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therealdb

I've just completed my setup (after exactly 3 years from moving in, priorities!) and even if I wrote all the code in C#, I could port it easily to LUA (I guess )

I've used Fully Kiosk Browser + 3D Printed Mount (check https://makesbymike.com/) and a custom HTML dashboard, all running on an Amazon Fire Tablet:

WAF is very high

Sorry for the Italian interface. First row is temperature/humidity sensors (esterno = outside, piscina = pool, salotto = open space, zona giorno = 1st floor, zona notte = 2nd floor, lavanderia = laundry room).
Then I have a bunch of commands/scenes sent to Vera to change blinds/roller shutters (they are automatically managed, but wife pretends to be smarter than code, from time to time ). Last row has notifications for washer/dryer, with the cycle end date. When doing its cycle, the background becomes orange, then green when completed. It's probably the best feature, since the laundry room is in the basement. There's also a link to cams (videosorveglianza) and I automatically open TinyCamPro in case of movement outside/doors/gates are opened.

Is there any interest in a generic wall mount tablet plug-in, offering simple dashboard (maybe json-driven) and integration with Fully Kiosk API?

I'm currently dimming screen on/off, get the battery status and schedule a 20-80 cycle for the battery, via a smart plug and a bunch of lua code. I planned for this when I did the electrical setup, so the tablet has a standard european 503 (recessed) box with ethernet, that I attached to the 5V into the network closet to feed the tablet. I'm updating the screen via AJAX every 30 secs.

Here's a behind the scenes photo as well

therealdb

Since today is my birthday - and I still pretend to be unconventional - I'm giving away a present to this wonderful community and I'm releasing my first OpenSprinkler controller for MSR. It was real fun to code it - and while it's still WIP, it seems to work OK for me. It's polling-based at the moment, but I'll add support for updates via MQTT very soon (it's already partially coded).

Get it at (install is similar to MQTTController and such):

GitHub - dbochicchio/reactor-opensprinkler: OpenSprinkler controller for Reactor - Multi-Hub Automation

OpenSprinkler controller for Reactor - Multi-Hub Automation - GitHub - dbochicchio/reactor-opensprinkler: OpenSprinkler controller for Reactor - Multi-Hub Automation

Feel free to try it. It's beta software, but it's stable. I'll update it weekly until all the tasks from my todo list are empty.

Since I've learnt a lot from this controller, I'll explore new controllers soon.

therealdb

As another one asked for it on the other forum, I finally created a new plug-in for Telegram notifications: https://github.com/dbochicchio/vera-Telegram/

You can:

send text messages
send (still) images
send videos (gif or mp4)
send silent notifications

I remember @CatmanV2 was searching for something similar (maybe?).

I'm using it to send push notifications to me and my wife, using a group. I have my own code streaming my cameras and sending a video as gif based on certain events (ie motion sensors or door/entryways left open). While this part is not included into the plug-in, if you're able to get a video yourself (by pointing to a URL), you'd good to go. Still images from cams (or, let's say, your favorite weather map, or any video/gif/image on the Interner ot local) are supported as well.

100% compatible with bot Vera and openLuup (where it was developed, anyway).

Feel free to ask questions or suggest new features.

therealdb

I've moved all the triggers and rules to MSR now, and I'm pushing everything to my MQTT broker for further integration, but some code is still on my Vera because it's easier at the moment. I've moved back a lot of code to my C# based tool, because it's easier for me.

After a full week of use, I've got a couple of desiderata to further improve this wonderful tool:

I would like to see the logs in the web UI. I'm frequently tweaking things and opening an SSH connection just to see the latest logs is overkill. Maybe something to see the streaming logs will be perfect, but refreshing them is OK
More info about reactions latest execution - or the ability to see them via MQTT. Ideally, show me the latest 4-5 executions
start page directly to status, instead of about, after the first time I've seen the license
the ability search for device ID/alias in the Entity Action's Chose Entity window - I've spent years in my Vera and I know the IDs instead of the name - sad but true story
a way to see controllers' status and their health in the UI - and maybe start/stop them individually, because I'm seeing there's a start and a stop action in the controller base class
the ability to use an MQTT message as a trigger/condition - I'm effectively using the MQTT bus as a communication bus, so all my things (including Vera) are sending MQTT messages for various things, like notifications, TTS, cams, etc - this is handy because I can add independent reactions to statuses in different part of my system/using different tools
support for re-ordering in mobile browser (iOS, for me)
a tool to see where I'm using an entity, as trigger or condition

Keep them as suggestion, no pressure. Thanks for the hard work @toggledbits !

therealdb

I've moved many of my MQTT devices to Reactor, so I've coded a couple of templates and I'm publishing them for anyone in the same boat:

GitHub - dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib: Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor

Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor. Contribute to dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib development by creating an account on GitHub.

I'll add more in the future, since I still have a couple of things running in my own bridge that I'll eventually move to Reactor with dedicated templates.

