MQTT light dimmer with homeassistant

[amiroruji72 (Amir Oruji)]

Hi

I have created an input_number in my home-assistant panel and it sends messages to my MQTT server successfully.And I can give this messages with my NodeMCU module.
But I dont have any idea that what should I do after recieving messages to dim a light.I mean what should I do after recieving messages

[hijinx (James)]

You need to create an automation that sets the lights brightness.
See my post here - this is my HA config for my esp8266 based dimmer.

Analogue style rotary dimmer switch - Sonoff + ESPEasy + MQTT

Here is the config for Home Assistant (apologies in advance if any if the indentation is out… this was pulled together from config, groups, automation etc yamls) # Sonoff dimmer config: sensor: - platform: mqtt state_topic: "office/dimmer/state" name: "Office Dimmer Brightness" retain: true - platform: mqtt state_topic: "office/status/ipaddress" name: "Office Dimmer IP Address" - platform: mqtt state_topic: "office/status/uptime" name: "Office Dimmer uptime…

[hijinx (James)]

Actually re-reading your post I think I misunderstood.
Are you asking how to implement an MQTT controlled dimmer to dim normal non-smart bulbs?