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[Reactor] Help with screne controller cycling logic
therealdbT
I’ve added a couple of Shelly Wave i4 as scene controllers and I’m planning to add more, since I can just use standard buttons instead of battery-powered scene controllers, which also looks better aesthetically. That said, I’m struggling to figure out how to write a simple rule that cycles between states every time I press a button. Example: Light 1 ON → OFF, then Light 2 ON → OFF. The part I can’t get right is handling the case where Light 1 or Light 2 might already be ON independently of the rule. Maybe it’s just too much sun and relaxation clouding my brain, but any hint would be appreciated.
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Stop the MSR by an external switch on Hubitat.
wmarcolinW
Use case: When performing home maintenance, such as air conditioning, I want all rules involving air conditioning to be disabled. To do this, to day, I have a virtual switch that I placed within all rules involving air conditioning, meaning that if I turn it off, none of them work. Then another situation: the water pump system and garden irrigation, another switch. In short, I had to create several virtual switches in Hubitat to disable rules in MSR. Unfortunately, however, I was unable to cover all scenarios, so I wondered if it would be possible for MSR to support a virtual MSR switch, which, when configured in the reactor settings, would function as a general on/off switch for MSR. If it is configured and turned off, the entire rules and actions in MSR stops working, except for the status change reading process, specifically for this switch, which, when turned on, would restart the MSR. Would it be possible to do something like this? Any recommendations from the experts?
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[Reactor] Variables not updating correctly in latest-25201-2aa18550
therealdbT
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Expose MSR entities
CatmanV2C
Probably a really dumb question. Currently I am using the owntracks_sensor for tracking phones being in region in MSR and it works great. Digging around with Home Assistant and toying with some dashboards, is there any way of exposing that sensor to HA trivially? I could set MSR to trip a virtual switch in OpenLuup which can then be exposed to HA (with all my other Vera devices) but that feels a bit in-elegant if I can do it directly. Any thoughts? Apologies if the ask is not clear/ TIA C
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Comment in Globa Expressions
Tom_DT
I have several Global Expressions that are set by a rule so the definition area is blank. I'd like to add a comment in this area that explains what is setting the value. Commenting in this area breaks the remote setting. Any way to document what is setting the GE?
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Little Bobby tables...
CatmanV2C
...is back.... https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/08/researchers-use-calendar-events-to-hack-gemini-control-smart-home-gadgets/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhfacebook&utm_content=null&fbclid=IwY2xjawMBq-pleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHlSqIalzbz1IxcJFzlw8GBE6nC3FwvxcHgR370nJhogU6JjqbmRxG-lysqgh_aem_lx9XboYFKw9tpHnedGQKUA C
General Discussion
Home Assistant Voice TTS is Easy
toggledbitsT
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Home Assistant
Play Audio through Home Assistant Voice Unit
toggledbitsT
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Home Assistant
Home Assistant Voice
CatmanV2C
Has anyone had a play with the local voice control for HA? I've got one on order because... https://www.home-assistant.io/voice-pe/ C
Home Assistant
Unofficial thread for compatibility
tunnusT
As there are statements about compatibility for home assistant versions in MSR new version announcements (e.g. "HassController: Bless Hass to 2025.7.3"), I thought it would be good idea to track other controllers as well. As an example, I can confirm that build "latest-25208-c53e8513" works with Hubitat Elevation C-8 platform version 2.4.2.134 using Maker API.
Multi-System Reactor
Gradually turn on lights.
Tom_DT
I have several lights that I would like to turn on very gradually over 15 or 20 seconds. from 0 to .25 in .01 increments. I have tried a few things that came nowhere near working, so here I am.
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Reactor (Multi-System/Multi-Hub) Announcements
toggledbitsT
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.
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Can't customize home page
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I foolishly let my system wipe all cookies this morning and with it my settings for my MSR home page. Once logged back in I can no longer remove errant panes nor is the + available to add new ones. Brave Browser v1.80.122 (Jul 16, 2025) What have I done?! Will check other browsers on my M1. UPDATE: Safari exhibits same behaviour. I've tried both sans last-four public key entry and with - no change.
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Error After Upgrade
T
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Reset attribute value of entity in event handler
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Need help figuring out how to delay a reset on reaction
T
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Way to search for rules (rule state) in other rules
T
@toggledbits, not sure if this is a feature request or I'm using the search tool wrong. You have a "Search for rule" in the Rules Set tab in MSR. It works nicely to find a rule and bring up said rule, but can it/could it be used for as a "where used?" global search? For instance, I have a fairly large set of rules, divided up into 10 different rulesets. There's easily a hundred individual rules, and many of the rules have Rule State triggers, which of course refer to other rules. Amongst my troubleshooting today, I came across what may have been a duplicate or troubleshooting attempt, but I can't tell if it's actually used as a Rule State in another rule without opening each rule that I suspect it may be a part of. Thanks.
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Links to MSR from HA
Tom_DT
I am using Home Assistant a lot recently. On a dashboard showing the devices, I would like to show a link to the MSR rule that controls the devices. Is there a way to link directly into MSR?
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Set Reaction > Script Action
wmarcolinW
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Wiring Samotech SM308-S into light fitting
F
Hi Smart Home Community. I have used a Sonos inline WiFi switch to make one of my light fittings smart, but it requires a hard reset for WiFi changes, plus it isn't zigbee compatible, which means I can't use the Hue app to control it with the rest of the lights. To that end I bought a Samotech SM308-S as it is recommended as the better than the Sonos equivalent. I am however not exactly sure how to wire it in. The manual is available here Can anyone help me by clarifying which ports I need to use, and whether I should be using the live or switched live line for live etc. I will be keeping using standard switches for a while, although hope to upgrade to tap dials once I have all the fittings upgraded. Thanks
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  • [Reactor] Help with screne controller cycling logic
    CrilleC Crille

