For those of you encountering the same issue, after further testing, I stumbled across the fact that the Entity Id that must be used now is "select_preset_wled" versus "light_wled" as was the case before HA 2021.12. When selected, the service drop down should only come up with "select.select_option" and the corresponding option field needs to be populated with the name of the preset you created in WLED (not the number). Note: if you have multiple WLED's set up, your selectable Entity ID list would contain: select_preset_wled, select_preset_wled_1, select_preset_wled_2 and so on...all referring to each of the WLED lights not the actual presets of that light. Hope that helps....
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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.
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?
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
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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.
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.
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.
@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.
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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WLED Automations require new Service with HA 2021.12It was looking good in the sense that in MSR, with that change, the included Service was "select.select_option" and there was the option to specify the preset name but unfortunately, it would not fire/turn the WLED device on. As a check, I set up the same in HA automations and it worked.
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WLED Automations require new Service with HA 2021.12The introduction of HA 2021.12 came with a breaking change to WLED whereby the lights no longer have the Service "wled.preset" or "wled.effect". The wled.preset service specifically allowed for the selection of a preset (specific color, effect, light intensity, etc) which was manually set up in the WLED application to use in automations. In MSR, to gain access to the service "wled.preset", a manual workaround was implemented which required the creation of a text file called local_hass_devices.yaml which then needed to be placed in the config subdirectory with some scripting that told the HassController class that the specific entity mentioned supports the wled service. More detail can be found in the prior post "MSR and WLED Presets". In 2021.12, however, to set up an automation Home Assistant, you must now select "select.select_option" as the Service with the entity being the specific WLED and the option being the actual name of the preset (versus the preset number required in wled.preset). Is there a way to implement the same Service in Reactor as that Service is not being provided as an option currently. Breaking change notes in Home Assistant simply say "The wled.effect and wled.preset services have been removed. For both services, full replacements are available as normal entities in Home Assistant."
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Updated to latest MSR 21243 and no entities are being executed I HubitatHad the same issue. Reaction as a group would not fire but entities within the Reaction would when manually selecting them (hit the little play button next to them). Everything else looked normal from a Status perspective (i.e. motion detected sending the rule into green status, etc). I fixed the problem by installing a fresh copy (leaving the reactor-data folder untouched).
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MSR missing conditionThanks Patrick and sorry for the duplicate. Should have searched the forums more thoroughly. I still have to contend with how to migrate the current Reactor in Vera being able to activate a Lua script I have set up unique to each group (i.e. Brian Home, Mary Home, etc) but I will look to figure that out. :). Btw...to my second question about changing the landing page...while not a big deal, is that possible?
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MSR missing conditionI am finding that a key condition is missing for an entity in MSR that is available in Reactor (Vera). In the MSR screen shot, "updates" is missing from the list (should come right after "changes) whereas in Vera Reactor, it's there. Any ideas why it may be missing and/or how to get it back. It's a vital component of the automation.
And just a random question. Upon opening MSR, is there a way to set the landing page at "Status" versus "About"?
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MSR and WLED PresetsThanks. This worked perfectly and do appreciate the added context to understand why. Note: there was already a "local_hass_devices.yaml" file in my config with an entities header. Therefore, I just needed to enter the following 3 lines/entity information you noted below that heading and all was good.
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MSR and WLED Presetswled.preset
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MSR and WLED PresetsAttempting to set up an automation that turns on one of my WLED lights running in Home Assistant to a specific "preset", defined in the WLED application. In HA automations, there is an option to input the specific preset number but that doesn't seem to be an option in MSR. Am I missing something or can this be added in a future release?