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    • Can't post screen shots here now?

      cw-kid

      I wanted to asked a question with some screen shots but I am getting an error when I try to copy and paste an image from paint into this forum post editor.

      "Error something went wrong parsing server response" it was saying.

      Multi-System Reactor
    • Home Assistant add-on

      M

      I've done a bit of repackaging of MSR to make it work as an add-on under Home Assistant mostly for my own purposes but hopefully it makes it a bit easier to install and get going.

      GitHub - mrw298/hassio-reactor-addon GitHub - mrw298/hassio-reactor-addon

      Contribute to mrw298/hassio-reactor-addon development by creating an account on GitHub.

      Multi-System Reactor
    • DelayLight replicate in MSR

      P

      Hi Everyone,

      I am just starting to move over from Vera to Home Assistant using MSR.

      On vera I had been using DelayLight. I have tried to replicate it with help from youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc_ij0D1hXE) Reactor for Vera #006 - Emulating DelayLight in Reactor.

      I have created 6 rules that sort of work. but I am just wondering if this is best practice or should can it be built in 1 rule like the old vera way?

      Multi-System Reactor
    • Having an Echo device play mp3?

      F

      Hi!
      I tried to find an answer in both the forum and by myself, without any luck. I'm trying to make my Echo device play a mp3 file. The same mp3 file is easy to play with other smart speakers (Sonos, Google/Nest) - that it no problem. Same approch do not work with Echo devices. The mp3 files I want to use is located on my HA installation (config/www/audio), running on ver. 2023.5.4. I have MSR ver 23114.
      Is there a way to do this easily?
      Thanks!
      /Fanan

      Multi-System Reactor
    • Reactor (Multi-System/Multi-Hub) Announcements

      toggledbits

      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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    • Sending numbers as payload type in actions enhancement

      J

      I'm controlling a HVAC device through the MQTTController. While setting up the entity config in reactor.yaml, I started with this on the action block:

      set_setpoint: topic: "ezlo_mqtt/set/item/%topic%/set/Tsetpoint" payload: expr: "parameters.setpoint" type: raw

      However, as the setpoint is a number in the UI, things were not fully parseable as a number and nothing was outputted to mqtt.

      So I've added this code to MQTTController.js at line 1449 to add the payload type 'number':

      } else if ( 'number' === act.payload.type ) { payload = String( payload ); } else if (''raw' !== ( act.payload.type || 'raw' ) ) {

      After this change, I was able to set the payload type to number:

      set_setpoint: topic: "ezlo_mqtt/set/item/%topic%/set/Tsetpoint" payload: expr: "parameters.setpoint" type: number

      And things worked as intended, being able to send numbers in the actions bit of a rule set.

      Multi-System Reactor
    • MIOS - UI5 web login

      Black Cat

      Can anyone help with the MIOS UI5 weblink? Not the getvera one.
      Still running UI5 on a couple of sensors & lights and need to tweak PLEG but for the life of me I can't remember the link to tunnel back to the trusty machine....

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    • SiteSensor > how to fill in Value Expressions (json data) SOLVED !

      M

      I still use Vera controllers in combination with ReactorSensors. I have several Reactor sensors in use to retrieve weather data from Wunderground (i have a personal weather station), my smartmeter etc.

      Recently I installed solar panels with a SolarEdge inverter. SolarEdge has an API to retrieve my power production data from their cloud.
      Output is in json.

      So I created a new Reactor Sensor. Connection is working (query okay).
      But I encounter problems at the Value Expressions. Either I get ""query okay" but no data or I get "query okay but 1 expressions failed"

      This is the json output

      {"overview":{"lastUpdateTime":"2023-05-12 10:45:57","lifeTimeData":{"energy":476310.0,"revenue":216.577},"lastYearData":{"energy":433001.0},"lastMonthData":{"energy":433001.0},"lastDayData":{"energy":8262.0},"currentPower":{"power":5647.0},"measuredBy":"INVERTER"}}

      So it has different layers/levels.

