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HA and AI
CatmanV2C
Having hours of (actually quite fun) interaction with AI (Chat GPT) making up dashboards and sensors for HA. It's OK (well it's better than I am!) but it makes soooo many mistakes. Gets there in the end though, if you've half a clue (which I do half the time) C
Home Assistant
Self test
CatmanV2C
Having been messing around with some stuff I worked a way to self trigger some tests that I wanted to do on the HA <> MSR integration This got me wondering if there's an entity that changes state / is exposed when a configured controller goes off line? I can't see one but thought it might be hidden or something? Cheers C
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How to upgrade from an old version of MSR?
cw-kidC
Hello I haven't updated my installation of MSR in a very long time. Its a bare metal Linux install currently on version 24366-3de60836 I see the latest version is now latest-26011-c621bbc7 I assume I cannot just jump from a very old version to the latest version? Or can I? Thanks
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Access control - allowing anonymous user to dashboard
tunnusT
Using build 25328 and having the following users.yaml configuration: users: # This section defines your valid users. admin: ******* groups: # This section defines your user groups. Optionally, it defines application # and API access restrictions (ACLs) for the group. Users may belong to # more than one group. Again, no required or special groups here. admin_group: users: - admin applications: true # special form allows access to ALL applications guests: users: "*" applications: - dashboard api_acls: # This ACL allows users in the "admin" group to access the API - url: "/api" group: admin_group allow: true log: true # This ACL allows anyone/thing to access the /api/v1/alive API endpoint - url: "/api/v1/alive" allow: true session: timeout: 7200 # (seconds) rolling: true # activity extends timeout when true # If log_acls is true, the selected ACL for every API access is logged. log_acls: true # If debug_acls is true, even more information about ACL selection is logged. debug_acls: true My goal is to allow anonymous user to dashboard, but MSR is still asking for a password when trying to access that. Nothing in the logs related to dashboard access. Probably an error in the configuration, but help needed to find that. Tried to put url: "/dashboard" under api_acls, but that was a long shot and didn't work.
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VEC Virtual Switch Auto Off
S
I use Virtual Entity Controller virtual switches which I turn on via webhooks from other applications. Once a switch triggers and turns on, I can then activate associated rules. I would like each virtual switch to automatically turn off after a configurable time (e.g., 5 seconds, 10 seconds). Is there a better way to achieve this auto-off behavior instead of creating a separate rule for each switch that uses the 'Condition must be sustained for' option to turn it off? With a large number of these switches (and the associated turn-off rules), I'm checking to see if there is a simpler approach.If not, could this be a feature request to add an auto-off timer directly to the virtual switches. Thanks Reactor (Multi-hub) latest-26011-c621bbc7 VirtualEntityController v25356 Synology Docker
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Upcoming Storage Change -- Got Back-ups?
toggledbitsT
TL;DR: Format of data in storage directory will soon change. Make sure you are backing up the contents of that directory in its entirety, and you preserve your backups for an extended period, particularly the backup you take right before upgrading to the build containing this change (date of that is still to be determined, but soon). The old data format will remain readable (so you'll be able to read your pre-change backups) for the foreseeable future. In support of a number of other changes in the works, I have found it necessary to change the storage format for Reactor objects in storage at the physical level. Until now, plain, standard JSON has been used to store the data (everything under the storage directory). This has served well, but has a few limitations, including no real support for native JavaScript objects like Date, Map, Set, and others. It also is unable to store data that contains "loops" — objects that reference themselves in some way. I'm not sure exactly when, but in the not-too-distant future I will publish a build using the new data format. It will automatically convert existing JSON data to the new format. For the moment, it will save data in both the new format and the old JSON format, preferring the former when loading data from storage. I have been running my own home with this new format for several months, and have no issues with data loss or corruption. A few other things to know: If you are not already backing up your storage directory, you should be. At a minimum, back this directory up every time you make big changes to your Rules, Reactions, etc. Your existing JSON-format backups will continue to be readable for the long-term (years). The code that loads data from these files looks for the new file format first (which will have a .dval suffix), and if not found, will happily read (and convert) a same-basenamed .json file (i.e. it looks for ruleid.dval first, and if it doesn't find it, it tries to load ruleid.json). I'll publish detailed instructions for restoring from old backups when the build is posted (it's easy). The new .dval files are not directly human-readable or editable as easily as the old .json files. A new utility will be provided in the tools directory to convert .dval data to .json format, which you can then read or edit if you find that necessary. However, that may not work for all future data, as my intent is to make more native JavaScript objects directly storable, and many of those objects cannot be stored in JSON. You may need to modify your backup tools/scripts to pick up the new files: if you explicitly name .json files (rather than just specifying the entire storage directory) in your backup configuration, you will need to add .dval files to get a complete, accurate backup. I don't think this will be an issue for any of you; I imagine that you're all just backing up the entire contents of storage regardless of format/name, that is the safest (and IMO most correct) way to go (if that's not what you're doing, consider changing your approach). The current code stores the data in both the .dval form and the .json form to hedge against any real-world problems I don't encounter in my own use. Some future build will drop this redundancy (i.e. save only to .dval form). However, the read code for the .json form will remain in any case. This applies only to persistent storage that Reactor creates and controls under the storage tree. All other JSON data files (e.g. device data for Controllers) are unaffected by this change and will remain in that form. YAML files are also unaffected by this change. This thread is open for any questions or concerns.
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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
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.
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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.
How-To
[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
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
PablaP
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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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  • Switched from RaZberry to UZB
    K kfxo

    Night and day difference for me. I think I was getting a lot of interference in my media closet. Devices were very slow to respond and sometimes not at all. Switched to UZB and used a USB extender to place it a good 5 ft from the location of my pi. Now things are fast and reliable.

