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PerH

I'm still not excluded, but I think it's a matter of time until he sees the same profile picture.
I was hoping to be able to test the eZLO plus some more, but given the temperature, i'd rather stay with the "Rafael group".

Utterly flabberghasting!

Edit: And there, i'm out too. Should we count how many eZLO plus beta testers he threw out? I have one.

PerH

I finally made the Domoticz link work, and then ported all Zigbee devices to the much better zigate plugin there. No change in latency at all, very sharp responses to door and motion sensors. Happy!

This plugin has its own GUI, and is almost structurally standalone. I've contacted the developers to ask if its possible with a direct API and to run it as a service to cut domoticz out of the chain..

I can now confirm that TRADFRI and Aqara will work together just fine, with repeaters helping for both systems:

PerH

The answer was offcourse logs. I didn't put in any limit to it, so everything is stored!

Found the solution here, update the docker compose files, and on we go.

PerH

Shouldn't this topic be set to "SOLVED"? Good luck with Hass, and not in the ironic way.

PerH

So, the resolution to the recent errors was that the UZB Stick was set up with "Bridge" firmware! to fix, go to ExpertUI - Network - Control - Firmware - Switch to "Normal" Firmware.
I may have been blinded by the "F**k, nothing i try works", but i think this detail could be more visible to beginners in some way, i.e. a small pop-up message when you try to add sensors in a-way (which requires normal mode FW).. I will pitch this to the z-way guys.

Onwards!

PerH

Cool! I'm currently on the Docker path, so i'll be setting up one for this. Ubuntu or debian? mabye Alipne, as VWout used for Openluup?

PerH

Contact!

Had to make a new token to make it work, theres no expiry of them, i hope?

Now i have to learn how to send "special" characters, it didnt even like "!".. But i don't intend to yell in my notifications anyway.

Sent one from reactor too Patrick.

To all you developer guys; Awesome job! thankyou for making this great HA system! Hope to join in on making some contributions myself.

PerH

Did this:
@rafale77 said in z-way-server ubuntu install:

@PerH

The problem is that libcurl3 is not in the standard repo you have listed.
assuming you are on ubuntu download it from here:

Ubuntu – Details of package libcurl3 in bionic

You need to pick from the correct platform.
wget --url you can paste from the link above--

i.e
wget http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/c/curl3/libcurl3_7.58.0-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
downloading from the norwegian mirror for x64

Then run
dpkg -i libcurl3_7.58.0-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
might need sudo authority to install.

Edit: Another idiot way to do it is to not install libcurl3 at all and instead create a symbolic link for libcurl3 to call libcurl4 (That's how I am running mine )
sudo ln -s /usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl-gnutls.so.4 /usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl-gnutls.so.3

sudo ln -s /usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl.so.4 /usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl.so.3
Note that you will need to find where your libcurl library was installed. I just gave you the ubuntu location.

and

apt install curl
systemctl disable openluup.service
systemctl enable openluup.service
systemctl start openluup.service

up and running again. Now the appstore is OK too, commencing attempt 2 on z-way bridge.

PerH

I have a docker running smoothly now, thought i'd share it. (and BTW, it looks awesome, Patrick!)
So far i've only opened 8111, and /config as volume. Mabye the full /reactor folder should be exposed for easy updating?

docker compose:

version: "3.9"
services:
  MSR:
    container_name: MSR
    restart: always
    image: perhu/msr-alpine:latest
    ports:
      - "8111:8111"
    networks:
      HAnett:
        ipv4_address: 192.168.0.8
    volumes:
      - type: bind
        source: /etc/localtime
        target: /etc/localtime
      - type: volume
        source: MSR-config
        target: /etc/reactor/config
      - type: volume
        source: MSR-storage
        target: /etc/reactor/storage
logging:
        driver: "json-file"
        options:
            max-file: "5"
            max-size: 10m
networks:
    HAnett:
        name: HAnett
        driver: bridge
        ipam:
            config:
                - subnet: 192.168.0.0/16
                  gateway: 192.168.0.254
volumes:
  MSR-config:
    name: MSR-config
  MSR-storage:
    name: MSR-storage

dockerfile for those who want to modify the image: (this works if you have unzipped MSR zip file to the same folder as the dockerfile)

FROM alpine:latest

COPY /reactor/. /etc/reactor/

RUN apk add --update nodejs npm && cd /etc/reactor \
        && npm install --loglevel error --no-save \
        && cp dist-config/* config/

VOLUME ["/etc/reactor/config"]

VOLUME ["/etc/reactor/storage"]

EXPOSE 8111

CMD ["/bin/sh"]

WORKDIR /etc/reactor

CMD ["node", "/etc/reactor/app.js"]

EDIT: 20210307 - updated with localtime bind

PerH

I suggest that you buy a xiaomi mi vacuum as well!

