This is a good day. I have learned something again.
Many thanks for your support.
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vezinpi
@vezinpi
Use case:
When performing home maintenance, such as air conditioning, I want all rules involving air conditioning to be disabled.
To do this, to day, I have a virtual switch that I placed within all rules involving air conditioning, meaning that if I turn it off, none of them work.
Then another situation: the water pump system and garden irrigation, another switch.
In short, I had to create several virtual switches in Hubitat to disable rules in MSR.
Unfortunately, however, I was unable to cover all scenarios, so I wondered if it would be possible for MSR to support a virtual MSR switch, which, when configured in the reactor settings, would function as a general on/off switch for MSR.
If it is configured and turned off, the entire rules and actions in MSR stops working, except for the status change reading process, specifically for this switch, which, when turned on, would restart the MSR.
Would it be possible to do something like this? Any recommendations from the experts?
@toggledbits, not sure if this is a feature request or I'm using the search tool wrong. You have a "Search for rule" in the Rules Set tab in MSR. It works nicely to find a rule and bring up said rule, but can it/could it be used for as a "where used?" global search? For instance, I have a fairly large set of rules, divided up into 10 different rulesets. There's easily a hundred individual rules, and many of the rules have Rule State triggers, which of course refer to other rules. Amongst my troubleshooting today, I came across what may have been a duplicate or troubleshooting attempt, but I can't tell if it's actually used as a Rule State in another rule without opening each rule that I suspect it may be a part of.
Thanks.
Hi Smart Home Community.
I have used a Sonos inline WiFi switch to make one of my light fittings smart, but it requires a hard reset for WiFi changes, plus it isn't zigbee compatible, which means I can't use the Hue app to control it with the rest of the lights.
To that end I bought a Samotech SM308-S as it is recommended as the better than the Sonos equivalent.
I am however not exactly sure how to wire it in.
The manual is available here
Can anyone help me by clarifying which ports I need to use, and whether I should be using the live or switched live line for live etc.
I will be keeping using standard switches for a while, although hope to upgrade to tap dials once I have all the fittings upgraded.
Thanks
I'm running MSR build 25139 on Docker, using MQTT controller 24293, and everything working as expected. But if I try to upgrade to MQTTController build 25139, I'm getting the following errors on MSR UI:
An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa auto heating off" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute value_sensor.god
Last 11:20:37
An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa auto heating off" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute temperature_sensor.green
Last 11:20:37
An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa filter pump auto off" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute temperature_sensor.red
Last 11:20:37
An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa filter pump auto run" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute value_sensor.pump
Last 11:20:37
An Entity Attribute condition in "Lay-Z-Spa watchdog" (Terrace) failed because the referenced entity "Lay-Z-Spa States" (mqtt>layzspa_states) does not have attribute value_sensor.status
Last 11:20:37
My MQTT configuration (local_mqtt_devices.yaml) for the related entity is:
layzspa_message:
type: ValueSensor
capabilities: ["temperature_sensor", "value_sensor", "power_sensor"]
primary_attribute: power_sensor.value
events:
"layzspa/message":
"power_sensor.value":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.PWR )'
expr: "float(payload.PWR)"
"value_sensor.air":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.AIR )'
expr: "float(payload.AIR)"
"value_sensor.pump":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.FLT )'
expr: "float(payload.FLT)"
"value_sensor.god":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.GOD )'
expr: "float(payload.GOD)"
"value_sensor.lock":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.LCK )'
expr: "float(payload.LCK)"
"value_sensor.unit":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.UNT )'
expr: "float(payload.UNT)"
"value_sensor.error":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.ERR )'
expr: "float(payload.ERR)"
"temperature_sensor.green":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.GRN )'
expr: "float(payload.GRN)"
"temperature_sensor.red":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.RED )'
expr: "float(payload.RED)"
"temperature_sensor.target":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.TGT )'
expr: "float(payload.TGT)"
"temperature_sensor.value":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.TMP )'
expr: "float(payload.TMP)"
"temperature_sensor.virtual":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.VTM )'
expr: "round(float(payload.VTM), 1)"
"temperature_sensor.ambient":
json_payload: true
if_expr: '! isnull( payload?.AMB )'
expr: "float(payload.AMB)"
"layzspa/Status":
"value_sensor.status":
if_expr: '! isnull( payload )'
expr: "payload"
"layzspa/button":
"value_sensor.button":
if_expr: '! isnull( payload )'
expr: "payload"
and in reactor.yaml I have:
"layzspa_states":
name: "Lay-Z-Spa States"
friendly_name: 'Lay-Z-Spa States'
include: layzspa_message
I realize my MQTT configuration might be a bit unorthodox, but could there still be something unintentional in the latest MQTTController build? If needed, I can provide detailed logs.
