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stjohnjohnson / mqtt-dasher

Notifies MQTT when an Amazon Dash button is pressed
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MQTT Dasher

Emits events to MQTT when an Amazon Dash button is pressed.

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Configuration

The dash bridge has one yaml file for configuration:

---
mqtt:
    # Specify your MQTT Broker's hostname or IP address here
    host: mqtt
    # Preface for the topics $PREFACE/$TOPIC
    preface: dash

buttons:
    44:65:0d:dc:51:50: nerf_supplies

Usage

_note: follow this setup first

  1. Install the Node module globally

    $ npm install -g mqtt-dasher

  2. Configure your buttons

    $ mkdir -p /opt/mqtt-dasher
$ cp _config.yml /opt/mqtt-dasher/config.yml
$ vi /opt/mqtt-dasher/config.yml

  3. Add systemd unit for the service

    $ cp mqtt-dasher.service /etc/systemd/system

  4. Run the server

    $ systemctl start mqtt-dasher.service

  5. Configured dash events now feed into MQTT