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    • Lifeline/TKB switches

      P

      Have a number of TKB plug switches (TZ68) that are not reporting to the controller. Believe they should be associated to Z-Way in Group 1 but am not able to get the devices to report groups in the interview/call for NIF process and so there are no associations possible. Thermosat is telling them to come on/off (hurrah!) but they don't report their on/off status in the gui.

      In Associations tab: Can not configure associations: groups were not reported by the device. Do interview.

      Z-Wave.me
    • Multi-System Reactor Developer Preview AVAILABLE

      toggledbits

      OK, people, here we go! At long last, Multi-System Reactor developer preview is available!

      The package can be downloaded from the Reactor bug tracker, a MantisBT system (at https://reactor.toggledbits.com/mantisbt/). There is a download button in the left margin, as well as links to the documentation, which you will need for installation.

      UPDATE 2021-02-24 -- To keep spammers off, I've locked down registration on the Bug Tracker. To get access to the Bug Tracker and preview downloads, please PM me (not reply here) your full name and email address and I will set up an account for you.

      This version of MSR will run on Linux systems, including RPi's under Raspios Buster, running node.js version 12.10 or higher (v14.15.1). For RPi users, there is an installation script that will install a local copy of node.js (for the logged-in user).

      Bugs reports will be handled through the bug tracker only. Discussion and questions in this forum are fine, though (if that leads to a bug report, we'll transition).

      This version supports Vera and openLuup, Hubitat, and Home Assistant. Some of the device support on the H platforms is still a bit basic, but it is largely controlled by configuration and progress can be made quickly.

      The documentation beyond installation is a mess. Of course, I started with the existing documentation and have been massaging into MSR's particulars, but it still has a long way to go on the detail.

      I know I don't have to say this, but I will anyway... let me know how it goes!

      Multi-System Reactor
    • system capability zwave_scene_controller

      cw-kid

      Hi

      I can't seem to find this, how do you access it ?

      Thanks

      Multi-System Reactor
    • How do I "else"

      M

      MSR is a bit different then the Reactor.

      Trigger :
      A changes
      Constraints :
      A is true
      Reaction:
      Close window shade

      How do i " Else if A is false ! then Open shades
      ??

      In old reactor it was easy but cant get it with msr....

      /Mattias

      Multi-System Reactor
    • Preview of Multi-System Reactor

      toggledbits

      I made a video with a first look at Multi-System Reactor. In this video, I show the major components of the system, and run a demo automation where a light switch on HomeAssistant controls a light on my house Vera Plus.

      This project is coming along nicely, but there is much documentation to write, and lots to "to-do" list items yet to be implemented, most on the critical path to working outside of my own hands, but a few still are.

      Comments and feedback welcome.

      YouTube: https://youtu.be/EcdPLnd2ybo

      Rumble: https://rumble.com/vccph1-preview-of-multi-system-reactor-first-look.html

      Chat with me on Discord: https://discord.gg/B3FDcBNR

      Multi-System Reactor
    • Apple Homepod mini

      rafale77

      After having optimized my video processing integration of 8 cameras into my openLuup based automation, I have been wondering what I could possibly improve on my setup. Instead of pestering @akbooer with petty localized console optimizations I am looking at these Apple Homepod minis as a potential improvement from my alexa based voice command system. openLuup is presently already bridged to both platforms using habridge and homekitbridge.

      I am seeing two issues with Alexa:

      Speed. The cloud processing of the voice commands takes ~1s (I don't use anything cloud to cloud) and I would really prefer it to be local. These devices can go a bit crazy when they lose DNS connections and sometimes do random things. Privacy because all the recordings go to the amazon cloud all the time.

      I have been exploring open source solutions for this but I would lose the benefit of optionally being able to go to the cloud for search information.

      The downside of the homepods are that siri is not nearly as good in terms of helpfulness as alexa at this point. They also don't have a version with a screen which I found to be very useful at a couple of locations on the other hand, the sound quality of the homepod minis seem to be better than the echos...

      What do you guys think?

      This thread from longtime vera user @dJOS inspired me

      Feb 4 Hubitat + HomeKit + HomeBridge + HomePod Mini = WOW Hubitat + HomeKit + HomeBridge + HomePod Mini = WOW

      Howdy all, I got a HomePod Mini very recently for my study (the audio quality is great and hand-off is magical) and to replace my iPad as the main HomeKit controller for my house (we use HomeKit mainly for Presence detection which is IMO best in class). We also have a dozen Amazon Echo's of...

      General Discussion
    • Setting Other State Variables on Vera

      LibraSun

      Q: Is it fair/accurate to say that MSR cannot directly set the "LoadLevelLast" attribute of a Z-Wave light switch (paired with Vera)?

