ESPEasy MQTT configuration + HA

kslb · December 24, 2019, 5:47am

I have ESPEasy firmware on some devices. Currently I’m controling it via HTTP commands. Now it’s time to change from HTTP to MQTT and here I need help of you guys…

So probably this is important pictures so that I can make correct mqtt protocol…

Config:

Controllers:

Is this correct MQTT configuration?

I can choose also some other MQTT protocol, but probably OpenHAB is OK, or need to be Domoticz MQTT?

Hardware:

Devices:

Info page:

HOME ASSISTANT:

Current lovelace GUI:

Switch sensor (via HTTP):

#KONTROLA: http://192.168.3.99/
# HA - 192.168.3.99 - ESPEasy Klop - LED (ON/OFF) - stalna svetloba
  - platform: command_line
    switches:
      espeasy_klop_led_stalna:
        command_on: "/usr/bin/curl -X POST http://192.168.3.99/control?cmd=relay,1,1"
        command_off: "/usr/bin/curl -X POST http://192.168.3.99/control?cmd=relay,1,0"
        friendly_name: Klop - LED osvetlitev (stalno)

#KONTROLA: http://192.168.3.99/
# HA - 192.168.3.99 - ESPEasy Klop - LED (ON/OFF) - preko senzorja
  - platform: command_line
    switches:
      espeasy_klop_led_senzor:
        command_on: "/usr/bin/curl -X POST http://192.168.3.99/control?cmd=relay,0,1"
        command_off: "/usr/bin/curl -X POST http://192.168.3.99/control?cmd=relay,0,0"
        friendly_name: Klop - LED osvetlitev (senzor)

So, how to define correct MQTT switch? So that it will have switch icon instead of lightning icon:

Is ESPEasy MQTT defined correctly? Do I need only add MQTT switch in HA? MQTT broker is already working in Home Assistant as many other devices use MQTT (Shelly, Tasmota, etc…).
Thank you for your help…

kslb · December 24, 2019, 9:11am

OK, I found out that I must enable “Retain Msg” in ESPEasy:

I also successfully created switch, which turn ON the relay 1 or 2.

Code:

#KONTROLA: http://192.168.3.99/
# HA - 192.168.3.99 - ESPEasy Klop - LED
# https://community.home-assistant.io/t/espeasy-mqtt-configuration-ha/157415
# RELAY 1
  - platform: template
    switches:
      espeasy_klop_led_stalna:
        friendly_name: "Klop - LED osvetlitev (stalna)"
        value_template: "{{ is_state('binary_sensor.espeasy_klop_led_stalno_stanje', 'on') }}"
        turn_on:
          - service: mqtt.publish
            data:
              payload: 'relay,1,1'
              topic: '/ESPEasy-Klop-LED/gpio/cmd'
        turn_off:
          - service: mqtt.publish
            data:
              payload: 'relay,1,0'
              topic: '/ESPEasy-Klop-LED/gpio/cmd'

#KONTROLA: http://192.168.3.99/
# HA - 192.168.3.99 - ESPEasy Klop - LED
# https://community.home-assistant.io/t/espeasy-mqtt-configuration-ha/157415
# RELAY 2
  - platform: template
    switches:
      espeasy_klop_led_senzor:
        friendly_name: "Klop - LED osvetlitev (senzor)"
        value_template: "{{ is_state('binary_sensor.espeasy_klop_led_senzor_stanje', 'on') }}"
        turn_on:
          - service: mqtt.publish
            data:
              payload: 'relay,0,1'
              topic: '/ESPEasy-Klop-LED/gpio/cmd'
        turn_off:
          - service: mqtt.publish
            data:
              payload: 'relay,0,0'
              topic: '/ESPEasy-Klop-LED/gpio/cmd'

But I have problem with status… it simply do not working… I do not get any status off MQTT switch (relay) and because of that switch turn OFF (in lovelace) just after I click on it… Relay 1 or 2 turn ON successfully… Off course, then I can not turn OFF because the HA has no status from MQTT and it’s still showing that it’s OFF…

binary_sensor which is not working… Do I need to do something in ESPEasy or this code is not correct? I also tried with state_topic: ‘/ESPEasy-Klop-LED/status/LWT’ but it was the same…