      I tried to put in the Value Expressions field several combinations to get the energy data of today (8262.0), like:

      response.lastDayData.energy
      response.overview.lastDayData.energy
      response.overview.lastUpdateTime.lastDayData.energy

      all fail...

      Who can help me with this ?

      Vera/openLuup plugins
    • openweather plugin ?

      DesT

      Hey guys....

      long time 😉

      Since Dark weather is no more active, thanks Apple. Anyone switch to openweather to get weather data ?

      Plugins
    • Smart devices and mesh

      J

      The wifi on my router is turned off, and wifi around the house is provided using a mesh - 3 units altogether (one connected directly to the router) that are spread around the house.

      I would like to start automating certain tasks around the house and intend to try adding a few smart sockets to my setup.

      The mesh system I have supports both 2.4GHz and 5GHz, and does not provide me with the option to control them - i.e. turn one or both on/off, give each a different SSID, etc.

      The devices I wish to purchase/use only support 2.4GHz.

      Will turning the mesh units off and temporarily turning the 2.4GHz wifi on the router to allow me to set them up be enough? Will I then be able to return to my usual setup and everything will work as it should?

      Many thanks in advance

      General Discussion
    • Smart bed sensor

      C

      Hey everyone, I'm currently working on developing a bed sensor that can detect when you're out of bed. It could be used to trigger other smart home gadgets, like lights or blinds, temperature etc.
      The sensors are placed under the legs of your bed post. Should look and feel like "smart furniture pads" with size 2 inches in diameter and 1/4 inch thick.
      Before we go any further, I'd love to get your thoughts on this - would a bed sensor like this be something you'd find useful? We're still in the early stages of development, so any feedback you have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

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    • JSON payload in MQTTController entities actions (+ reverse color mapping to RGB)

      M

      Some background
      I'm trying to integrate a Zigbee device into the MSR using zigbee2mqtt bridge and MQTTController. The device in question is a cheap mood light that has following properties that I'd like to control:

      switch (on/off) brightness color

      I'v already managed to get the switch part working and can toggle the light on/off. Also the brightness value is mapped back to MSR. In zigbee2mqtt it has a value range from 0 to 254, so this the reason for the expression:

      expr: 'payload.brightness / 254'

      Here's the entity definition (don't know whether the type should be something else than the Switch)

      zigbee-lidl-mood-light: name: 'Lidl Mood Light' friendly_name: 'Mood Light' type: Switch uses_template: lidl-moodlight

      And the corresponding template (NOTE: rgb_color has not been defined in this example):

      lidl-moodlight: init: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%/get/state" query: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%/get/state" capabilities: - power_switch - toggle - dimming primary_attribute: power_switch.state events: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%": "power_switch.state": json_payload: true expr: 'upper(payload.state) == "ON"' "dimming.level": json_payload: true expr: 'payload.brightness / 254' actions: power_switch: "on": topic: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%/set/state" payload: 'ON' "off": topic: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%/set/state" payload: 'OFF' set: topic: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%/set/state" payload: expr: "parameters.state ? 'ON' : 'OFF'" type: raw toggle: topic: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%/set/state" payload: 'TOGGLE'

      The problem
      In order to control the brightness or the RGB color values, I would have send a JSON payload in corresponding actions. But I have no idea how to define it in the template. The reason why the switch part is working is that the zigbee2mqtt accepts also plain ON / OFF / TOGGLE string payloads in that case.

      But the brightness should be controlled with the following payload:

      {"brightness": 196}

      And the RGB color like:

      {"color":{"rgb":"46,102,150"}}

      Here's the link for the documentation (the Exposes part defines the messages).

      So how should I define the JSON payload for example for the dimming action? It definitely should be some sort of expressions since I have to map the MSR real value (0...1) to (0...254) for the zigbee2mqtt.

      actions: dimming: set: topic: "zigbee2mqtt/%friendly_name%/set" payload: expr: ????? type: json

      Another problem is the RGB value. I could use the rgb_color capability for the setting but the problem is that the zigbee2mqtt only reports the current color in hue/saturation or xy coordinates.

