux install currently on version 24366-3de60836 I see the latest version is now latest-26011-c621bbc7 I assume I cannot just jump from a very old version to the latest version? Or can I? Thanks
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This trigger no longer working - complaining about the operator needing changing
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Self test
CatmanV2C
Having been messing around with some stuff I worked a way to self trigger some tests that I wanted to do on the HA <> MSR integration This got me wondering if there's an entity that changes state / is exposed when a configured controller goes off line? I can't see one but thought it might be hidden or something? Cheers C
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Access control - allowing anonymous user to dashboard
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Using build 25328 and having the following users.yaml configuration: users: # This section defines your valid users. admin: ******* groups: # This section defines your user groups. Optionally, it defines application # and API access restrictions (ACLs) for the group. Users may belong to # more than one group. Again, no required or special groups here. admin_group: users: - admin applications: true # special form allows access to ALL applications guests: users: "*" applications: - dashboard api_acls: # This ACL allows users in the "admin" group to access the API - url: "/api" group: admin_group allow: true log: true # This ACL allows anyone/thing to access the /api/v1/alive API endpoint - url: "/api/v1/alive" allow: true session: timeout: 7200 # (seconds) rolling: true # activity extends timeout when true # If log_acls is true, the selected ACL for every API access is logged. log_acls: true # If debug_acls is true, even more information about ACL selection is logged. debug_acls: true My goal is to allow anonymous user to dashboard, but MSR is still asking for a password when trying to access that. Nothing in the logs related to dashboard access. Probably an error in the configuration, but help needed to find that. Tried to put url: "/dashboard" under api_acls, but that was a long shot and didn't work.
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VEC Virtual Switch Auto Off
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I use Virtual Entity Controller virtual switches which I turn on via webhooks from other applications. Once a switch triggers and turns on, I can then activate associated rules. I would like each virtual switch to automatically turn off after a configurable time (e.g., 5 seconds, 10 seconds). Is there a better way to achieve this auto-off behavior instead of creating a separate rule for each switch that uses the 'Condition must be sustained for' option to turn it off? With a large number of these switches (and the associated turn-off rules), I'm checking to see if there is a simpler approach.If not, could this be a feature request to add an auto-off timer directly to the virtual switches. Thanks Reactor (Multi-hub) latest-26011-c621bbc7 VirtualEntityController v25356 Synology Docker
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Upcoming Storage Change -- Got Back-ups?
toggledbitsT
TL;DR: Format of data in storage directory will soon change. Make sure you are backing up the contents of that directory in its entirety, and you preserve your backups for an extended period, particularly the backup you take right before upgrading to the build containing this change (date of that is still to be determined, but soon). The old data format will remain readable (so you'll be able to read your pre-change backups) for the foreseeable future. In support of a number of other changes in the works, I have found it necessary to change the storage format for Reactor objects in storage at the physical level. Until now, plain, standard JSON has been used to store the data (everything under the storage directory). This has served well, but has a few limitations, including no real support for native JavaScript objects like Date, Map, Set, and others. It also is unable to store data that contains "loops" — objects that reference themselves in some way. I'm not sure exactly when, but in the not-too-distant future I will publish a build using the new data format. It will automatically convert existing JSON data to the new format. For the moment, it will save data in both the new format and the old JSON format, preferring the former when loading data from storage. I have been running my own home with this new format for several months, and have no issues with data loss or corruption. A few other things to know: If you are not already backing up your storage directory, you should be. At a minimum, back this directory up every time you make big changes to your Rules, Reactions, etc. Your existing JSON-format backups will continue to be readable for the long-term (years). The code that loads data from these files looks for the new file format first (which will have a .dval suffix), and if not found, will happily read (and convert) a same-basenamed .json file (i.e. it looks for ruleid.dval first, and if it doesn't find it, it tries to load ruleid.json). I'll publish detailed instructions for restoring from old backups when the build is posted (it's easy). The new .dval files are not directly human-readable or editable as easily as the old .json files. A new utility will be provided in the tools directory to convert .dval data to .json format, which you can then read or edit if you find that necessary. However, that may not work for all future data, as my intent is to make more native JavaScript objects directly storable, and many of those objects cannot be stored in JSON. You may need to modify your backup tools/scripts to pick up the new files: if you explicitly name .json files (rather than just specifying the entire storage directory) in your backup configuration, you will need to add .dval files to get a complete, accurate backup. I don't think this will be an issue for any of you; I imagine that you're all just backing up the entire contents of storage regardless of format/name, that is the safest (and IMO most correct) way to go (if that's not what you're doing, consider changing your approach). The current code stores the data in both the .dval form and the .json form to hedge against any real-world problems I don't encounter in my own use. Some future build will drop this redundancy (i.e. save only to .dval form). However, the read code for the .json form will remain in any case. This applies only to persistent storage that Reactor creates and controls under the storage tree. All other JSON data files (e.g. device data for Controllers) are unaffected by this change and will remain in that form. YAML files are also unaffected by this change. This thread is open for any questions or concerns.
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Oddness in Copy/Move of Reactions
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[Solved] function isRuleEnabled() issue
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[Reactor] Problem with Global Reactions and groups
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  • [Solved] Trigger based on door lock PIN code
    3 3rdStng

