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Oddness in Copy/Move of Reactions
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[Solved] function isRuleEnabled() issue
CrilleC
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[Reactor] Problem with Global Reactions and groups
therealdbT
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Possible feature request 2?
CatmanV2C
Just another thought. Adding devices from my Home Assistant / Zigbee2MQTT integration. Works perfectly but they always add as their IEEE address. Some of these devices have up to 10 entities associated, and the moment they are renamed to something sensible, each of those entities 'ceases to exist' in MSR. I like things tidy, and deleting each defunct entity needs 3 clicks. Any chance of a 'bulk delete' option? No biggy as I've pretty much finished my Z-wave migration and I don't expect to be adding more than 2 new Zigbee devices Cheers C
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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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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
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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[HowTo] Using HABridge with Reactor
therealdbT
If you’re like me and still running HABridge to control your devices locally via Alexa, you might need to tweak your endpoints to call Reactor via HTTP. Here’s the best way to do it, IMO: Insert the Reactor Canonical ID (e.g., zwavejs>71-1) into the MapID field, but make sure it’s URL-encoded like this: zwavejs%3E71-1. Then, configure these endpoints as needed: On: http://[ReactorIP]:8111/api/v1/entity/${device.mapId}/perform/power_switch.on Off: http://[ReactorIP]:8111/api/v1/entity/${device.mapId}/perform/power_switch.off Dim: For lights: http://[ReactorIP]:8111/api/v1/entity/${device.mapId}/perform/dimming.set?level=${intensity.decimal_percent} For roller shutters: http://[ReactorIP]:8111/api/v1/entity/${device.mapId}/perform/position.set?value=${intensity.decimal_percent} Color: http://[ReactorIP]:8111/api/v1/entity/${device.mapId}/perform/rgb_color.set_rgb?red=${color.r}&green=${color.g}&blue=${color.b} Just replace [ReactorIP] with your actual IP address. By using these placeholders, you can standardize your endpoints across all devices, making maintenance easier. This setup works with any device mapped under MSR, regardless of the controller (ZWaveJS, Vera, HASS, OpenSprinkler, virtual, MQTT, DynamicEntities, etc.). If you need different calls, just go to the entities, get the action and parameters, and adjust accordingly. Enjoy super fast access to your devices via Alexa! If you're migrating from Vera, the endpoints are (URL-encoded) in a file called device.db, in JSON format, under your config. You'd write a script to align the new endpoints to the new one, if you prefer to do it automatically. YMMV.
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[Reactor] Bug when sending MQTT boolean payloads
therealdbT
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Difficulty defining repeating annual period
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I have tried numerous ways to define a recurring annual period, for example from December 15 to January 15. No matter which method I try - after and before, between, after and/not after, Reactor reports "waiting for invalid date, invalid date. Some constructs also seem to cause Reactor to hang, timeout and restart. For example "before January 15 is evaluated as true, but reports "waiting for invalid date, invalid date". Does anyone have a tried and true method to define a recurring annual period? I think the "between" that I used successfully in the past may have broken with one of the updates.
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Need help with sequence
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Good evening all, For about the past week or so, I've been having problems with a specific rule in my home automation that controls when my home goes from an Away mode to Home mode. One of the conditions it checked for was my alarm panel, when it changed from Armed Away to Disarmed. There seems to have been a firmware update on the panel that added an intermittent step of "pending", and I can't say for certain it happens 100% of the time. Is there a way to write a condition that so it changes from one condition, to the next, and then another condition? As in, Home alarm changes from armed_away to pending to disarmed. Thanks.
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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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Logic Assistance: Exterior Lights on when Illuminance Below Threshold
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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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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
Multi-System Reactor
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
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  • When turning off the dimmer, set the LoadLevelLast to 100%
    E Edwin1972

    I have the following issue: In my Vera, I have created a dimmer using the Switchboard plugin. I want this light always turn on at 100% brightness when turn the light on. By default, the dimmer remembers its last used setting. I have created the following scene: when the light is turned off, the LoadLevelLast should be 100.

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    Manually, this works through the test Luup code (Lua), but not through the scene's action by execute the following Luup code.

    I also tried in MSR, but no result

    Does anyone know the solution to this?

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  • [Solved] MSR actions aren't running anymore-- can't find what's broken
    E Edwin1972

    I updated my pi4 with commande sudo apt upgrade and then updated MSR to 23010 and everything works fine.
    Thanks you all for your response.

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  • [Solved] MSR actions aren't running anymore-- can't find what's broken
    E Edwin1972

    Thanks for quick response. I'm not handy with log files yet. I'll try in the weekend. first I will upgrade to the latest version.

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  • [Solved] MSR actions aren't running anymore-- can't find what's broken
    E Edwin1972

    Suddenly my MSR actions aren't running anymore. I've had this before, but with an update to a new version it was fixed. see also

    https://smarthome.community/topic/987/msr-actions-aren-t-running-anymore-can-t-find-what-s-broken/3?_=1674661492589

    But an update from version 22240 to 22256 gave this time no result.

    The reactions aren't running correctly. Most of my MSR automations are use turn lights on/off, and time based automations nothing worked where MSR does his magic.

    I've also tested a bunch of things to see what's broken, here's what I've observed:
    -I can successfully flip lights on/off manually within Vera
    -I can successfully flip lights on/off manually within MSR's Entities section
    -the sensors are correctly reporting to Vera and MSR (I can see when they're switch on/off)
    -the rules within MSR are working correctly, I can see when they flip to 'true' of 'false' '
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    But the play buttons on the entitiy action in the "Set Reaction" and in "Reset Reaction" they work well.

