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Disaster recovery and virtualisation
CatmanV2C

Following on from my last thread, some progress has been made over the weekend.

With 18G of spanky RAM in my Synology DS224+. I've jumped into the murky world of virtualisation and already eliminated the need for two Raspberry Pi's from my system.

Home Assistant: In theory they provide an OVA file which is supported by the Synology. I couldn't get it to work, however, so grabbed a copy of the .img file they supply, renamed it .iso and imported it as a VM. Restored from my full back up and that all seems fantastic.

Minidnla Music server: Trivial. Grabbed a Debian .iso for Bookworm and copied that onto the NAS. Created a new machine which mirrored the specs of the Raspberry Pi, booted from the ISO then did an expert install. Once that was all stable with a basic core of stuff and networking, I've made a copy of that as a good base system. Then fired up minidnla on it, mounted my media and that's also woking. Not bad for a short weekend's work.

Still not sure about the main NUC though. I'm thinking of buying a new USB stick so I can mess around getting it working on the Synology before I do anything drastic.

Once that hurdle is sorted I'm torn between:

Using a brand new install of Bookworm, re-installing Z-way server, OpenLuup, AltUI, MSR and HA bridge, then restoring across or Making an ISO of the current system, importing that and upgrading in place (which will be pretty risk free since I can snapshot everything before I make any changes.)

Decisions, decisions.

C

General Discussion
Local notification methods?
CatmanV2C

Morning, experts. Hard on learning about the internet check script in MSR tools, I was wondering what suggestions anyone has about a local (i.e. non-internet dependent) notification method.

This was prompted by yesterday's fun and games with my ISP.

I've got the script Cronned and working properly but short of flashing a light on and off, I'm struggling to think of a way of alerting me (ideally to my phone)

I guess I could set up a Discord server at home, but that feels like overkill for a rare occasion. Any other suggestions?

TIA

C

Multi-System Reactor
RFC: When disaster strikes (sorry it's a bit verbose)
CatmanV2C

Hi everyone. Thanks for all your input recently on the topic of local notifications. I think we got some really interesting solutions 🙂

Back to more prosaic matters. Most of you will know that I've been messing around with this stuff for some years. My last major change was when I migrated from Vera, which was something like 4-5 years ago.

While my system has grown, it's not really altered very regularly, although I try to keep most of it kind of up to date.

Current set up:
Intel NUC that runs:
Bare metal install of Debian
Z-way server with Z-wave.me USB stick
Openluup
Altui
Multi system reactor
HA Bridge
Mosquito

Raspberry Pi
Running Home Assistant

About 40 varied Z-wave and Wifi devices

I also have a Synology DS224+ which may inform some responses.

Home Assistant recovery is pretty simple. I get a full backup of the system every night dumped onto my SAN and I know from experience that it would simply be a case of booting up a new install and feeding it the backup.

The NUC on the other hand....
Coming from a commercial IT world, I am becoming more and more conscious that I don't really feel I have a suitable disaster recovery plan, and my core system is running on hardware heading for 10 years old.

My initial thought, which I've kept putting off as it's awkward would be to grab a nice SSD, reboot the NUC into Mint or something similar and simply do a dd copy onto a new drive. I can get a replacement NUC on ebay simply enough, and keep it in a cupboard if anything other than the hard drive fails on the existing one, but this feels rather like a stop gap. However one immediate question:

If I had to use the replacement NUC would all the Z-wave devices simply carry on talking to the stick, or would they all need to be re-paired?

How easy would it be to move everything the NUC does (as a start) onto the NAS? Create a VM and clone the disc onto it?

Should I move to Docker? Something else?

What are the hive mind's thoughts?

Apologies if we've done this before, but while it all just works...

Cheers!

C

General Discussion
AltUI sans internet connection
CatmanV2C

Morning world. Looking for some thoughts on recent experience 🙂

Yesterday my ISP had something of a catastrophic failure (in theory not yet fixed but seems OK for now)

While this is annoying for several reasons, one thing that I wasn't expecting was for AltUI to become pretty much un-usable.

Unless I have a tab already open and active, connecting to the Home page is pretty much random / impossible, just presenting with a white page and (sometimes) 'Waiting for initial data' on the bottom. Everything works (i.e. where I have controllers or Reactions I can trigger, they function flawlessly) it's just something of a pain since 99.9% of my control is via Alexa now, and not being able to access devices in AltUI makes things like turning some lights of a bit tricky 😉

I suspect that this is due to AltUI trying to pull licence info and Weather data, and failing. What I should do is probably access the OpelLuup console direct and see if that works better in future.

Does that make sense to anyone, or am I completely off track?

Cheers

C

Software
Eachen No Neutral smart wall switch to lights and Sonoff Mini R4 switch for LEDs
R

Hi all. First post so please be gentle.

I have an Eachen two-gang smart wall switch wired no neutral (with capacitor) connected to existing bathroom lights which works perfectly. It's also wired to a Sonoff Mini R4 Extreme connected to LED lights. I want the LED lights to switch on when the bathroom lights switch on (and vice versa). The Mini R4 works separately on my phone via Ewelink as well as on the Mini R4 itself (physical button). The switch is installed inside the wall and the rest of the components are in the ceiling / attic / roof cavity. The Mini R4 is set to Edge switch mode which works in my example I wired.

How I wired it:

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I have a video showcasing the example I wired today works. I could share it if required. Ignore the white cable. I only used it to power the example.

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The wiring diagram I used for the mini R4.

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I wired it together with the existing lights of the bathroom so that L1 switches on both the Mini R4 and the bathroom lights:

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This is the wiring diagram for the Eachen switch:
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The Eachen's first gang (L1) doesn't trigger the Mini R4 in any way.

Any help or advice will be much appreciated.

Thanks,
R

General Discussion
Custom capabilities in MQTT templates
M

Hi,
I'm trying to integrate the sonos-mqtt (https://sonos2mqtt.svrooij.io/) with the MSR and it's coming along nicely so far.
But cannot wrap my head around how to define custom capabilities in MQTT templates. I need this for the TTS announcements and similarly for the notification sounds where I would pass the sound file as parameter.

