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Copying a global reaction
tunnusT
With build 25328, if you copy a global reaction, a new reaction does not appear in the UI unless you do a refresh. I recall this used to work without needing this page refresh? Anyway, only a minor nuisance.
Multi-System Reactor
[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.
How-To
[Reactor] Bug when sending MQTT boolean payloads
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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
Difficulty defining repeating annual period
R
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
T
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
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Zigbee2mqtt installed! sytemctl not happy :(
CatmanV2C
Hello oh great ones. After a couple of hours messing with ports and permissions I have Zigbee2mqtt installed and running on my virtual pi Can connect to the front end and everything Odd one though, simply cannot get systemctl to work and the error is, well, unhelpful. The service file is this: [Unit] Description=zigbee2mqtt After=network.target [Service] Environment=NODE_ENV=production Type=notify ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/node index.js WorkingDirectory=/opt/zigbee2mqtt StandardOutput=inherit # Or use StandardOutput=null if you don't want Zigbee2MQTT messages filling syslog, for more options see systemd.exec(5) StandardError=inherit WatchdogSec=10s Restart=always RestartSec=10s User=pi [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target Straight out of the docs with the change to point to my local node install (which we know works as it's the same as the very fine Reactor is using. Running manually pnpm start in /opt/zigbee2mqtt works fine However: catman@openluup:/etc/systemd/system$ sudo systemctl start zigbee2mqtt.service Job for zigbee2mqtt.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status zigbee2mqtt.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. Which I have catman@openluup:/etc/systemd/system$ sudo systemctl status zigbee2mqtt.service ● zigbee2mqtt.service - zigbee2mqtt Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/zigbee2mqtt.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2025-12-16 12:32:42 GMT; 4s ago Process: 3093 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/node index.js (code=exited, status=217/USER) Main PID: 3093 (code=exited, status=217/USER) and -- A start job for unit zigbee2mqtt.service has begun execution. -- -- The job identifier is 17477. Dec 16 12:35:16 openluup systemd[3178]: zigbee2mqtt.service: Failed to determine user credentials: No such process Dec 16 12:35:16 openluup systemd[3178]: zigbee2mqtt.service: Failed at step USER spawning /usr/local/bin/node: No such process -- Subject: Process /usr/local/bin/node could not be executed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://www.debian.org/support -- -- The process /usr/local/bin/node could not be executed and failed. -- -- The error number returned by this process is ERRNO. Dec 16 12:35:16 openluup systemd[1]: zigbee2mqtt.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=217/USER -- Subject: Unit process exited -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://www.debian.org/support -- -- An ExecStart= process belonging to unit zigbee2mqtt.service has exited. -- -- The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 217. Dec 16 12:35:16 openluup systemd[1]: zigbee2mqtt.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. -- Subject: Unit failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://www.debian.org/support -- -- The unit zigbee2mqtt.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'. Dec 16 12:35:16 openluup systemd[1]: Failed to start zigbee2mqtt. -- Subject: A start job for unit zigbee2mqtt.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://www.debian.org/support -- -- A start job for unit zigbee2mqtt.service has finished with a failure. Which strikes me as very odd. Any blindingly obvious things I'm missing? TIA! C
Zigbee
Any thoughts on which is better
CatmanV2C
Obviously a quiet forum, but perhaps it's time I'm looking at rolling Zigbee into my system, in large part for the Aqara FP300 presence sensors which seem to finally provide a solution to if the wasp is actually in the box. My current set up is as follows: One Debian VM on Synology NAS running: Z-wave Server Open Luup Multi system reactor HA bridge Mosquito MQQT broker This machine has a UZB Z-wave stick connected via the USB port on the NAS Another HAOS VM on the same NAS running HAOS I've got some older Z-wave stuff that I keep around until it fails. I have some Tuya stuff integrated in HA My thought was to get either a SMLIGHT SLZB-06M or an Aqara Hub M2 Integrate them via Zigbee2MQQT (running on the Debian machine) and then expose them in HA so I can continue to automate in MSR. Thoughts on which of those devices wold be preferable long term. Both are POE capable which is good. It also appears I could add a USB dongle to the NAS and expose it to the HAOS machine. Any thoughts from the assembled experts here? TIA C
Zigbee
Single protocol?
CatmanV2C
Another question to the hive mind. Prompted by the fact that I lost yet another z-wave device over the weekend due to a power issue. It looks like z-way server is reporting another device failed (although it's working fine) and message queue is far too long IMHO. Also the failed device has been removed in the expert interface, but still there in the 'normal' one. Sigh. Currently I have z-wave, Tuya, thinking about Zigbee.... Does anyone use one single protocol for everything? Right now I'm feeling that as the z-wave stuff dies, I'm just gonna replace it with something else.... C
General Discussion
HDMI oddness
CatmanV2C
Not really Smart Home stuff, but going to ask as we have smart people... Bear with me on this one. Asking here because of the font of knowledge! For many eek years I have had a Virgin V6 box and a Raspberry Pi running Kodi connected to my TV through a cheap *** HDMI switch. It all worked beautifully but the absolutely critical thing was that the TV remote passed the signals back to the Pi to allow remote control of Kodi. Couple of changes of late: Installed a soundbar on the TV using the ARC (audio return channel). That then turns the soundbar on and off when the TV turns on and off and the TV volume control controls the soundbar volume direct. Everything continues to work Upgraded the software of the Tivo box to Virgin 360. This is literally software only. You get sent a snacky new Bluetooth remote hit 'upgrade' on the screen and off it goes. Now, things are not playing well. Typically when I turn on to watch Kodi the soundbar comes on (as it should) but the TV either puts out sound through its own speakers and the soundbar, or just the soundbar. It's not possible to control the volume of the soundbar through the TV. Also it's not longer possible to control Kodi using the TV remote. If I turn the TV360 box off, i.e. power it down, before turning on to watch Kodi, everything is fine. This makes little to no sense to me. My assumption is that the cheap *** HDMI switch is getting something from the TV360 connection that it didn't used to get when the software was Tivo and that's screwing up the HDMI communications. I'm upgrading the switch to something a little less chap, but wondered if anyone could validate my theory at all? TIA C
General Discussion
Reactor Loading Screen Safari
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Constraints states visually do not match actual
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Oh the joy of pairing
CatmanV2C
When I remember the old days Just added a new Tuya plug (OK so it's cloud) Start to finish, visible in HA and MSR < 30 seconds... C
Vera
Home Assistant Connect ZWA-2 & ZBT-2
therealdbT
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Hardware
[MSR] Feature request: For Each action on arrays/groups
therealdbT
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  • Issue with HTTP API
    E eonnet

