I’m trying to get the Insteon-MQTT bridge server working. I’ve got VirtualBox running on a MacMini, with Home Assistant running there. I’ve installed Mosquitto, the Insteon-MQTT Bridge, and MQTT, using the web interface. Individually, those all seem to be configured and running correctly, except that I receive this message from the bridge: “WebSocket transport not available. Install simple-websocket for improved performance.” When I use the bridge web interface (e.g. insteon-mqtt config.yaml join ‘kitchen lamp’), I get lots of socket messages.
I assume that my configuration does not have WebSocket installed, but I am lost at how to install it. I tried “pip install simple-websocket” on the ha CLI. I did not expect it to work, and it didn’t.
Can someone point me in the right direction?
Thanks much!
2 weeks later and I’m still trying to get this going. The logs indicate that the bridge is connected with the PLM & MQTT, but I can’t get connected to an insteon device. I’ve executed the JOIN, PAIR, & REFRESH commands, but nothing appears to happen (I get a timeout message).
Logs also indicate that the devices are being set up in the bridge correctly.
Any hints would be most appreciated.