    Trying to understand why the logic, in my point of view, is a bit complex. How many buttons does your switch have?

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  • [Reactor] Help with screne controller cycling logic
    CrilleC Crille

    I don’t know your exact setup but I often end up using toggle as action when the state could be changed by anything other than the physical switch.

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  • Comment in Globa Expressions
    CrilleC Crille

    Maybe not the prettiest way to do it but why not let the rule set the comment followed by the value? Like ”This is set by rule Test”, value

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  • Expose MSR entities
    CrilleC Crille

    I believe the owntracks_sensor only exists in Reactor.

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  • Expose MSR entities
    CrilleC Crille

    If you are using MQTT you can echo the entity in the MSR config and create a MQTT entity in Home Assistant

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  • Set Reaction > Script Action
    CrilleC Crille

    If you already have them i a dynamic group you could perform power_switch.on on that group as an Entity action. Or if the devices should do different actions on/dimming etc, you could create a Global Reaction that does what you specify and simply run that as Set Reaction.

    Edit: I confused Script action with Shell command and have not tried Script action but my guess would be performAction(entity_id, action, args) if you really want to do it in a script rather than directly on the group Entity.

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  • Local notification methods?
    CrilleC Crille

    @CatmanV2 My script requires Powershell, Pushover, static WAN IP or dynDNS on your router, remote access to router and preferably a static IP on the remote host running the script (to restrict router remote access to that IP). If that fits you I sure can share it.

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  • Local notification methods?
    CrilleC Crille

    Kids! They will let you know if internet is down 😉

    Joke aside I don't know any notification service that runs locally so I'm checking it from the outside (work) by a scheduled script that open/close a socket to my router every minute and send a pushover notification if it fails.

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  • latest-25016 toggle.toggle on VeraController Lock entity not working
    CrilleC Crille

    Thank you! toggle.toggle is back in business.

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  • latest-25016 toggle.toggle on VeraController Lock entity not working
    CrilleC Crille

    Sorry I missed that, it’s a bare metal install.

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  • latest-25016 toggle.toggle on VeraController Lock entity not working
    CrilleC Crille

    So the difference is the new serviceId urn:upnp-org:serviceId:DoorLock1 called by "super" vs the old urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:DoorLock1.

    I tried to manually use them both in a browser to openLuup, even though both calls get OK in response, the only one actually opens the lock is the old serviceId urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:DoorLock1

    Calling it in a browser directly to my Vera Secure (not openLuup) with serviceId urn:upnp-org:serviceId:DoorLock1 I get ERROR: Invalid Service

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  • latest-25016 toggle.toggle on VeraController Lock entity not working
    CrilleC Crille

    After upgrade from 24366 to 25016 toggle on Vera (openLuup) lock entity doesn't seem to work.

    VeraController log level 5
    24366:

    [latest-24366]2025-01-20T20:26:49.724Z <VeraController:INFO> VeraController#vera perform action toggle.toggle on Lock#vera>device_10016 with [Object]{  }
    [latest-24366]2025-01-20T20:26:49.725Z <VeraController:5:VeraController.js:514> [VeraController:verarequest] requesting http://127.0.0.1:3480/data_request?id=action&serviceId=urn%3Amicasaverde-com%3AserviceId%3ADoorLock1&action=SetTarget&newTargetValue=0&DeviceNum=10016&output_format=json&_r=1737404809725 ([Object]{  })
    

    25016:

    [latest-25016]2025-01-20T20:30:25.457Z <VeraController:INFO> VeraController#vera perform action toggle.toggle on Lock#vera>device_10016 with [Object]{  }
    [latest-25016]2025-01-20T20:30:25.458Z <VeraController:5:VeraController.js:1210> VeraController#vera no configured implementation for toggle.toggle on Lock#vera>device_10016; calling super
    [latest-25016]2025-01-20T20:30:25.458Z <VeraController:INFO> VeraController#vera perform action lock.set on Lock#vera>device_10016 with [Object]{ "state": false }
    [latest-25016]2025-01-20T20:30:25.461Z <VeraController:5:VeraController.js:1255> VeraController#vera sending action request [Object]{ "newTargetValue": "0", "DeviceNum": 10016, "id": "action", "serviceId": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:DoorLock1", "action": "SetTarget" }
    [latest-25016]2025-01-20T20:30:25.461Z <VeraController:5:VeraController.js:515> [VeraController:verarequest] requesting http://127.0.0.1:3480/data_request?newTargetValue=0&DeviceNum=10016&id=action&serviceId=urn%3Aupnp-org%3AserviceId%3ADoorLock1&action=SetTarget&output_format=json&_r=1737405025461 ([Object]{  })
    [latest-25016]2025-01-20T20:30:25.463Z <VeraController:NOTICE> VeraController#vera action lock.set([Object]{ "state": false }) on Lock#vera>device_10016 succeeded
    

    I tried to log an issue in Mantis Bug Tracker but I can't log in anymore?

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  • Migration Vera to HA > how to send sensor data from Vera to HA?
    CrilleC Crille

    Have you considered Reactor - Multi-hub Automation version?
    If not I strongly recommend this path for your automations as it has controllers for both Home Assistant and Vera.
    You can still use HA as UI but do all logic in Reactor Multi-hub, no learning curve when you are familiar with Reactor for Vera, you can import your Reactor for Vera into Reactor Multi-hub and set sensor data and variables directly to HA entities.

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  • Runtime error latest-24366 when Create New Reaction
    CrilleC Crille

    I'm getting the same on Ubuntu bare metal latest- 24366, both in chrome and edge on Windows.
    TypeError: this.editReaction is not a function
    at HTMLButtonElement.<anonymous> (http://[ip]:8111/reactor/en-US/lib/js/reactor-ui-reactions.js:445:22)

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  • Dark Mode not Working - 24293
    CrilleC Crille

    Yes, that did it! Thanks

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  • Dark Mode not Working - 24293
    CrilleC Crille

    I can't find any package-lock.json and this is the output of npm ls

    reactor-multi-system@1.3.0-24293 /home/homebridge/reactor
    ├── @influxdata/influxdb-client@1.22.0
    ├── @mdi/font@7.4.47
    ├── @popperjs/core@2.11.6
    ├── body-parser@1.20.1
    ├── bootstrap-icons@1.11.3
    ├── bootstrap@5.2.0
    ├── digest-fetch@2.0.3
    ├── diskusage-ng@1.0.2
    ├── express@4.17.2
    ├── feather-icons@4.28.0
    ├── font-awesome@4.7.0
    ├── gridstack@10.3.1
    ├── jquery-ui@1.14.0
    ├── jquery@3.7.1
    ├── js-yaml@4.1.0
    ├── node-fetch@2.6.7
    ├── node-stream-zip@1.15.0
    ├── nodemailer@6.8.0
    ├── serve-static@1.15.0
    ├── uuid@10.0.0
    └── ws@7.5.9
    
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  • Dark Mode not Working - 24293
    CrilleC Crille

    @toggledbits said in Dark Mode not Working - 24293:

    bootstrap.Tooltip.VERSION — the browser should answer 5.3.3

    Hm I'm getting 5.2.0 in both newly updated browsers.

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  • Dark Mode not Working - 24293
    CrilleC Crille

    I'm getting the same issue even after running npm i --no-save --no-package-lock --omit dev, also tried npm run deps
    Bare metal 24293 running on Ubuntu Server 22.04.5 LTS
    Hard refreshed browser Chrome/Edge on Windows

    What am I missing here?

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  • Scene Controllers -- What are you using?
    CrilleC Crille

    I have a Sonoff NSPanel connected to HASS via NSPanel_HA_Blueprint in the hallway where the physical buttons are remapped from the relays to just publish MQTT messages to left or right garage door, appreciated by the whole family. Weather and QR code for guest WiFi also used by some but the rest is just for fun and as @toggledbits said, more of a dashboard rather than a scene controller but it was mentioned 🙂

    We have Xiaomi Aqara Mini Switches in each bathroom/toilet for manual override of the extraction fan if needed.

    My only Shelly i3 is connected to a cheap dumb twilight switch so Reactor can control which lights to turn on/off rather than the actual relay.

    We have some IKEA Tradfri wireless dimmers, I had an idea to use one for manual start/stop of our Wallbox charger but it never happened as we found ourself use Siri for that when needed.

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  • JSON payload in MQTTController entities actions (+ reverse color mapping to RGB)
    CrilleC Crille

    It's the same for dimming.set and power_switch.set all .set, an entity rebuild solves those too with 24162.

    (@toggledbits Mantis ID 372)

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