      Reason I'm asking is that I routinely use Luup-based Reactor to set that value (e.g. to "60") whenever the switch is turned OFF, which causes future ON commands to automatically dim the light to that value (in this case, "60"). Kind of a built-in brightness limiter.

      Granted, insofar as "LoadLevelLast" is intended as a read-only, derived value -- not meant to be set directly by Reactor in the first place -- I know this sounds like a trick question. And admittedly, the manner in which Reactor has done this for me in the past was by executing a snipped of Luup code containing a [variable_set] command. But it has worked (in most cases I've applied it to).

      Is there any way to replicate this functionality -- however ill-advised in the grand scheme of things -- with MSR?

      Multi-System Reactor
    • Starlink Available in Some Areas

      toggledbits

      This morning I signed up for Starlink internet. This is the Musk project that has been aboard many of the SpaceX launches for some time. I watched this morning's launch (60 additional Starlink satellites), and they announced that the Beta was open in some areas. I went to the site, and it was open in my area.

      The site (starlink.com) quoted $99/mo with $499 initial equipment and setup. I realize that's pretty pricey compared to Internet access in many areas, but I currently pay a fair amount more (monthly) to my current cable- (TV) based ISP, quality and speed are inconsistent, and every year I have to fight their customer retention staff to keep my pricing from nearly doubling as my "special offer" expires.

      Verizon, the dominant cellular carrier where I live, has been slow to roll out home-based Internet on 5G. This is another alternative I've been excited to investigate, but still waiting.

      I'm pretty excited. Yes, I'm a Musk fan-boy. Don't judge me. 🙂

      General Discussion
    • Insert Entity tool for expressions

      LibraSun

      Is the "Insert Entity Attribute Value" button (i.e. MSR's analog to "Expression Builder" in Reactor) in Expressions meant to be functional yet? I've noticed that clicking it has no effect, but chalked that up to this being a dev release. Just wanted to make sure, since it's not greyed out in the UI.

      Multi-System Reactor
    • How does MSR keep in sync with devices and scenes on Vera?

      cw-kid

      Hi

      I've been having trouble again, with a Qubino DC Shutter module today. I actually deleted one and added a new one.

      Now in MSR I have several instances of "Lounge Blind"

      Device number 644 is the one that is on Vera.

      77cbd356-145d-40c1-9d43-5f1724f33b86-image.png

      If I search Vera for devices numbered - 638, 643 they don't exist on Vera.

      Also there is one in MSR called "device_642" that device doesn't exist on Vera either.

      Also the device named _Window Covering with ID 640 that doesn't exist on Vera now rither.

      So when devices or scenes are added or removed on Vera how does MSR keep in sync is there something I have to do ?

      Thanks

      Multi-System Reactor
    • Scene Controllers

      cw-kid

      @toggledbits

      I've created a ticket for scene activation here.

      In PLEG I have to use this service ID:

      urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SceneController1

      And monitor these properties:

      sl_SceneActivated
      LastSceneID
      LastSceneTime

      Multi-System Reactor
    • openLuup: Version Log

      akbooer

      A long while ago (May, 2015) I wrote my 2000-th post on another forum: openLuup - running unmodified plugins on any machine. Here’s the gist of it:

      ...I want to work in a more open and stable [Vera] environment...

      ...All would be solved if Luup was open source and could be run on the plethora of cheap and reliable hardware available today. But it’s not. But we could get something like that effect if we engineered a sufficient subset of Luup to run on such a platform. Could it be done? What would we need?

      1. UI
      2. scheduler
      3. web server
      4. Luup compatible API
      5. Device and Implementation xml file reader
      6. Zwave bridge to Vera
      7. runs most plugins without modification

      What we wouldn’t need is UPnP.

      What have we (nearly) got already?

      We have, courtesy of @amg0, the most excellent AltUI: Alternate UI to UI7, and that, I think, is probably the hardest one to do in the above list. Items 2 - 5, and 7, I’ve prototyped, in pure Lua, and posted elsewhere: DataYours on Raspberry Pi, running selected plugins unmodified, including: DataYours, EventWatcher, Netatmo, RBLuaTest, altUI. See screenshot attached.

      Is it worth the effort? Probably not. Will I pursue this quest? Yes.

      openLuup was the result.

      DE2056BF-E548-4611-972B-40276F00BFEB.jpeg

      openLuup
    • Feature Request: Hass service call action

      K

      Is it possible to have an action for the Hass controller that would allow for defining a service call by inputting the desired service and service data parameters? This would provide an easy way to perform services for entities in Hass that are not mapped.

      Multi-System Reactor
    • Z-way video tutorials

      P

      Have found these videos very informative as a zway novice ....

