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Set reaction triggering wrong z-wave device
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Can you run MSR on Home Assistant OS ?
cw-kidC
Looking at using Home Assistant for the first time, either on a Home Assistant Green, their own hardware or buying a cheap second hand mini PC. Sounds like Home Assistant OS is linux based using Docker for HA etc. Would I also be able to install things like MSR as well on their OS ? On the same box? Thanks.
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RPi Alternative: Orange Pi 4 LTS (3GB RAM/16GB eMMC)
toggledbitsT
The last of four boards I'm trying in this batch is the Orange Pi 4 LTS. I purchased a 3GB RAM + 16GB eMMC model from Amazon for $83, making it the most costly of the four boards tried, but still well under my US$100 limit. This board is powered by a Rockchip RK3399-T processor, ARM-compatible with dual Cortex-A72 cores and quad Cortex-A53 cores at 1.6Ghz (1.8Ghz for the 4GB model); compare this to the RPi 3B+ with four Cortex-A53 and the RPi 4B with four Cortex-A72, this board is a hybrid that I would expect to stand in the performance middle between the two RPi models. It's available in 3GB and 4GB DDR4 RAM configurations, with and without 16GB eMMC storage. It has a MicroSDHC slot, gigabit Ethernet, WiFi and BT, two USB 2.0 type A ports, one USB 3.0 type C port, a mini PCIe ribbon-cable connector (requires add-on board for standard connector), two each RPi-compatible camera and LCD ports, HDMI type A, and can be powered (5VDC/3A) via USB-C or DC type C (3.8mm OD/1.1mm ID) jack (center-positive), an odd and perhaps unwelcome departure from the more common type A (5.5mm/2.1mm). A serial port for console/debug can be connected by using a (not included) USB-TTL adapter (3.3V) via pin headers like the Orange Pi Zero 2. The included dual-band antenna connects via U.FL connector to the board, so it's easy substituting for another if you prefer. The manufacturer recommends use of a heat sink (which was included in the box). A metal cooling case is also offered by the manufacturer (a bundle with the metal case and a power supply is sold on Amazon for $90 as of this writing). The Orange Pi 4 LTS is somewhat longer than the RPi 4B, and although the boards are the same width, the mounting hole placement is different both in length and (oddly) width. Between this and the differences in connector locations, neither board is a drop-in replacecment for the other and their respective cases are not interchangeable. The 26-pin header is a subset of the RPi 4B's 40-pin header, so some HATs for the RPi may work (although the mounting hole differences will make securing them "interesting"), and some HATs will surely not. Models with eMMC storage have an OS installed and boot immediately with SSH daemon running and ready for login. Mine was running Debian Bullseye, which would probably be fine for most users. It had clearly been on there a while, because it needed a lot of updates, but it's a current distro, so you're running out of the box with something that will last. A different OS can be installed by downloading an image (once again I chose Ubuntu Jammy) and writing it to a MicroSD card, then booting the system from the SD card. You can either leave the system in that state (running the OS from the SD card), or copy the OS from the SD card to the eMMC. The latter is done by a script; documentation for the process is best described in the downloadable PDF User Manual. This took about 10 minutes and went smoothly, and I was able to boot the system without the SD card after the process completed. I have lingering questions around the value of the eMMC storage. It's definitely faster than using MicroSD or USB-based storage (I got 311MB/s average on a 4GB write, compared to MicroSD performance around 15MB/s), but it would take a long-term test of this product to determine if the on-board eMMC option has the stamina to take the write counts typical of Linux systems, and if its wear-leveling and error correction are sufficient to assure a long, error-free life. Given the high premium apparently being paid for including eMMC on the board, it should be fast and durable, but only time and experience (perhaps painful) would tell the latter. A careful configuration with other Flash-friendly filesystems could be used to reduce wear, but this is an advanced configuration/cookbook topic and beyond the scope of this writing. This question is also not unique to eMMC — MicroSD cards are also known to fail with high write cycles, so the use of a "high endurance" product is recommended for any and all systems using MicroSD as primary storage. The board has Mini PCIe capability, and that may be a storage alternative, but read on... Also bear in mind that the eMMC storage is fixed-size forever; it cannot be expanded, and 16GB can run out pretty quickly these days. Users of MicroSD cards for primary storage can upgrade to bigger cards, but when users of eMMC primary storage outgrow it, the only choice is to add a MicroSD card or other "external" storage to the system, move part of the filesystem to it, and then manage both storage devices and deal with the limitations and risks of both. As I mentioned with the Orange Pi Zero 2, if you are