Hi,
I recently found a thread about "must have" plugins for HS3 and numerous people mentioned the 2 MQTT plugins available. To my surprise I had never even heard of them. A little research later and I'm still a bit unsure how I could make use of this so I have a few questions for other HS users.
I did read that I could do some neat things with my LG B6 OLED TV with MQTT, but it seems like a lot of work just for that one use case, especially since this use case involves installing Node.js and running something called lgtv2mqtt.
My questions:
What devices are you using that speak MQTT?
Other than an interface to MQTT-literate devices to know their status or control them, is there anything else this is useful for?
Is this better than Z-wave or Insteon, or not in the same category?
What is the quickest way to get setup with MQTT on Windows?
Feel free to reply w/ links. I realize I'm asking a lot here and am still a bit in the dark.
Thanks!
I recently found a thread about "must have" plugins for HS3 and numerous people mentioned the 2 MQTT plugins available. To my surprise I had never even heard of them. A little research later and I'm still a bit unsure how I could make use of this so I have a few questions for other HS users.
I did read that I could do some neat things with my LG B6 OLED TV with MQTT, but it seems like a lot of work just for that one use case, especially since this use case involves installing Node.js and running something called lgtv2mqtt.
My questions:
What devices are you using that speak MQTT?
Other than an interface to MQTT-literate devices to know their status or control them, is there anything else this is useful for?
Is this better than Z-wave or Insteon, or not in the same category?
What is the quickest way to get setup with MQTT on Windows?
Feel free to reply w/ links. I realize I'm asking a lot here and am still a bit in the dark.
Thanks!
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