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Third party integrations
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I seem to have my MQTT broker setup correctly in Solar Assistant and Home Assistant. Under Intergrations, MQTT, Configure, Listen to a topic > start listening, I can see many messages from my solar_assistant:

Message 370 received on solar_assistant/total/battery_state_of_charge/state at 1:12 PM:

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QoS: 0 - Retain: false

If I go to setting > device & services > device (tab) > I do not see anything from solar assistant. I have rebooted HA a least 3 times and have waited for more than half hour, but nothing from solar_assistant. Any suggestions on how to proceed?

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Found the answer with AI (scary, I know) Asked Chatgpt the same as my original post and #3 was correct–I did not have the Discovery prefix as homeassistant (I had solar_assistant). Changed it the configuration and reloaded and the measurements showed up.

3. Verify MQTT Discovery is Enabled in HA
You said you’ve enabled it, but just to confirm:

Go to Settings > Devices & Services > MQTT > Configure and make sure:

Check mark button :white_check_mark: “Enable MQTT Discovery” is ON

Check mark button :white_check_mark: Discovery prefix is homeassistant (this is default, and Solar Assistant would need to match it if it supported discovery)