So this is what I have in the local_mqtt_devices.yaml

capabilities: x_sonos_announcement: attributes: actions: speak: arguments: text: type: string volume: type: int delay: type: int

And this is the template:

templates: sonos-announcement: capabilities: - x_sonos_announcement actions: x_sonos_announcement: speak: topic: "sonos/cmd/speak" payload: expr: > { "text": parameters.text, "volume": parameters.volume, "delayMs": parameters.delay, "onlyWhenPlaying": false, "engine": "neural" } type: json

So the speak action should send something like this to topic sonos/cmd/speak

{ "text": "message goes here", "volume": 50, "delayMs": 100, "onlyWhenPlaying": false, "engine": "neural" }

At startup the MSR seems to be quite unhappy with my configuration:

reactor | [latest-25016]2025-02-09T08:19:59.029Z <MQTTController:WARN> MQTTController#mqtt entity Entity#mqtt>sonos-announcement unable to configure capabilities [Array][ "x_sonos_announcement" ] reactor | i18n: missing fi-FI language string: Configuration for {0:q} is incomplete because the following requested capabilities are undefined: {1} reactor | i18n: missing fi-FI language string: Configuration for {0:q} has unrecognized capability {1:q} in actions reactor | Trace: Configuration for {0:q} is incomplete because the following requested capabilities are undefined: {1} reactor | at _T (/opt/reactor/server/lib/i18n.js:611:28) reactor | at AlertManager.addAlert (/opt/reactor/server/lib/AlertManager.js:125:25) reactor | at MQTTController.sendWarning (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:627:30) reactor | at MQTTController.start (/var/reactor/ext/MQTTController/MQTTController.js:268:26) reactor | at async Promise.allSettled (index 0) Configuration for "sonos-announcement" has unrecognized capability "x_sonos_announcement" in actions Controller: MQTTController#mqtt Last 10:21:37 AM Configuration for "sonos-announcement" is incomplete because the following requested capabilities are undefined: x_sonos_announcement Controller: MQTTController#mqtt Last 10:21:37 AM

This is probably a pretty stupid question and the approach may not even work at all, but maybe someone or @toggledbits for sure, could point me to the right direction.
Basically the idea is to be able to send TTS messages from reactions using entity actions. I've previously used HTTP requests to Sonos HTTP API (https://hub.docker.com/r/chrisns/docker-node-sonos-http-api/) for the same functionality, but since moving to sonos-mqtt, I need a way to send the TTS notifications using MQTTController. Along with the actual message, volume and delay must also be parameterizable.

br,
mgvra

MSR latest-25016-d47fea38 / MQTTController [0.2.24293]

Multi-System Reactor
[SOLVED]Hass websocket falsely reporting ready on boot??
V

Hi, @toggledbits

I just noticed that following a reboot of my raspberry pi, some of the rules, that I was expecting to recover, are not catching up following a reboot. I have made a simple test rule (rule-m6rz6ol1) with only "after Date/time" as trigger and "turn on a lamp" as a set reaction. All my infrastructure is on the same board so Reactor, Hass, Zwavejs, ... are all rebooting.

Here is the sequence of the test case (All time converted to Zulu to match logs):

Rule "after Date/Time" set to 14:05:00z Shutdown on Raspberry Pi at 14:04:00z Power back up at 14:08:00z Rule overview shows true as of 14:08:14z waiting for 00:00:00 in GUI

From the log I can see that MSR is picking up the rule and knows that the state of the rule has changed from false to true and tries to send the update to HASS but failed with websocket error.

Here is what I see from the log:

14:04:04z shutdown complete 14:08:08z Power up 14:08:13.111z websocket connection 14:08:15:323z Reaction to the light failed, Websocket not opened After there is a series of websocket connection attempt until 14:08:51z where it seemed to be really ready.

Back in 2021 we had a discussion (https://smarthome.community/topic/700/solved-start-up?_=1738766986566) and you proposed to add a startup_delay:xxxx and startup_wait:xxxx parameter in the engine section of "reactor.yaml". When I try the startup_delay (this used to be a hard delay), the engine failed to start (I think). I then try the startup_wait:xxxx without any success. Since it wait for the connection status to be up to cancel the delay, it does not do anyting since Hass is reporting the socket up without really being up ( I think...).

Questions:

Did I figured it all wrong? should the startup_delay:xxxxx have worked? Any ideas?

Here is the log:

OK now I am stuck. I did add the log but when I submit the editor complained saying that I am limited to 32767 characters. The log from the shutdown to the time the websocket is stable is about 300000 character long. What are my options?

Multi-System Reactor
[SOLVED]Logs permissions for Docker Install
V

Not a big issue simply a request if easily doable.

The MSR logs files inside the container are owned by root witch is fine however, the permissions are very restrictive. I do not know if there is something wrong with my installation but the logs permission are set to 222 (write only). Even if the docker volume is set for Read/Write the log files are retaining these values.

I go around the problem by doing a chmod 777 on all reactor logs but every time there is an MSR log rotation the permissions are set back to 222. So unless the permission are implemented in the container there is no permanent solution to this (that I know of).

I do not know much about Docker container so I do not know what is involved here.

Can the logfiles permission be simply chaged in the container to at least allow "other" read permission?

Could the MSR log rotation routine implement a chmod to set the permission?

Just a small anoyance

Thanks

Multi-System Reactor
Button.Since Revisited
SnowmanS

@toggledbits In the MSR documentation, under Standard Capabilities, I noticed that the
button.since attribute was deprecated as of version 22256 and the metadata is the preferred way to access the last-modified time of an attribute.

Am I reading this right? Should I stop using it in my rules?

Thanks

Multi-System Reactor
[SOLVED] reactor_inet_check script... and containers
G

When on my bare metal RPi with MSR I had a rule that ran every minute to check Internet status via a script in MSR called reactor_inet_check.sh

I've moved to containerized MSR and see in the instructions that this cannot be run from the container.