# HA - 192.168.3.99 - ESPEasy Klop - LED
# https://community.home-assistant.io/t/espeasy-mqtt-configuration-ha/157415
# RELAY 1
  - platform: mqtt
    name: ESPEasy Klop - LED stalno (stanje)
    state_topic: '/ESPEasy-Klop-LED/status'
    value_template: >- 
      {% if 'relay,1,0' in value %}   
        {{'OFF'}}
      {% elif 'relay,1,1' in value %}
        {{'ON'}}
      {% endif %}

# HA - 192.168.3.99 - ESPEasy Klop - LED
# https://community.home-assistant.io/t/espeasy-mqtt-configuration-ha/157415
# RELAY 2
  - platform: mqtt
    name: ESPEasy Klop - LED senzor (stanje)
    state_topic: '/ESPEasy-Klop-LED/status'
    value_template: >- 
      {% if 'relay,0,0' in value %}   
        {{'OFF'}}
      {% elif 'relay,0,1' in value %}
        {{'ON'}}
      {% endif %}

Do anybody have some experience with that?
I found some topics on forums:
https://www.letscontrolit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1822&p=8545#p8545
https://www.letscontrolit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=320
But I didn’t figure it out what the correct solution is…

From developer tools it looks like this:

francisp · December 24, 2019, 12:13pm

Can you look with MQTT.FX, MQTT Explorer or MQTT lens what

'/ESPEasy-Klop-LED/status'

exactly returns ?

kslb · December 24, 2019, 12:38pm

I tried two variants and get back this:

francisp · December 24, 2019, 12:40pm

Cut and past the message under

'/ESPEasy-Klop-LED/status'

it is not visible in the screenshot

kslb · December 24, 2019, 1:09pm

There is nothing?

Empty, blank msg…

kslb · December 24, 2019, 1:14pm

This is json msg under “Show JSON” button:

{“System”:{
“Build”:20102,
“Git Build”:“xuryV0.1”,
“Local time”:“2019-12-24 14:12:42”,
“Unit”:3,
“Name”:“ESPEasy-Klop-LED”,
“Uptime”:8365,
“Load”:39,
“Load LC”:10835,
“Free RAM”:13280
},
“WiFi”:{
“Hostname”:“ESPEasy-Klop-LED-3”,
“IP config”:“Static”,
“IP”:“192.168.3.99”,
“Subnet Mask”:“255.255.255.0”,
“Gateway IP”:“192.168.3.1”,
“MAC address”:“SECURITY”,
“DNS 1”:“192.168.3.1”,
“DNS 2”:“0.0.0.0”,
“SSID”:“SECURITY”,
“BSSID”:“SECURITY”,
“Channel”:6,
“Connected msec”:501949767,
“Last Disconnect Reason”:1,
“Last Disconnect Reason str”:"(1) Unspecified",
“Number reconnects”:1,
“RSSI”:-73
},
“Sensors”:[
{
“TaskNumber”:1,
“Type”:“Serial MCU controlled switch”,
“TaskName”:“Relay”,
“TaskValues”: [
{“ValueNumber”:1,
“Name”:“Relay0”,
“Value”:1},
{“ValueNumber”:2,
“Name”:“Relay1”,
“Value”:0},
{“ValueNumber”:3,
“Name”:“Relay2”,
“Value”:0}]
}
]
}

francisp · December 24, 2019, 1:29pm

https://www.letscontrolit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1822

kslb · December 24, 2019, 1:39pm

Yea, I read this, and if am honest, I did not understand what would be solution in my case…

francisp · December 24, 2019, 1:52pm

You should set the retain flag :

and watch for a message like this :

/ESPEasy-Klop-LED/relay14/state

Subscribe in your mqtt client to /ESPEasy-Klop-LED/# , switch something and look what messages pass by.

kslb · December 24, 2019, 2:01pm

MQTT retain msg is already enabled (my second post):

And I got back this when I publish:
/ESPEasy-Klop-LED/gpio/cmd
relay,0,0 or relay,0,1

francisp · December 24, 2019, 2:05pm

So you should use this :

