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Talisker

Thank you all for your suggestions and support. It turned out that it was a problem with my QNAP Container install. I have to re-install it and then re-install the (latest) MSR version. Anyhow, I'm up an running again.

Talisker

What do you know. It works. Well I still need to set up some Reactions to test it. Thanks.

Talisker

@catmanv2 I tried that thanks and it works:

sudo docker stop reactor #stops reactor
sudo service docker restart #starts reactor

Cheers!

Talisker

@toggledbits thank you once again! Very clear instructions. I am now up an running and have opened up new opportunites to extend my automation.

Talisker

@toggledbits Thanks for the prompts, following which I made some progress:

I have Test51 which contains tomorrow's date, but I am struggling to get the time in a sting representation. I am trying to represent the day in Test53 expression but I have a syntax error.

I would appreciate some more guidance.

Talisker

I updated to the latest version of Reactor this morning. I run reactor (successfully) on a Raspberry PI 4 4GB with SSD 64GB. I also run Home Assistant in Docker. After updating I noticed a disk space critical error warning!

I have tried purging the docker install (docker image prune -a)

I have rebooted the Raspberry PI also, and the error messages keep coming.

I have the following disk space:

How do I free up space?

Any help would be appreciated.

Talisker

@toggledbits

No Reset Reaction or Local Expressions are set.

The request URL is:
https://api.octopus.energy/v1/products/SILVER-22-04-25/gas-tariffs/G-1R-SILVER-22-04-25-M/standard-unit-rates/?page_size=10&period_from=https://api.octohttps://api.octopus.energy/v1/products/SILVER-22-04-25/gas-tariffs/G-1R-SILVER-22-04-25-M/standard-unit-rates/?page_size=10&period_from=${{Tomorrow_Date}}&order_by=period

Talisker

@toggledbits Thanks for your pointers. Partial success:

However, the expressions do not update! I use Tomorrow_Date in a Rule (HTTP Request):

https://api.octopus.energy/v1/products/SILVER-22-04-25/gas-tariffs/G-1R-SILVER-22-04-25-M/standard-unit-rates/?page_size=10&period_from=https://api.octohttps://api.octopus.energy/v1/products/SILVER-22-04-25/gas-tariffs/G-1R-SILVER-22-04-25-M/standard-unit-rates/?page_size=10&period_from=${{Tomorrow_Date}}&order_by=period

Is there a way to force an update on selected expressions, say at a set time every day?

Talisker

@toggledbits Thanks for the prompts, following which I made some progress:

I have Test51 which contains tomorrow's date, but I am struggling to get the time in a sting representation. I am trying to represent the day in Test53 expression but I have a syntax error.

I would appreciate some more guidance.

Talisker

Background to the question
I've been experimenting a little and I need help. If I use the following expression:

I get the correct response (i.e. today's day number '16'th).

I can use this in a HTTP requst to download some tarrif information via an API from my energy supplier - i.e. today's gas unit rate tariff

What I'd like to do

I would like to download tomorrow's gas unit rate tariff. To do this I need to set up and expression with today's date + 1 day (in the case of my example expression above that would be '17' (today being the 16th).

Question: How do I take today's date and add 1 day - so that I can make the HTTP request for tomorrow's information?

Any guidance or suggestions would be appreciated.

Talisker

So, I have found my missing parameters! They appeared following a reactor update. Perhaps next time I add new vera devices, I should stop reactor and re-start it after I have added the new devices and things have settled down. Anyhow, thanks again for your assitance Patrick.

Talisker

I have a number of rules which using entity actions I write values into multistring devices in my vera plus. Below is an example of how I do this in Reactor:

If I add a new multistring device in my vera plus I cannot set the device variables as I can with 'old' multistring devices. The below screen shot shows that the same drop down menu options in reactor for the new multistring device are not present as they are for the old device above:

If I look at the reactor entities for an old multistring entity (device #887) and a newly created multistring entity (device number '1056) I can spot a difference as per the screen shot below. I guess my question is 'why are the available actions not listed for new multistring devices (entities))?