      Z-Wave Network Diagnostics with Z-Way controller Z-Way webinar series: Z-Way Advanced Usage Z-Way webinar series: Introduction to Z-Way Home Automation
      Z-Wave.me
    • Why Migrate to Z-way from vera and how?

      rafale77

      I expect this document to be dynamic based on inputs from people who try but did not want to completely rewrite it here:

      rafale77/Z-Way rafale77/Z-Way

      Zway plugin for openLuup . Contribute to rafale77/Z-Way development by creating an account on GitHub.

      Zway Bridge
    • Running Lua Code ? And watching device properties?

      cw-kid

      Hi

      In some of my PLEG actions I run Lua code.

      I guess I can't do that now with MSR. Assume I have to create a Vera scene with that same LUA code and have the MSR action call that scene etc.

      What about the people who were using Reactor plugin for Vera? I assume they can run Lua code.

      But won't be able to when using MSR on a separate box to Vera.

      I am also seeing other things I am doing in PLEG but don't think I will be able to on MSR? Like monitoring devices for certain things.

      For example I use PLEG with Fibaro Dimmer 2 modules to enable me to use the Scene Activation for double and triple clicks on the actual wall switches, PLEG sees this happening and then my action can run a Vera scene or whatever else I want.

      I have three "Device Properties" setup in PLEG to monitor those aspects of the Fibaro Dimmer 2 device.

      078cad4f-ebee-4951-a631-304da033d60f-image.png

      Then this condition in PLEG:

      (LoungeSceneActivated;LoungeLastSceneTime) and (LoungeLastSceneID == 14)

      Runs an action when I double click the Lounge Light wall switch.

      Thanks

      Multi-System Reactor
    • 0000075: Timeout Overflow Warning

      J

      Patrick, Just confirming this is now working ok for me.👍

      Multi-System Reactor
    • Help with luup.call_delay()

      T

      I have this block of lua and I am using luup.call_delay to delay the sending of IR codes. it works as intended but I am trying to eliminate the use of luup.sleep for the delay before the tcp:close() as well. i cant figure out how to implement luup.call_delay() for the tcp:close() and keep the luup.call_delay intact for the delay between the IR codes.

      Thanks in advance.

      function Delay1() --[[HDMI Matrix B1--]] local socket = require("socket") tcp = assert(socket.connect("192.168.255.204", 4998)) tcp:send("sendir,1:3,1,38000,1,69,341,171,22,21,22,21,22,21,22,21,22,21,22,21,22,21,22,21,22,64,22,64,22,64,22,64,22,64,22,64,22,64,22,64,22,21,22,21,22,64,22,21,22,64,22,21,22,21,22,21,22,64,22,64,22,21,22,64,22,21,22,64,22,64,22,64,22,1493,341,85,22,3669" .. "\r\n") luup.sleep(1050) tcp:close() end luup.call_delay("Delay1", 1) function Delay2() --[[HDMI Matrix B2--]] local socket = require("socket") tcp = assert(socket.connect("192.168.255.204", 4998)) tcp:send("sendir,1:3,1,38000,1,69,343,171,21,21,22,21,22,21,22,21,21,21,22,21,22,21,21,21,22,63,22,63,22,63,22,63,22,63,22,63,22,63,22,63,22,63,22,63,22,63,22,21,22,63,22,21,21,21,22,21,22,21,21,22,21,21,22,63,22,21,22,63,22,63,22,63,22,1528,342,85,22,1528" .. "\r\n") luup.sleep(1050) tcp:close() end luup.call_delay("Delay2", 5)
      Code/Snippet library
    • Synology Docker installation

      LibraSun

      @toggledbits I followed to the letter your excellent step-by-step guide on launching a Docker container from the image I fetched from PR #58 this morning.

      All proceeded swimmingly – folder creation, image upload, settings & parameters, etc. – until the moment of actual Launch.

      Whereupon, Docker threw up the following on-screen "Stopped Unexpectedly" warning (which repeated every 30 seconds or so until I Stop'ped the container from running/restarting):
      docker_msr_stopped.png

      Concurrently, every attempt to access http://<mySynNAS_IP>:8111/ resulted in a "This site can't be reached" error page in Chrome (under Windows, mind you).

      Immediately, I took the liberty of inspecting and Export'ing the logfile (Container ► Details ► Log) as an HTML file, which I attach below (oops, no attachment feature in this forum, so here is the direct link) for your inspection.

      Hope you find some clues, because I'm not at all sure where things went wrong. (The only facet of setup where I expressly deviated from your typed notes involved creating a "Shared" (i.e. top-level, rather than under /home) folder called "Reactor" with r/w access, under which I created a subfolder named "Data", to which I pointed /var/reactor during container creation.)

      Excellent write-up and thanks for the chance to test this out!!

      Libra

      FOLLOW-UP NOTES
      I do see where Container ► Edit ► Environment ► variable PATH has a value of "/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" which strikes me as odd, but maybe that's normal nomenclature? (By contract, Windows and DOS always use semicolons, not colons, to separate PATH variable entries.)