    THANK YOU! And Curses. This gives me ALL sorts of ideas now on how to better things and potentially kill off all of my Vera scenes.
    Initial testing looks good. Fully enabled the rule and waiting for Sunset to test it for real.

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  • Future Plans for the Dashboard?
    3 3rdStng

    I'm on the edge of my seat and can't wait... I've been on and off researching a dashboard replacement for Imperihome and now that I've started my migration away from Vera to Hubitat, I am getting more serious about finding one. I don't know the first thing about json, so I don't know where to start on getting the MSR dashboard customizations going. I have started looking at The Home Remote, but I'm having a heck of a time to get a device to appear within their Designer App.

    Knowing that you have lots in store for the dashboard, may I inquire/suggest on a feature or two? Things that I love about Imperihome, yet can't seem to locate in any other dashboard. Everything seems to be around their APIs.

    Changing pages/panels via HTTP command
    When the temp outside is hotter than inside, I have the tablet make the TTS announcement to close the windows/doors and then have the tablet switch to the page/panel that has all my door and window sensors

    The blanking of the screen
    When my house mode is <> home, I blank the screen. No sense in having it display when nobody is here. I also use nearby motion sensors to blank or activate the screen when someone is here. If nobody has been upstairs in a while, blank that tablet's screen.

    Viewing of my IP Camera
    I have a door/window sensor hooked up to my doorbell. When the bell is rung, it changes the tablet display to the IP camera at my front door so I can see who it is.

    I also use the tablets main page as a clock and temperature readings, which I know most dashboards can do. But again. Learning curve on the Home Remote and I don't know json.

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  • Anyone else with Alexa / HA Bridge oddity
    3 3rdStng

    I have seen that before. I run my own Hue Bridge Emulator within a docker and I believe the issue was narrowed down to having multiple generations of Echo devices on my network. This would cause my $device to appear multiple times within the Alexa app. Amazon had a sale on echo dots, and also gave trade in credits, so I was able to take advantage of that and upgrade my Gen 1 and Gen 2 dots to Gen 3 at about $10 each. Once all my generations were the same, I cleaned up the known devices and initiated a discovery again. Every once in a while I get something similar to below, but it doesn't happen very often.

    Alexa, turn $device on
    $device does not turn on
    '$device is not responding. Check its power supply and network connection'

    Alexa, turn $device on
    $device turns on
    'OK'

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  • GE/Jasco Z-wave wall switch
    3 3rdStng

    Ugh. I've had a few of my Gen 1 switches go out. All over 2 years old and I assumed all would not be under any warranty. I had a friend replace the caps in most of them and put them back into service. I wish I had called GE after my 5th or 6th switch went out. Would have been able to get an upgrade.