The script cannot run within the Reactor docker container. If you are using Reactor in a docker container, the script needs to be run by cron or an equivalent facility on the host system (e.g. some systems, like Synology NAS, have separate task managers that may be used to schedule the repeated execution of tasks such as this).

I've put a script on my container host that calls the reator_inet_check.sh script and it isn't erroring... but I still see the internet status within MSR as null.

Before I go diving down the rabbit hole... should this work?

My cronjob on the proxmox host:
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The contents of msr_internet_check_caller.sh
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Multi-System Reactor
Hello and first network question
D

Just bought a couple of generic smart plugs and set them up easily using SmartLife app in the house I then plugged one into a workshop over 100m away This workshop has a hardwired internet connection with a separate wireless access router (not mesh) after doing a reset on the device and pairing to the new router it actually works from the house when my phone is connected to a completely separate wifi network - how is that possible ?
I did read something about these devices connecting to a server somewhere in China similar to IP cameras but there is no lag

General Discussion
Lights switches for warehouse
S

I need to replace about 15 traditional wall light switches (no neutral wire) to turn on/off all lights with one operation inside the warehouse. And still maintain the ability to control each light individually.

The preference is not to set up a Wifi for each switch to reduce the number of devices connected to the network, and also, they change the Wifi password regularly, so they do not want to change all 15 switches.

I am looking for some solution that will achieve this with either Bluetooth/RF or any other technology.
The warehouse dimensions are about 100ftx100ft with sheetrock walls.

Please assist.

General Discussion
Catch-all lights rule
G

Background: this is a Windows MSR install I've done for our local pool/amenity center just to run some fans and lights (not my daily driver at home). Install went perfectly fine.

Scenario: I want the lights to go on when it's dark enough (even if during a storm, not just after sunset) so I'm using solarRadiation from my weather station to drive that Trigger. Easy stuff.

Issue: sometimes, someone goes in the office and just starts flipping switches and the result can be lights turned on in the daytime or off at night. I'm trying to create a "catch-all" wherein if it is daytime and the lights somehow find their way ON, they will turn themselves back OFF.

I have the following Reaction built:

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I also have this Reaction for opposite, ie the lights find themselves turned off after dark and they will turn themselves back on:

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Here are my two rules:

288cba86-f941-4157-86d9-d8e7487905f7-image.png *NOTE that in my manual testing, ie I turn on the light switch at the incorrect time, when the solarRadiation level changes the Lights ON rule flags and shows as SET. On the next change of solarRadiation it goes back to reset again.

My expectation is that Lights OFF rule should see the lights are on, the solarRadiation is above the set limit, and turn them off. Instead, every other run, the ON rule moves to SET and then reset again on the following run.

Logs appear angry:

[latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:31.696Z <Engine:INFO> Enqueueing "Lights ON<RESET>" (rule-m6e4ajh7:R) [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:31.712Z <Engine:NOTICE> Starting reaction Lights ON<RESET> (rule-m6e4ajh7:R) [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:31.713Z <Engine:INFO> Lights ON<RESET> all actions completed. [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:42.565Z <wsapi:INFO> client "127.0.0.1#3" closed, code=1001, reason= [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:42.753Z <httpapi:INFO> [HTTPAPI]#1 API request from ::ffff:127.0.0.1: GET /api/v1/lang [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:42.754Z <httpapi:INFO> [HTTPAPI]#1 request for /api/v1/lang from ::ffff:127.0.0.1 user anonymous auth none matches /api/v1/lang ACL (#7): [Object]{ "url": "/api/v1/lang", "allow": true, "index": 7 } [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:42.790Z <wsapi:INFO> wsapi: connection from ::ffff:127.0.0.1 [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:42.839Z <wsapi:INFO> [WSAPI]wsapi#1 client "127.0.0.1#6" authorized [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:43.353Z <httpapi:INFO> [HTTPAPI]#1 API request from ::ffff:127.0.0.1: GET /api/v1/systime [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:43.353Z <httpapi:INFO> [HTTPAPI]#1 request for /api/v1/systime from ::ffff:127.0.0.1 user anonymous auth none matches /api/v1/systime ACL (#5): [Object]{ "url": "/api/v1/systime", "allow": true, "index": 5 } [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:48.146Z <wsapi:INFO> client "127.0.0.1#6" closed, code=1001, reason= [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:48.308Z <httpapi:INFO> [HTTPAPI]#1 API request from ::ffff:127.0.0.1: GET /api/v1/lang [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:48.309Z <httpapi:INFO> [HTTPAPI]#1 request for /api/v1/lang from ::ffff:127.0.0.1 user anonymous auth none matches /api/v1/lang ACL (#7): [Object]{ "url": "/api/v1/lang", "allow": true, "index": 7 } [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:48.346Z <wsapi:INFO> wsapi: connection from ::ffff:127.0.0.1 [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:48.390Z <wsapi:INFO> [WSAPI]wsapi#1 client "127.0.0.1#7" authorized [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:49.412Z <httpapi:INFO> [HTTPAPI]#1 API request from ::ffff:127.0.0.1: GET /api/v1/systime [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:49.413Z <httpapi:INFO> [HTTPAPI]#1 request for /api/v1/systime from ::ffff:127.0.0.1 user anonymous auth none matches /api/v1/systime ACL (#5): [Object]{ "url": "/api/v1/systime", "allow": true, "index": 5 } [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:52.734Z <wsapi:INFO> client "127.0.0.1#7" closed, code=1001, reason= [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:52.891Z <httpapi:INFO> [HTTPAPI]#1 API request from ::ffff:127.0.0.1: GET /api/v1/lang [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:52.892Z <httpapi:INFO> [HTTPAPI]#1 request for /api/v1/lang from ::ffff:127.0.0.1 user anonymous auth none matches /api/v1/lang ACL (#7): [Object]{ "url": "/api/v1/lang", "allow": true, "index": 7 } [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:52.925Z <wsapi:INFO> wsapi: connection from ::ffff:127.0.0.1 [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:52.965Z <wsapi:INFO> [WSAPI]wsapi#1 client "127.0.0.1#8" authorized [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:54.383Z <httpapi:INFO> [HTTPAPI]#1 API request from ::ffff:127.0.0.1: GET /api/v1/systime [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:03:54.384Z <httpapi:INFO> [HTTPAPI]#1 request for /api/v1/systime from ::ffff:127.0.0.1 user anonymous auth none matches /api/v1/systime ACL (#5): [Object]{ "url": "/api/v1/systime", "allow": true, "index": 5 } [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:04:01.590Z <wsapi:INFO> [WSAPI]wsapi#1 rpc_echo [Object]{ "comment": "UI activity" } [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:04:39.646Z <Rule:INFO> Lights OFF (rule-m6e33ja3 in Atrium Lights) evaluated; rule state transition from RESET to SET! [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:04:39.656Z <Rule:INFO> Lights ON (rule-m6e4ajh7 in Atrium Lights) evaluated; rule state transition from RESET to SET! [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:04:39.663Z <Engine:INFO> Enqueueing "Lights OFF<SET>" (rule-m6e33ja3:S) [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:04:39.665Z <Engine:INFO> Enqueueing "Lights ON<SET>" (rule-m6e4ajh7:S) [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:04:39.668Z <Engine:NOTICE> Starting reaction Lights OFF<SET> (rule-m6e33ja3:S) [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:04:39.669Z <Engine:NOTICE> Starting reaction Lights ON<SET> (rule-m6e4ajh7:S) [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:04:39.669Z <Engine:INFO> Lights ON<SET> all actions completed. [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:04:39.675Z <Rule:INFO> Lights OFF (rule-m6e33ja3 in Atrium Lights) evaluated; rule state transition from SET to RESET! [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:04:39.680Z <Engine:NOTICE> ReactionHistory: no entry for [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:04:39.683Z <Engine:NOTICE> [Engine]Engine#1 entry 256 reaction rule-m6e33ja3:S-1q2f1j0p: [Error] terminated [parent terminating] [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:04:39.683Z <Engine:CRIT> Error: terminated [parent terminating] Error: terminated at Engine._process_reaction_queue (C:\Users\Jalan\msr\reactor\server\lib\Engine.js:1644:47) [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:04:39.699Z <Engine:NOTICE> [Engine]Engine#1 entry 254 reaction rule-m6e33ja3:S: [Error] terminated [preempted by rule state change] [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:04:39.699Z <Engine:CRIT> Error: terminated [preempted by rule state change] Error: terminated at Engine._process_reaction_queue (C:\Users\Jalan\msr\reactor\server\lib\Engine.js:1644:47) [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:04:39.700Z <Engine:INFO> Enqueueing "Lights OFF<RESET>" (rule-m6e33ja3:R) [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:04:39.704Z <Engine:NOTICE> Starting reaction Lights OFF<RESET> (rule-m6e33ja3:R) [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:04:39.705Z <Engine:INFO> Lights OFF<RESET> all actions completed. [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:05:48.822Z <Rule:INFO> Lights ON (rule-m6e4ajh7 in Atrium Lights) evaluated; rule state transition from SET to RESET! [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:05:48.831Z <Engine:INFO> Enqueueing "Lights ON<RESET>" (rule-m6e4ajh7:R) [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:05:48.847Z <Engine:NOTICE> Starting reaction Lights ON<RESET> (rule-m6e4ajh7:R) [latest-25016]2025-01-26T22:05:48.847Z <Engine:INFO> Lights ON<RESET> all actions completed.
Multi-System Reactor
Throttled problem
wmarcolinW

Hi @toggledbits

I found this very old post that talked about a way to limit device reading to avoid the throttled problem, because it's not a question of logic, it's that the device actually sends a lot of information, in my case the NUT ups installed in HE.

https://smarthome.community/topic/687/flapping-device?_=1737652139854

It mentions engine section of reactor.yaml by setting update_rate_limit, but I looked in the current MSR documentation and I can't find this information, so I don't know if it's still valid, its effect and parameters.

My situation is simple, when I have a UPS problem the NUT is sending dozens of reports per second and then I have the throttled problem. The same rule applies when the power is normal.

This is the rule, and the parameter that fails is the Tripp Lite UPS status.

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All error is the same scenario.

[latest-25016]2025-01-23T12:01:32.753Z <Rule:WARN> (13) NUT Disconected (rule-l4djr0p7 in Warning) update rate 121/min exceeds limit (120/min)! Logic loop? Throttl> [latest-25016]2025-01-23T12:01:32.756Z <Rule:WARN> (27) Falta de Energia (rule-l4h9ceod in Warning) update rate 121/min exceeds limit (120/min)! Logic loop? Thrott> [latest-25016]2025-01-23T12:01:32.769Z <Rule:WARN> (73) UPS Battery Low (rule-l4hj850o in Warning) update rate 121/min exceeds limit (120/min)! Logic loop? Throttl> [latest-25016]2025-01-23T12:01:32.772Z <Rule:WARN> (74) UPS Comm Fail (rule-l4kbs5cp in Warning) update rate 121/min exceeds limit (120/min)! Logic loop? Throttlin> [latest-25016]2025-01-23T12:01:32.776Z <Rule:WARN> (76) UPS Utility Back (rule-l4hjhs6m in Warning) update rate 121/min exceeds limit (120/min)! Logic loop? Thrott> [latest-25016]2025-01-23T12:01:32.780Z <Rule:WARN> UPS On Battery (rule-l4hjuka5 in Datacenter) update rate 121/min exceeds limit (120/min)! Logic loop? Throttling> [latest-25016]2025-01-23T12:01:32.781Z <Rule:WARN> UPS Info (rule-l4gheo63 in Datacenter) update rate 121/min exceeds limit (120/min)! Logic loop? Throttling... [latest-25016]2025-01-23T12:01:40.757Z <Rule:WARN> (13) NUT Disconected (rule-l4djr0p7 in Warning) update rate 121/min exceeds limit (120/min)! Logic loop? Throttl> [latest-25016]2025-01-23T12:01:40.759Z <Rule:WARN> (27) Falta de Energia (rule-l4h9ceod in Warning) update rate 121/min exceeds limit (120/min)! Logic loop? Thrott> [latest-25016]2025-01-23T12:01:40.776Z <Rule:WARN> (73) UPS Battery Low (rule-l4hj850o in Warning) update rate 121/min exceeds limit (120/min)! Logic loop? Throttl> [latest-25016]2025-01-23T12:01:40.777Z <Rule:WARN> (74) UPS Comm Fail (rule-l4kbs5cp in Warning) update rate 121/min exceeds limit (120/min)! Logic loop? Throttlin> [latest-25016]2025-01-23T12:01:40.778Z <Rule:WARN> (76) UPS Utility Back (rule-l4hjhs6m in Warning) update rate 121/min exceeds limit (120/min)! Logic loop? Thrott>