Let me know if you need other templates, I'll probably add a couple more for Shellies (button as scene controller and i3/i4 as scene controller).

therealdb

I just released v2 of my Virtual HTTP Devices Plug-in. As always, 100% local, 100% standard, mobile friendly and working on openluup/altui as well.
GitHub

vera/VirtualDevices at master · dbochicchio/vera

LUA Scripts for the eZlo Vera Platform (UI7). Contribute to dbochicchio/vera development by creating an account on GitHub.

What’s new in v2:

Master/Children: now you can just create a master and have any number of children attached. They will still work separately, but this will greatly improve memory consumption on Vera. Please see GitHub for guidance on migration. No need to do it unless you have many devices on your system.
async update of device's status. If you want to update the status of your device separately, just return something different than the HTTP code 200/300 family. it’s useful if your device doesn’t complete the response with the call and you want to update its status. Just use a normal Vera call to update the corresponding variable
-added support for Scene Controllers (see my post in Shelly i3 for a use case)
more work around switches/heaters
stabilization and fixes

Get it from GitHub or from AltAppStore.

therealdb

I think lua drivers for devices is a win-win situation, applied to a store to easily distribute them. And local APIs are coming too. It seems they’re doing the opposite of eZlo here…

therealdb

I'm still using my VeraPlus for Zwave, because migrating Zwave is boring and I still have more exciting things to do (and it never worked so beautifully as with only Zwave duties via MSR), but I'm not surprised at all, because from my experience (I stopped testing one year ago) this new controller is DOA. Too little, too late, and a wonderful community thrown under the bus with nothing in exchange.

therealdb

Well, I think it has a meaning when we add dashboards to the mix. I’ll vote for it, plus combo device (like HA) to express complex devices. I’m using this approach right now in my own dashboard system.

therealdb

No JavaScript needed. Let me take some time later today to prepare something when I’m back home. I did something similar for water valves.

therealdb

@PerH I’ve been in the same boat and, yes, the problem is in the underlying type. The same applies to int/float, if you have an increment somewhere.

Apologies for the bool() part, I was on my phone and I wrote the first thing that came to my mind, but @toggledbits is in fact right.

therealdb

It depends on the use case, but I usually set them via a group in the reaction. Just be sure to se to ${{bool(false)}}
Depending on the use case, I have a couple resetting (or setting for the first time) in a reaction watching for MSR start.

therealdb

For anyone here trying to get the 24H & right date format just add this to your reactor config file (at least v 23063 required):

reactor:
  ...
  units: metric
  date_format: "%d/%m/%Y"
  time_format: "%H:%M:%S"

Restart, hard refresh your browser and you're good to go. Thanks @toggledbits !

therealdb

@tunnus I have started Italian translation, but I'm busy with other things and I like American English anyway. But we could try to create an international English with 24h clock and right date formats, just in case

therealdb

@CatmanV2 we have a full electric house and it takes time for the heat pump to start and be sure efficient.
even if the weather was typically nice when we were away (9-18C), on the day back home it was cloudy (4-11C). anyway, I'll probably go with a rule to start and then port it over to a virtual device.

therealdb

I'm back from a vacation and it was the first winter one with MSR.

I have a special vacation mode that's auto-setting after the house is in away mode for at least 18 hours - and that's mostly OK. In this mode, lights are turned on/off automatically, some things are off to preverse powers, etc. Thermostats are automatically set at 17C unless there's solar power. That's mostly OK, except when you have to deal with winters and clouds on the day back home.

Long story short: back from vacation, we found the house at 17C - wife wasn't impressed.

Back in the luup days I had a special override, that I forgot to port to MSR, that was basically like this in MSR (coded on the fly):

So, I could tell my system when I'm on vacation and have a last day flag to re-set the house to normal behavior before I'm back. It was just two strings variable in a virtual binary sensor.

I don't want to code this in global expressions, so I'm wondering if it's possible to accomplish this with a Virtual Device, but I'm failing to visualize the correct answer and I'm here for inspiration for what others are doing to tackle this.

I don't want to create 4 separate devices (start date, end date, status, last day) in order to keep it easy and I want to be able to change the start/end date from the UI, to simplify things. Any hint is appreciated

therealdb

They update the sh script from time to time. It's worth an update from time to time.

therealdb

Volume is managed manually and restored back, but I'm not using everywhere and I can't really comment on why it's not restored. Try to delete the .sh script and see if the updated version is better.

The setvolume action seems to have a bug and I'll further investigate it.

therealdb

@Edwin1972 please be more specific. Do you have actions in groups? And/or/not? Any constraints?

Also, logs are really the starting point to look at, as suggested by @Pabla

therealdb

@CatmanV2 if you're running it via command line, you'll need to pass some variables. see the GitHub page to know which ones are mandatory (host, username and password, at least).

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GitHub - dbochicchio/reactor-opensprinkler: OpenSprinkler controller for Reactor - Multi-Hub Automation

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vera/VirtualDevices at master · dbochicchio/vera

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