# HA - 192.168.3.99 - ESPEasy Klop - LED
# https://community.home-assistant.io/t/espeasy-mqtt-configuration-ha/157415
# RELAY 1
  - platform: mqtt
    name: ESPEasy Klop - LED stalno (stanje)
    state_topic: '/ESPEasy-Klop-LED/gpio/cmd'
    value_template: >- 
      {% if 'relay,1,0' in value %}   
        {{'OFF'}}
      {% elif 'relay,1,1' in value %}
        {{'ON'}}
      {% endif %}

# HA - 192.168.3.99 - ESPEasy Klop - LED
# https://community.home-assistant.io/t/espeasy-mqtt-configuration-ha/157415
# RELAY 2
  - platform: mqtt
    name: ESPEasy Klop - LED senzor (stanje)
    state_topic: /ESPEasy-Klop-LED/gpio/cmd'
    value_template: >- 
      {% if 'relay,0,0' in value %}   
        {{'OFF'}}
      {% elif 'relay,0,1' in value %}
        {{'ON'}}
      {% endif %}

kslb · December 24, 2019, 2:06pm

Give me 5 minutes, I will report if it’s working…

kslb · December 24, 2019, 2:20pm

Binary sensor is now working:

But when I try to close relay0:

And it seems as that it works:

But in reality nothing happens, relay is still ON…

I will try to restart everything… maybe is something somewhere stuck… must check everything…

pw44 · September 6, 2020, 7:43pm

And how did it end? Were you able to make it work?

kslb · September 6, 2020, 7:56pm

I’m using old fashion as before - so no MQTT protocol…

pw44 · September 7, 2020, 9:04pm

I got the answer:

Just set the command topic on the broker to rl1c_0/gpio/0 and use payload 0 or 1.

rl1c_0 is unit name,

relay is triggered by gpio0

so i shall be: state_topic: ‘/ESPEasy-Klop-LED/gpio/0’ where 0 is the gpio number.

try and let me know if it worked.

kslb · September 13, 2020, 7:01pm

So the code should be:

  - platform: mqtt
    name: ESPEasy Klop - LED senzor (stanje)
    state_topic: /ESPEasy-Klop-LED/gpio/0'
    value_template: >- 
      {% if 'relay,0,0' in value %}   
        {{'OFF'}}
      {% elif 'relay,0,1' in value %}
        {{'ON'}}
      {% endif %}

Or something different way?

pw44 · September 14, 2020, 12:40pm

I didn’t try on HA yet, but i guess the correct way is:

The configuration will look like the example below:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
switch:
  - platform: mqtt
    name: ESPEasy Klop - LED senzor (stanje)
    state_topic: "ESPEasy-Klop-LED/gpio/0"
    command_topic: "ESPEasy-Klop-LED/gpio/0"
    payload_on: "1"
    payload_off: "0"

anyway, i suggest to try:

mosquitto_pub -h 127.0.0.1 -t ESPEasy-Klop-LED/gpio/0 -m "1"

and

mosquitto_pub -h 127.0.0.1 -t ESPEasy-Klop-LED/gpio/0 -m "0"

to make sure it works.

Please let me know if it worked.

kslb · September 14, 2020, 5:14pm

I tried but this do not work.

I also tried:

  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Klop - LED osvetlitev (stalna)"
    state_topic: "ESPEasy-Klop-LED/gpio/cmd"
    command_topic: "ESPEasy-Klop-LED/gpio/cmd"
    payload_on: "relay,1,1"
    payload_off: "relay,1,0"

and

  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Klop - LED osvetlitev (stalna)"
    state_topic: "ESPEasy-Klop-LED/gpio/cmd"
    command_topic: "ESPEasy-Klop-LED/gpio/cmd"
    payload_on: "1,1"
    payload_off: "1,0"

and

  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Klop - LED osvetlitev (stalna)"
    state_topic: "ESPEasy-Klop-LED/gpio/1"
    command_topic: "ESPEasy-Klop-LED/gpio/1"
    payload_on: "1"
    payload_off: "0"

So, don’t know if maybe there is just problem regarding configuration on device configuration…