Thanks.

Multi-System Reactor
Dynamic Alert Based on Tripped Expression
T

Hello -

Long time. Hope everyone is good.

I have a rule that looks at a number of temperature sensors around the house. It simply sends a general alert if any of them fall below their threshold. (A basic “House is too cold” alert for when we’re away)

Generally, this has worked well. But I was wondering if there’s a way to make the message somewhat dynamic without creating separate rules for each sensor.

E.g. “House is too cold due to Sump Temperature below 45 degrees.”

I thought I remember reading about someone doing this in the past but couldn’t find it.

Thanks for any ideas!

Multi-System Reactor
latest-25016 toggle.toggle on VeraController Lock entity not working
CrilleC

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?

Multi-System Reactor
[Solved] Local expression evaluation
V

Trying to understand what cause a local expresssion to be evaluated. I have read the manual but I am still not clear about it. Using the test rule below, I can see in the log that the rule is being automatically evaluated every time the temperature entity is changing. That is great...

What I am trying to understand is why the expression is not evaluated based on time as well since the "case" statement has time dependencies.

Any help would be appreciated

I have the following test rule:

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Here is the expressioncode:

vFrom1 = "09:25:00", vFrom2 = "09:30:00", vFrom3 = "09:41:00", vTo = "10:55:00", # Get current time (format HH:MM:SS) vToDay = strftime("%H:%M:%S"), #Get current house temperature CurrentHouseTemp = getEntity( "hass>Thermostat2 " ).attributes.temperature_sensor.value, case when CurrentHouseTemp <= 19 and vToDay >= vFrom1 && vToDay <= vTo: "true1" # From1 when CurrentHouseTemp <= 20 and vToDay >= vFrom2 && vToDay <= vTo: "true2" # From2 when CurrentHouseTemp < 26  and vToDay >= vFrom3 && vToDay <= vTo: "true3" # From3 else "false" end
Multi-System Reactor
Apple Home Automation Issue
J

I’ve set up an automation in Apple Home to turn on the lights when the first person arrives. However, the lights also turn on when I leave for work. It seems like the automation is triggered when I cross the geofence, whether arriving or leaving.

I’m using Matter-compatible Tapo smart plugs. Is there a way to fix this behavior?

How-To
Migration Vera to HA > how to send sensor data from Vera to HA?
M

Hi,

I started home automation in 2013 and using Vera controllers from the start. When Reactor plugin became available (super plugin of @toggledbits !!) I transferred all scenes to Reactor.
I must say everything here works still okay and I have a lot of devices, plugins and Reactors. But I fear at some point my Vera's will stop working.
I recognize many of your names here from the Vera forum. I also was banned a couple of years ago.
Recently I decided to switch to Home Assistant. I already transferred some of my zwave devices from Vera to HA and made some new automations.
I must say HA is great and with huge amount of integrations, add-ons, the HACS store and many examples (like blueprints) the opportunites to increase home automation are huge.
HA will be for sure my central system (incl UI)

But... the learning curve is quite steap (YAML is completely different from Lua/luup).
So for the time being I will keep my most complex Reactor automations.
I already found how I can connect/integrate Vera for binairy sensors via webhooks (as an example: changes in my home modes are directly send from Vera to HA).

Now I also want to use some data like sensors or Reactor variables automatically to HA via https requests (put those in Reactor).
I know I can create virtual sensors in HA via templates.

As an example: I have my own PWS with a rainmeter. In Reactor I compare the amount of rain (in mm) in the actual year with historical figures (past 15 years) and calculate the difference actual vs history in % Every day at 0.00h these figures are updated. I defined variables in Reactor and use Multistring plugin (Variable container) to show the data.

I know several specialists in coding with experience in both Vera and HA are active here on this forum.

Who can help me with this ?

Home Assistant
[Solved] Migrating MSR to Docker on Proxmox
G
Zero issues installing Proxmox on a new MiniPC. Zero issues migrating my HA instance over to the new hotness (I know, I was surprised, too!)

And then MSR...

My first issue: I'm logged into the msr CT as reactor (I used the suggested username just to keep things simple as this is new space for me and I was high off my success of migrating HA over).

When I run

docker pull toggledbits/reactor:latest-amd64

... it assigns the \reactor\ subdirectory where installed root ownership. I am absolutely logged in with the correct non-root user.
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Second issue: I copied over the following folders:
67e7e4a5-cee8-4de1-90c7-1df35f1070b9-image.png When MSR loads, all of my Global Expressions are missing.

