homebridge-mqttswitch

An homebridge plugin that create an HomeKit Switch accessory mapped on MQTT topics

Installation

Follow the instruction in homebridge for the homebridge server installation. The plugin is published through NPM and should be installed "globally" by typing:

npm install -g homebridge-mqttswitch

Release notes

Version 0.0.4 Dynamic Status

• This new version uses an additional status command, sent via the "set" Topic, to dynamically retrieve the status of the switch from the device. The status should be then published by the device on the "get" topic, as usual. You should develop the device code to accept the status command on the "set" topic and answer publishing the actual status using the "get" topic. The status values must be the same used for the onValue and offValue configurations. This new version is able to detect the actual state of the device. This fixes also partially the issue #12. But, if the switch is off (I mean, the MQTT client is not responding to the status command) the best thing on the Home app is to put the device in a "No Response" state. You can't be sure that the device is really off, just think about a network problem, instead of a power problem. The method for this is not yet implemented in this version.

Version 0.0.3

• Added onValue, offValue and integerValue params

Version 0.0.2

• Initial public draft

Configuration

Remember to configure the plugin in config.json in your home directory inside the .homebridge directory. Configuration parameters:

• "accessory": "mqttswitch",
• "name": "PUT THE NAME OF YOUR SWITCH HERE",
• "url": "PUT URL OF THE BROKER HERE",
• "username": "PUT USERNAME OF THE BROKER HERE",
• "password": "PUT PASSWORD OF THE BROKER HERE",
• "caption": "PUT THE LABEL OF YOUR SWITCH HERE",
• "topics": { "statusGet": "PUT THE MQTT TOPIC FOR THE GETTING THE STATUS OF YOUR SWITCH HERE", "statusSet": "PUT THE MQTT TOPIC FOR THE SETTING THE STATUS OF YOUR SWITCH HERE" }
• "onValue": "OPTIONALLY PUT THE VALUE THAT MEANS ON HERE (DEFAULT true)",
• "offValue": "OPTIONALLY PUT THE VALUE THAT MEANS OFF HERE (DEFAULT false)",
• "statusCmd": "OPTIONALLY PUT THE STATUS COMMAND HERE"
• "integerValue": "OPTIONALLY INCLUDE THIS TO USE 1/0 AS VALUES"

Note that if set, integerValue will override both onValue and offValue.

Look for a sample config in config.json example