going to use this board as a home automation controller/gateway or similar role, it should (IMO) have a battery-backed real time clock (RTC), and Orange Pi offers an add-on module that connects directly to the 26-pin header on the board. An available expansion board provides a standard Mini PCIe interface and SIM card slot (hmm...), but it connects to the main board via a short ribbon cable, and its mounting holes have no complement on the main board, so it seems like it would be a fragile dangly thing that's a nuisance to deal with. I want to like this board more, and it's very capable, but I'm concerned about value. The limited options for eMMC (16GB or none), the question mark of the eMMC's longevity vs cost, the strange DC power connector choice, the lack of 40-pin GPIO on a full-size (plus) board, the inconsistent hole placement, and the fragile Mini PCIe arrangement, are all "cons" that devalue this board in my view. The price point is clearly driven by the additional capabilities of the board (camera support, ports, six core CPU, extra RAM, on-board eMMC storage), but unfortunately, a great many of these features may not be useful for home automation, and therefore potentially a waste of money. In terms of overall value, I still believe the Libre "Le Potato" seems a better choice to me, and the Orange Pi Zero 2 (very) a close second, but I'll admit I'm focused on a particular application and your needs may be better suited to what this board offers than mine. Passmark Results: OrangePi 4 LTS Cortex-A72 (aarch64) 6 cores @ 1200 MHz | 2.9 GiB RAM Number of Processes: 6 | Test Iterations: 1 | Test Duration: Medium -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CPU Mark: 583 Integer Math 12037 Million Operations/s Floating Point Math 2542 Million Operations/s Prime Numbers 4.5 Million Primes/s Sorting 3141 Thousand Strings/s Encryption 153 MB/s Compression 4049 KB/s CPU Single Threaded 154 Million Operations/s Physics 80.5 Frames/s Extended Instructions (NEON) 244 Million Matrices/s Memory Mark: 498 Database Operations 551 Thousand Operations/s Memory Read Cached 2524 MB/s Memory Read Uncached 2602 MB/s Memory Write 3182 MB/s Available RAM 1947 Megabytes Memory Latency 119 Nanoseconds Memory Threaded 6243 MB/s --------------- eMMC storage write 311MB/s average for 4GB; MicroSD (Samsung 32GB class 10) storage write 15MB/s.
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RPi Alternative: Orange Pi Zero 2 (1GB)
toggledbitsT
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RPi Alternative: Libre Computer AML-S905X-CC "Le Potato" (2GB RAM)
toggledbitsT
With Raspberry Pi boards continuing to be relatively scarce, I've been trying a few alternatives to see what may be usable and good. I had previously written about the Jetson Nano 2GB, which is great, but a little pricey, so I'm trying to find sub-US$100 boards that will run Reactor. I've got four that I'm trying now, but one in particular goes right to work in the most predictable way and seems worth a mention immediately: the Libre Computer Board AML-S905X-CC 2GB (known as "Le Potato"). The form factor is very similar to that of the Raspberry Pi 3 B+, and has comparable CPU (ARM Cortex-A53, quad 64-bit cores at 1.5+GHz -- slightly higher clock speed). It's US$35 on Amazon and LoverPi in the (recommended) 2GB configuration, and easy to get. Startup is like RPi: download one of the available OS images (Ubuntu, Raspbian, Debian, ARMbian, etc.) from their site and write the image to a MicroSD card, insert into slot, power up, and off you go. I tried the Ubuntu 22.04 image first and it comes right up. No problem getting nodejs 18.12.1 installed and running (with Reactor). No WiFi on board, but I don't see that as a minus for use as a controller/hub (which should be hard-wired, IMO). The 40-pin GPIO connector is compatible with typical RPi HATs (PoE, breakouts, etc.). There is an available eMMC (solid state storage) module to use instead of MicroSD, which I would recommend for long-term use. It runs US$25 for 32GB (64GB and 128GB available). The module is scarcely larger than the chip it carries, and has the smallest board-to-board connector I've ever seen. Next up: ESPRESSObin 2GB (spoiler: it's... technical...)
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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
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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
Multi-System Reactor
This trigger no longer working - complaining about the operator needing changing
cw-kidC
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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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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
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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
Multi-System Reactor
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.
Multi-System Reactor
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.
Multi-System Reactor
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.
Multi-System Reactor
[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.
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  • 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..