      Here's an example of published message after setting the color:

      Topic: zigbee2mqtt/Mood Light QoS: 0 { "brightness":254, "color":{ "hue":240, "saturation":100, "x":0.1355, "y":0.0399 }, "color_mode":"xy", "color_temp":574, "linkquality":96, "state":"ON" }

      I would have to map those values back to RGB, but is it even possible with existing constructs in MQTTController's templates?

      Help would be appreciated @toggledbits
      br,
      mgvra

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    • Another Vera --> Home Assistant migration question

      T

      Good morning all,
      I've got a stable Home Assistant running on a RPI 4 with a Aeotec Z-Stick 7 Plus, and of course the Z-wave JS integration. I've manually moved a handful of devices, and I'm overall much happier with the HA z-wave capability than I am with Vera. There are still some things I'm trying to figure out that I have in Vera that I'm not sure how they'll work in HA, but no deal breakers.

      I've got all of my automation on MSR and off of luup Reactor, so really the only thing left for me is to migrate my Z-wave network. I saw @rafale77's post about using a Zwave.me UZB1 to Zway, but of course that's not what I'm using.

      Is there a similar method that I can use my Aeotec Z-Stick 7 plus to Home Assistant? I have around 70 Z-wave devices (give or take devices that generate multiple instances in Vera), so manual unpairing, including, etc, would be quite a chore.

      Vera
    • Home Assistant push notification for Reactor version update possible?

      T

      Good evening,
      I was wondering if it would be possible to send out a push notification when there is a update to MSR to HA users. I know how to set up notifications through Reactor to HA users, but I'm unsure what to look for in regards to updates. I know that MSR itself will tell me there is an update, but unless I'm logged into MSR in a browser, I'm not always going to see that.

      Just updated to latest-23114-e4060aae MSR
      Home Assistant 2023.4.6
      Supervisor 2023.04.1
      Operating System 10.0

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    • ChatGPT - finally I can now retyre in piece and quite, knowing everting is in goof hands.

      A

      ChatGPT samples:

      Me:

      Tell me about an iot program called openLuup.

      It:

      OpenLuup is an open source home automation system that is built on the VeraLuup platform. It is designed to be easy to install and configure, and provides users with a powerful and versatile way to control their home automation devices. OpenLuup offers a wide range of features, including support for many popular home automation devices, scheduling, scripting, and integration with other services. OpenLuup is designed to be customizable, allowing users to create their own home automation systems. It is an excellent choice for those looking to create their own home automation system without spending a lot of money.

      Me:

      Write an iot program using openLuup.

      It:

      --openLuup IoT Program-- -- Initialize Variables -- local device_id = "MyHomeDevice" local temperature_sensor_id = "MyTemperatureSensor" local temperature_threshold = 75 -- Create Devices -- luup.create_device("OpenLuup Temperature Sensor", 0, device_id, "D_GenericSensor1.xml", "I_GenericSensor1.xml", "S_TemperatureSensor1.xml", "") luup.variable_set("urn:upnp-org:serviceId:TemperatureSensor1", "CurrentTemperature", 0, device_id) -- Start Timer -- luup.call_delay("check_temperature", 10, "", false) --Function to Check Temperature-- function check_temperature() local current_temperature = luup.variable_get(temperature_sensor_id, "CurrentTemperature", 0) --Check Temperature Threshold-- if current_temperature >= temperature_threshold then --Send Alert-- luup.call_action("urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:HomeAutomationGateway1", "SendTextMessage", {PhoneNumber="1234567890", Message="ALERT! Temperature exceeded threshold!"}, 0) end --Reset Timer-- luup.call_delay("check_temperature", 10, "", false) end

      Me:

      Write an iot program using openLuup.