Third issue:
All controllers connect wonderfully (Hubitat, etc)... except HA.
After changing ownership of the logs to reactor again I can see this when MSR calls HA:

[latest-24366]2025-01-12T00:03:43.128Z <HubitatController:INFO> HubitatController#hubitat successful connection to ws://192.168.1.214/eventsocket [latest-24366]2025-01-12T00:03:43.151Z <HubitatController:NOTICE> HubitatController#hubitat current mode is Evening (2) [latest-24366]2025-01-12T00:03:43.212Z <HubitatController:NOTICE> HubitatController#hubitat HSM status is disarmed [latest-24366]2025-01-12T00:03:43.214Z <Controller:NOTICE> Controller HubitatController#hubitat is now online. [latest-24366]2025-01-12T00:03:43.255Z <MQTTController:INFO> MQTTController#mqtt2 connected; opening subscriptions [latest-24366]2025-01-12T00:03:43.371Z <MQTTController:INFO> MQTTController#mqtt2 sending inits and going online! [latest-24366]2025-01-12T00:03:43.373Z <Controller:NOTICE> Controller MQTTController#mqtt2 is now online. [latest-24366]2025-01-12T00:03:47.179Z <HassController:NOTICE> HassController#hass connecting to ws://192.168.1.123:8123/api/websocket [latest-24366]2025-01-12T00:03:47.180Z <HassController:WARN> HassController#hass websocket error during open/negotation: [Error] connect ECONNREFUSED 192.168.1.123:8123 [-] [latest-24366]2025-01-12T00:03:47.180Z <HassController:WARN> HassController#hass ws error code ECONNREFUSED [latest-24366]2025-01-12T00:03:47.180Z <HassController:NOTICE> HassController#hass websocket to ws://192.168.1.123:8123/api/websocket closed during open/negotiation [latest-24366]2025-01-12T00:03:47.180Z <HassController:WARN> HassController#hass failed to connect/initialize communication: [Error] connect ECONNREFUSED 192.168.1.123:8123 [-] [latest-24366]2025-01-12T00:03:52.181Z <HassController:NOTICE> HassController#hass connecting to ws://192.168.1.123:8123/api/websocket [latest-24366]2025-01-12T00:03:52.183Z <HassController:WARN> HassController#hass websocket error during open/negotation: [Error] connect ECONNREFUSED 192.168.1.123:8123 [-] [latest-24366]2025-01-12T00:03:52.183Z <HassController:WARN> HassController#hass ws error code ECONNREFUSED [latest-24366]2025-01-12T00:03:52.183Z <HassController:NOTICE> HassController#hass websocket to ws://192.168.1.123:8123/api/websocket closed during open/negotiation [latest-24366]2025-01-12T00:03:52.183Z <HassController:WARN> HassController#hass failed to connect/initialize communication: [Error] connect ECONNREFUSED 192.168.1.123:8123 [-]

Yes, I created a fresh new long-lived access token for the MSR containerized install and updated the reactor.yaml config file correctly.

Honestly, all-in-all, for my total lack of expertise here I'm very pleased that I only have these three issues. But they are def blockers atm.

My RPi bare metal install of MSR hooked right up to the new HA and is humming along just fine (I used hostnames were possible and shuffled some IPs in other places so I wouldn't run into things later that were mapped incorrectly that I'd forgotten about.)

Proxmox 8.3.2 MSR lives in an Ubuntu 24.04 Proxmox container MSR is latest docker version

What else can I provide to those smarter than me here?

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  • Has something changed with the "Changes" operator in Constraint groups ?
    cw-kidC cw-kid

    OK thanks, I think that works!

    So I have two rules now the main 1st rule that detects Motion on the IP Camera and also a Virtual Switch must be True, those are the two triggers, this is the rule with the Actions in it.

    In the Constraints I am referencing the "Rule State" of the 2nd new rule and that must be False.

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    This is the new 2nd rule and I have just used the Triggers with the "Changes" operator.

    So if any of these devices change their state within the X number of Seconds the OR group will be True thus the 1st main rule would NOT run its Actions in that case.

    But if none of these devices have changed their state within the X number of Seconds the OR group will be False thus the 1st main rule would run its Actions.

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  • Has something changed with the "Changes" operator in Constraint groups ?
    cw-kidC cw-kid

    OK thanks for the heads up.

    So anyway to do this now ? I only want the rules Actions to run if the devices listed in the Constraints haven't changed their state within the last number of X seconds etc.

  • Has something changed with the "Changes" operator in Constraint groups ?
    cw-kidC cw-kid

    Hi

    I was looking at an old rule and I wanted to edit it, to add another Constraint, however I cannot seem to do it.

    On this screen shot you can see an existing entry in the Constraints and on its pull down menu the "Changes" option is available.

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    However on the new line I just added I have no changes option in its pull down menu.

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    Here is the original now locked post about this topic.

    https://smarthome.community/topic/395/contact-sensor-opened-1-minute-ago-how?_=1736354690742

    If you look on the old screen shots on that post, I was using the "changes" operator. Like this:

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    However today when I edited this rule the operators are showing as == and not as changes on all the entries in the Constraints area.

    Also the old entries now say -- and the value is blank. But on the new line I just added it says that is not valid, so not sure how the old lines are like that.
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    So I am a bit confused what happened.

    Thanks

  • Which user to install nodejs as ? Debian Linux
    cw-kidC cw-kid

    It seems nodesource is just out of date and does not have the latest versions of nodejs

    I tried this command instead and it still only wants to get version v20.18.1 as the latest one.

    curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_current.x | -E bash -

    apt-get install -y nodejs

    And when I run a "Which node" command its put it in this directory which I don't think is ideal?

    /usr/bin/node

    So now sure now the best way to update nodejs.

  • Which user to install nodejs as ? Debian Linux
    cw-kidC cw-kid

    Think I have got it working now!
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    I ran these commands again logged in as me.

    cd /home/stuart
    pkill -QUIT node
    tar xzvf /home/stuart/reactor-latest-24302-751a06b6.tar.gz
    sudo systemctl start reactor

    cd /home/stuart/reactor
    npm i --no-save --omit dev

    Will try and figure out how to update nodejs now from 20.x to 22.x.

  • Which user to install nodejs as ? Debian Linux
    cw-kidC cw-kid

    Not sure how I ended up with a reactor folder in the reactor folder. I deleted it.
    It now looks correct and I ran the commands again for the permssions.

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    However every time I copy the expression file from the PC to the Linux box its 9k in file size. But when I restart MSR it changes that file to be 1k and wipes out all its contents.

