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[Reactor] Variables not updating correctly in latest-25201-2aa18550
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[Reactor] Copy&Paste of Rules
therealdbT
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
Multi-System Reactor
[MSR] reactor-mqtt-contrib package for additional MQTT templates
therealdbT
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
Multi-System Reactor
[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?
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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
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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
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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.
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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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Reset attribute value of entity in event handler
R
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Need help figuring out how to delay a reset on reaction
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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.
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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?
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  • Messaging after VERA decoupling
    parkercP parkerc

    I’m a bit old school, I still use Prowl with my Veras - https://www.prowlapp.com/

    Here’s some code examples on how to use it.

    
    function my_escape (s)
        s = string.gsub(s, " ", "+")
        return s
    end
    
    function my_prowl (appl, event, description)
        local prowl_url      = "https://api.prowlapp.com/publicapi/add?apikey="
            .. "put-your-api-code-here"
            .. "&application=" .. my_escape(appl)
            .. "&event="         .. my_escape(event)
            .. "&description=" .. my_escape(description)
            .. "&priority=-1"
            .. "&url=https://www.google.co.uk/"
        luup.inet.wget(prowl_url)
    end
    
    my_prowl ("Vera Home Controller", "Testing code", "this could any description")
    

    Or something all in one..

    
    luup.inet.wget("https://api.prowlapp.com/publicapi/add?apikey=Your-api-key-goes-here&application=Test+Event&event=Armed+Notification&description=The+DSC+alarm+system+has+been+armed&priority=1")
    
    Vera

  • Luup : Report - Last Trip
    parkercP parkerc

    I’m sure there is a better/more polished way to do this, but this remains one of my go to report urls on Vera.

    
    -- http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?topic=52025.msg334246#msg334246
    
    local d, n
    local file = io.open("/www/sb.html", "w")
       file:write("<head> <meta http-equiv='refresh' content='30' /> </head>\n")
       file:write("<style>.custom { font-size: 1em; font-family: Gill Sans Extrabold, sans-serif; padding:5px; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid black; }</style><table class=custom><tr class=custom><th class=custom>Security Sensor</th><th class=custom>Last Tripped</th></tr>\n")
    
    local tt = {}
    for n,d in pairs(luup.devices) do
    
        if d.category_num == 4 then
        -- local lasttrip = tonumber(luup.variable_get("urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1", "LastTrip", n) or 0,10)
        local lasttrip = tonumber(luup.variable_get ("urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1", "LastTrip", n) or os.time())
        local timeString = os.date(" %Y/%m/%d - %X", lasttrip)
        
        if lasttrip > 0 then
            table.insert(tt, { devnum=n, last=lasttrip, ltime=timeString })
        end
      end
    end
    
    table.sort(tt, function(a,b) return a.last > b.last end) -- sort highest to lowest
    
    for n,d in ipairs(tt) do
        
       file:write("<tr class=custom><td class=custom>" .. luup.devices[d.devnum].description .. "</td><td class=custom>".. d.ltime .. "</td></tr>\n")
    
        print (
        d.ltime ..
       ' : ' .. luup.devices[d.devnum].description .. " Sensor was last tripped")
    end
    file:write("</table>\n")
    file:close()
    
    
    Code/Snippet library

  • SNMP - Is anyone leveraging info via the Simple Network Management Protocol ?
    parkercP parkerc

    Oh, and if I just want to pull one of the items I just specify the iso number with the snmpget command. E.g

    local command = io.popen("ssh -i /etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key pi@192.168.102.37 'snmpget -v1 -c public 10.10.10.103 iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0' 2>&1")
    local response = command:read("*a")
    print(response)
    

    which in this case will just return the first one.

    iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0 = STRING: "Eaton 5P 1150"
    
    General Discussion

  • Generic support for vacuums
    parkercP parkerc

    Thanks - this is good timing as I’m at the point where I need to replace both the vacuum cleaner and also our lawn mower , and the robot option look very attractive in both areas

    Plugins

  • Luup : Foscam API
    parkercP parkerc

    Sharing the love...

    As I have a number of foscam cameras around the house, using their API I created the following bit of code to set to retrieve any settings across all of them, to keep them in sync.

    This one gets the device name from each of them. If anyone has any variations or ways to improve the bit of code please let me know..

    local url = require("socket.url")
    local URL = "http://" 
    local username = "admin" 
    local password = "password" 
    local cmd = "getDevName"
    
    -- /cgi-bin/CGIProxy.fcgi?cmd=getDevName&usr=admin&pwd=
    
    local foscamsIPs = {
        { NO=1, IP="192.168.102.165:88", LOCATION="conservatory"}, 
        { NO=2, IP="192.168.102.38:80", LOCATION="boiler room"},
        { NO=3, IP="192.168.102.223:88", LOCATION="Living room"},
    	{ NO=4, IP="192.168.102.245:88", LOCATION="front room"},
    	{ NO=5, IP="192.168.102.104:88", LOCATION="kitchen"},
    }
    
    for k,v in pairs(foscamsIPs) do
      -- Read each value.
      local update = URL .. v["IP"] .. "/cgi-bin/CGIProxy.fcgi?cmd="..cmd.."&usr="..username.."&pwd="..password
      -- do this for each reading.
      local status, result = luup.inet.wget(update)
      	print(v["LOCATION"].. " status is " ..status.. " : result is " ..result)
    end````
    Code/Snippet library

  • Openluup - verabridge can not load devices.
    parkercP parkerc

    Just wanted to add that my Vera Bridges stopped working, I can’t be sure exactly when, maybe after a reboot ? But wanted to share here as they were working fine..