    @toggledbits yes that was the problem, thanks on the fix.

    Best regards

    Multi-System Reactor

  • Issue with HTTP API
    E eonnet

    @toggledbits here is the log

    [latest-22328]2022-11-30T19:58:30.832Z httpapi:ERR httpapi: perform hvac_heating_unit.set_setpoint on Thermostat#hass>climate_vivax failed: [TypeError]Typ>
    [latest-22328]2022-11-30T19:58:30.834Z httpapi:CRIT TypeError: Type mismatch on config reactor.engine.monitored_entities, expecting array, got object
    TypeError: Type mismatch on config reactor.engine.monitored_entities, expecting array, got object
    at Configuration.getConfig (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Configuration.js:163:23)
    at Function.getConfig (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Configuration.js:151:82)
    at HTTPAPI._handlePerformRequest (/opt/reactor/server/lib/httpapi.js:834:56)
    at /opt/reactor/server/lib/httpapi.js:396:61
    at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/opt/reactor/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
    at next (/opt/reactor/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:144:13)
    at Route.dispatch (/opt/reactor/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:114:3)
    at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/opt/reactor/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
    at /opt/reactor/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:284:15
    at param (/opt/reactor/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:365:14)

    and another on with different request

    [latest-22328]2022-11-30T20:02:22.335Z httpapi:ERR httpapi: perform hvac_control.set_mode on Thermostat#hass>climate_vivax failed: [TypeError]TypeError: T>
    [latest-22328]2022-11-30T20:02:22.336Z httpapi:CRIT TypeError: Type mismatch on config reactor.engine.monitored_entities, expecting array, got object
    TypeError: Type mismatch on config reactor.engine.monitored_entities, expecting array, got object
    at Configuration.getConfig (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Configuration.js:163:23)
    at Function.getConfig (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Configuration.js:151:82)
    at HTTPAPI._handlePerformRequest (/opt/reactor/server/lib/httpapi.js:834:56)
    at /opt/reactor/server/lib/httpapi.js:396:61
    at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/opt/reactor/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
    at next (/opt/reactor/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:144:13)
    at Route.dispatch (/opt/reactor/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:114:3)
    at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/opt/reactor/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
    at /opt/reactor/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:284:15
    at param (/opt/reactor/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:365:14)

    Multi-System Reactor

  • Issue with HTTP API
    E eonnet

    I tried tonight with curl and postman i get the same response
    request failed
    no further info.... this is only happening when i try to make a request to entity.