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  • MSR feedback post RfV migration
    3 3rdStng

    @toggledbits said in MSR feedback post RfV migration:

    You shouldn't see the index values at all,

    This is interesting. Now that you mention this, on a different computer over the weekend, I didn't see the 0, 1, 2 values. I only saw Home, Away, etc. Besides being a different computer, I'm pretty sure my version of Chrome between the two is the same. The only other difference between then and now is that I upgraded my MSR from the generic 1.0 21200 build to the latest 21221 build. Chrome is all I have and use. I just tried Edge and IE, because they are there by default. But they both suck and won't display anything except the left most side panel. None of the links work either.

    @toggledbits said in MSR feedback post RfV migration:

    Can't cascade;

    At least maybe shade the Rule Set labels to set them apart. Or add an option at the top of the list, or a new button all together, to Copy From Set / Copy From Reset? Just ideas.
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  • MSR feedback post RfV migration
    3 3rdStng

    I have fully migrated off of RfV and onto MSR. A huge thanks for all your work Rigpapa. Amazing products. RfV and MSR. I officially removed RfV from my Vera controller yesterday. During the migration I was noticing things were getting a little more snappy and a little more stable. But now that RfV is off, I'm noticing a big difference. There was always one motion controller that would not behave for me. If I moved it from that area of the house and next to the controller, it worked flawlessly. I figured that the flakiness I was getting was some ZWave delay or a dead spot in the house. But with the migration all the way to MSR, the motion sensor has not skipped a beat. (Yet) I'll give it a few more days to really test. But I am really happy with the move to MSR.

    So somethings that I noticed along the way and now that I am adjusting and tweaking my rules.

    1. During the import, the house modes would import as a number. I/E: 1,3,4. And the trigger would be set to changes from 1,3,4 to blank. I believe this was already reported, or noted, but the mode doesn't work properly. Any trigger that used a house mode would need to be changed to == and then the 1 to home, or 3 to night, etc. I ended up creating a house mode group if the trigger needed more than one, but less than three modes.
    2. When your Set/Reset Reaction involves a change to the House Mode, the predefined values start with 0 = home, 1 = away. Minor cosmetic difference compared to what Vera actually uses. 1 = Home, 2 = Away, etc.
      (See Img1 for examples of 1 & 2)
    3. When you use the Copy From option in the Reactions, it would be awesome if the list could have a few changes. For one, the Rule Set labeling (grouping) is nearly the same color as the rule name itself. Maybe change the color of the Rule Set name, or a background highlight of that line so you know where the rule sets change? A couple other options, if this would be possible. 1) Put your current Rule Set at the top of the list, then scroll to the rest. For me, I am usually copying my Set Reaction and then changing the On to an Off, or vice versa. Or 2) Cascade them. The initial drop down will only show the Rule Sets, clicking on one would extend that rule set out to the right and show you all the rules. For me, I have a very long list and often scroll past what I'm looking for, or struggle to find it.
      (See Img2 for the Rule Set and Rules being nearly the same color)

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    Img 2:
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    All in all though. LOVE MSR and my wheels are already turning on how to do more with it and not cripple my Vera anymore with too many rules. I'm also scared of my Vera Plus's life. Support made a comment to me that they have one or two more firmware updates planned for the unit. Granted the firmware releases are very slow and really far between, but this is making me think that the product could be EOL in the not to distant future. MSR now gives me the option to start migrating to a second controller. Thank you again @toggledbits.

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  • Entities - where used and what triggered it
    3 3rdStng

    I could use this "Where Used" feature as well. I have 3 Global Expressions that I don't think I have using, but want to make sure before I nuke them. I did not change my logging levels, but did search through all the reactor.log files and do not see anything. Is there a different way to see if they are in use, other than killing them and seeing what breaks?

