This is great timing! I’ve just been re-jigging my Homebridge config, finally removing the Hue bridge plug-in in favour of a native connection through my Home Hub mini.
But there’s more to do, and this might help. Thanks.
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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.
Just throwing out a general hint to the people running Homebridge and MQTT.
Homebridge MQTT-Thing hasn't been updated in almost 2 years and it falls behind on compatibility with the development of Homebridge.
I was looking for a replacement and found Homebridge Easy MQTT and I think it's a good replacement for MQTT-Thing. I particularly find Easy MQTT Value tranformers easier to to understand and use compared to MQTT-Thing Apply function.
It took a while to migrate everything but I'm pleased and can recommend.
@toggledbits Do you know if this is related to that PR or is it a change they made in 2025.11.1?
[latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.319Z <HassController:INFO> HassController#hass perform x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime on Entity#hass>input_datetime_vvb_dag with { "time": "10:45" }
[latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.320Z <HassController:INFO> HassController#hass: sending payload for x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime on Entity#hass>input_datetime_vvb_dag action: { "type": "call_service", "service_data": { "date": (null), "time": "10:45", "datetime": (null), "timestamp": (null) }, "domain": "input_datetime", "service": "set_datetime", "target": { "entity_id": "input_datetime.vvb_dag" } }
[latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.321Z <HassController:ERR> HassController#hass request 1762866984320<2025-11-11 14:16:24> (call_service) failed: [Error] Not a parseable type for dictionary value @ data['date'] [-]
[latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.321Z <HassController:WARN> HassController#hass action x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime({ "time": "10:45" }) on Entity#hass>input_datetime_vvb_dag failed!
[latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.321Z <HassController:INFO> Service call payload:
{"type":"call_service","service_data":{"date":null,"time":"10:45","datetime":null,"timestamp":null},"domain":"input_datetime","service":"set_datetime","target":{"entity_id":"input_datetime.vvb_dag"},"id":1762866984320}
[latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.322Z <HassController:INFO> Service data:
{"fields":{"date":{"example":"\"2019-04-20\"","selector":{"text":{"multiline":false,"multiple":false}}},"time":{"example":"\"05:04:20\"","selector":{"time":{}}},"datetime":{"example":"\"2019-04-20 05:04:20\"","selector":{"text":{"multiline":false,"multiple":false}}},"timestamp":{"selector":{"number":{"min":0,"max":9223372036854776000,"mode":"box","step":1}}}},"target":{"entity":[{"domain":["input_datetime"]}]}}
[latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.322Z <Engine:ERR> Engine#1 reaction rule-mgb8pfhs:S step 0 perform x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime failed: [Error] Not a parseable type for dictionary value @ data['date'] [-]
[latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.322Z <Engine:INFO> Engine#1 action args: { "time": "10:45" }
[latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.322Z <Engine:INFO> Resuming reaction Sätt Schema VVB i Home Assistant<AKTIV> (rule-mgb8pfhs:S) from step 1
[latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.323Z <HassController:INFO> HassController#hass perform x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime on Entity#hass>input_datetime_vvb_natt with { "time": "03:00", "timestamp": 0 }
[latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.323Z <HassController:INFO> HassController#hass: sending payload for x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime on Entity#hass>input_datetime_vvb_natt action: { "type": "call_service", "service_data": { "date": (null), "time": "03:00", "datetime": (null), "timestamp": 0 }, "domain": "input_datetime", "service": "set_datetime", "target": { "entity_id": "input_datetime.vvb_natt" } }
[latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.324Z <HassController:ERR> HassController#hass request 1762866984323<2025-11-11 14:16:24> (call_service) failed: [Error] Not a parseable type for dictionary value @ data['date'] [-]
[latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.324Z <HassController:WARN> HassController#hass action x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime({ "time": "03:00", "timestamp": 0 }) on Entity#hass>input_datetime_vvb_natt failed!
[latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.324Z <HassController:INFO> Service call payload:
{"type":"call_service","service_data":{"date":null,"time":"03:00","datetime":null,"timestamp":0},"domain":"input_datetime","service":"set_datetime","target":{"entity_id":"input_datetime.vvb_natt"},"id":1762866984323}
[latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.324Z <HassController:INFO> Service data:
{"fields":{"date":{"example":"\"2019-04-20\"","selector":{"text":{"multiline":false,"multiple":false}}},"time":{"example":"\"05:04:20\"","selector":{"time":{}}},"datetime":{"example":"\"2019-04-20 05:04:20\"","selector":{"text":{"multiline":false,"multiple":false}}},"timestamp":{"selector":{"number":{"min":0,"max":9223372036854776000,"mode":"box","step":1}}}},"target":{"entity":[{"domain":["input_datetime"]}]}}
[latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.324Z <Engine:ERR> Engine#1 reaction rule-mgb8pfhs:S step 1 perform x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime failed: [Error] Not a parseable type for dictionary value @ data['date'] [-]
[latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.324Z <Engine:INFO> Engine#1 action args: { "time": "03:00", "timestamp": 0 }
[latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.325Z <Engine:INFO> Resuming reaction Sätt Schema VVB i Home Assistant<AKTIV> (rule-mgb8pfhs:S) from step 2
[latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.325Z <Engine:INFO> Sätt Schema VVB i Home Assistant<AKTIV> all actions completed.
Hello,
I currently have an office light (connected via a Leviton Zwave Dimmer switch) controlled from a Gen5 Aeotech Zwave switch installed on my Synology 720+ NAS. I run HA(2025.11.10) in a virtual machine from my NAS and Reactor on the container manager of the same NAS. Prior to updating to 25304 the rule I had set to turn the light on to a specific dimming value worked correctly. Now the rule appears to follow the decision tree, however the reaction does not trigger setting the dimming or turning on the office light?
Strangely I can still turn the light on and off as well as dim it directly from HASS..? I have tried using the ''try this action'' button in the rules reaction setting and it will not control the light and does not throw an error flagÉ
Please help,
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Reactor has been rock steady for me over the last few years and I'm a big fan of this solution.
I don't know if you guys are into dashboards, but I am.
For a second home I tried the Shelly Wall Display 2, and while not so big, it worked well over the summer.
Since we're remodeling our house, I just swapped my old Fire Tablet (with its own problems) with two new Shelly Wall Display XL. I just removed the standard firmware, and I added mine (https://github.com/dbochicchio/ShellyElevate), forked from https://github.com/RapierXbox/ShellyElevate
I just managed to support buttons (this thing has 4 of them) and it's all auto-discovered by Home Assistant and accessible via Reactor.
I also have a new build in the works with support for buttons inside HA.
I added a bonus Javascript interface sending events (screen/screensaver status, buttons, motion) to automatically drive the dashboard (all doing in HTML+Javascript and monitoring Reactor's variable).
This specifical thing excluded, go get one of them, the device has a decent CPU for HA dashboards and blends wonderfully in the decor.
Hello all.. been a minute! I recently rebuilt my Z wave network and migrated to a new z wave stick. In order to prevent any downtime I kept my original z wave network up and ran a docker version of Z Wave JS UI with my new controller. This way I could add device by device without having any devices down.
I finally moved all the devices over to my new stick today. The final step was to migrate everything from my Docker instance of Z Wave JS UI to the HA add-on of Z Wave JS UI. However during this migration some of the names didn't populate correctly which I later managed to import back into Z Wave JS UI. The issue was in Reactor it is stuck on the default names and the entities are not updating. I removed the controller from Reactor, restarted, hard refreshed, and added the controller back however the new entity names have not updated. Also it seems like the old entities from my previous instance of Z Wave JS UI are lingering and not being marked as dead (I believe a certain amount of time needs to lapse before they're marked as dead in Reactor).
My goal is to basically purge all the entities for the 'ZWaveJS' controller in Reactor so it can pull all the updated entity names and only the entities that exist in Z Wave JS UI. I cannot find a quick way to do this, I know entities can be deleted one by one, but with over 100 entities this would take long
I am guessing that if I added the controller with a new name in in the Reactor config it would pull the updated entities and names but I think that would break my rules since the entity IDs would change (I made sure to name all the entities the exact same as they were previously to prevent this issue).