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    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

  • Why different types of Triggers within openLuup & ALTUI
    parkercP parkerc

    Many thanks @akbooer

    QQ: Should I expect to see a Trigger tile in a scene, when looking at it under the Console view (to avoid thinking there isn’t one) ? Similar to that I can see a tile under the Header and Timer options in other scenes I’ve created?

    openLuup

  • Why different types of Triggers within openLuup & ALTUI
    parkercP parkerc

    Thanks @akbooer - to avoid confusion and to help me learn/concentrate on just your openLuup (Console) setup. How do I remove (disable ?) ALTUI so I just have the one interface?

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  • Why different types of Triggers within openLuup & ALTUI
    parkercP parkerc

    FYI, if I go back via the console screen to edit the same scene, it actually still doesn’t show the trigger(s). A bug ?

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  • Why different types of Triggers within openLuup & ALTUI
    parkercP parkerc

    Sorry if this has been covered before, just curious why triggers in openluup are not consistent..

    I looked at a scene i’d created a while back via ALTUI using the Console view and noticed it didn’t show any Triggers, which was strange as it was my main front door event 🙂 . So I added the door tripped trigger again, but I’ve just noticed I now how two tiggers using this view.

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    In ALTUI it shows this.

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  • OpenLuup : Loading Global Modules
    parkercP parkerc

    Thanks @akbooer,

    OK to confirm, my current xxpushover.lua module has mainly global functions e.g.

    function push_specific(apptoken, title, device, message, priority, url, urltitle)
    	local status = https.request ( "https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json" , "token="..apptoken.."&user="..usertoken.."&device="..device.."&message="..message.."&title="..title.."&priority="..priority.."&timestamp="..os.time().."&url="..url.."&url_title="..urltitle)
    
    luup.log(" <<<< - xxpushover module loaded - >>>>> ")
    
    

    I should change these to local functions, and add the return table to the end..

    local function push_specific(apptoken, title, device, message, priority, url, urltitle)
    	local status = https.request ( "https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json" , "token="..apptoken.."&user="..usertoken.."&device="..device.."&message="..message.."&title="..title.."&priority="..priority.."&timestamp="..os.time().."&url="..url.."&url_title="..urltitle)
    
    return {
      push_file = push_file,
      push_basic = push_basic,
      push_link = push_link,
      push_html = push_html,
      push_mono = push_mono,
      push_specific = push_specific,
    }
    
    luup.log(" <<<< - xxpushover module loaded - >>>>> ")
    
    
    openLuup

  • OpenLuup : Loading Global Modules
    parkercP parkerc

    It’s been a while since I looked at openLuup as it had been running nicely and quietly in the background doing some basic tasks. With my VeraPlus looking like it’s finally succumbing to old age, I want to shift a number of the global module I have over to openLuup.

    To do this, I have added the files (example would be xxpushover.lua to the cmh-ludl folder and the following to the startup

    require “xxpushover”

    The xxpushover.lua file itself starts with the following..

    module("xxpushover", package.seeall)

    And I always have a line in these files to allow me to check it’s been read in the start up related logs, which in this case it is..

    The challenge I’m having is that when I try to call any of the functions within the module, it returns the following error..

    "[string "ALTUI - LuaRunHandler"]:1: attempt to index global 'xxpushover' (a nil value)”

    I’m no doubt missing something obvious, can anyone help me find out what it is ? Many thanks

    openLuup

  • Console view: - No Live refreshes via :3480/console?page=devices
    parkercP parkerc

    Hi @akbooer how can I help you ‘develop’ the console UI ?

    As you mentioned AJAX-Style calls earlier, which openLuup files and associated programming language can I look into ?

    openLuup

  • Console view: - No Live refreshes via :3480/console?page=devices
    parkercP parkerc

    Thanks @akbooer , I’ll make those updates..

    For me, the console is a great little compact dashboard, which for sensors provides some nice addional information.

    If I can help/test anything let me know.