      It:

      Write an iot program using openLuup. -- openLuup IOT Program -- -- Variables local lampState = false local lampTime = 0 -- Functions function lampTimer() if lampTime > 0 then lampTime = lampTime - 1 if lampTime == 0 then luup.variable_set('urn:upnp-org:serviceId:SwitchPower1', 'Status', 0, lampDeviceID) lampState = false end end end -- Setup luup.call_delay('lampTimer', 60, 0) -- Main Loop while true do -- Check for motion if luup.variable_get('urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:MotionSensor1', 'Tripped', motionSensorDeviceID) == '1' then if not lampState then luup.variable_set('urn:upnp-org:serviceId:SwitchPower1', 'Status', 1, lampDeviceID) lampState = true -- Set lamp timer to 5 minutes lampTime = 300 end end luup.sleep(1) end

      What??

      luup.sleep(1)

      Not good - looks like I still have some semblance of a job to fulfill.

      Me:

      An iot program called openLuup was written by akbooer. Who is akbooer?

      It: (note: answer redacted and as I understand it, also incorrect re: AltUI):

      akbooer is the pseudonym of the software developer and home automation enthusiast. He is the creator of the openLuup home automation software, which is an open-source version of the Vera home automation system. He is also the creator of the AltUI graphical user interface for openLuup.

      Me:

      Who created of the AltUI graphical user interface for openLuup.

      and

      Me:

      Who created of the AltUI graphical user interface for the home automation system Vera.

      Names two different people - mmmm.

      Regardless very impressive - give it a few more years.

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    • Disabled groups in reactions

      tunnus

      MSR tooltip says that "disabled groups are ignored, as if they did not exist (conditions don't run)".

      Just want to clarify if it's by design that actions beneath disabled groups should run? They do run, but intuitively I was expecting them to be disabled as well.

      Running the latest build under Docker.

      Multi-System Reactor
    • Any interest in a Subcategory for Homebridge?

      parkerc

      Being an iPad/iPhone user, I use Homebridge for a number of things. Although it runs completely independently from my main Vera home set up.

      Is anyone else using Homebridge and if there is enough interest would a subcategory be of use ?

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    • RE: Moving to Docker

      @akbooer
      I'm far from an expert, but have some experience with it yes. I haven't composed a container through yaml yet.

      You first need to define/create the volumes, that's when you can state where the volumes should be "placed" and where the data resides. This can be a local directory or a nfs mount for example. Default, it creates a dir in the docker dir.

      If you are not a Linux expert, like me (although I can manage), I would advise installing Portainer first. It gives you a nice GUI for managing your dockers. Far easier than doing everything through command line.

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    • RE: LUA School

      I'm also digging into lua developing a bit and found this page:

      GitHub - toggledbits/PluginTools: Tools for creating Vera/Luup/openLuup plugins

      GitHub - toggledbits/PluginTools: Tools for creating Vera/Luup/openLuup plugins

      Tools for creating Vera/Luup/openLuup plugins. Contribute to toggledbits/PluginTools development by creating an account on GitHub.

      Looks very useful.

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    • RE: Reactor: double click action

      Ok, first tests look promising. It not always goes successful, but I have to debug that some more later. It looks like the clicks are not always registered, but that's a different problem then.

      Thanks @toggledbits for your help! Not really easy after all, but it seems like a workable solution. The alternative is a triple click, that is probably more reliable. Nice to have the group state functionality in my arsenal now.

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    • RE: The Home Automation Controller Pyramid

      I have all my logic in openluup already, so z-way would indeed be the easy route. I also like that it is opensource. The only reason to choose Hubitat would be to simplify things. Thanks for your answer.

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    • RE: Moving to Docker

      I'm not familiar with the docker GUI of Synology, maybe that's good enough. But Portainer is widely used for managing docker containers. I like it. It is quite easy to create volumes and the sorts.

      posted in Docker
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    • RE: Moving to Docker

      @akbooer said in Moving to Docker:

      I'm still struggling with this. I've manually created some external folders, but can't get the multi-line command to work.