I'm slowly migrating all my stuff to MQTT under MSR, so I have a central place to integrate everything (and, in a not-so-distant future, to remove virtual devices from my Vera and leave it running zwave only).
Anyway, here's my reactor-mqtt-contrib package:
https://github.com/dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib
Simply download yaml files (everything or just the ones you need) and you're good to go.
I have mapped my most useful devices, but I'll add others soon. Feel free to ask for specific templates, since I've worked a lot in the last weeks to understand and operate them.
The templates are supporting both init and query, so you have always up-to-date devices at startup, and the ability to poll them. Online status is supported as well, so you can get disconnected devices with a simple expression.
Many-many thanks to @toggledbits for its dedication, support, and patience with me and my requests
I don't know if I'm the only one, but managing more than one Reactor installs, the need to have some sort of copy&paste for rules has grown on me.
While I understand the technical challenges, I'm wondering if a "god mode" where I could copy the raw JSON rule and paste it into another rule could be an advanced, flag only feature that could benefit power users.
I know I can copy the JSON file and proceed, but I must stop Reactor and when doing maintenance, it's more clicks to do.
Just an idea
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Shelly Wall Display XLYou inspired me to give the original wall display a go…
…I like it! (More configuration to do). This is unmodified Shelly firmware.
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Do you Matter?I got a bad impression of Zwave from Vera, quite incorrectly. Should have stuck with it but actually dumped it. Mostly Shelly now, and its Gen 4 modules are Matter capable.
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Do you Matter?Well, that seems remarkably easy configuration…
Just added a Shelly 2PM Gen4 (dual switch) to Apple Home. It just required me to scan the QR code from the Home app and wait a short while.
No other configuration required initially. In particular, no need to set up IP addresses or anything.
Subsequently, I did enable MQTT and openLuup picked up on it immediately (although as a generic Shelly device, because I haven’t included that as a recognised device, yet.)
Control seems to work instantly from Apple Home app. Now need to link it to automation and other switches.
So far, so good.
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Home Assistant Voice@CatmanV2 said in Home Assistant Voice:
Cheers! I shall try and make some time
(Is it just me that hates having to watch videos? Can't we just have instructions written down? )Not just you! Such a lot of very poor narration and not so easy to refer back to! A modern disease.
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Home Assistant VoiceI didn’t go the HA route, but have voice control through Apple HomeKit and Siri. Works OK, but don’t use it much.
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Disaster recovery and virtualisationImpressive.. great when it all works too!
I’ve been very happy since I moved everything I could to Synology.
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AltUI sans internet connectionYes, if it’s openLuup, then I was going to suggest that… rather depends on what you were trying to do.
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'Random' lights turning onBizarre! … but good catch.
I’m a Siri user, myself. How do you link Alexa to openLuup? My link to Siri is via HomeKit (of course) for Hue and Shelly devices.
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openLuup email server@a-lurker said in openLuup email server:
To keep things so they are more likely to work, it's suggested the email address should be totally case insensitive regardless.
Yes. I see from the ource code comments tht eraly-on I removed address wrapping to lower case. It's an easy change, but I'm going to find out why I did that in the first place, before reverting.
@a-lurker said in openLuup email server:
Is it your preference to leave the saved files in the raw mode or would you consider translating the base64 text in the openLuup code base?
Don't see why not. Again, I need to dig in to see why that isn't working out of the box. There's plenty Base64 decoding going on within the server anyway.
@a-lurker said in openLuup email server:
On a side note, does the reception of an email by openLuup generate some sort of trigger that can be watched.
Your best bet would surely be to register a callback handler to listen for messages on a specific address?
I have another big project ongoing with some sort of a deadline at the start of December, so I'll need to leave things until then before I can get back to this code.
Thanks again for your documentation efforts. I did say I would provide a link from the openLuup app... perhaps in the footer, like there is for the forum?
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openLuup email serverYou have been doing your homework!
I need to remind myself of what I did way back when before being able to reply sensibly.
But thanks for the excellent analysis.
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Looking for Remote Switch boxes that can also be used with a wireless Decora Style Switch. -
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Looking for Remote Switch boxes that can also be used with a wireless Decora Style Switch.Not quite clear on what you’d need, but have you looked at the Shelly range of products for remote switching?