    Can someone help me to get MSR working again

    MSR is running bare metal on Rpi4

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  • use an expression for “condition must sustained for”
    E Edwin1972

    Reactor 22240-3b3254d6; Raspian bare-metal (RPi4)

    Is it possible to use an expression for “condition must sustained for”? I tried and no error but no result either. When collapsing condition options, the button remains yellow, but the content is no longer displayed when expanded.
    Is this a bug or not possible to use an expression for this?

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  • Reactor 3.9develop-21009.1600 ALTUI Error
    E Edwin1972

    After upgrade everything works fine. @toggledbits Thanks again for the quick response.
    @amg0 When there is a new version of altui I always get an automatic notification. Can't I turn that off?

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  • Reactor 3.9develop-21009.1600 ALTUI Error
    E Edwin1972

    To day I also have the same problem. I've read the post, but can't trace the solution. I am using reactor (version 3.9develop-21009.1600) in openluup and AltUI v2.54.2553. Maybe someone can help me which steps I need to take to use reactor in openluup again.

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  • MSR actions aren't running anymore-- can't find what's broken
    E Edwin1972

    I had the same problem. After upgrade to new version the problem is solved

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  • Using Hikvision HTTP API request with MSR
    E Edwin1972

    I haven't found the time yet to fix MSR. I think there is something wrong with NPM. Node Red can't update some plugins either.

    Is it also possible to use the function in a reactor (openluup)?

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  • Using Hikvision HTTP API request with MSR
    E Edwin1972

    @toggledbits I have updated MSR to latest-21258-6fb388e but still get the same error

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  • Using Hikvision HTTP API request with MSR
    E Edwin1972

    Thanks for the quick response. I'm playing with it but I get an error when input expression.
    @toggledbits Is this due to the prerelease MSR? I am using version (pre-release) 0.1-21096. I haven't upgraded to new version yet

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  • Using Hikvision HTTP API request with MSR
    E Edwin1972

    I have a Hikvision camera for a month and have been playing with it. Now I read a post of cw-kid (post : System integration roadmap) that you can control the camera by HTTP API request. That's cool if that also will work for me. Can someone explain what to enter in MSR for HTTPS request command to do so. (Marked red arrows)

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    I want to turn the smart supplement light on and off at a specific time. Now I do that with scheduled switch, but it is better to control that with sunrise and sunset function with MSR. I'm curious how it works.

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  • MSR http PUT error
    E Edwin1972

    @whyfseeguy I also have a Hikvision camera since a month and I'm playing with it. Now I read your post that you can set a variable remotely through ISAPI. That would be cool. Could you explain how you can do that with MSR. I want to turn the smart supplement light on and off at a certain hour. Now I do that with scheduled switch but it's better with sun rise and sun set with logic MSR

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  • Use Scenes (2x/ 3x click) from Fibaro Roller Shutter 2 in openluup with zway bridge
    E Edwin1972

    @rafale77
    I overwritten the L_ZWay2.lua file. De Z-way bridge does its job. The devices gives reaction (ON/OFF) but bridge gives no update of Remote_2-0-0-14-S, Remote_2-0-0-24-S or Remote_2-0-0-25-S

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  • Use Scenes (2x/ 3x click) from Fibaro Roller Shutter 2 in openluup with zway bridge
    E Edwin1972

    @rafale77
    I overwritten the L_ZWay2.lua file (keep the old one) on my PI4. The z-way bridge does not give an error, but the switches no longer respond in openluup. After the old file has been restored, they will work again.

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  • calculate with MSR variables in LuaXP
    E Edwin1972

    @toggledbits
    Yes, it works! Excellent.
    Thank you for your time! Now I can continue my project. The new variable is also useful.

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  • calculate with MSR variables in LuaXP
    E Edwin1972

    Thanks! I have installed version 21098 on my vera and I entered 2.5 but it returns the same as 2. With stopwatch about 50 sec.

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  • calculate with MSR variables in LuaXP
    E Edwin1972

    @toggledbits My explanation of my project

    I use somfy motors (rfx) to open and close my roman blinds electrically. I can control this via RFXtrx433E USB Transceiver connect to my Vera. RFX gives no feedback so I can only open and close them and not moving them to a position based on the percentage of the slider. The RFX plugin (Tinmann) works with a slider related on MaxMoveTime (time to go from completely open to completely close)., but it doesn’t work with somfy. So I started my own project.

    I have installed the switchboard plugin on my Vera. I have created a virtual switch (virtual window coverings) and use it in MSR to close my blinds with the slider based on MaxMoveTime (time to go from completely open to completely close). It works with Vera and also with voice control by google home.

    MRS setting:
    Expression : LoadLevel_Last_Oost, MaxMoveTime_Oost

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    What I haven't solved yet is the following:
    I can operate Romand blinds by MSR with time schedule but would like to operate Roman blinds manually with the fibaro roller shutter 2, double click down / up and triple click stop function. For example, with a double click function I can start the following action:

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    I am using the virtual window covering (Switchboard) and switching up (double click Up), down (double click down) and stop (Triple click down). Switchboard can simulate motor movement of the covering by ramping LoadLevelStatus at a rate of XX% per second to the target value. This is the problem.
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    To set simulate motor movement =40 seconds, RamRatePerSeconde should be = 2.35. This does not work because they must be integer number. Is there a possibility to set the MaxMoveTime to simulate motor movement instead of movement % per sec?

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  • Use Scenes (2x/ 3x click) from Fibaro Roller Shutter 2 in openluup with zway bridge
    E Edwin1972

    Check, Implementation file in the plugin device is I_ZWay2.xml.

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