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  • [SOLVED] Multiple Holidays, one Ruleset
    3 3rdStng

    @gwp1 said in Multiple Holidays, one Ruleset:

    Complication: one is a static date each year, the others are "last Monday of" and "first Monday of" respectively

    I use a Google Calendar plugin in my Vera controller for the holidays that float around. I/E not always on X day. Labor Day, Memorial Day, Mother's Day, etc. If the gCal device contains the word "Easter", lets say, AND my lights are on, then color them. I used to use PLEG in Vera for this and programing it wasn't as easy as I wished, so I never touched it once I got set. Plus there was a bug with any event that contained an apostrophe. I reported this bug several times, but it remained for several versions. Regardless, this worked flawlessly in RfV, but bogged my Vera down. I also doubled my dates when it because super easy in Reactor. That's what helped bog my controller down. But now I'm on MSR and loving it. And I probably took the color changes a tad too far, but that's why I have them too.

    My color changing days:
    Easter, Mother's Day, Martin Luther King, President's Day, Memorial Day, D-Day, Flag Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Patriots Day, Columbus Day, Peral Harbor Day, Valentine's Day, Black History Month (Start of), Cinco de Mayo, Christmas, Women's History Month (Start of), Purple Heart Day, Thanksgiving, Native American Heritage, Halloween, St. Patrick's Day, Veterans Day, and Father's Day.

    Yikes. I may have a problem.

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  • MSR if you have only one system
    3 3rdStng

    My vote is yes. I was/am running Vera, which we all know is slow and gets bogged down at times. Moving my Reactor for Vera off to its own docker was a huge performance lift in the Vera. I continued to move all of my scenes off next. I now have a Hubitat and Vera, but each are only there for control of the device itself. All my scenes, schedules, modes, etc. are all managed and run by MSR.

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  • MSR if you have only one system
    3 3rdStng

    I just noticed your signature line. That's funny. I realize you don't have Vera. For me though, getting all the routines and everything vendor neutral has made it super simple for me to move/migrate devices between hubs. And the family doesn't know. My only hold up right now is an easy to use and easy to configure dashboard. But I've got a plan for that. Just need to do a bulk migration one day of a group of sensors. I look forward to the day that MSR has its Dashboard running.

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  • [SOLVED] Home Mode setting in Hubitat
    3 3rdStng

    @gwp1 said in Home Mode setting in Hubitat:

    I wasn't aware of the case-sensitivity...

    Likewise, this may have been my issue. I'll try again and if successful, which I think it will be, I'll be able to remove my virtual buttons.

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  • [SOLVED] Active rules re-set upon docker restart
    3 3rdStng

    Oops. So Sorry. I run my docker containers on my unRAID server. It has a GUI front end that does all the docker pull commands and run config parameters. It's basically a Linux server, as they all are. I don't recall where it started, if it truly is due to only have my HE house mode defined. I can add in a Vera Home mode to my rule tomorrow and test.
    MSR version is latest-21306-f17d2eb. But I started noticing it at least 2 releases ago.

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  • [SOLVED] Active rules re-set upon docker restart
    3 3rdStng

    @toggledbits said in Active rules re-set upon docker restart:

    @3rdstng Try 21307?

    Just did. My tests were:

    Included both Vera and HE Mode in my rule. (Lights dimmed and restored.)
    Just Vera Mode. (Lights did not change.)
    Just HE Mode. Just to be sure the issue was still there. (Lights dimmed.)
    Updated to 21307-1746e27
    Just HE Mode. (Lights did not dim.)

    Looks like you nailed it. Thank you!

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  • Finding Missing Devices & Migrating Devices
    3 3rdStng

    @librasun said in Fun Stuff:

    Should my Vera die, I will almost certainly jump to Hubitat + Reactor.

    I saw the writing on the walls, from other 3rd party vendors, about the Vera line and made that change. HE C7 + MSR docker. Thrilled I did and removed my last Vera device a couple of days ago. I have my second HE C7 hub staged and ready to replace the Vera+ at my cabin next week. I'll be using the Rule Machine there though. Not as friendly as MSR, but easily as powerful.

