MG Motor Mg5 Electric Car Integration

I managed to install the integration. To succeed, you’ve got to do some things

  1. Add a user
  2. Install the MQTT broker
  3. Install the MG integration
  4. Fill in your credentials

Add a user

Install MQTT broker

  • Click Settings → Add-ons → Add-on store
  • Search for MQTT and select Musquitto broker and install
  • check start on boot, and if you like watchdog and auto update
  • Click Configuration
  • click the three dost and edit in YAML
  • Fill in the user and password of your broker user and safe it
  • Click Info and start

Add the SAIC iSmart add-on

You need this link:

https://github.com/SAIC-iSmart-API/saic-home-assistant-addon

  • Click Settings → Add ons → Add-on store
  • Click the three dots in the right upper corner
  • Select Repositories
  • Fill in the link above and select Add, close the window
    I choose the SAIC MQTT gateway (Python), this one works for me.
  • Click your choise and select Install
  • Click Configuration
  • Fill in:
    MQTT_URI tcp://[ipadress where the broker is installed on]:1883
    MQTT_USER [step Add a user]
    MQTT_PASSWORD
    SAIC_USER [login email adress of your SAIC app on your phone]
    SAIC_PASSWORD [Password of your app]
    -Safe it
    The rest I did not fill in

  • Return to Info and select Start

NEXT

- I restarted HA

Screenshot 2024-01-06 165332

  • Select Submit

that should be it!

I tried the Java option ass well, ther it shows up under the Home Assistant Supervisor button
Screenshot 2024-01-06 170546
I have to find out how to work with it :no_mouth:

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