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3rdStng

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[Reactor] Bug when sending MQTT boolean payloads
therealdbT
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Possible feature request?
CatmanV2C
No idea how easy this would be. During my migration away from Z-wave I've been replacing the Z-wave devices with Sonoff which has broken some of my automations. Any chance of a 'Test Reaction' function to call out which ones are broken because an entity no longer exists? Without actually running the reaction? Or does this exist already and I'm just not aware of how to do it? Obviously I can see entities that are no longer available, but not quite what I'm looking for. I guess it's something of an edge case so no huge issue. TIA! C
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Copying a global reaction
tunnusT
With build 25328, if you copy a global reaction, a new reaction does not appear in the UI unless you do a refresh. I recall this used to work without needing this page refresh? Anyway, only a minor nuisance.
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Logic Assistance: Exterior Lights on when Illuminance Below Threshold
PablaP
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Time series documentation
tunnusT
Is the current manual (incl. examples) up to date with how retention value is handled in time series configuration? Referring to this post
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Genuinely impressed with Zigbee and HA / Reactor
CatmanV2C
Just for the record, in case anyone is following, I'm really rather impressed. I have installed one of these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B6P22YJC?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1 That's connected (physically) to the VM running on my Synology, with a 2m USB extension. The same host also runs Openluup, Mosquito, HA Bridge. Yesterday I installed Zigbee2mqtt. That was a bit of a PITA but mostly because of ports and permissions. Once up and running, and the correct boxes ticked, immediately visible in Home Assistant via the MQTT integration, and thence into Reactor I've only got two devices. I bought the cheapest sensor I could find, which is a door sensor. Dead easy to add to ZIgbee2mqtt and again, immediately visible in HA. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FPQLWRW1?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title The dongle is on the top floor of the house, and I wanted the sensor on the back door (just about as far apart as it's possible to get short of going into the garage) When I moved the sensor downstairs it dropped out pretty instantly (which wasn't a huge surprise) so quick bit of research found out that smart plugs will act as routers so... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FDQDPGBB?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title Took me about 30 seconds to connect. Updated the name. Instantly visible in Reactor with the new name pushed over from Zigbee2mqtt. And lo, the door sensor now has a signal of 140 and works as far as I can tell perfectly and instantly (unlike my z-wave one). A few more of those will be purchased and used to replace the Tuya wifi cloud devices and the (continually failing) Z-wave plugs (yeah, they were TKB so....) Commended to the house. Thanks for everyone that got me on the right lines. C
Zigbee
Tuya Wifi to Tasmota flashing
CatmanV2C
Just popping this in here in case it's helpful to anyone else later. I've got several Tuya Wifi sockets that I'm getting rid of / replacing. Looking at which ones, if any, can be flashed to Tasmota: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09Y212TCK?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1 Are NOT flashable C
Zigbee
MQTT templates for ZIgbee scene controller, or a better way?
CatmanV2C
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Reset a delay
CatmanV2C
I'm sure this has been asked, and answered, but damned if I can figure it out Use case: I have a rear garden with lights. A door from the kitchen into the garden and a door from the garage. Currently if I open the kitchen door the lights come on (yay) and a 3 minute delay starts. After 3 minutes, no matter what else happens, the lights go off (Boo! But also yay!) What I would like is for the 3 minute delay until the lights go off to start from the latest door open event. That is, if I'm going from kitchen to garage, and back again, the lights stay on until there's three minutes of no activity. I've tried 'hacking' with a virtual switch, but can't seem to stop the delay. Any pointers? TIA C
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Zigbee2mqtt installed! sytemctl not happy :(
CatmanV2C
Hello oh great ones. After a couple of hours messing with ports and permissions I have Zigbee2mqtt installed and running on my virtual pi Can connect to the front end and everything Odd one though, simply cannot get systemctl to work and the error is, well, unhelpful. The service file is this: [Unit] Description=zigbee2mqtt After=network.target [Service] Environment=NODE_ENV=production Type=notify ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/node index.js WorkingDirectory=/opt/zigbee2mqtt StandardOutput=inherit # Or use StandardOutput=null if you don't want Zigbee2MQTT messages filling syslog, for more options see systemd.exec(5) StandardError=inherit WatchdogSec=10s Restart=always RestartSec=10s User=pi [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target Straight out of the docs with the change to point to my local node install (which we know works as it's the same as the very fine Reactor is using. Running manually pnpm start in /opt/zigbee2mqtt works fine However: catman@openluup:/etc/systemd/system$ sudo systemctl start zigbee2mqtt.service Job for zigbee2mqtt.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status zigbee2mqtt.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. Which I have catman@openluup:/etc/systemd/system$ sudo systemctl status zigbee2mqtt.service ● zigbee2mqtt.service - zigbee2mqtt Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/zigbee2mqtt.