Talisker

@toggledbits it appears that I used the wrong terminology. I have looked at the two Reactor logs (vera-user_data-initial.json and vera-status-initial.json files) again, comparing the attributes for 1056 and 1057 against other devices, the respective attributes don't seem out of place. All attributes are listed for the two multistring devices (or should I say they appear to be listed). See below for device 1056. Does this confirm that the attributes for the two new entities (devices) are being read correctly by reactor?

vera-status-initial.json

{
"id": 1056,
"states": [
{
"id": 334,
"service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VContainer1",
"variable": "VariableName1",
"value": "Y'day Gas kWh"
},
{
"id": 335,
"service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VContainer1",
"variable": "Variable1",
"value": "99"
},
{
"id": 336,
"service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VContainer1",
"variable": "VariableName2",
"value": "V2"
},
{
"id": 337,
"service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VContainer1",
"variable": "Variable2",
"value": "0"
},
{
"id": 338,
"service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VContainer1",
"variable": "VariableName3",
"value": "V3"
},
{
"id": 339,
"service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VContainer1",
"variable": "Variable3",
"value": "0"
},
{
"id": 340,
"service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VContainer1",
"variable": "VariableName4",
"value": "V4"
},
{
"id": 341,
"service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VContainer1",
"variable": "Variable4",
"value": "0"
},
{
"id": 342,
"service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VContainer1",
"variable": "VariableName5",
"value": "V5"
},
{
"id": 343,
"service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VContainer1",
"variable": "Variable5",
"value": "0"
},
{
"id": 344,
"service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VContainer1",
"variable": "Options",
"value": ""
},
{
"id": 345,
"service": "urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:HaDevice1",
"variable": "Configured",
"value": "0"
}

vera-user_data-initial.json:

{
"id": 1056,
"device_type": "urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:VContainer:1",
"id_parent": 0,
"embedded": 0,
"disabled": 0,
"device_file": "D_MString.xml",
"manufacturer": "",
"model": "",
"altid": "",
"ip": "",
"mac": "",
"time_created": "1662320801",
"plugin": "8231",
"states": [
{
"service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VContainer1",
"variable": "VariableName1",
"value": "Y'day Gas kWh",
"id": 0
},
{
"service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VContainer1",
"variable": "Variable1",
"value": "99",
"id": 1
},
{
"service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VContainer1",
"variable": "VariableName2",
"value": "V2",
"id": 2
},
{
"service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VContainer1",
"variable": "Variable2",
"value": "0",
"id": 3
},
{
"service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VContainer1",
"variable": "VariableName3",
"value": "V3",
"id": 4
},
{
"service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VContainer1",
"variable": "Variable3",
"value": "0",
"id": 5
},
{
"service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VContainer1",
"variable": "VariableName4",
"value": "V4",
"id": 6
},
{
"service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VContainer1",
"variable": "Variable4",
"value": "0",
"id": 7
},
{
"service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VContainer1",
"variable": "VariableName5",
"value": "V5",
"id": 8
},
{
"service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VContainer1",
"variable": "Variable5",
"value": "0",
"id": 9
},
{
"service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VContainer1",
"variable": "Options",
"value": "",
"id": 10
}
],
"impl_file": "I_MString.xml",
"ControlURLs": {
"service_514": {
"service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VContainer1",
"ControlURL": "/upnp/control/dev_514",
"EventURL": "/upnp/event/dev_514",
"serviceType": "urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:VContainer:1"
}
},
"device_json": "D_MString.json",
"name": "Gas_Params",
"room": "11",
"local_udn": "uuid:4d494342-5342-5645-0420-000002fc93e7"
},

Talisker

Please find my responses below. I fear you may be frustraited by my lack of knowlege but I have done my best based on your guidance. I am not able to upload the logs. Do you need these?

Sorry about the thumbnail screen shots - I could not find a better way to capture them!

'I would look at the attributes listed for the entities in the Entities list.' So the unreadable thumbnail images showed that the expected entities for the two new vera multistring devices are not available in Reactor.

I have looked at the vera logs (http://192.168.XX.XXX/cgi-bin/cmh/log.sh?Device=LuaUPnP after a luup reload. If I search for the two new multistring devices (1056 & 1057) the entries looked quite normal compared to the log entries for similar devices. So I assume no vera error?

I have looked at the two Reactor logs (vera-user_data-initial.json and vera-status-initial.json files) again, comparing the entries for 1056 and 1057 against other devices, the respective lines don't seem out of place. All entities are listed for the two multistring devices.

Talisker

Yes Patrick. I also tried an alternative browser. Tried a hard re-boot also on my Pi4.

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