    If/when you have time, it’lll be nice if the console could have its own Favicon assigned (http://www.maxi-pedia.com/Favicon+how+to+create) 🙂

    openLuup

  • Console view: - No Live refreshes via :3480/console?page=devices
    parkercP parkerc

    That’s great news, many thanks @akbooer (ALTUI never worked properly on my iPad, so It’s nice to know there are options) and I love the simplicity of the console...

    As I’m running the openLuup docker instance (@vwout ) how do I benefit from this recent update, are there specific file I can update ?

    Will console become the default UI now, rather than ALTUI..(how best do we switch)?

    Also not sure if you are aware, but the ‘bypass’ option on the console view appears as a power symbol (example below)..

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  • Console view: - No Live refreshes via :3480/console?page=devices
    parkercP parkerc

    Hi @akbooer

    Just bringing this over as suggested..

    I’ve started to use the console view a lot more, mainly for it’s look and simplicity , but I noticed it does not do any live updates compared to ALTUI, you have to do a full browser reload. Is that by design, or is mine not working?

    Also if I want to go strait to the console view, rather than into ALTUI, I recall seeing something abut altering that in the guide by for the life of me I can’t find it. Is it possible to do, if so how would I do that..

    You suggested this was something you were looking at ? Also you said You don't need a "full browser reload", just click on the display menu item to refresh the screen. - what do you mean by `display menu?

    openLuup

  • DisplayLine1 & 2 - Ability to align text?
    parkercP parkerc

    Hi

    Just wondering if it’s possible when writing plugins to set if the text shown via DisplayLine1/2 can be left, right or centre aligned ?

    openLuup

  • 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
    
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        local fileHandle = io.open( filename,"rb")
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        fileHandle:close()
    
        local boundary = 'abcd'
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        local header_b = cdfd.. 'name="document"; filename="' ..filename.. '"\r\nContent-Type: application/pdf'
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        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'
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        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

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

    --

    To provide some additional information, the following Curl command sent to httpbin.org/post..

    local url_open = 'curl -u "username:password" -F "title=Companies House File" -F "correspondent=12" -F "document=@/mnt/nas/10.pdf" http://httpbin.org/post'
    local command = io.popen(url_open)
    local result = command:read("*a")
    print(result)
    

    Returns the following, which looks good…

    {
    "args": {}, 
    "data": "", 
    "files": {
    "document": "data:application/octet-stream;base64,JVBERi0xLjMNJeLjz9MNCjIyNyAwIG9iag08PCANL0xpbmVhcml6ZWQgMSANL08gMjMxIA0vSCBbIDIzNTAgODc5IF<REDACTED>T5dDT4+DXN0YXJ0eHJlZg0xNzMNJSVFT0YN"
    }, 
    "form": {
    "correspondent": "12", 
    "title": "Companies House File"
    }, 
    "headers": {
    "Accept": "*/*", 
    "Authorization": "Basic dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ=", 
    "Content-Length": "66501", 
    "Content-Type": "multipart/form-data; boundary=------------------------1a4c10e40f1ccf8e", 
    "Host": "httpbin.org", 
    "User-Agent": "curl/7.38.0", 
    "X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-6360dbdb-6bea68142a74a1762e74ca04"
    }, 
    "json": null, 
    "origin": "82.30.93.28", 
    "url": "http://httpbin.org/post"
    }
    

    Then using the following Lua code to try and achieve the same thing..

    local http = require("socket.http")
    local ltn12 = require("ltn12")
    local mime = require("mime")
    local lfs = require("lfs")
    
    local username = "username"
    local password = "password"
    
    local httpendpoint = 'http://httpbin.org/post'
    local filepath = "/mnt/nas/10.pdf"
    local file = io.open(filepath, "rb")
    local contents = file:read( "*a" )
    
    -- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3508338/what-is-the-boundary-in-multipart-form-data
    
    local boundary = "-----BoundaryePkpFF7tjBAqx29L"
    local send = "--"..boundary..
                "\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; title='Companies House File'\r\n"
    			.."----"..boundary..
    			"\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; document="..filepath..
                "\r\nContent-type: application/pdf".."\r\n"
    			..contents.."\r\n"
    			.."------"..boundary.."--\r\n"
    