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2025-12-16 12:32:42 GMT; 4s ago Process: 3093 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/node index.js (code=exited, status=217/USER) Main PID: 3093 (code=exited, status=217/USER) and -- A start job for unit zigbee2mqtt.service has begun execution. -- -- The job identifier is 17477. Dec 16 12:35:16 openluup systemd[3178]: zigbee2mqtt.service: Failed to determine user credentials: No such process Dec 16 12:35:16 openluup systemd[3178]: zigbee2mqtt.service: Failed at step USER spawning /usr/local/bin/node: No such process -- Subject: Process /usr/local/bin/node could not be executed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://www.debian.org/support -- -- The process /usr/local/bin/node could not be executed and failed. -- -- The error number returned by this process is ERRNO. Dec 16 12:35:16 openluup systemd[1]: zigbee2mqtt.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=217/USER -- Subject: Unit process exited -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://www.debian.org/support -- -- An ExecStart= process belonging to unit zigbee2mqtt.service has exited. -- -- The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 217. Dec 16 12:35:16 openluup systemd[1]: zigbee2mqtt.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. -- Subject: Unit failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://www.debian.org/support -- -- The unit zigbee2mqtt.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'. Dec 16 12:35:16 openluup systemd[1]: Failed to start zigbee2mqtt. -- Subject: A start job for unit zigbee2mqtt.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://www.debian.org/support -- -- A start job for unit zigbee2mqtt.service has finished with a failure. Which strikes me as very odd. Any blindingly obvious things I'm missing? TIA! C
Zigbee
Any thoughts on which is better
CatmanV2C
Obviously a quiet forum, but perhaps it's time I'm looking at rolling Zigbee into my system, in large part for the Aqara FP300 presence sensors which seem to finally provide a solution to if the wasp is actually in the box. My current set up is as follows: One Debian VM on Synology NAS running: Z-wave Server Open Luup Multi system reactor HA bridge Mosquito MQQT broker This machine has a UZB Z-wave stick connected via the USB port on the NAS Another HAOS VM on the same NAS running HAOS I've got some older Z-wave stuff that I keep around until it fails. I have some Tuya stuff integrated in HA My thought was to get either a SMLIGHT SLZB-06M or an Aqara Hub M2 Integrate them via Zigbee2MQQT (running on the Debian machine) and then expose them in HA so I can continue to automate in MSR. Thoughts on which of those devices wold be preferable long term. Both are POE capable which is good. It also appears I could add a USB dongle to the NAS and expose it to the HAOS machine. Any thoughts from the assembled experts here? TIA C
Zigbee
Single protocol?
CatmanV2C
Another question to the hive mind. Prompted by the fact that I lost yet another z-wave device over the weekend due to a power issue. It looks like z-way server is reporting another device failed (although it's working fine) and message queue is far too long IMHO. Also the failed device has been removed in the expert interface, but still there in the 'normal' one. Sigh. Currently I have z-wave, Tuya, thinking about Zigbee.... Does anyone use one single protocol for everything? Right now I'm feeling that as the z-wave stuff dies, I'm just gonna replace it with something else.... C
General Discussion
HDMI oddness
CatmanV2C
Not really Smart Home stuff, but going to ask as we have smart people... Bear with me on this one. Asking here because of the font of knowledge! For many eek years I have had a Virgin V6 box and a Raspberry Pi running Kodi connected to my TV through a cheap *** HDMI switch. It all worked beautifully but the absolutely critical thing was that the TV remote passed the signals back to the Pi to allow remote control of Kodi. Couple of changes of late: Installed a soundbar on the TV using the ARC (audio return channel). That then turns the soundbar on and off when the TV turns on and off and the TV volume control controls the soundbar volume direct. Everything continues to work Upgraded the software of the Tivo box to Virgin 360. This is literally software only. You get sent a snacky new Bluetooth remote hit 'upgrade' on the screen and off it goes. Now, things are not playing well. Typically when I turn on to watch Kodi the soundbar comes on (as it should) but the TV either puts out sound through its own speakers and the soundbar, or just the soundbar. It's not possible to control the volume of the soundbar through the TV. Also it's not longer possible to control Kodi using the TV remote. If I turn the TV360 box off, i.e. power it down, before turning on to watch Kodi, everything is fine. This makes little to no sense to me. My assumption is that the cheap *** HDMI switch is getting something from the TV360 connection that it didn't used to get when the software was Tivo and that's screwing up the HDMI communications. I'm upgrading the switch to something a little less chap, but wondered if anyone could validate my theory at all? TIA C
General Discussion
Reactor Loading Screen Safari
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Constraints states visually do not match actual
S
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Oh the joy of pairing
CatmanV2C
When I remember the old days Just added a new Tuya plug (OK so it's cloud) Start to finish, visible in HA and MSR < 30 seconds... C
Vera
Home Assistant Connect ZWA-2 & ZBT-2
therealdbT
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Hardware
[MSR] Feature request: For Each action on arrays/groups
therealdbT
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[Solved] Error: Command timeout
G
at _ClientAPI._commandTimeout (http://192.168.1.100:8111/client/ClientAPI.js:807:179 Seeing this randomly when returning to open browser tab after being away awhile. Once, maybe twice a day. "What did you do to trigger it?" Literally nothing, just walked away and returned and there it was. Actions taken in reasonably close proximity to this particular instance of it popping up: I'd restarted the MSR container in Portainer. I'll try to grab some logs here shortly.
