So this is where all the banned Vera members rejoice.. definitely will be posting here more than the toxic vera community forums
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I don't know if I'm the only one, but managing more than one Reactor installs, the need to have some sort of copy&paste for rules has grown on me.
While I understand the technical challenges, I'm wondering if a "god mode" where I could copy the raw JSON rule and paste it into another rule could be an advanced, flag only feature that could benefit power users.
I know I can copy the JSON file and proceed, but I must stop Reactor and when doing maintenance, it's more clicks to do.
Just an idea
I'm slowly migrating all my stuff to MQTT under MSR, so I have a central place to integrate everything (and, in a not-so-distant future, to remove virtual devices from my Vera and leave it running zwave only).
Anyway, here's my reactor-mqtt-contrib package:
https://github.com/dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib
Simply download yaml files (everything or just the ones you need) and you're good to go.
I have mapped my most useful devices, but I'll add others soon. Feel free to ask for specific templates, since I've worked a lot in the last weeks to understand and operate them.
The templates are supporting both init and query, so you have always up-to-date devices at startup, and the ability to poll them. Online status is supported as well, so you can get disconnected devices with a simple expression.
Many-many thanks to @toggledbits for its dedication, support, and patience with me and my requests
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.
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Vera account suspended for a 1000 yearsI mean I dont want to turn this into a Vera/Ezlo bashing thread, but their progress rate is snail slow. In a tech market like todays you will fall behind very very quickly (if not already). Any sort of true criticism is met with a ban or very unprofessional responses that come off with a very sassy tone. It is what it is though, we have better platforms to turn to, including ones made by talented devs, aka OpenLuup
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Vera account suspended for a 1000 yearsEvery time he posts I just laugh. So childish, I would be surprised if Ezlo even last a year.
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Vera account suspended for a 1000 yearsI am just in shock, how low can one go to try to prove themselves right. @toggledbits i commend your ability to remain professional and true to the facts. What Melih is saying is just infuriating me, I can’t imagine how it makes you feel.
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Light automation thoughts@LibraSun said in Light automation thoughts:
Lately every automation conversation I've had ends with "Dude. You should really get Home Assistant."
Honestly, Home Assistant impresses me everyday. I really have not come across any shortcomings with it.. the community is great, it supports almost any product and its very very stable. Paired with MSR its unstoppable.
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Create Expression to call out Entity ID of Tripped Binary Sensor@wmarcolin that’s my next plan! I want to get comfortable with some basic expressions first then dive into the dynamicgroupcontroller
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Using HA Harmony Hub to control volumeInstead of using a
call servicecommand just use theremoteentity and invoke thex_hass_remote.send_commandand fill in the info as needed. Device is the name of the device you wish to control (in this case your TV), command is the command (Volume Up) and thenum_repeatsetc. can be left untouched if you don't need it. Device info and commands can be found in the/configfolder in HA. It will be labelledharmony_[hub number].conf. -
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Light automation thoughts@CatmanV2 said in Light automation thoughts:
What I am trying to think is can I just pick up the config and move it to a dedicated host / install at some point, or is it going to get snotty about changes?
I used to run HA on a windows 11 VM but ran into a few issues that basically stopped my system from running. I ended up purchasing an Ordroid N2+ and the transition was painless. Just restore from back up and everything was working as is.
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Feature Request: Back-up through UIHey Patrick, this is probably a rather large request but it would be nice to be able to download a back-up of MSR through the UI similar to how we could do it with R4V. Beyond that maybe even having the ability to create a rule set that auto backups to a NAS would be even more useful! Currently I know you can just copy the complete
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Vera account suspended for a 1000 years@cw-kid don’t jinx it, they’ll probably find a forum rule that you’ve somehow broken to ban you too if they want
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Notifications to HA App via Reactor?@cadwizzard you’ve gotta create a service call for the ‘hass>system’ entity and the service will be notify.(whatever device or notification group). Similar to what I have screenshotted below.
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Deleting Multiple Devices without Reload InbetweenDidn't think this one through.. all the devices were hidden so now I am playing the guessing game for when its done lol
Edit: It worked!!! Thanks Patrick
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Help with Luup Reloads@toggledbits That makes sense why the plugin wasnt working as expected. That explanation solves so many issues that I have had with plugins lol. Since I would alternate between WinSCP and Uploading via the web UI
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Does this rule look correct ?@cw-kid Exactly! This way if you want to change Civil Dusk to be -30 mins or whatever it will update across all your Rule Sets!
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Attach Files in PMWas wondering if we can attach files in a PM to another member, would be very useful if we are attaching files with some sensitive password info or whatever
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Light automation thoughtsHere’s a wifi mm wave sensor that people have been raving about. Not sure if it’ll work with anything else other than Home Assistant though
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004569080871.html