      RESOLVED
      Noting that the Log displayed an error message related to /var/reactor/config, I went and created a folder named 'config' (all lowercase) under the NAS's top-level Reactor\Data folder, then restarted the container. It's running fine now, and I'm able to access the :8111 interface for the first time.
      Log ► "Configuration path: /var/reactor/config resolved /var/reactor/config"

      SUGGEST
      Please add explicit declaration in your How-To regarding the need for a /config underneath the data folder.

      Multi-System Reactor
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    • RE: Get Vera files throwing errors

      Got it to work again. Now I am on 20.5.1 of openLuup.

      posted in Vera Bridge
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    • RE: Get Vera files throwing errors

      Got it. Thanks for your help.
      Plugin Startup Jobs CPU usage (in startup order)

      date / time device priority status hh🇲🇲ss.sss job # info notes

      1 2020-05-03 15:22:33.769 2 1 Done 0.004 1 plugin: openLuup sync in 86.7 s
      2 2020-05-03 15:22:33.770 3 3 Done 0.000 2 plugin: Alternate UI
      3 2020-05-03 15:22:39.200 5 5 Done 4.403 4 plugin: VeraBridge OK
      4 2020-05-03 15:22:39.293 6 5 Done 0.008 5 plugin: Z-Way OK
      5 2020-05-03 15:22:39.294 4 Done 0.001 3 plugin: Alternate App Store OK

      posted in Vera Bridge
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    Latest posts made by RogerO

    • RE: Would you use a self-hosted geofencing solution?

      As you know from our previous email conversation, I would definitely use a local hosted version. I hate Apple more than Google so my wife and I have Samsung phones. They worked well with Logo when you had it running.

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: MQTT Plugin

      Thanks, that would be great.

      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: MQTT Plugin

      Hi Guys,
      Was on the Lobo beta using Owntracks that Rigpapa was running but he killed it to focus on other projects. I have MQTT broker (Mosquitto) running on my rpi but can't figure out how to get MQTT data into a virtual switch on Vera. Did you ever get this working? Are there compiled files anywhere I can load on my Vera or openluup device?

      Roger

      posted in Plugins
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    • RE: Cannot add ZOOZ power strip in Zway

      Going from bad to worse. Now when I try to add it in the expert UI, it says "device fond" and then does nothing. I can include and exclude all day long but the device never shows up. Argh.

      posted in Z-Wave.me
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    • RE: Cannot add ZOOZ power strip in Zway

      I did it through the expertUI. It fails some of the Interviews:
      Failed ones are:
      SwitchBinary
      AssociationGroupInformation
      ZWavePlusInfo
      MultiChannel
      ManufactureSpecific
      PowerLevel
      FirmwareUpdates
      Association
      Version
      MultiChannelAssociation
      SecurityS2

      How do I remove it from Zwave? Don't see that option in the expert UI.

      posted in Z-Wave.me
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    • RE: Cannot add ZOOZ power strip in Zway

      Not sure what you are asking for.

      posted in Z-Wave.me
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    • Cannot add ZOOZ power strip in Zway

      Hello,
      Recently picked up a 5 socket zooz powerstrip to use to test with. Tried adding to my Razberry setup and while I can get it to be seen, the only thing showing in the Z-Wave app are the master switch, and two power monitors (KWh and W). None of the individual sockets are showing up. Anyone have any experience with power strips?

      posted in Z-Wave.me
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    • Reactor issue in ALTUI

      Reactor: Issue trying to view actions on Vera from Altui.
      I have a bunch of reactors installed on my VeraPlus. When I am looking at them in ALTUI, and go to the actions page, I get a pop up that says OK Success and Waiting for system ready.... Then the browser slowly fades to black. Is that the expected behavior? Tried it from a PC as well has via localhost on the RPI. Does Reactor need to also be installed on the RPI to make this work?

      Thanks,
      Roger

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    • RE: Get Vera files throwing errors

      Well, left to run some errands and looking now, all the icons are correct except for a few like eventwatcher, sonos and vera Alerts. No idea why. OpenLuup and ALTUI are both showing correct icons now.

      posted in Vera Bridge
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    • RE: Get Vera files throwing errors

      So I copied all the png files off my Vera and moved them into the /cmh-ludl/icons folder on my rpi. That fixed the bulb icons for dimmable lights and some of the others. I am still getting generic icons for binary lights. According to the json file it should be using the binary_light_default.png file. file is there in the icons folder and has the following permissions.
      -rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 683 Dec 13 07:44 binary_light_default.png
      Looks the same as the dimable light png file that works
      -rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 909 Dec 13 07:44 dimmable_light_20.png
      Are there other locations the app looks for to finds icons to use?

      posted in Vera Bridge
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