    Z-Wave.me

  • Moving to Docker
    K kfxo

    @akbooer
    I have been messing with this today. I do not currently run openluup through docker so this may not even be the best way to do this but it is what I did to get it up and running and with the ability to easily see and manipulate all openluup files within "File Station" on the synology.

    I created three folders on my synology:
    /docker/openLuup/cmh-ludl
    /docker/openLuup/logs
    /docker/openLuup/backups

    Then I created three volumes with a bind to the created folders
    'openluup-env' bound to '/volume1/docker/openLuup/cmh-ludl'
    'openluup-logs' bound to '/volume1/docker/openLuup/logs'
    'openluup-backups' bound to '/volume1/docker/openLuup/backup'

    I used portianer but you can ssh into your synology and use the command line to create these volumes with the binds, see this

    Then I created the container using portainer making sure to set the correct ports and volume mappings, which can also be done in the command line with

    docker run -d \
           -v openluup-env:/etc/cmh-ludl/ \
           -v openluup-logs:/etc/cmh-ludl/logs/ \
           -v openluup-backups:/etc/cmh-ludl/backup/ \
           -p 3480:3480
           vwout/openluup:alpine
    

    Hope this helps.

    Edit: The binds are not necessary, I only did it to make it easy to access the files. Without the bindings, the volumes are somewhat hidden on synology that is not easily accessible for example at '/volume1/@docker/volumes/openluup-env/_data'

    Docker

  • Delete all device in Room 101
    K kfxo

    @akbooer said in Delete all device in Room 101:

    Yes, absolutely (although I kind of wonder how you reached that figure...!)

    The openLuup plugin has an action EmptyRoom101 with the parameter named AreYouSure which requires the value yes (to save nasty accidents.)

    Thanks. I see it. They are all old verabridge devices ( and some z-way devices that I had to repair) that are no longer needed as I am fully cloned to z-way and mostly vera free 😀 (still have two zigbee door sensors on vera).

    openLuup

  • Change Parameter of Z-wave device through Z-way API
    K kfxo

    Parameters of devices can be set through the api using this URL

    YOURIP:8083/ZWaveAPI/Run/devices[DEVICE#].instances[0].Configuration.Set(PARAMETER,PARAMETER_VALUE,size=PARAMETER_SIZE)

    Replace:
    YOURIP with the IP of Z-way for example 192.168.1.2.
    DEVICE# with the Z-way device # of the devices parameter you want to change
    Parameter with the parameter # you want to change
    VALUE with the Parameter value
    PARAMETER_SIZE with the size of the parameter (should be 1, 2, or 4)

    An example to change device 51's parameter 3 to a value of 1 with a size of 1:

    192.168.1.2:8083/ZWaveAPI/Run/devices[51].instances[0].Configuration.Set(3,1,size=1)

    To run it in Luup code

    local status, result = luup.inet.wget("192.168.1.2:8083/ZWaveAPI/Run/devices[51].instances[0].Configuration.Set(3,1,size=1)", 5)
    
    Code/Snippet library

  • MSR in Alpine Docker
    K kfxo

    @toggledbits said in MSR in Alpine Docker:

    OK. Let's see how this does in your hands. I've installed and uninstalled 3-4 times and it seems OK. In the bug tracker, go to #58, in the notes you'll find a download link and draft installation instructions. You can use the "monitor" function to follow that PR (emails you when things are posted--might get chatty with a lot of people in there, though). Please use that PR for reporting install-related issues.

    This loads up nicely. Running unconfigured right now. I will transfer over my configs later and test it out.

    Multi-System Reactor

  • Multi-System Reactor Developer Preview AVAILABLE
    K kfxo

    Another good release. Confirming that 0000078 and 0000077 are tested and working on my system.

    Multi-System Reactor

  • Delete all device in Room 101
    K kfxo

    @rafale77 said in Delete all device in Room 101:

    Congrats on the move! Please report back on positive or negative effects.

    Will do. Still working through things and figuring stuff out. So far, the experience has been mostly positive with a few minor hiccups. I also have some scripts I wrote that I plan to share that helped ease my transition.

    openLuup

  • MQTT – setup and use
    K kfxo

    Which synology NAS are you looking at? I have a DS920+ and run MQTT in a docker container. Works great and easy to set up. Some of the lower end ones may not support docker.

