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[Reactor] Help with screne controller cycling logic
therealdbT
I’ve added a couple of Shelly Wave i4 as scene controllers and I’m planning to add more, since I can just use standard buttons instead of battery-powered scene controllers, which also looks better aesthetically. That said, I’m struggling to figure out how to write a simple rule that cycles between states every time I press a button. Example: Light 1 ON → OFF, then Light 2 ON → OFF. The part I can’t get right is handling the case where Light 1 or Light 2 might already be ON independently of the rule. Maybe it’s just too much sun and relaxation clouding my brain, but any hint would be appreciated.
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Stop the MSR by an external switch on Hubitat.
wmarcolinW
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?
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[Reactor] Variables not updating correctly in latest-25201-2aa18550
therealdbT
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Expose MSR entities
CatmanV2C
Probably a really dumb question. Currently I am using the owntracks_sensor for tracking phones being in region in MSR and it works great. Digging around with Home Assistant and toying with some dashboards, is there any way of exposing that sensor to HA trivially? I could set MSR to trip a virtual switch in OpenLuup which can then be exposed to HA (with all my other Vera devices) but that feels a bit in-elegant if I can do it directly. Any thoughts? Apologies if the ask is not clear/ TIA C
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Comment in Globa Expressions
Tom_DT
I have several Global Expressions that are set by a rule so the definition area is blank. I'd like to add a comment in this area that explains what is setting the value. Commenting in this area breaks the remote setting. Any way to document what is setting the GE?
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Little Bobby tables...
CatmanV2C
...is back.... https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/08/researchers-use-calendar-events-to-hack-gemini-control-smart-home-gadgets/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhfacebook&utm_content=null&fbclid=IwY2xjawMBq-pleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHlSqIalzbz1IxcJFzlw8GBE6nC3FwvxcHgR370nJhogU6JjqbmRxG-lysqgh_aem_lx9XboYFKw9tpHnedGQKUA C
General Discussion
Home Assistant Voice TTS is Easy
toggledbitsT
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Play Audio through Home Assistant Voice Unit
toggledbitsT
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Home Assistant
Home Assistant Voice
CatmanV2C
Has anyone had a play with the local voice control for HA? I've got one on order because... https://www.home-assistant.io/voice-pe/ C
Home Assistant
Unofficial thread for compatibility
tunnusT
As there are statements about compatibility for home assistant versions in MSR new version announcements (e.g. "HassController: Bless Hass to 2025.7.3"), I thought it would be good idea to track other controllers as well. As an example, I can confirm that build "latest-25208-c53e8513" works with Hubitat Elevation C-8 platform version 2.4.2.134 using Maker API.
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Gradually turn on lights.
Tom_DT
I have several lights that I would like to turn on very gradually over 15 or 20 seconds. from 0 to .25 in .01 increments. I have tried a few things that came nowhere near working, so here I am.
Multi-System Reactor
Reactor (Multi-System/Multi-Hub) Announcements
toggledbitsT
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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Can't customize home page
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I foolishly let my system wipe all cookies this morning and with it my settings for my MSR home page. Once logged back in I can no longer remove errant panes nor is the + available to add new ones. Brave Browser v1.80.122 (Jul 16, 2025) What have I done?! Will check other browsers on my M1. UPDATE: Safari exhibits same behaviour. I've tried both sans last-four public key entry and with - no change.
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Error After Upgrade
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Reset attribute value of entity in event handler
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Need help figuring out how to delay a reset on reaction
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Way to search for rules (rule state) in other rules
T
@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.
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Links to MSR from HA
Tom_DT
I am using Home Assistant a lot recently. On a dashboard showing the devices, I would like to show a link to the MSR rule that controls the devices. Is there a way to link directly into MSR?
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Set Reaction > Script Action
wmarcolinW
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Wiring Samotech SM308-S into light fitting
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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
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  • TTS in MSR?
    W whyfseeguy

    It is working now with your recipe. I had too many "data" in data field. I was following the examples above and got confused.

    Multi-System Reactor

  • TTS in MSR?
    W whyfseeguy

    What did I do wrong?

    The service works in HA scripts but not in Reactor
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  • Wait for http response before running the next http request
    W whyfseeguy

    In my work flow, I send a number of http requests to my device. Is it possible to wait for a http response of the current action before executing the next http request action?

    Thanks.

    Multi-System Reactor

  • Using Hikvision HTTP API request with MSR
    W whyfseeguy

    Here is an example of what I did with my Hikvision camera settings using MSR and ISAPI to change the scheduled switch (day/night) based on sunrise/sunset daily etc. Nearly all configurable options on the Hikvision can be changed with ISAPI.

    HTTP Request: PUT
    Request URL: http://user:pass@ipcamaddr:80/ISAPI/Image/channels/1/ISPMode
    Request Header: Content-Type: application/xml
    Request Body:

    <ISPMode xmlns="http://www.hikvision.com/ver20/XMLSchema" version="2.0">
    <mode>schedule</mode>
    <Schedule>
    <scheduleType>day</scheduleType>
    <TimeRange>
    <beginTime>${{hikvision_sunrise}}</beginTime>
    <endTime>${{hikvision_sunset}}</endTime>
    </TimeRange>
    </Schedule>
    </ISPMode>
    

    Capture response to:
    text_response

    set the following expressions:

    text_response=
    
    hikvision_sunrise=strftime( "%R" , ( getEntity( "reactor_system>sun" ).attributes.suninfo.sunrise + ( 30 * 60 * 1000 ) ) )
    
    hikvision_sunset=strftime( "%R", ( getEntity( "reactor_system>sun" ).attributes.suninfo.sunset - ( 30 * 60 * 1000 ) ) )
    

    I offset the sunrise and sunset time by 30 mins both ways (30 * 60 * 1000). You can use civil dusk and civil dawn too if that works better for you.