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Issue with MSR UI becoming unresponsive
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I'm having an issue with MSR's UI being very unresponsive. It started happening a couple days ago and I didn't make any changes that would have caused this except adding some meross lan devices in HA. When I go into an entity action and use the search functionality, it usually will start filtering and then get to a place after a few letters are entered where it will take 30 seconds or more (sometimes minutes) for the UI to show what I am typing. During this time MSR ui is completely unresponsive. I've tried multiple browsers and multiple computers. HA and MSR are both deployed in docker. I have run HTOP on the host and when the problem happens there are no CPU/Memory spikes at all. From a functionality standpoint MSR is working perfectly. This seems to be an UI issue only. Do i need to ditch Docker and run MSR on a Proxmox VM? I have both stand alone Docker and Proxmox environments. I dont mind doing that I just want to be able to use the UI again... Installation method Home Assistant Container Core 2025.7.3 Frontend 20250702.3 nothing crazy in the logs except some openweather map stuff that doesn't make any sense as it is working fine in MSR Any help would be greatly appreciated Reactor latest-25328-b2ed1365 app 25328 configuration from /var/reactor/config NODE_PATH /opt/reactor:/opt/reactor/node_modules [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.843Z <app:null> Reactor build latest-25328-b2ed1365 starting on v24.11.1 /usr/local/bin/node [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.844Z <app:null> Process ID 1 user/group 0/0; docker; platform linux/x64 #161-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 22 14:25:40 UTC 2025; locale (undefined) [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.844Z <app:null> Basedir /opt/reactor; data in /var/reactor/storage [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.844Z <app:null> NODE_PATH=/opt/reactor:/opt/reactor/node_modules [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.865Z <app:null> Resolved timezone=America/New_York, environment TZ=America/New_York; offset minutes from UTC=-300 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.867Z <default:null> Module i18n v25141 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.867Z <app:null> Configured locale (undefined); selected locale(s) en-US.UTF-8 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.879Z <app:null> Loaded locale en-US for en-US [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.879Z <app:null> Local date/time using configured timezone and locale formatting is "11/30/2025, 3:01:53 PM" [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.889Z <Structure:null> Module Structure v25326 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.890Z <Capabilities:null> Module Capabilities v24312 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.904Z <Plugin:null> Module Plugin v25141 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.923Z <Timer:null> Module Timer v25279 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.924Z <TimerBroker:null> Module TimerBroker v25314 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.927Z <Entity:null> Module Entity v25251 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.929Z <Controller:null> Module Controller v25253 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.930Z <AlertManager:null> Module AlertManager v25318 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.937Z <default:null> Module Ruleset v25283 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.937Z <default:null> Module Rulesets v25141 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.942Z <GlobalExpression:null> Module GlobalExpression v25258 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.953Z <Predicate:null> Module Predicate v25328 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.956Z <Rule:null> Module Rule v25323 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.958Z <GlobalReaction:null> Module GlobalReaction v25292 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.959Z <Engine:null> Module Engine v25325 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.964Z <httpapi:null> Module httpapi v25328 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.972Z <wsapi:null> Module wsapi v25328 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.994Z <TaskQueue:null> Module TaskQueue 24138 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:53.994Z <VeraController:null> Module VeraController v25141 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:01:54.179Z <HassController:null> Module HassController v25325 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:02:13.797Z <OWMWeatherController:null> Module OWMWeatherController v25268 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:02:13.800Z <SystemController:null> Module SystemController v25323 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:02:13.807Z <MQTTController:null> Module MQTTController v22092 [latest-25328]2025-11-30T20:02:20.630Z <OWMWeatherController:CRIT> FetchError: request to https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?lat=xxxxxxxxxx&lon=-xxxxxxxxx&appid=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&units=standard&_r=1xxxxxxxxxxxxxxfailed, reason: [-] FetchError: request to https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?lat=xxxxxxxxxxx&lon=-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&appid=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&units=standard&_r=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfailed, reason: at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (/opt/reactor/node_modules/node-fetch/lib/index.js:1501:11) at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:508:28) at ClientRequest.emit (node:domain:489:12) at emitErrorEvent (node:_http_client:108:11) at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (node:_http_client:575:5) at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:508:28) at TLSSocket.emit (node:domain:489:12) at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:170:8) at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:129:3) at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:89:21
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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.
    copy.jpg

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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)

    Img 1:
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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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