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  • Which user to install nodejs as ? Debian Linux
    cw-kidC cw-kid

    OK I ran these commands in the home/stuart/reactor folder where the app.js file is located. That appears to have worked and changed some of the folders and files from root to my name now.

    Also after restarting MSR the expressions.json file is no longer changing from 9k to 1k in size and I can open the file from the Linux machine and see its contents are still all intact. It wasn't doing that before.

    However in the MSR GUI in Expressions its still empty.

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    Edit I seem to have ballsed something up, i have a path now of /home/stuart/reactor/reactor hang on let me try and fix that.

  • Which user to install nodejs as ? Debian Linux
    cw-kidC cw-kid

    @toggledbits

    I used WINSCP to copy the file from my Windows PC to the Linux box.

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    It says rw-r--r-- next to the expressions file and has me as the owner of the file.

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    Regarding nodejs installed via apt it says its version v20.18.1 I think version 22.x is the latest. Maybe I can upgrade it somehow later.

  • Which user to install nodejs as ? Debian Linux
    cw-kidC cw-kid

    @toggledbits said in Which user to install nodejs as ? Debian Linux:

    When backing up and restoring, the entire storage folder should always go as a unit. No cherry-picking

    Understood now thanks.

    I uploaded the file to your dropbox. Cheers for the help!

    Btw I formatted everything and started again earlier, no longer using NVM to install node.js I installed it globally instead with apt via the command from this webpage here. That seems to have fixed my Node-Red service file issues anyways. Both MSR and Node-Red are auto starting at boot now.

  • Which user to install nodejs as ? Debian Linux
    cw-kidC cw-kid

    @therealdb said in Which user to install nodejs as ? Debian Linux:

    Copy everything. You’ll also get states.

    I just tried this but my Global Expressions are still missing.

  • Which user to install nodejs as ? Debian Linux
    cw-kidC cw-kid

    @therealdb said in Which user to install nodejs as ? Debian Linux:

    Copy everything. You’ll also get states

    I might have to try that then.

    I was just trying to get my node-red to run as a service with systemd, however its not working and I think its because I installed nodejs using NVM.

    Several pages I have read say node-red will not run as a service if you used NVM like this one here:

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    I am now thinking I might have to format the SSD and start from the beginning again and use a different method to install nodejs other than NVM.

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  • Which user to install nodejs as ? Debian Linux
    cw-kidC cw-kid

    @toggledbits I have managed to get MSR up and running again as my none root username.

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    I am missing my Global Expressions however. Is there a file or folder I need to copy back for those?

    Thanks.

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    I just copied the file over again and then looked at the file on the Linux machine and I could see stuff in there. However after restarting MSR and then looking at the file again, its seems to wipe out all the files contents and now it just has {} in the file nothing else.

  • Which user to install nodejs as ? Debian Linux
    cw-kidC cw-kid

    @toggledbits said in Which user to install nodejs as ? Debian Linux:

    nvm is a per-user tool and installs node on a per-user basis. You need to run it logged in as the non-root user that will run Reactor and the other things you want to install. Be sure to install an LTS version of node, not just the highest-numbered version (e.g. nvm install --lts).

    Great thanks I will try that today. I already removed what I installed yesterday as the root user.

  • Which user to install nodejs as ? Debian Linux
    cw-kidC cw-kid

    I also need to install node-red and HA-Bridge for other stuff, looks like I need nodejs installed first before I can install node-red. I use node-red to send TTS announcements to my Google Home speakers.
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  • Which user to install nodejs as ? Debian Linux
    cw-kidC cw-kid

    Hi

    Having to rebuild my Linux Debian box as the SSD failed. And I have forgotten exactly what I did the first time to get it all setup.

    I have Debian 12 up and running on the new SSD, I only have console no Desktop GUI.

    I am trying to do the bare metal install for MSR. However I am not sure if I am meant to install nodejs whlist logged in as the root user or as the none root user with my name ?

    I used putty and connected via SSH and logged in as root and I installed nodejs but I think this was wrong as when logged in as my user name and I do a node -v command it says node is not installed or doesn't show any version number anyway.

    But when logged in as root and I do a node -v command it does show me its installed and displays the version number. maybe its a path issue for my username and he can't see node is installed?

    So now I am thinking I should of installed node whilst logged in as my user name and not as the root user.

    This is how I installed nodejs as whilst logged in as root

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    Thanks in advance.

  • Should MSR import this device type from an Ezlo controller?
    cw-kidC cw-kid

    As for your other comments Gentlemen, I don't disagree with them..

  • Should MSR import this device type from an Ezlo controller?
    cw-kidC cw-kid

    @toggledbits said in Should MSR import this device type from an Ezlo controller?:

    value for subcategory that should be assigned

    Thanks, I didn't notice that. I will tell them to fix it.

    Cheers.

  • Should MSR import this device type from an Ezlo controller?
    cw-kidC cw-kid

    Hi

    I have just connected a bunch of EzloPi controllers to MSR to import some ESP based devices etc.

    They all seemed to have worked and imported in to MSR apart from I have one missing device. It is a Digital Gas Sensor device.

    This is how that device looks in the Ezlo API.