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):
https://github.com/dbochicchio/reactor-opensprinkler
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.
Good day all,
I'm in the process of trying to shut down my 10 year old Linux home server that served many purposes, but primarily it's what I used for my NAS/Plex Media server. I migrated the NAS aspect of the server in November of last year to a true NAS solution (Ubiquti UNAS Pro), which is rack mount and much more efficient than my old tower, which it's only side benefit was heating my home office during the winter. Unfortunately it also means heating my home office during the summer, which were about to be in full swing.
I have two things running on this 10 year old server at this point. MSR and pi-hole. I'm running Plex Media Server on Fedora Workstation in Podman on mini PC, which is much more energy efficient than my old tower. My next step is to migrate MSR. I know there are images of MSR out there, and creating it is well documented. I'm going to be using Podman instead of Docker for various reasons, but they work very similar. What I don't know, is what I need to do to migrate my existing Bare Metal installation over to a container.
Has anyone done this? Any advice?
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.
Following on from my last thread, some progress has been made over the weekend.
With 18G of spanky RAM in my Synology DS224+. I've jumped into the murky world of virtualisation and already eliminated the need for two Raspberry Pi's from my system.
Home Assistant: In theory they provide an OVA file which is supported by the Synology. I couldn't get it to work, however, so grabbed a copy of the .img file they supply, renamed it .iso and imported it as a VM. Restored from my full back up and that all seems fantastic.
Minidnla Music server: Trivial. Grabbed a Debian .iso for Bookworm and copied that onto the NAS. Created a new machine which mirrored the specs of the Raspberry Pi, booted from the ISO then did an expert install. Once that was all stable with a basic core of stuff and networking, I've made a copy of that as a good base system. Then fired up minidnla on it, mounted my media and that's also woking. Not bad for a short weekend's work.
Still not sure about the main NUC though. I'm thinking of buying a new USB stick so I can mess around getting it working on the Synology before I do anything drastic.
Once that hurdle is sorted I'm torn between:
Using a brand new install of Bookworm, re-installing Z-way server, OpenLuup, AltUI, MSR and HA bridge, then restoring across or
Making an ISO of the current system, importing that and upgrading in place (which will be pretty risk free since I can snapshot everything before I make any changes.)
Decisions, decisions.
C
Hi guys,
Just wondering how you guys organize your rule sets and rules. I wish I had an extra layer to have some more granularity, but my feature request was not popular.
Maybe there are better ways to organize my rule sets.
I use the rule sets now primarily for rooms. So a rule set per room. But maybe grouping by functionality works better. Any examples/ suggestions would be appreciated.
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[Solved]Global Expression with null value and Auto-Evaluation@toggledbits said in Global Expression with null value and Auto-Evaluation:
OK. I think I have this nailed down. Sorry it took me so long
You have nothing to be sorry about. Being aware of a potential issue, evaluating the problem, developping a solution and posting a new version in the same day, is really remarquable and almost unheard of now a day.
Thanks you for your dedication.
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[Solved] HASS.OS InstallHi again,
Just thought I would provide an update on where I am at. I might also be helpfull to other people.
As you know, I am trying to get the MSR Container work on a Pi-4, configured with the standard HASS operating system (image via balena etcher). Well I finally found a solution to data persistance between reboot. Here is what I did:
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Installed samba add-on to get accesss to the standard Hass configuration folders
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Installed Portainer which will be used to install MSR
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From within Portainer, add an MSR container with the following configuration: image: toggledbits/reactor:latest-raspbian-armv7l, add a TZ variable with the proper region, restart policy define On failure, add a bind volume to map the reactor container /var/reactor to the host /mnt/data/supervisor/homeassistant/reactor. This (reactor) folder will be accessible via the samba addon under the config folder.
