MQTT / Home Assistant / button topics

mcer12 / Hugo-ESP8266

Hugo is a 4-button ESP8266 Wi-Fi Remote, Arduino compatible and simple to use.

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MQTT / Home Assistant / button topics #25

Closed Zixim closed 4 years ago

Zixim commented 4 years ago

Hello,

just got 2 Hugos in the mail! I'm really chuffed, they feel like great little devices.

I flashed the MQTT firmware, made sure HA MQTT is configured for discovery (which it wasn't), and the Hugo device shows up under Integrations/MQTT in HA Configuration. There's 2 entities , one for the status of the Hugo and one for the Battery.

I do have a couple of questions though:

Aren't all configured buttons supposed to show up in there ? Why is the sensor for battery not showing any value ?

mcer12 commented 4 years ago

1) what do you mean by all buttons? Do you mean remotes or individual buttons on a single remote? 2) It only updates battery status together with a button topic. Maybe you didn't set up battery topic in web config?

Zixim commented 4 years ago

I mean individual buttons, which I all set up in the web config as shown :

The button presses show up in MQTT Lens , as expected : with topic homeassistant/sensor/hugo_XXYYZZ/btn1 and payload 1

The battery value never updates, and stays empty even after button presses.

mcer12 commented 4 years ago

You have to use example topics for all button topics as well as for battery topic for Home Assistant integration to work. See wiki: https://github.com/mcer12/Hugo-ESP8266/wiki/Sketch:-MQTT "homeassistant/sensor/hugo[id]/state" for the buttons "homeassistant/sensor/hugo[id]/battery" for battery I will add the note in config portal as well for more clarity in an upcoming update.

Zixim commented 4 years ago

So the web config states : Assign MQTT Topic and Payload for each button, for example: Topic: "homeassistant/sensor/hugo_[id]/state" Payload: "1"

What does that mean I should set for Button 1 topic & payload ? And what about Button 2?

mcer12 commented 4 years ago

Don't overthink it, it's meant to be simple :)

B1 topic: homeassistant/sensor/hugo_[id]/state payload: 1

B2 topic: homeassistant/sensor/hugo_[id]/state payload: 2

etc......

Zixim commented 4 years ago

Much better 😜

mcer12 commented 4 years ago

It's a common assumption that DIY products have to be difficult to set up, but I disagree :) Glad you managed to make it work! I did some edits to the wiki to make it a bit clearer.