    850065d5-00f8-44e6-b75d-5ae9a21a272d-image.png

    The Variable for the RemotePort on both is /port_3480

    Updating to :3480 fixes it..

    @akbooer - not sure why this worked first and then stopped..

    Vera Bridge

  • Happy Birthday openLuup!
    parkercP parkerc

    Happy Birthday!

    openLuup

  • MSR in Alpine Docker
    parkercP parkerc

    Hi @d868, other than creating our own image, we’ll have to wait until one’s approved and then published on Docker Hub.
    If it helps you I’m planning to do the same thing with MSR as I did with Home Assistant, and create a Container Station API build guide.

    Jan 23, 2021

    QNAP - Installation via Container Station’s API

    QNAP - Installation via Container Station’s API

    Rather than use the UI to build your Home Assistant Docker container, you can do it all via the command line using its API. https://qnap-dev.github.io/container-station-api/ Here’s how I did it… On any device, access it via the command line, In this situation, I’m doing it on the QNAP itself...

    Multi-System Reactor

  • Add-on - Aviosys IPPower 9258
    parkercP parkerc

    Thanks @toggledbits - it’s all working now !! 🤞🤞🤞

    My last piece is back to my other post around error handling, and how I can present that better to the user, and so for that topic, I;ll revert back to that thread.. - > https://smarthome.community/topic/777/luup-error-handling/9

    Code/Snippet library

  • Discover IR codes for lost remote
    parkercP parkerc

    There is a great community/code bank on GitHub.

    GitHub - probonopd/irdb: One of the largest crowd-sourced, manufacturer-independent databases of infrared remote control codes on the web, and aspiring to become the most comprehensive and most...

    GitHub - probonopd/irdb: One of the largest crowd-sourced, manufacturer-independent databases of infrared remote control codes on the web, and aspiring to become the most comprehensive and most...

    One of the largest crowd-sourced, manufacturer-independent databases of infrared remote control codes on the web, and aspiring to become the most comprehensive and most accurate one - probonopd/irdb

    Index of codes is here - https://github.com/probonopd/irdb/blob/master/index

    With their API - http://irdb.tk/api

    And you can retrieve a .csv set for anyone via https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/probonopd/irdb@master/codes/Samsung/TV/7,7.csv

    General Discussion

  • Nuke Vera Script
    parkercP parkerc

    Hey @rafale77

    I’m going to have a play with this later, as a comprehensive usb/serial server (https://smarthome.community/topic/209/home-automation-serial-server-raspberry-pi ) is something I’ve been tinkering with for years ! (https://community.getvera.com/t/building-a-ser2net-serial-to-ip-server/173673) - wow has it really been that long .. 2012 !!!

    Once announced and eventually added to Vera, Zigbee has been a capability that I’ve been keen to explore, but due to it’s lack of consistency (compared to z-wave) I’ve not invested much time.

    Although; it is on my HA to-do list, - out of my league, but by opening up the zigbee on Vera, is there the potential to extend its usage with (https://github.com/koenkk/zigbee-herdsman ) and (https://github.com/koenkk/zigbee2mqtt) ?

    Vera

  • Lua - multi-part/form submission (Paperless-ngx API)
    parkercP parkerc

    Managed to get there in the end, posting here to help others..

    local http = require("socket.http")
    local ltn12 = require("ltn12")
    local mime = require("mime")
    local lfs = require("lfs")
    
    local username = "username,"
    local password = "password"
    
    http.TIMEOUT = 5
    
    local function upload_file ( url, filename, title, correspondent )
        local fileHandle = io.open( filename,"rb")
        local fileContent = fileHandle:read( "*a" )
        fileHandle:close()
    
        local boundary = 'abcd'
    	local cdfd = 'Content-Disposition: form-data; '
    
        local header_b = cdfd.. 'name="document"; filename="' ..filename.. '"\r\nContent-Type: application/pdf'
        local header_c = cdfd.. 'name="title"\r\n\r\n'..title
        local header_d = cdfd.. 'name="correspondent"\r\n\r\n'..correspondent
    
        local MP_b = '--'..boundary..'\r\n'..header_b..'\r\n\r\n'..fileContent..'\r\n'
        local MP_c = '--'..boundary..'\r\n'..header_c..'\r\n'
        local MP_d = '--'..boundary..'\r\n'..header_d..'\r\n'
    
        local MPCombined = MP_b..MP_c..MP_d..'--'..boundary..'--\r\n'
    
        local   response_body = { }
        local   _, code = http.request {
                url = url ,
                method = "POST",
                headers = {    
    						["Authorization"] = "Basic " .. (mime.b64(username ..":" .. password)),
    						["Content-Length"] =  MPCombined:len(),
                            ['Content-Type'] = 'multipart/form-data; boundary=' .. boundary
                             },
                source = ltn12.source.string(MPCombined) ,
                sink = ltn12.sink.table(response_body),
                    }
         return code, table.concat(response_body)
    end
    