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Restarted the MSR container
The reactor.yaml configuration file is now accessible via samba under homeassistant/config/reactor/config or from a terminal sessison performed from portainer in the var/reactor/config folder.
All seems to work for now. Devices from vera and HASS are being seen by MSR. Configuration persist trough a reboot and I was also able to import (convert using the tool provided) my configuration from Reactor. I am now in the process of making the final adjustment.
Not sure what will the future hold but for now it is working fine.
Many thanks for your work and support.
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Excluded vera devices in HassHi,
I am in the process of moving all my devices from vera to Hass (using a pi-4 and a z-wave shield). In the interim, I am using the Hass Vera integration to see all my devices into Hass. MSR is connected to both the Vera and Hass (creating some duplication since a device can be seen from both systems. Nothing wrong here).
As I move devices from Vera to Hass, I use the configuration of the Vera integration to excluded devices from showing into Haas. It is working as expected into Hass but the excluded devices are still showing into MSR (as haas->vera devices).
Should the vera devices still be seen by MSR, through the Hass vera integration, when they are excluded from the Hass vera integration?
It is not really causing problem just a bit of clutter when selecting entities.
Thanks
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[Solved] Start-upHi Patrick,
Thanks for the quick and very exhaustive answer. It does explain the startup behaviour very clearly. As for the startup_delay, why am I not surprised that you had already something up your sleeve... This is great I will give it a try.
Thank you for all your good work.
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[Solved] Date and time issueHi,
Install the new version and it is now working as expected.
Thanks for looking into it.
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[SOLVED]"Pulse" output used with "Sustained for"The translation might not be perfect but, your efficency is really out of this world...
Thanks.
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[Solved]Global Expression with null value and Auto-EvaluationInstalled the new version yesterday along with the new guard and all is still fine this morning. Considering that it was failing very quickly before, I consider that issue fixed.
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Reaction Delay "from start of reaction" behaving like "from this point"No rush at all.
Many thanks
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[Solved] Zwave Refresh for a particular attribute@toggledbits Just installed version 22050.
Almost there! When MSR is restarted after changing the poll configuration, the node is poll with the proper command class. However the Interval time is not taken into consideration. I seems that the global poll interval is taken. Also noticed in the log that the next time (for the poll to be executed) is "Local Time". Not sure if that is normal. Here is my config and the logs. (the config file ident get screwed up with the paste but it is fine)
Hope this help
Reactor.yaml
controllers: - id: zwavejs implementation: ZWaveJSController enabled: true config: source: ws://192.168.... auth: > HIt54tjRUlqaUShB... poll_interval: 3600 poll_frequency: 20 poll_nodes: - entity: Thermostat command_class: Thermostat Operating State interval: 100Log: i.e. my TZ is -5
[zwavejs-22050]2022-02-20T15:46:02.192Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:1506> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs node 9 eligible for polling [zwavejs-22050]2022-02-20T15:46:02.206Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:1519> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs polling node 9 command class 0x"42" (Thermostat Operating State) 2022-02-20T15:46:02.212Z CNTRLR » [Node 009] querying thermostat operating state... 