    @librasun said in Fun Stuff:

    @toggledbits Is there a prescribed (read: easy) way to identify which Rule(s) a particular device is explicitly mentioned in? I'm busy replacing an in-wall dimmer, and /think/ I know which two Rules the old module participated in, but want to be 100% certain. Thanks!

    I would second this. Maybe list out the locations they are used within the Entities section? Although now that I'm off Vera, I don't plan many changes. I updated the rules I could remember/find and then waited a day or two to see the Alerts for the ones I missed. I ended up documenting all my Vera ID numbers of the devices because one would creep up a week later and I had a hard time remember who Vera>256 was.

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  • [SOLVED] Home Mode setting in Hubitat
    3 3rdStng

    I confirm that I am able to set mode via MSR on my HE. Thanks for bumping this topic @LibraSun and thanks to @toggledbits for pointing out that the case is sensitive.

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  • Finding Missing Devices & Migrating Devices
    3 3rdStng

    @toggledbits said in Finding Missing Devices & Migrating Devices:

    At the moment, no, at least, nothing very tidy. If you're on a Linux-based platform (including NAS docker containers), you can fgrep the storage directory for the device ID.

    I don't like to mongodb idea. Reactor is very light and nimble. Plus with everything being text based files, it's harder to corrupt than a DB, thus easier to restore to if you need to.

    I do like something under the tools section. Maybe just a stupid simple GUI to a fgrep cli command with collected variables that then display the results in the GUI as well? It's crude, but it should work. Maybe? And also now that my migration is done, I think I would only really use it to find a device I know is in use within a rule I nested elsewhere. I've tried to keep them grouped in areas, like Roller Shades, Light Schedules, Announcements, etc. But every once in a while there is a rule that straddles both and I hunt for it. Aside from that, I am perfectly fine with the red bell in the top right.

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  • [CONFIRMED] Upcoming HubitatController z-wave polling feature
    3 3rdStng

    @toggledbits said in Upcoming HubitatController z-wave polling feature:

    I think that's right

    It is correct. My polling config left the default frequency at 60000ms (1 minute) and I did not include the interval settings on my devices, of which I am polling 3 until I can get around to replacing them. Upon reactor startup, the first device in the list is polled, one minute later the second device, another minute later, the third device. Seven minutes from there, or ten minutes from the initial poll, device 1 is polled again.

    Thank you @toggledbits for adding this feature.

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  • [Solved] Group in Reset Reaction is being ignored
    3 3rdStng

    @toggledbits You are correct. I had an extra motion sensor and was planning on putting it on the opposite side. While I was testing, with three sensors in the AND group, it dawned on me that all three would have to have triggered and gone false for this to work. This won't happen if you only enter the garage a few feet and never to the other side. I ended up creating my rules exactly how your example was and it's working great. Thanks for the insight and example.

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  • [RESOLVED] How quickly should logs rotate?
    3 3rdStng

    Thank you. I changed all my rules that had a presence sensor written in them. As well as a few other rules that have an app that phones home every minute. Just restarted MSR for good measure and can see a different. I'm over 30 minutes right now between .log and .log.1.

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  • Feature Request - Wait for an event/trigger within Reaction [Solved with Work Around]
    3 3rdStng

    Refined my actions to include a timeout, just in case someone comes home, but they leave without entering the door.

    Actions:
    Set variable 'lastLockEvent' to "pending entry"
    Turn on porch light
    Turn on driveway lights
    Repeat While:
    -- Triggers:
    -- [lastLockEvent] contains "manually locked"
    -- [OR]
    -- [lastLockEvent] contains "pending entry" (condition sustained for 20 minutes)
    -- Actions:
    -- Delay 10 seconds
    Delay random between 1 to 5 minutes
    Turn off porch light
    Turn off driveway lights

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