mqtt-home

A simple micro-python mqtt client which enables simple plug-and-play functionality and interoperability with Home Assistant.

"availability_topic": "home/wateringsystem/back/status",
"state_topic": "home/wateringsystem/back/output/solenoid3",
"command_topic": "home/wateringsystem/back/output/solenoid3/set",

The overall standard of MQTT topics that will be used going forward is: <area>/<entity>/<location>/<property>/<object>/<modifier> but there's no set requirement on structure.

topic_prefix is: <area>/<entity>/<location>

This simplifies it down to: <topic_prefix>/<property>/<object>/<modifier>

Software Setup

From a fresh Raspberry Pi Pico

Following the official Raspberry Pi Docs

1. Hold down the bootsel button while plugging in pi pico for the first time
2. Open Thonny with the pico plugged in
3. Choose the micropython language selector in the bottom right hand corner of the UI
4. Choose the latest version of Micropython and install it onto the raspberry pi

   From an existing Raspberry Pi Pico with micropython installed

5. In the top bar of Thonny, under Tools, there should be an option to Manage Packages, select that option
6. Then search for umqtt in the package manager, there should be one called micropython-umqtt.simple and install it onto the Pi Pico.
   1. You could potentially use mpremote mpremote mip install micropython-umqtt.simple (untested) in the Thonny console when the Pi Pico is connected
7. Clone the mqtt-home repository to a local area
8. Create an appropriate config.json file based off the test-config.json
9. Upload config.json, main.py, boot.py and main to the Pi Pico
10. Manually run boot.py and main.py in Thonny to ensure that the SSID and password are correct, in addition to the Home Assistant connection.
11. Once confirmed connected, disconnect the Pi Pico and plug it in from cold to ensure that the start up works as expected.
12. Once the status LED is shining, that is an indication that main.py is running and the Pi Pico should be up and running!

Virtual Environment Setup

• Using a virtual environment, install the python dependencies listed in requirements.txt by running python -m pip install -r requirements.txt