     -- local rc,content = upload_file ('http://httpbin.org/post', '/mnt/nas/10.pdf' )
     local rc,content = upload_file ('http://192.168.1.134:8777/api/documents/post_document/', '/mnt/nas/10.pdf', 'Companies House', '12')
     print(rc,content)
    
    Code/Snippet library

  • Dumb question about bulbs
    parkercP parkerc

    What bulbs do you have that are driving the requirement ?

    Having the 2 wire set up myself - (using fibaro dimmers) I have a mix of bulb types, from the old fashion filament ones, up to the newer LEDs -

    To avoid any issues, I would try to get dimmable bulbs - who knows you might start to like a bit of mood lighting.

    Over time I’ve actually moved most of my lights over to Hue, and also put the hue switch over the existing switch (that way they can’t be turned off)
    I did this as I liked that I can have more things access/control my lights.

    Hardware

  • Caller ID in HA workflow
    parkercP parkerc

    Slight tangent, but I’ve been using sipgate voip service ( https://www.sipgate.co.uk/ ) for years, and I’ve never really explored its API..

    There seems to be a wealth of capabilities in there.. - https://api.sipgate.com/v2/doc

    If it’s of interest to you or any others, my initial attempt to authenticate / use it is below..

    #!/usr/bin/lua
    
    print("start of whole code")
    
    local https = require "ssl.https"
    local mime = require "mime"
    local json = require "dkjson"
    --local http = require "socket.http"
    local data = ""
    local username = "sipname"
    local password = "sippass"
    
    local function collect(chunk)
      if chunk ~= nil then
        data = data .. chunk
        end
      return true
    end
    
    local ok, statusCode, headers, statusText = https.request {
      method = "GET",
      url = "https://api.sipgate.com/v2/history",
      headers = {
        ["Accept"] = "application/json",
        ["Authorization"] = "Basic " .. (mime.b64(username ..":" .. password)),
        },
      sink = collect
    }
    
    print("data = ", data)
    local sip = json.decode(data)
    print("---------")
    for k, v in pairs(sip) do
    	print(k, "\t", v)
      end
    print("---------")
    for n, a in pairs(sip.items) do
    	print(n, "\t", a)
    end
    print("---------")
    for p, k in pairs(sip.items) do
    	--print(n, "\t", a)
    print("---------")
    for d, e in pairs(sip.items[p]) do
    		print(d, "\t", e)
    end
    end
    print("---------")
    
    General Discussion

  • Dumb question about bulbs
    parkercP parkerc

    @catmanv2 said in Dumb question about bulbs:

    Mood is a thing for cattle and making love 😉

    Not quite sure how to interpret that 🤣 !!

    Hardware

  • Caller ID in HA workflow
    parkercP parkerc

    @librasun said in Caller ID in HA workflow:

    . But you bring up an interesting point, @parkerc ... I've never seen "Lua" among the languages they offer, lol!

    Exactly !, I noticed that too, no one seems to promote Lua

    @librasun said in Caller ID in HA workflow:

    Nice to see you rolling your own. And if it works, perhaps send the company a copy for them to add to their library?

    It took me a while to just get that working, I don’t think those types of companies will want to use my pieced together bits of code 🙂

    General Discussion

  • UniFi Energy Report - How can I retrieve the value via http ?
    parkercP parkerc

    Thanks so much @therealdb - Such a silly mistake, for some reason I was thinking it would run the whole piece of code, when i should have realised it will only run the function part, as that’s all that’s being called! Doh !

    .

    General Discussion

  • Homer Dashboard - Vera/OpenLuup
    parkercP parkerc

    Quick update on this thread as Homer has become my go-to-place now for accessing all my applications - attached is a screenshot of one of my Homer pages..

    9CFDAE0E-4AC8-4E9E-A480-30AAD0D17B9E.jpeg

    If anyone’s wondering that ‘cabin’ is the glorified name for the shed at the end of the garden we converted 🙂 (Sadly nothing as luxurious as it sounds.)

    General Discussion

  • Controller shift - How do you do it ?
    parkercP parkerc

    It must have got there via the original restore process.

    Ok, I’ve now copied over an earlier dongle dump direct from the VeraPlus, and made that the zero/0 one.

    scp dongle.4.5.dump.4 root@192.168.1.145:/etc/cmh/dongle.4.5.dump.0
    

    Let’s try again

    General Discussion
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