I have quite a few Arduinos (nodeMCU wifi) running a custom sketch using the Arduino plugin to communicate with HS3. Works well but it is non-standard. I've been seeing MQTT getting a lot of traction with IOT devices. A good example is running Tasmota on the nodeMCU. Looks a lot easier than what I had to do to get a variety of sensor support. I want to explore whether I should make the move or not.
I just installed the mcsMQTT plugin ver 1.5.0.0, mosquitto broker, MQTTlens plugin for Chrome so I can test. All local on same machine running Win 10 Home . Generally it seems to be working. In Lens I can publish and subscribe. In HS3 I can see the new value reflected in the topic device.
In looking thru the quite extensive documentation that Michael has provided, I see references to things that I am not able to locate. Examples are the 'Association Tab' and the 'Statistics Tab'. Actually I see no tabs. The only thing I see are four options on the plugins/mqtt dropdown menu. Config, Subscriptions, Publish, and Control.
But I can't seem to figure out how to use an event to publish or to use a MQTT message as a trigger. In the event editor, I see no MQTT triggers. In actions I can see where I can 'Publish device value' but there are no MQTT devices in the device list.
I'm fearful I have either missed something on the install or I'm missing something obvious in the UI.
Any help would be appreciated.
Robert
I just installed the mcsMQTT plugin ver 1.5.0.0, mosquitto broker, MQTTlens plugin for Chrome so I can test. All local on same machine running Win 10 Home . Generally it seems to be working. In Lens I can publish and subscribe. In HS3 I can see the new value reflected in the topic device.
In looking thru the quite extensive documentation that Michael has provided, I see references to things that I am not able to locate. Examples are the 'Association Tab' and the 'Statistics Tab'. Actually I see no tabs. The only thing I see are four options on the plugins/mqtt dropdown menu. Config, Subscriptions, Publish, and Control.
But I can't seem to figure out how to use an event to publish or to use a MQTT message as a trigger. In the event editor, I see no MQTT triggers. In actions I can see where I can 'Publish device value' but there are no MQTT devices in the device list.
I'm fearful I have either missed something on the install or I'm missing something obvious in the UI.
Any help would be appreciated.
Robert
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