    -- Execute request (returns response body, response code, response header)
    
    local resp = {}
    local body, code, headers, status = http.request {
        url = httpendpoint,
        method = 'POST',
        headers = {
    		["Authorization"] = "Basic " .. (mime.b64(username ..":" .. password)),
    		["Content-Length"] = lfs.attributes(filepath, 'size'),
    		['Content-Type'] = "multipart/form-data; boundary="..boundary,
        },
       -- source = ltn12.source.file( io.open(filepath,"rb") ),
       source = ltn12.source.file( io.open(send) ),
        sink = ltn12.sink.table(resp)
    }
    
    print(body, code, headers, status)
    print(table.concat(resp))
    
    if headers then 
        for k,v in pairs(headers) do 
            print(k,v) 
        end
    end
    
    

    I get this returned..

    nil     -------BoundaryePkpFF7tjBAqx29L 
    Content-Disposition: form-data; title='Companies House File' 
    ---------BoundaryePkpFF7tjBAqx29L 
    Content-Disposition: form-data; document=/mnt/nas/10.pdf 
    Content-type: application/pdf 
    %PDF-1.3 %âãÏÓ 
    227 0 obj << /Linearized 1 /O 231 /H [ 2350 879 ] /L 66081 /E 19639 /N 4 /T 61422 >> endobj xref 227 57 0000000016 00000 n 
    0000001509 00000 n 
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    0000003207 00000 n 
    trailer << /Size 284 /Info 226 0 R /Encrypt 229 0 R /Root 228 0 R /Prev 61411 /ID[] >> startxref 0 %%EOF 228 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Pages 225 0 R /AcroForm 230 0 R >> endobj 229 0 obj << /Filter /Standard /V 1 /R 2 /O (ÞŒŠþ0á6xƒV\nX¹#'ügã;Èè_Žu®ãªæu_-) /U (Ôeè³~„ˆ¸ÚC»ÒV!Øm: No such file or directory     
    

    It’s clear I’m not getting the content sent in the right format/structure, but I cannot find any guidance that clearly explains how to construct a multi-part form submissions via Lua code..

    Hoping someone can help…

    Code/Snippet library

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

    Hi

    I’ve been investing a lot of time recently trying to digitise everything I can, and my current adventure is with all my paper documents.

    My tool of choice is Paperless-ngx, which so far is an amazing open source solution, and highly recommended if you’re interest in such a thing…

    Such a move to Paperless would not be complete without some form of integration into Vera / openLuup, and thankfully it has a nice Rest API (https://paperless-ngx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html) I can use. So far I’ve been able to make use the GET requests, to provide document counts etc., but it’s the mutipart/form data piece where I’m struggling..

    The Curl command to upload a document, is as follows

    curl -H "Authorization: Basic Y2hyaXM62tgbsgjunotmeY2hyaXNob3N0aW5n" -F "title=Companies House File 10" -F "correspondent=12" -F "document=@/mnt/nas/10.pdf" http://192.168.102.134:8777/api/documents/post_document/
    

    But, I’d like to know how to do this with Lua code, more just to help me in my Lua learning curve, and what I thought would be reasonably straight forward thing to do, has turned out to be quite the opposite 🙂 Sending a multipart form data submission via http.request, is not as straight forward as I hoped. If anyone has any time to help, I’d appreciate some guidance on what I’m missing with the following, as based on the feedback, it looks like it not seeing the file (which I think I’ve confirmed by trying to sending both the curl and Lua commands to httbin.org ) …

    local http = require("socket.http")
    local ltn12 = require("ltn12")
    local mime = require("mime")
    local lfs = require("lfs")
    
    local username = "username"
    local password = "password"
    
    local httpendpoint = 'http://httpbin.org/post'
    local filepath = "/mnt/nas/10.pdf"
    local file = io.open(filepath, "rb")
    local contents = file:read( "*a" )
    
    -- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3508338/what-is-the-boundary-in-multipart-form-data
    
    local boundary = "-----BoundaryePkpFF7tjBAqx29L"
    local send = "--"..boundary..
                "\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; title='Companies House File'\r\n"
    			.."----"..boundary..
    			"\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; document="..filepath..
                "\r\nContent-type: application/pdf".."\r\n"
    			..contents.."\r\n"
    			.."------"..boundary.."--\r\n"
    