    For IRCut Filter, which is where the supplemental light setting is located, set it to ON then control it with the scheduled switch (there is no ISAPI to set it on/off unfortunately)

    Request:
    http://user:passipcamaddr:80/ISAPI/Image/channels/1/IrcutFilter
    Header is the same as above
    Body:

    <IrcutFilter xmlns="http://www.hikvision.com/ver20/XMLSchema" version="2.0">
    	<IrcutFilterType>schedule</IrcutFilterType>
    	<nightToDayFilterLevel>4</nightToDayFilterLevel>
    	<nightToDayFilterTime>5</nightToDayFilterTime>
    	<Schedule>
    		<scheduleType>day</scheduleType>
    		<TimeRange>
    			<beginTime>${{hikvision_sunrise}}</beginTime>
    			<endTime>${{hikvision_sunset}}</endTime>
    		</TimeRange>
    	</Schedule>
    </IrcutFilter>
    

    With ISAPI, there are many more things you can set on the camera without using the GUI.

    Multi-System Reactor

  • Error importing backup from vera
    W whyfseeguy

    I did a pull, now running 21257. Import seems to be working. The import tool created a bunch of rules from Vera Reactor. I will go through them 1 at a time to make the necessary changes. I will report back later if there are issues related to this.

    Thanks again.

    Multi-System Reactor

  • Error importing backup from vera
    W whyfseeguy

    Yes I am using Vera Geofencing.

    Multi-System Reactor

  • Error importing backup from vera
    W whyfseeguy

    Hi Patrick,

    Running MSR on docker.

    Trying to import the reactor config from Vera.

    My workflow is:

    1. docker exec -it reactor /bin/sh
    2. /opt/reactor # node tools/import_reactor_backup.js /var/reactor/reactor-config-backup.json vera

    Got the following error: (After restarting, no reactor config from Vera was imported)
    Fetching current rulesets...
    Pass 1: Translating...
    ReactorSensor 134 Auto (un)lock doors
    Creating ruleset for ReactorSensor 134 Auto (un)lock doors
    Creating rule rule-134
    ReactorSensor 139 Auto Lights
    Creating ruleset for ReactorSensor 139 Auto Lights
    Creating rule rule-139
    ReactorSensor 143 Somfy Control
    Creating ruleset for ReactorSensor 143 Somfy Control
    Creating rule rule-143
    ReactorSensor 167 Blue Iris Control
    Creating ruleset for ReactorSensor 167 Blue Iris Control
    Creating rule rule-167
    ReactorSensor 183 Towel and Heater Sch
    Creating ruleset for ReactorSensor 183 Towel and Heater Sch
    Creating rule rule-183
    ReactorSensor 208 Geofencing Action
    Creating ruleset for ReactorSensor 208 Geofencing Action
    Creating rule rule-208
    (node:639) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: TypeError: Cannot read property 'split' of undefined
    at fixConditions1 (/opt/reactor/tools/import_reactor_backup.js:185:82)
    at /opt/reactor/tools/import_reactor_backup.js:44:13
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at fixConditions1 (/opt/reactor/tools/import_reactor_backup.js:41:35)
    at /opt/reactor/tools/import_reactor_backup.js:44:13
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at fixConditions1 (/opt/reactor/tools/import_reactor_backup.js:41:35)
    at /opt/reactor/tools/import_reactor_backup.js:438:13
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at /opt/reactor/tools/import_reactor_backup.js:402:34
    (Use node --trace-warnings ... to show where the warning was created)
    (node:639) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). To terminate the node process on unhandled promise rejection, use the CLI flag --unhandled-rejections=strict (see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_unhandled_rejections_mode). (rejection id: 1)
    (node:639) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.

    Any help will be appreciated. The worst case scenario is to re-do all the triggers and conditions in MSR from the ground up.

    Multi-System Reactor

  • MSR http PUT error
    W whyfseeguy

    I updated to 21256 (docker). The http put is working for me now. Thank you for the quick fix to the issue.

    Multi-System Reactor

  • MSR http PUT error
    W whyfseeguy

    Hi Patrick,

    I got a 403 when the body is empty, indicating it has passed through the MSR, it got rejected by the camera. So I say it is working without the body as MSR did not throw an error.

    Thanks.

    Multi-System Reactor

  • MSR http PUT error
    W whyfseeguy

    Using MSR on Docker. The automation is to send xml body to my Hikvision camera to change the WDR based on the time of day. But getting the following error:

    TypeError: Cannot read property 'length' of undefined
    at Engine._resume_reaction (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Engine.js:1319:192)
    at Engine._process_reaction_queue (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Engine.js:1114:100)

    My MSR rule:

    HTTP Request: PUT

    HTTP Request: http://camipaddr/ISAPI/Image/channels/1/WDR/day
    HTTP Header: Content-Type: application/xml; charset="UTF-8"
    HTTP Body:
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <WDR version="2.0" xmlns="http://www.hikvision.com/ver20/XMLSchema">
    <mode>open</mode>
    <WDRLevel>40</WDRLevel>
    </WDR>

    Any idea why I am getting the above error?

    Thanks.

    Multi-System Reactor
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