@dest I think you have more important things than this. 
Please let me know if you have any progress on the matter.
Thanks in advance.
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krisztianszabo
@krisztianszabo
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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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?
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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
I'm running MSR build 25139 on Docker, using MQTT controller 24293, and everything working as expected. But if I try to upgrade to MQTTController build 25139, I'm getting the following errors on MSR UI:
An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa auto heating off" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute value_sensor.god
Last 11:20:37
An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa auto heating off" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute temperature_sensor.green
Last 11:20:37
An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa filter pump auto off" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute temperature_sensor.red
Last 11:20:37
An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa filter pump auto run" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute value_sensor.pump
Last 11:20:37
An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa watchdog" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute value_sensor.status
Last 11:20:37
My MQTT configuration (local_mqtt_devices.yaml) for the related entity is:
layzspa_message:
type: ValueSensor
capabilities: ["temperature_sensor", "value_sensor", "power_sensor"]
primary_attribute: power_sensor.value
events:
"layzspa/message":
"power_sensor.value":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.PWR )'
expr: "float(payload.PWR)"
"value_sensor.air":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.AIR )'
expr: "float(payload.AIR)"
"value_sensor.pump":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.FLT )'
expr: "float(payload.FLT)"
"value_sensor.god":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.GOD )'
expr: "float(payload.GOD)"
"value_sensor.lock":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.LCK )'
expr: "float(payload.LCK)"
"value_sensor.unit":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.UNT )'
expr: "float(payload.UNT)"
"value_sensor.error":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.ERR )'
expr: "float(payload.ERR)"
"temperature_sensor.green":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.GRN )'
expr: "float(payload.GRN)"
"temperature_sensor.red":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.RED )'
expr: "float(payload.RED)"
"temperature_sensor.target":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.TGT )'
expr: "float(payload.TGT)"
"temperature_sensor.value":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.TMP )'
expr: "float(payload.TMP)"
"temperature_sensor.virtual":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.VTM )'
expr: "round(float(payload.VTM), 1)"
"temperature_sensor.ambient":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.AMB )'
expr: "float(payload.AMB)"
"layzspa/Status":
"value_sensor.status":
if_expr: '! isnull( payload )'
expr: "payload"
"layzspa/button":
"value_sensor.button":
if_expr: '! isnull( payload )'
expr: "payload"
and in reactor.yaml I have:
"layzspa_states":
name: "Lay-Z-Spa States"
friendly_name: 'Lay-Z-Spa States'
include: layzspa_message
I realize my MQTT configuration might be a bit unorthodox, but could there still be something unintentional in the latest MQTTController build? If needed, I can provide detailed logs.
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Vera or not vera?@dest said in Vera or not vera?:
@akbooer Last time, the thing I remember, the plugin was unable to "connect" to the socket on the DSC controller!
I would need to recreate my DSC device on openLuup and disable Vera for being able to test!
Hi @DesT!
Maybe you may have fixed the dsc plugin error?
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Vera or not vera?@perh said in Vera or not vera?:
if not, you can use /dev/ttyUSBxx(whatever usb you device is connected to)
After many attempts, he finally succeeded.
Ser2net installed, restarted, ser2net.conf configured.
MySensors plugin is not red, startup lua does not write an error.However:
The children's tools were not made, but the shutters did not appear.
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Vera or not vera?I think I also reached the limit ....
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Vera or not vera?@perh said in Vera or not vera?:
if not, you can use /dev/ttyUSBxx(whatever usb you device is connected to)
There is no ttyUSB file in the / dev directory.
There are several tty files numbered here, but without USB ... -
Vera or not vera?@perh
How can I check if I am using debian 10.6?
I tried to type, but unfortunately there is no such directory ... -
Vera or not vera?@perh
Thanks for the reply and tip.
I installed ser2net, I think it worked fine, but I don't have a / serial directory under the / dev directory .....
