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

    When portainer is installed on HassOS, this is considered as a not supported HA install. This could give some trouble updating in the future.

    Since you are using proxmox, I would make 2 virtual machines.

    One to install HA using the HassOS script you have. And the other to install docker and portainer on which you can install MSR as explained by toggledbits.

    This way you can also use docker for all other sort of projects which are not related to HA without interfering with it.

    Multi-System Reactor

  • Luup reload required after server reboot
    I iRobot

    @ArcherS
    That can be done by adding the following lines to your openluup.service file:
    [Unit]
    Description=openLuup and AltUI Server
    Wants=network.target
    After=network.target

    openLuup

  • Would you use a self-hosted geofencing solution?
    I iRobot

    At the moment I'm one of the lucky few where Vera geofencing works most of the time. In fact, that's the only function I'm using actively with my plus.

    I most certainly would by interested in a local geofencing solution. I probably will be using a VPN or maybe setup a separate internal network or vlan with NAT for it.

    Was planning on trying tasker or owntracks, but that's still in the idea fase in my head. 😁

    General Discussion

  • UZB Long Range
    I iRobot

    Always good to know a new UZB is coming.
    Thanks for the information.

    Hopefully this will also solve the debacle of bad stick production batches which makes firmware updating a nightmare.

    Other than that, to me it looks like we will have to wait for nodes which use the same LR chip to be able to fully benefit it's potential.

    Z-Wave.me

  • UZB Long Range
    I iRobot

    I'm guessing you mean the zwave.me uzb1.
    No, that's still a 500 series chip.

    Z-Wave.me

  • Sudden offset in temperature reading
    I iRobot

    If it's suppose to be around 65F° then it it could be a notation error. Mixing up decimal points and decimal comma

    US notation 65.5 would result in 655 when the notation is not set to imperial. E.g. EU notation is 65,5.

    Still doesn't explain why it changes all of the sudden though.

    Zigbee

  • Happy Birthday openLuup!
    I iRobot

    Happy Birthday to openLuup!

    openLuup

  • z-way-server ubuntu install
    I iRobot

    @rafale77 Thanks for these instructions.
    The part I never got working properly was that libcurl4 issue.

    Now it's clear to me how to address this, I will most certainly try again.

    Thanks again for your work!

    Z-Wave.me

  • z-way installation horror
    I iRobot

    Had the same libcurl problems with my Ubuntu server 18.04 VM.
    Ended up downloading the "Fresh Pi" image (https://razberry.z-wave.me/z-way-server/razberry.img.zip) and was up and running within a hour.

    At the moment I suggest to spare yourself all that frustration and do the same.

    Z-Wave.me

  • Auto Start z-way-server
    I iRobot

    Just wandering if a wait on network should be added.
    With a pi this is done using raspi-config, but any other Linux distribution doesn't have that.

    Maybe add?

    [Unit]
    Wants=network-online.target
    After=network-online.target
    
    Z-Wave.me

  • OpenLuup IP Address
    I iRobot

    That is very strange, but has nothing to do with openLuup as far as I know. I think you must look for what is causing this in your Debian or network.

    Looks like you have something in your network that is redirecting your local network through the internet since 217.3.79.1 is not a private but public ip-address

    openLuup

  • Help with Z-Way plugin
    I iRobot

    I'm expecting the experts will chime in soon.
    But to get you started, I will try to help with what I know.

    You need to "link" the Z-Way plugin to your Z-Way "server". Because both of them run on the same RPi you only need to enter the credentials you use to login to your Z-Way. This should be the message you see on the plugin in openLuup.

    Entering the credentials can be done in the plugin under actions. Enter your username and password and click on the login button.

    Hope this helps.

    Zway Bridge

  • Adding Z-way as secondary controller to vera zwave network
    I iRobot

    @therealdb That's an amazing price!
    Bought my UZB1 including license for 80 EUR just a couple of weeks ago.

    Z-Wave.me

  • Z-Way electric meter devices not in openLuup
    I iRobot

    You are being to hard on yourself. You are already doing great work!

    And easier would be nice to see, but that's a work in progress.
    Even I was able to get it up and running, that's best advertising you can get 🙂

    Zway Bridge

  • Z-Way electric meter devices not in openLuup
    I iRobot

    It's working.
    Thanks to @akbooer and @rafale77 for helping!

    After experimenting again this morning it's working.
    The CGI is showing information now and the Greenwave is including power monitoring in openLuup.
    36fec5c4-541c-4c20-b64e-a0af215e32c4-image.png

    Basically I did what was follow the instructions from last night and this morning.

    • Deleting the ZWay plugin and all of it's children.
    • Deleting the /etc/cmh-ludl/cgi/zway_cgi.lua and /etc/cmh-ludl/L_ZWay.lua and L_ZWay2.lua files.
    • Reloading the Luup engine (this I probably forgot to do last night)
    • Setting ownership on folder /cmh-ludl/cgi and all it's children to my username instead of root (not sure this is necessary)
    • Installed the plugin from AltAppStore
    • Downloaded the ZWay_cgi.lua from github and placed is in /etc/cmh-ludl/cgi
    • Reloading the Luup engine
    • Configured the IP and logon information of my ZWay
    • Reloading the Luup engine
    Zway Bridge

  • Z-Way electric meter devices not in openLuup
    I iRobot

    Deleted the ZWay plugin and removed the CGI and L_ZWay files, checked all child devices are deleted also and checked room 101.

    After installing the ZWay plugin the CGI file is missing in /etc/cmh-ludl/cgi.
    I retried several times using the appstore from both ALTUI and openLuup console.
    To make sure its not some linux or user rights problem I even set /etc/cmh-ludl to 777.

    I just set my VM back from a snapshot and will be trying again tomorrow. Time to go to bed now 🙂

    Zway Bridge

  • Z-Way electric meter devices not in openLuup
    I iRobot

    Ok, will delete the ZWay plugin and go from there.

    Zway Bridge

  • Z-Way electric meter devices not in openLuup
    I iRobot

    @rafale77 @akbooer Just update the Z-Way plugin to the github.master but still only a header is showing.
    4d6c2012-0498-477b-991f-682fe28ae2c9-image.png

    Maybe I'm better of trying a fresh install of openLuup and the plugin in a different VM. The one I'm using now is kind of my production as well.

    Zway Bridge

  • Z-Way electric meter devices not in openLuup
    I iRobot

    @rafale77 Hopefully this is what you need
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    Zway Bridge

  • Z-Way electric meter devices not in openLuup
    I iRobot

    Just to be sure I checked the openLuup version. Was running v2020.04.17 but now I'm updated to 2020.05.01
    Pretty sure that's the latest version 😉

    Zway Bridge
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