MQTT and Home Assistant
Over MQTT the box reports its state to a broker in your home network and can be controlled through it. With Home Assistant the box sets itself up ther…
Over MQTT the box reports its state to a broker in your home network and can be controlled through it. With Home Assistant the box sets itself up there. The settings are under Settings › Services › MQTT / Home Assistant.
Connection
| Setting | Meaning |
|---|---|
| MQTT active | switches the connection on (off after installation) |
| Device name | the name under which the box appears |
| Broker | address of the MQTT broker |
| Port | the broker's port, 1883 is usual |
| Topic | common beginning of all the box's topics |
| Client ID | the box's identifier at the broker |
| User and Password | if the broker requires them |
Intervals
| Setting | Effect |
|---|---|
| Update (playback) | how often the box reports during playback, 1 to 90 seconds |
| Update (idle) | how often it reports when nothing is playing, 1 to 90 seconds |
| Timeout | waiting time for the broker, 10 to 180 seconds |
Home Assistant
With Report to Home Assistant the box creates its devices in Home Assistant by itself (MQTT discovery). The discovery prefix must match what is set in Home Assistant (there it is normally called homeassistant).