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Vera or not vera?Hi @akbooer ,
Another task ahead of me:
I have a 15 channel shutter control module that I want to run under OpenLuup. (if you help I can transfer the plugin files)The shutter control interface is connected to the vera via usb.
The following setting is in Vera:
Where can I make such settings in openLuup?
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Imperihome - missing devices@PerH, haven't you experienced this?
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Imperihome - missing devices@perh said in Imperihome - missing devices:
That was it.
/cgi/Imperihome.lua: Changed "newTarget" to "newTargetValue" at line 385, 672 and 675. (i would upload the updated lua file, but im missing priveleges)
This was not an issue before, has there been changes on this in openluup?
@mrFarmer - FYI
I modified the right lines, it really works now!
At the same time, I can see the icons on the imperihome flashing as if they are constantly reloading ... -
Imperihome - questionYes, local tools are good for me too ...
It would be good if the error could be fixed.The biggest trouble is that I don’t see an alternative to replacing the imperihome.
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Imperihome - questionI'm sorry @PerH!
I didn't see the same mistake.
I don't have a z-way yet, I thought it was your fault for it ....
Also I have the categories, sub categories ...Do I see that you don't have a solution to the problem yet?
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Vera or not vera?Hi @DesT !
I don't want to urge you, I'm just interested,
do you have any good news about dsc?
Thanks.
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Imperihome - questionHi @mrFarmer,
I also have a question about ImperiHome:
I'm trying to configure imperihome with openluup.
Imperihome recognizes the new system, with all devices, status feedback is perfect.
If I turn on something on imperihome, it will seem to be temporarily turned on and then turn off. Device does not actually change.
Can you help me with what could be the problem?
Thanks.
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Vera or not vera?@akbooer
For some reason, after the AltUi "reload engine" I get a "controller did not respond" response with an orange background.
So far, I thought dsc and harmony are not due to connection.
I just deleted my two unconnected devices.
And still this message.
I looked at the logs for the duration of the error message and did not see anything to throw out.
How can I find out the cause of the error?K
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Vera or not vera?@akbooer said in Vera or not vera?:
@krisztianszabo said in Vera or not vera?:
Could this be a localization problem?
You perhaps have not set your location correctly in openLuup. The latitude and longitude are initially set in the Lua Startup code, which has as default:
-- You can personalise the installation by changing these attributes, -- which are persistent and may be removed from the Startup after a reload. local attr = luup.attr_set -- Geographical location attr ("City_description", "Greenwich") attr ("Country_description", "UNITED KINGDOM") attr ("Region_description", "England") attr ("latitude", "51.48") attr ("longitude", "0.0")Thank you, I corrected the values. We will see the result when it gets dark ...
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Vera or not vera?@akbooer
I find that sunrise and sunset happen late on openLuup compared to vera. OpenLuup is delayed for more than 1 hour.
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Vera or not vera?@dest said in Vera or not vera?:
That's 'cause of what I said to @akbooer , I need to dig a little bit more as the plugin is having a hard time to "stay connected" to the DSC!
I understand.
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Vera or not vera?@dest said in Vera or not vera?:
@krisztianszabo The password is only used between openLuup and DSC, so there's no password going out!
Check the the file, you have a line like that:local password = luup.variable_get(DSC_PANEL_SID, "InterfacePassword", device) or "user"
so you can replace "user" there!
Yes thanks I found it in the meantime that.
I typed my own password in place of "user", but unfortunately the connection was not established.
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Vera or not vera?@dest said in Vera or not vera?:
@krisztianszabo yeah by default the plugin use the default password which is "user", if it's not your case, you can modify the code to change the "default" password to put yours!
I guess the interfacepassword needs to be rewritten in I_DSCAlarmPanel1.xml?
I found text to this effect in this file, but unfortunately I couldn't find where to insert the "interface password" instead of "user" ..."Any password in Vera's device config will be passed cleartext to the MiOS backup servers ..."
I also found the above text in the file. It doesn’t sound too good for the password to be passed to the mios in plain text. Isn't that a problem for me?