    I also tried to make a reaction with the http request to reactor and the response is:
    Reaction "re-lb2sork5" (re-lb2sork5) step 1 http request failed
    Error: HTTP request failed: 400 Bad Request

    I hope this gives you more info

    Multi-System Reactor

  • Issue with HTTP API
    E eonnet

    Hello @toggledbits im trying to control reactor from external source, for this example i'm using web browser.

    (this is example for the docker installation on ubuntu server)
    When i hit a web page http://192.168.0.39:8111/api/v1/entity/hass_container>climate_vivax/perform/hvac_heating_unit.set_setpoint?setpoint=26
    i get a response
    'Request failed'
    and the action is not executed

    When i hit a web page http://192.168.0.39:8111/api/v1/reaction/re-lb1bejbo/run
    i get response
    {"status":true,"message":"Vivax Off started"}
    and the action is executed

    On the unraid server docker installation when i hit http://192.168.0.81:8111/api/v1/entity/hass>climate_vivax/perform/hvac_heating_unit.set_setpoint?setpoint=26
    i recieve a response
    {"status":true,"message":"Performed hvac_heating_unit.set_setpoint on Thermostat#hass>climate_vivax"}
    and the action is executed

    when i hit http://eonnet.duckdns.org:8112/api/v1/entity/hass>climate_vivax/perform/hvac_control.set_mode?mode=off
    i recieve a response
    {"status":true,"message":"Performed hvac_control.set_mode on Thermostat#hass>climate_vivax"}
    and the action is executed.

    Best regards

    Multi-System Reactor

  • Issue with HTTP API
    E eonnet

    Hello @toggledbits I have a strange issue with the HTTP request that i send to Reactor.
    I have two reactors one on a Unraid server and one on Ubuntu server installed as a docker, when i send http get request to the Unraid server to control home assistant entity everything is going ok, but when i send the same request to the ubuntu modified accordingly it says "Request failed" but when i try to run reaction via http request it works.

    When i go to entities and try to control the entity manually its working.

    Any idea's?

    Best regards

    Multi-System Reactor

  • Who are my Home Assistant + ZWave-JS users?
    E eonnet

    @vezinpi yes hassos

    Multi-System Reactor zwavejs

  • Who are my Home Assistant + ZWave-JS users?
    E eonnet

    @vezinpi in addon settings add 3000 port to the host.
    And than you can access the zwavejs2mqtt addon via ws://ip:3000

    Multi-System Reactor zwavejs

  • Who are my Home Assistant + ZWave-JS users?
    E eonnet

    Hello, i managed to connect the HA add on to reactor. The first thing i noticed is that mappings for fan on ZXT-600 and ZXT-120 IR extender for AC are incorrect, on reactor are as follows: 0-off, 1 - auto, 2 - continuous, 3 - periodic, 4 - low, 5 - medium, 6 - high, in zwavejs web console are 0 - Auto low, 1- Low, 3 - High, 5 - Medium

    Multi-System Reactor zwavejs

  • Who are my Home Assistant + ZWave-JS users?
    E eonnet

    Hello, i'm running zwavejs2mqtt addon on Home Assistant and the addon don't allow to connect to the addon via IP address. Is there a solution for this or i'm out of luck?

    I'm running my Reactor on a docker on Unraid, and home assistant os as a VM on the unraid, i can't install docker zwavejs2mqtt because for some unknown reason my zwave stick loses a connection with the docker after couple of days and cant find the solution for that.

    cheers

    Multi-System Reactor zwavejs

  • Who are my Home Assistant + ZWave-JS users?
    E eonnet

    I’m using HA with zwavejs2mqtt addon

    Multi-System Reactor zwavejs

  • Considering changing to HA - but what installation method?
    E eonnet

    @perh The addon menu is just a docker containers, you have all of them as a separate docker which you can install.