    General Discussion

  • Almost there!
    K kfxo

    Spinning up a dedicated VM on my synology right now in anticipation of the first preview. Can't wait!

    Multi-System Reactor

  • Imperihome - missing devices
    K kfxo

    @perh said in Imperihome - missing devices:

    While i wait for a replacement app for my local UI devices, i want to use imperihome as long as I can.. But i'm missing a lot of devices!

    All Z-Way bridge devices, all security/smoke and motion sensors (local RFXtrx child devices)..

    Found the "include vera bridge" in imperihome.lua, what else could cause this?

    I had the same issue. Check that the attribute "disabled" is not set to '1' for the missing devices. See this thread

    openLuup

  • Moving to Docker
    K kfxo

    @akbooer said in Moving to Docker:

    • but I can't access it at all or work out where the openLuup files go.

    You are using the synology docker package to create and deploy your container, correct? At minimum, to get the container accessible, change the port settings to 3480(local):3480(container). Then you should be able access it at http://YourSynologyIP:3480/

    Docker

  • MQTT Plugin
    K kfxo

    @rafale77 It does allow you to subscribe.

    You can subscribe to a topic by creating a child device :

    Add a new device and choose a type (e.g. "D_BinaryLight1.xml" or "D_TemperatureSensor1.xml").
    Reload LUUP engine.
    Change the attribut "id_parent" with the id of the MQTT plugin device.
    Reload LUUP engine and refresh your browser.
    You should see variables "mqttTarget" and "mqttTopic" in your newly created device.
    Set the topic you want to subcribe to and the target (format: service,variable=(formula in LUA)).
    Reload LUUP engine.
    If the payload of the received message is in JSON, the plugin will try to decode it and put it in the variable "payload" in the context of the LUA formula.

    Plugins

  • Multi-System Reactor Developer Preview AVAILABLE
    K kfxo

    @therealdb said in Multi-System Reactor Developer Preview AVAILABLE:

    Can't wait for guidance on apdaters/plugins to contribute with Shelly and MQTT 🙂

    MQTT will be huge.

    Multi-System Reactor

  • Moving to Docker
    K kfxo

    @akbooer said in Moving to Docker:

    I understand that to make any changes last across container/NAS restarts, I need to make the volumes external to the container, as per the above yaml. So this is my next step.

    Any further insights welcomed. Perhaps Portainer is that next step?

    You cannot create named volumes through the synology GUI. You will need to use portainer or you can ssh into your synology and run the manual commands as outlined by vwout/openluup

    You can also do this manually. Start by creating docker volumes:

    docker volume create openluup-env
    docker volume create openluup-logs
    docker volume create openluup-backups

    Create an openLuup container, e.g. based on Alpine linux and mount the created (still empty) volumes:

    docker run -d
    -v openluup-env:/etc/cmh-ludl/
    -v openluup-logs:/etc/cmh-ludl/logs/
    -v openluup-backups:/etc/cmh-ludl/backup/
    -p 3480:3480
    vwout/openluup:alpine

    Docker

  • MQTT Plugin
    K kfxo

    @rafale77 Have you seen this mqtt plugin? i have been using it to subscribe to topics for some time. Maybe it has some hints as to your issue.

    Plugins

  • Sunset with offset didn't run
    K kfxo

    @cw-kid said in Sunset with offset didn't run:

    Also I have seen this saving problem on more than just one rule.

    I've seen in on a few rules when either adding items like additional triggers or removing items.

    Then you cannot click either of the two save buttons.

    Only the red exit w/o saving button works.

    I have been able to possibly reproduce your saving issue. I have noticed with rules that have a Date/Time After Trigger cannot be modified and saved.

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  • Moving to Docker
    K kfxo

    I think I had this same issue. If you copy the files in cmh-ludl from an existing openluup install into ' /OpenLuup/openluup-env' it should start right up.

    Docker

  • MSR in Alpine Docker
    K kfxo

    @kfxo said in MSR in Alpine Docker:

    @toggledbits said in MSR in Alpine Docker:

    OK. Let's see how this does in your hands. I've installed and uninstalled 3-4 times and it seems OK. In the bug tracker, go to #58, in the notes you'll find a download link and draft installation instructions. You can use the "monitor" function to follow that PR (emails you when things are posted--might get chatty with a lot of people in there, though). Please use that PR for reporting install-related issues.

    This loads up nicely. Running unconfigured right now. I will transfer over my configs later and test it out.

    Just an update, I copied over config and storage directories to the mounted docker volume and Reactor would not start until I also created a 'logs' directory in the mounted docker volume. All looked well after that but going to continue to run it on my Debian VM for now.

    Multi-System Reactor

  • Moving to Docker
    K kfxo

    There is a post from me above in this thread (sorry don't know how to link specific post) that explains how I got it to work. Have you tried that? I think the issue is synology gui does not support the correct type of volumes and you have to ssh into synology and run the correct docker command to set it up.

    Docker

  • Timers in my log
    K kfxo

    That actually makes perfect sense and upon further inspection I see that the timers I was noticing in the logs are with respect to one rule that I had recently turned on that resets often.

    Multi-System Reactor
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