    -- Execute request (returns response body, response code, response header)
    
    local resp = {}
    local body, code, headers, status = http.request {
        url = httpendpoint,
        method = 'POST',
        headers = {
    		["Authorization"] = "Basic " .. (mime.b64(username ..":" .. password)),
    		["Content-Length"] = lfs.attributes(filepath, 'size'),
    		['Content-Type'] = "multipart/form-data; boundary="..boundary,
        },
       -- source = ltn12.source.file( io.open(filepath,"rb") ),
       source = ltn12.source.file( io.open(send) ),
        sink = ltn12.sink.table(resp)
    }
    
    print(body, code, headers, status)
    print(table.concat(resp))
    
    if headers then 
        for k,v in pairs(headers) do 
            print(k,v) 
        end
    end
    
    Code/Snippet library

  • Generic support for vacuums
    parkercP parkerc

    Ok, I decided to dive into Robot Vaccum cleaners , so picked up an 2nd hand Roomba e5 and have also got a Deenkee arriving tomorrow (damn you Amazon and your lightening deals !!!)

    Now, I obviously will want to get them both integrated into my Vera/OpenLuup world at some point, and starting with the Roomba, I’ve been trying to get Rest980 up and running (https://github.com/koalazak/rest980)..

    Is anyone already using this to interface with their Roomba ?
    If not, what are people using with their Roombas?

    Plugins

  • Lua : Downloading a file over https
    parkercP parkerc

    Ok, not had much luck with the variations I tried, 😞

    One thing I did notice was that the luasec version on VeraPlus is v0.4 and the openssl version is v1.0.2

    # openssl version
    OpenSSL 1.0.2l  25 May 2017
    

    Checking the luasec guidance here, https://github.com/brunoos/luasec/wiki/LuaSec-1.0.x , that VeraPlus openSSL version supports luasec v 1.0.x ?

    Without being able to install/use Luarocks, any idea how to upgrade from luasec 0.4 to 1.0.x?

    Code/Snippet library

  • Lua : Downloading a file over https
    parkercP parkerc

    Thanks all..

    Looks like curl is the way to go in situations like this..

    Quick question in regards to being able to do this all in Lua on a VeraPlus, I came across the following bit of code (not sure of the origin, but i can see it specifies a certificate file, is this an option ?

    require("socket")
    local ssl = require("ssl")
    local url = "test"
    
    local params = {
      mode = "client",
      protocol = "tlsv1_2",
      cafile = "/path/to/downloaded/cacert.pem", --<-- added cafile parameters
      verify = "peer", --<-- changed "none" to "peer"
      options = "all",
    }
    
    local conn = socket.tcp()
    conn:connect(url, 443)
    
    -- TLS/SSL initialization
    conn = ssl.wrap(conn, params)
    conn:dohandshake()
    
    conn:send("GET / HTTP/1.1\n\n")
    local line, err = conn:receive()
    print(err or line)
    conn:close()
    
    Code/Snippet library

  • Lua : Downloading a file over https
    parkercP parkerc

    Is the lack of TLS 1.2 with Vera addressed with something like this, not sure how this works, but I assume there is a default if something is not specified ?

    local _, code = https.request{
          url = url,
          protocol = "tlsv1_2",
         }
         ResetData()
         Log(" sent data status: " .. code)
    return code
    
    Code/Snippet library

  • Lua : Downloading a file over https
    parkercP parkerc

    Sorry, yes this is being done on my VeraPlus, with latest ‘production’ firmware 7.31..

    When I run this, i get nothing back not even an error for the https call.

    Print output
    --------DOWNLOAD http---------     
    { status="HTTP/1.1 200 OK", length=129373, headers={ x-content-type-options="nosniff", x-cache="MISS", server-timing="x-cache;desc=MISS, x-tw-cdn;desc=FT", x-served-by="cache-lhr6621-LHR, cache-tw-ZZZ1", content-length="129373", strict-transport-security="max-age=631138519", access-control-allow-origin="*", x-tw-cdn="FT", access-control-expose-headers="Content-Length", content-type="image/jpeg", timing-allow-origin="https://twitter.com, https://mobile.twitter.com", accept-ranges="bytes", connection="close", date="Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:31:56 GMT", cache-control="max-age=604800, must-revalidate", last-modified="Fri, 10 Apr 2015 23:57:23 GMT" }, code=200 }     
    --------DOWNLOAD https---------    
    
    
    Code/Snippet library
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