    Devices Info:

    _id: "10696001"
deviceTypeId: "ezlopi"
parentDeviceId: "10696000"
category: "level_sensor"
subcategory: ""
gatewayId: "457a5069"
batteryPowered: false
name: "Gas Sensor Digital"
type: "sensor"
reachable: true
persistent: true
serviceNotification: false
armed: false
roomId: ""
security: "no"
ready: true
status: "idle"
parentRoom: true
protectConfig: "default"

    Items Info:

    _id: "20696001"
deviceId: "10696001"
hasGetter: true
hasSetter: false
name: "smoke_density"
show: true
valueType: "substance_amount"
scale: "parts_per_million"
value: 2.7472610473632812
valueFormatted: "2.75"
status: "idle"

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    Devices Info:

    _id: "10696000"
deviceTypeId: "ezlopi"
parentDeviceId: "10696000"
category: "security_sensor"
subcategory: "gas"
gatewayId: "457a5069"
batteryPowered: false
name: "Gas Sensor Analog"
type: "sensor"
reachable: true
persistent: true
serviceNotification: false
armed: false
roomId: ""
security: "no"
ready: true
status: "idle"
parentRoom: true
protectConfig: "default"

    Items Info:

    _id: "20696000"
deviceId: "10696000"
hasGetter: true
hasSetter: false
name: "gas_alarm"
show: true
valueType: "token"
enum:
0: "no_gas"
1: "combustible_gas_detected"
2: "toxic_gas_detected"
3: "unknown"
valueFormatted: "no_gas"
value: "no_gas"
status: "idle"

    And this is how this MQ2 Gas Sensor looks like on their dashboard:

    Digital
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    Analog
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    They have an EzloPi website here you can create your own sensor projects using ESP boards, which is very interesting stuff!

    And I just wrote on the Ezlo forum here, how to connect an EzloPi controller to MSR.

    THANKS.

  • x_vera_sys.runlua with VeraScenes.lua stopped working now ?
    cw-kidC cw-kid

    That setting is in Users & Account Info - Security - Enable potentially unsafe lua code, like wget and RunLua.

    It was unchecked. I checked it again and Reloaded the engine and it started working again. I am not sure how that setting got turned OFF as I didn't do it.

    But thanks anyway for pointing me in the right direction !

  • x_vera_sys.runlua with VeraScenes.lua stopped working now ?
    cw-kidC cw-kid

    I was using this method here by @therealdb to run Lua Code from MSR on my Vera Plus but it seems to have stopped working now.

    Its the one where you uploaded a file called VeraScenes.lua to your Vera hub and then you could call functions of that file to run particular bits of Lua code from an MSR reaction etc.

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    This was working well for a long time but I noticed today its not working now.

    Looking in the MSR log after I ran a reaction in one of my rules I just saw this:

    [latest-23338]2024-02-19T18:41:35.650Z <Engine:INFO> Enqueueing "Front Cam Motion Detection ON or OFF Old Method<RESET>" (rule-klten9w9:R)
[latest-23338]2024-02-19T18:41:35.653Z <Engine:5:Engine.js:1466> [Engine]Engine#1 enqueued reaction rule-klten9w9:R as 22989
[latest-23338]2024-02-19T18:41:35.654Z <Engine:5:Engine.js:1624> _process_reaction_queue() wake-up!
[latest-23338]2024-02-19T18:41:35.655Z <Engine:5:Engine.js:1563> _process_reaction_queue() running task 22989: [Object]{ "tid": 22989, "id": "rule-klten9w9:R", "rule": "rule-klten9w9", "__reaction": [RuleReaction#rule-klten9w9:R], "next_step": 0, "status": 0, "ts": 1708368095651, "parent": --null--, "__resolve": --function--, "__reject": --function--, "__promise": [object Promise] }
[latest-23338]2024-02-19T18:41:35.657Z <Engine:NOTICE> Starting reaction Front Cam Motion Detection ON or OFF Old Method<RESET> (rule-klten9w9:R)
[latest-23338]2024-02-19T18:41:35.659Z <Engine:5:Engine.js:1701> [Engine]Engine#1 reaction rule-klten9w9:R step 1 perform [Object]{ "entity": "vera>system", "action": "x_vera_sys.runlua", "args": { "lua": "VeraScenes.FrontCamMotionDetectionOff()" } }
[latest-23338]2024-02-19T18:41:35.660Z <Engine:5:Engine.js:1577> _process_reaction_queue() task returned, new status 3; task 22989, history 1629572
[latest-23338]2024-02-19T18:41:35.663Z <Engine:5:Engine.js:1624> _process_reaction_queue ending with 1 in queue; none delayed/ready; waiting
[latest-23338]2024-02-19T18:41:35.671Z <VeraController:ERR> [VeraController:performOnEntity] action request failed
[latest-23338]2024-02-19T18:41:35.672Z <VeraController:CRIT> Error: Request failed: 401 Error [-]
Error: Request failed: 401 Error
    at /home/stuart/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:886:37
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
[latest-23338]2024-02-19T18:41:35.673Z <Engine:ERR> [Engine]Engine#1 reaction rule-klten9w9:R step 1 perform x_vera_sys.runlua failed: [Error] Request failed: 401 Error [-]
[latest-23338]2024-02-19T18:41:35.673Z <Engine:INFO> [Engine]Engine#1 action args: [Object]{ "lua": "VeraScenes.FrontCamMotionDetectionOff()" }
[latest-23338]2024-02-19T18:41:35.674Z <Engine:5:Engine.js:1624> _process_reaction_queue() wake-up!
[latest-23338]2024-02-19T18:41:35.675Z <Engine:5:Engine.js:1563> _process_reaction_queue() running task 22989: [Object]{ "tid": 22989, "id": "rule-klten9w9:R", "rule": "rule-klten9w9", "__reaction": [RuleReaction#rule-klten9w9:R], "next_step": 2, "status": 1, "ts": 1708368095651, "parent": --null--, "__resolve": --function--, "__reject": --function--, "__promise": [object Promise], "attempts": 0, "history_id": 1629572 }
[latest-23338]2024-02-19T18:41:35.676Z <Engine:INFO> Resuming reaction Front Cam Motion Detection ON or OFF Old Method<RESET> (rule-klten9w9:R) from step 2
[latest-23338]2024-02-19T18:41:35.678Z <Engine:5:Engine.js:1753> [Engine]Engine#1 reaction rule-klten9w9:R step 3 notify Telegram with [Object]{ "message": "Front Garden CAM Motion Detection Off", "profile": "default" }
[latest-23338]2024-02-19T18:41:35.685Z <Engine:INFO> Front Cam Motion Detection ON or OFF Old Method<RESET> all actions completed.
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    Was anyone else using this method to have Lua code run on your Vera hub being called via an MSR reaction ? Does it still work for you?

    Thanks

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