      @vwout, following my new experience with AlpineWSL on a PC (which I assume to be something very similar to Docker) I created the whole of the cmh-ludl folder as one single external volume. This is really convenient. Is it possible to make the same configuration for a Docker image?

      I don't know what AlpineWSL is, but you can make a volume for your cmh-ludl folder and map it in vwout's docker container.

      2841db44-81ef-4214-a5c8-2bb4931759c4-image.png

      This is what it looks like in portainer, like a mapping. Really convenient, like you said.

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    • RE: Moving to Docker

      You mean not splitting it up in backup, log and cmh-ludl? That's a choice of vwout. To be able to be flexible with what you store where, probably. You can do it with the command line too, but I'm not familiar with that. I don't think you have to do all mappings. Probably the cmh-ludl is enough, but I'm not sure.

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    • RE: Moving to Docker

      @perh I think the main point of dockers is to put every service in it's own docker. This way it is easier to manage with as less dependence as possible.

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    • RE: Home assistant addon: Import Vera/Openluup backup

      Pff, solved. It was a copy/paste issue of some sorts. I removed the space and typed it again and now it works. Thanks for the help!

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    • RE: Home assistant addon: Import Vera/Openluup backup

      @toggledbits said in Home assistant addon: Import Vera/Openluup backup:

      You never posted the original command (the one the instructions gave you), and the error message you got from it. You've only posted an experiment that you tried after, which isn't really relevant. Post the original ln command that's not working, and the output/error it generated.

      That's because it is the same error, namely:

      /opt/reactor # ln -sf /var/reactor/storage .
      /bin/sh: ln -sf: not found

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    • RE: Home assistant addon: Import Vera/Openluup backup

      Can someone please check if the symbolic link command (ln) still works in the latest docker? I want to know if it's a problem with my container or in the image.

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    • RE: Home assistant addon: Import Vera/Openluup backup

      Yes, I know. Tried that first, of course. This was to check if it was a PATH issue.

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    • RE: Home assistant addon: Import Vera/Openluup backup

      @toggledbits said in Home assistant addon: Import Vera/Openluup backup:

      Please read: https://smarthome.community/post/10340

      @toggledbits Should these instructions still work? I did this successfully earlier, but I started over with a new docker container and now I can't get it to work.

      I'm getting an error on the symlink creation:

      "/bin/sh: /usr/bin/ln -sf: not found"

      but "ln --help" works, so I guess it's not a PATH issue.

      The node command doesn't work without the symlink. I'm getting this:

      /opt/reactor # node tools/import_reactor_backup.js /var/reactor/20230318-reactor-config-backup.json openluup
      Usage: /usr/local/bin/node /opt/reactor/tools/import_reactor_backup.js /var/reactor/20230318-reactor-config-backup.json openluup <reactor-backup-file> <controller-id>

      Newer docker version now than last time: latest-23078-d592d400

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    • RE: Critical Disk Space Warning

      @toggledbits said in Critical Disk Space Warning:

      Reading: https://reactor.toggledbits.com/docs/SystemController/

      Splendid. You think of everything! Forgot about that.

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    • RE: Critical Disk Space Warning

      It was not the space in the docker but the mounted volume, although it still had more than 2gb of space. So it complains a little bit early, but it has been resolved for me.

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    • RE: Critical Disk Space Warning

      I've got the same message, but my disk is not full.

      image.png

      Am I missing something?

      image.png

      I just did a recreate of the container with a new pull. I'm on docker 23078.

      Is the threshold set to 90%. That would explain the error of course, but there is still 2 gb free.

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    • RE: Home assistant addon: Import Vera/Openluup backup

      @toggledbits said in Home assistant addon: Import Vera/Openluup backup:

      Please read: https://smarthome.community/post/10340

      I can confirm that these instructions work for docker.

      This is however not a solution for the HA addon.

      @mrw298 Can you take a look at what's necessary to provide the import feature for the addon, please?

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    • RE: Home assistant addon: Import Vera/Openluup backup

      Thanks, I'll try it. Didn't find the post when I searched for it.

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