    Home Assistant

  • ezmqtt switch control questions/issues
    E eonnet

    Thanks, found the problem updated and its working, in your instruction for installation the container is named toggledbits/ezmqtt:latest-generic-amd64 and in the docker hub latest version is toggledbits/ezmqtt:latest-amd64, that is why it didnt update.

    cheers

    Software

  • ezmqtt switch control questions/issues
    E eonnet

    Hello @toggledbits i run ezmqtt in a docker, updated to the latest version and still have the same issue:
    here is the error in the log that i recieve

    at EzloClient.handle_message (/opt/ezmqtt/lib/ezlo.js:664:25)
    at /opt/ezmqtt/lib/wsclient.js:233:29
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at WSClient.trigger (/opt/ezmqtt/lib/wsclient.js:229:16)
    at WebSocket.<anonymous> (/opt/ezmqtt/lib/wsclient.js:76:30)
    at WebSocket.emit (node:events:390:28)
    at Receiver.receiverOnMessage (/opt/ezmqtt/node_modules/ws/lib/websocket.js:1008:20)
    at Receiver.emit (node:events:390:28)
    at Receiver.dataMessage (/opt/ezmqtt/node_modules/ws/lib/receiver.js:517:14)
    at Receiver.getData (/opt/ezmqtt/node_modules/ws/lib/receiver.js:435:17) {
    code: -32602,
    reason: Unexpected Json format for value type 'bool': ["true","true"]
    }
    mqtt: <ezmqtt/set/device/61e8937e124c35129921171d/item/switch true> failed; Wrong field of object (-32602): Unexpected Json format for value type 'bool': ["true","true"]

    I send plain payload true on topic ezmqtt/set/device/61e8937e124c35129921171d/item/switch.

    version that is shown in the log file is Version 21357

    cheers

    Software

  • ezmqtt switch control questions/issues
    E eonnet

    Hi @toggledbits,

    i tried the ezmqtt today, i have some issues most likely that i'm doing something wrong.

    i have on my ezlo hub 3 switches, 1 dimmer and 1 motion sensor

    i can control the dimmer via ezmqtt/set/device/<device-id>/item/<item-name>
    but i can't control the switches.

    i receive on ezmqtt/tele/device/61e8937e124c35129921171d/item/switch payload true or false depending on the state of the switch, but when i send on ezmqtt/set/device/61e8937e124c35129921171d/item/switch payload true or false nothing happens, its the same for all switches.

    what i'm doing wrong?

    Cheers

    Software

  • New toys to play with
    E eonnet

    @crille i haven’t tried it wit ezmqtt i intend to try it today, but have tried it with zwavejs2mqtt and its pretty smooth.

    Software

  • New toys to play with
    E eonnet

    @crille you can use the mqttthing plugin on homebridge 🙂

    Software

  • Sustained condition is missing from MSR
    E eonnet

    Thanks both @toggledbits and @Elcid. I will use the @toggledbits idea because i dont need instantaneous feedback from ezlo.

    Did anybody tested ezlo with higher number of devices how it compares with Vera? i have around 50 zwave devices and when i turn on scene with multiple devices sometimes it takes 1 minute scene to complete, i get a lot of retries especially with the dimmers, the zwave network is good because the 50 devices are in 60 sqm apartment on 2 floors so 50 devices make excellent mesh 🙂 90% of the devices are mains powered.

    My idea is to use Ezlo hub for zwave devices and transfer them to Control4 via HTTP calls. that is why i will use @toggledbits solution because ezlo -> Control4 is just for feedback i dont need instantaneous response, from C4 -> Ezlo i will use direct http call so that will be instant

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  • Sustained condition is missing from MSR
    E eonnet

    @toggledbits said in Sustained condition is missing from MSR:

    So, you want to do something when it has not changed for 3 seconds... think about how to structure that.

    What i'm trying to do is to import ezlo dimmer in vera and have 2 way communication. If i do action on change without sustain sometimes it goes in a loop, so i want to make sure that dimmer has reached the level and stayed on that level for couple of seconds before i send the information back to vera. In vera i'm using your virtual dimmer. But for some reason when you turn on ezlo the dimmers make a short stop for couple of hundred milliseconds somewhere in between causes a race between the two dimmers.

    Multi-System Reactor

  • Sustained condition is missing from MSR
    E eonnet

    What should i choose, what i'm trying to achieve is that when dimmer level changes and stays for example 35% for 3 seconds pass the dimmer level to a http call

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