[RELEASE] Hubitat Hub Controller

They're commands, not attributes, so there is no way to put them on a dashboard directly. You need to create virtual buttons or something like that and then create an RM rule, to trigger the custom commands when the button is pressed. You can find the custom commands by choosing the Actuator as the type.

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AH HA- actuator was what I was missing. Thank You and thanks again for another great addition to this platform.
I'm just blown away everytime I'm visit the forum and see so many new features and functionality.
And it's great people, like you, that drive the innovations.
:grinning:

PS- is it safe to say, to access custom commands, we always use actuator in RM 4 ?

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What does 302 mean?

A debug line I should have removed (just removed it). 302 is an HTTP redirect status code.

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@dman2306 What is the difference between restart and reboot?

PS, great app, just what I was looking for. :sunglasses:

See this post and the next few after it:

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Outstanding driver! Thanks.

I am a month into using HE, so still new to this.

Is there a way to detect using Rules if another Hub has actually Shutdown so I can power it off?

I have to put in a routine to run every night to reboot the HE Hub as the ZWAVE crashes and loses connectivity to every zwave device.

I need to be able to do an orderly shutdown and then check it has actually shutdown, power off the HE Hub using a Hue Plug managed by my other HE, count to 10, then power it back on again.

Maybe through hub mesh? But I don't know since I am a single hub owner.

You really should not have to do this. What HW and FW version are you using? May want to raise a support request with @bobbyD to resolve the underlying Z-Wave issue versus forcing reboots.

Also, any specific reason you have multiple hubs? My understanding is that multiple hubs is generally a "power-user" type thing to differentiate meshes with problem devices or to spread out the load of the rules, but my understanding is that 90%+ of people would not need it given they use repeaters.

Yup I know :frowning: But this is on the advice of Support ...

Looks like I have a ZWAVE Device Driver that causes the ZWAVE to crash and die in HE.

Unfortunately I cannot do without the device, it controls the house heating boiler for radiators and hot water. If I can't control the device I have to use different HA hub.

Support say the only way to reset the zwave system is to shutdown and power off for 10 seconds then power back up.

The ZWAVE system has only died twice in 30 days, so if I can reboot it every night then I am hopeful it can be avoided until I can figure out a way to get a working driver..

https://community.hubitat.com/t/all-zwave-stopped-working-heating-down-its-3am-and-its-getting-cold/61092

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The ZWave crashed again, so twice in 12 hours :frowning:

I can now do a full shutdown, power off, wait 15 seconds, power on from another HE.

And, I think I have a found a way to detect when the ZWave controller has failed and automatically force a Shutdown all from the other HE

In the meantime upgrading the HE to latest version as that does have some language in it around zwave lock ups

Rebooting doesn't reset the zwave radio. Only powering down does. Zooz 4-1's, power reporting devices, and sometimes temperature spamming devices can cause this. Also zwave ghosts. Check settings, zwave details for any devices without anything in the clusters column.

Got the power down requirement for resetting zwave :slight_smile:

I do have a zwave ghost that is resistant to removal.

Not had a problem for a couple of weeks, but have built a rule in the parent HE to shutdown and poster off the troubled HE

Not sure what has settled the issue but learning towards the HE update.

If the ghost is still pingable it won't let you remove it. If you know which device it is then air gap it or flip the breaker. Then run a repair once or twice till it shows failed then remove it.

I don’t know which device it is, so will have to work through the zwave devices and eliminate it.

Quickest way would be to kill power to all the circuits but the one with your hub on it and then try to clean it up. If it still wont clear then go through the battery powered devices.

Can someone post an example Rule Machine Rule? I'm lost on how to utilize the rebooting command.

It’s a custom action.

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@dJOS, thank you. Which device type? I have the device driver installed and I can run the commands from within the device settings.

Actuator iirc.

EDIT: yep.

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