To make sure that I have good coverage on all floors in my house I use 2 Milight ESP hubs connected to MQTT. They have the same settings for the topic, updates, etc. I wonder if that is the best solution as my second Milight hub is not visible in HA.
The benefit that I have with one topic for updates is that I have one listener configuration instead of 2 topics that I need to monitor for changes.
Anyone experience with multiple Milight ESP hubs?
I donāt have 2. But why you separate them based on floor level. So every hub control just 1 floor. Seems more logic.
When you want add new bulb, now you need to add them both. Otherwise just add in hub for that floorā¦
Thanks for your reply. I register the bulb only at one hub to keep it simple. My main question is more related to the MQTT settings if I need to use per hub a topic.
No you can use same topic. But the device names must be unique.
That is how I have set it up. All working except I donāt see the second Milight hub in HA. I thought it might had to do with the topic.
I haver add them manual as light:
Maybe this is a option for you as wellā¦
Add this I light part of configuration.
###########################################################################################
# BALCONY
# https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/light.mqtt/
###########################################################################################
- name: "Balcony All"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAA4/rgb_cct/1"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAA4/rgb_cct/1"
<<: &MILIGHT_PARAMS
platform: mqtt
schema: json
color_temp: true
rgb: true
brightness: true
effect: true
qos: 1
optimistic: true
retain: false
availability_topic: "Milight_Hub/client_status"
payload_available: "connected"
payload_not_available: "disconnected"
effect_list:
- "night_mode"
- "white_mode"
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
###########################################################################################
# HALLWAY
###########################################################################################
- name: "Hallway All"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAA3/rgb_cct/1"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAA3/rgb_cct/1"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
###########################################################################################
# BATHROOM
###########################################################################################
- name: "Bathroom 1"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAD/rgb_cct/1"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAD/rgb_cct/1"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Bathroom 2"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAD/rgb_cct/2"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAD/rgb_cct/2"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Bathroom 3"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAD/rgb_cct/3"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAD/rgb_cct/3"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Bathroom 4"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAD/rgb_cct/4"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAD/rgb_cct/4"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Bathroom All"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAD/rgb_cct/0"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAD/rgb_cct/0"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
###########################################################################################
# BEDROOM
###########################################################################################
- name: "Bedroom 1"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAA/rgb_cct/1"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAA/rgb_cct/1"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Bedroom 2"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAA/rgb_cct/2"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAA/rgb_cct/2"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Bedroom 3"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAA/rgb_cct/3"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAA/rgb_cct/3"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Bedroom 4"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAA/rgb_cct/4"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAA/rgb_cct/4"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Bedroom 5"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAB/rgb_cct/1"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAB/rgb_cct/1"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Bedroom 6"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAB/rgb_cct/2"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAB/rgb_cct/2"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Bedroom All"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAABA/rgb_cct/1"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAABA/rgb_cct/1"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
###########################################################################################
# DRESSOIR
###########################################################################################
- name: "Dressoir 1"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAF/rgb_cct/1"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAF/rgb_cct/1"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Dressoir 2"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAF/rgb_cct/2"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAF/rgb_cct/2"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Dressoir 3"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAF/rgb_cct/3"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAF/rgb_cct/3"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Dressoir All"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAF/rgb_cct/0"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAF/rgb_cct/0"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
###########################################################################################
# KITCHEN
###########################################################################################
- name: "Kitchen 1"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAA2/rgb_cct/1"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAA2/rgb_cct/1"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Kitchen 2"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAA2/rgb_cct/2"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAA2/rgb_cct/2"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Kitchen 3"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAA2/rgb_cct/3"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAA2/rgb_cct/3"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Kitchen All"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAA2/rgb_cct/0"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAA2/rgb_cct/0"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
###########################################################################################
# KITCHEN SINK
###########################################################################################
- name: "Sink 1"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAA1/rgb_cct/1"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAA1/rgb_cct/1"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Sink 2"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAA1/rgb_cct/2"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAA1/rgb_cct/2"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Sink 3"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAA1/rgb_cct/3"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAA1/rgb_cct/3"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Sink All"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAA1/rgb_cct/0"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAA1/rgb_cct/0"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
###########################################################################################
# LIVINGROOM
###########################################################################################
- name: "Livingroom 1"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAC/rgb_cct/1"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAC/rgb_cct/1"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Livingroom 2"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAC/rgb_cct/2"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAC/rgb_cct/2"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Livingroom 3"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAC/rgb_cct/3"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAC/rgb_cct/3"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Livingroom 4"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAC/rgb_cct/4"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAC/rgb_cct/4"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Livingroom All"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAC/rgb_cct/0"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAC/rgb_cct/0"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Wall All"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAABB/rgb_cct/1"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAABB/rgb_cct/1"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Window All"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAABB/rgb_cct/2"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAABB/rgb_cct/2"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
###########################################################################################
# TOILET
###########################################################################################
- name: "Toilet 1"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAE/rgb_cct/1"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAE/rgb_cct/1"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Toilet 2"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAE/rgb_cct/2"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAE/rgb_cct/2"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Toilet 3"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAE/rgb_cct/3"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAE/rgb_cct/3"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
- name: "Toilet All"
command_topic: "Milight_Hub/0xAAAE/rgb_cct/0"
state_topic: "Milight_Hub/states/0xAAAE/rgb_cct/0"
<<: *MILIGHT_PARAMS
Thanks for the suggestion. I like the dynamical population of HA with the lights of the Milight hubs, so Iāll keep it the way I have it currently unless there appears to be an issue. Currently everthing is working fine.
Thanks for your support. I realy appriciate it.
Thats okā¦ I like to have it in my own handsā¦ 
And sureā¦ there is this platform for 
Hi, you might find this useful/interesting, itās a DIY hub for about Ā£5 that means you donāt need to use the official milight hubs, and you can have as many groups as you like, unlike the limit of 4 with the official hubs. I just set one up yesterday:
I use this for a long time nowā¦ love it!!!
Be careful with the part " Add an alias to each light so that it shows up in Home Assistant on a card"
If you add names the memory can be full and then you lost all settings of your lights.
I didnāt use it. I have 12 Device IDās and 32 Bulbs. Some bulbs are paired on different Device IDās
It work great. Play with the settings āRadioā to get the best out of it in your situation.
Mine are:
Packet repeats: 75
Packet repeats per loop: 75
Radio interface type: nRF24
nRF24 Power Level: Max
nRF24 Listen Channel: Min
nRF24 Send Channels: Min, Mid, High
Packet repeat throttle threshold: 750
Packet repeat throttle sensitivity: 20
Packet repeat minimum: 100
Switch to previous mode after saturation/color commands : Disable
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Thanks, noted. Iāll look at the settings, though it works for me with zero delay currently, so not sure how it could get any better
Iāll bear in mind the loss of settings when adding aliases. I have taken a backup of the settings currently so I can always restore if I break it.
I also donāt have any delay. But somethings the settings can help to prevent some packet drops.
I have now for 3 weeks a total packet drop of 36. Thats ok.
Always make backups !!! And play with the settings.
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