2022-02-20T15:46:02.238Z SERIAL » 0x010e00a9010902420225000000001522 (16 bytes) 2022-02-20T15:46:02.240Z DRIVER » [Node 009] [REQ] [SendDataBridge] │ source node id: 1 │ transmit options: 0x25 │ route: 0, 0, 0, 0 │ callback id: 21 └─[ThermostatOperatingStateCCGet] 2022-02-20T15:46:02.250Z SERIAL « [ACK] (0x06) 2022-02-20T15:46:02.256Z SERIAL « 0x010401a90152 (6 bytes) [zwavejs-22050]2022-02-20T15:46:02.263Z <ZWaveJSController:6:ZWaveJSController.js:710> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs handling controller event statistics updated 2022-02-20T15:46:02.259Z SERIAL » [ACK] (0x06) 2022-02-20T15:46:02.266Z DRIVER « [RES] [SendDataBridge] was sent: true 2022-02-20T15:46:02.304Z SERIAL « 0x011d00a91500000502c47f7f7f7f00000305060000030100007f7f7f7f7fe0 (31 bytes) 2022-02-20T15:46:02.307Z SERIAL » [ACK] (0x06) 2022-02-20T15:46:02.311Z DRIVER « [REQ] [SendDataBridge] callback id: 21 transmit status: OK, took 50 ms repeater node IDs: 5, 6 routing attempts: 1 protocol & route speed: Z-Wave, 100 kbit/s ACK RSSI: -60 dBm ACK RSSI on repeaters: N/A, N/A ACK channel no.: 0 TX channel no.: 0 [zwavejs-22050]2022-02-20T15:46:02.325Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:652> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs handling node event statistics updated entity Entity#zwavejs>9-0 [zwavejs-22050]2022-02-20T15:46:02.328Z <ZWaveJSController:6:ZWaveJSController.js:702> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs received statistics for Entity#zwavejs>9-0: [Object]{ "commandsTX": 3, "commandsRX": 3, "commandsDroppedRX": 0, "commandsDroppedTX": 0, "timeoutResponse": 0 } 2022-02-20T15:46:02.428Z SERIAL « 0x010c00a80001090342030000c2d3 (14 bytes) 2022-02-20T15:46:02.430Z CNTRLR [Node 009] [~] [Thermostat Operating State] state: 0 => 0 [Endpoint 0] [zwavejs-22050]2022-02-20T15:46:02.438Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:652> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs handling node event value updated entity Entity#zwavejs>9-0 [zwavejs-22050]2022-02-20T15:46:02.441Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:788> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs update value [Object]{ "source": "node", "event": "value updated", "nodeId": 9, "args": { "commandClassName": "Thermostat Operating State", "commandClass": 66, "endpoint": 0, "property": "state", "newValue": 0, "prevValue": 0, "propertyName": "state" } } [zwavejs-22050]2022-02-20T15:46:02.443Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:800> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs updating attributes for node 9 value "0:66:state:"=0: [Array][ "hvac_control.state", "hvac_heating_unit.state", "hvac_cooling_unit.state" ] [zwavejs-22050]2022-02-20T15:46:02.448Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:817> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs setting Entity#zwavejs>9-0.x_zwave_values.Thermostat_Operating_State_state to 0 2022-02-20T15:46:02.438Z SERIAL » [ACK] (0x06) 2022-02-20T15:46:02.441Z DRIVER « [Node 009] [REQ] [BridgeApplicationCommand] │ RSSI: -62 dBm └─[ThermostatOperatingStateCCReport] state: Idle **[zwavejs-22050]2022-02-20T15:46:02.454Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:1525> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs poll Entity#zwavejs>9-0 succeeded, next at 1645375562452<****2/20/2022, 11:46:02 AM****>** [zwavejs-22050]2022-02-20T15:46:02.510Z <ZWaveJSController:6:ZWaveJSController.js:710> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs handling controller event statistics updated [zwavejs-22050]2022-02-20T15:46:02.575Z <ZWaveJSController:5:ZWaveJSController.js:652> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs handling node event statistics updated entity Entity#zwavejs>9-0 [zwavejs-22050]2022-02-20T15:46:02.576Z <ZWaveJSController:6:ZWaveJSController.js:702> ZWaveJSController#zwavejs received statistics for Entity#zwavejs>9-0: [Object]{ "commandsTX": 3, "commandsRX": 4, "commandsDroppedRX": 0, "commandsDroppedTX": 0, "timeoutResponse": 0 } -
[Solved] Zwave Refresh for a particular attributeFixed by version 22052.
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Reactor-Editor / Reactor-ui-Status ErrorsThanks for the update and sorry about the timeout issue, I was not aware of it.
Here is the requested rule:
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[Solved] Local expression evaluation@tunnus @toggledbits Thank you both for all your explanation.
Much appreciated.