(good job!)

PerH

Hello amnd,

It seems to me that the appropriate "assistant" for you is "Home Assistant".

HA is an automation system that has integrations for a lot of IoT devices, and the latest versions is getting much easier to set up as well.

It is however an open source project, which means that it may be a challenge to get going if you have no experience with things like raspberry Pi's or Linux.

HA is also working on their own controller, but as of now people mostly run it on mini-PC's or similar.

if you're completely green on electronics and coding, perhaps Homey is a better bet.

when you have a system like this, you can connect to appliances and IoT in different ways, it all depends on how smart the devices are, and how the company that makes them integrates to other systems.

Regarding speakers, you get all kinds of wifi speaker systems, depending on where an how you want it.

Most automation controllers can be reached from outside the home through an app. This system can in practice be your alarm system if you connect motion and door/window sensors.

PerH

How is the setup today? If you have a wired switch today, I would recommend to have a "pill" type switch/dimmer behind that switch, and a Pi(or some mini-computer) with a USB-Zigbee controller.

PerH

In other words, you stopped and deleted the Ezlo SW? In that case, installing ser2net should be a breeze? It would be cool to try running JS UI on it, I'd give it a go if you show me the door in.

PerH

I still have the "prototype" Ezlo plus in a box somewhere, any chance of "nuking" it like the Vera Plus? Zigbee and Z-wave 700 chip could be useful..

@toggledbits, the only reason I use Z-wave JS UI into HASS is that i use the HASS visualization on phones and UI panels, that would have to be replaced by helpers/virtuals if I were to take it into MSR instead?
I could offcourse feed both MSR and HASS from JS UI, but that seems like a bit of a waste of bandwidth? dunno..

PerH

@gwp1 : Yes, I've seen (100s!) of those, no problem there!

I just had this notion that there was some other function in place, where if a device was gone, it would prompt you "This entity is gone, select replacement here", and that this would do replacement of all uses of that entity/device.

To the other discussion:
My problems started when I moved ALL devices to a new system, as in all entity addresses changed.
I have previously been on the same MSR version for long periods of time without any issues, so I very much doubt any "planned obsolesence".

PerH

Ok, so what firmware do you have? You've used this stick before?

The firmware stuff is a bit of a mess, look at this thread..

As I discovered; There is a Bridge firmware for using the stick without z-way, and a regular one for Z-Way. Mabye you have the bridge one?

Don't think you have area troubles, EU is part of the most common firmware..

PerH

One workaround would perhaps be to have a helper in HASS that MSR can trigger, which in HASS initiates a notification? Haven't gone in to this myself yet, still using telegram..

PerH

@Matohl - If you're thinking about when the only way to make actions happen is the "play" button next to each individual action, I really doubt that its by design, nor being an automated way to say that an update is available. My system had a cascade of dead entities, and I suspect that had something to do with it.

The proper thing to do in that case is to save logs/setup files and open a mantis ticket, just like I didn't here. That how bugs disappear.

PerH

After about 7 years in the Vera/openLuup world i've now moved on to a home assistant installation. This was rather reluctantly, as openLuup has served me well with very few issues (other than ones I created myself off course!). A big thanks to @akbooer and all contributors for all the good work with this software!

The main reason for jumping the fence to HASS was in short all the integrations and UI possibilities. The device handling for Zigbee and RFXtrx is also developing to be really good, and is still maintained.
There is still plenty of annoying bugs/imperfections with HASS, but the maturity is at a level where most of what I need works well enough.
My system is now:

HASS Container
- Z-wave JS UI for z-wave (Still prefer Z-Way here, but the integration isn't good there yet)
- ZHA for zigbee
- RFXTRX plugin for 433
- HASS Configurator for UI file editor for both HASS and MSR configuration files
MSR for all automations
Grafana and InfluxDB 1.8 (upgrading to 2.0 in a while)

So far so good!

PerH

Sorry about that, I just had a slight hope for a "you just forgot to push that button" kind of answer..

In any case, I cleaned out my rules over the board and updated the MSR image, and now it's running like a charm..

For future reference, is there in fact a "this entity is now gone from the system, choose a replacement" function, or did i just dream that one? If not, it would be a great addition!

Again, a big thankyou to @toggledbits for sharing this great machine!

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