Payload Question

zygizz21 · November 12, 2018, 10:20pm

Hello, am new to all home-assistant community, but decided to install then saw one of hookup videos about remote pc control.

Am using his script:

github.com

thehookup/MQTT_Computer_Power/blob/master/ComputerControl_CONFIGURE.ino

#include <DHTesp.h>  //https://github.com/beegee-tokyo/DHTesp
#include <SimpleTimer.h>  //https://github.com/jfturcot/SimpleTimer
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <PubSubClient.h>  //https://github.com/knolleary/pubsubclient
#include <ESP8266mDNS.h> 
#include <WiFiUdp.h>
#include <ArduinoOTA.h>  //https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/tree/master/libraries/ArduinoOTA

//USER CONFIGURED SECTION START//
const char* ssid = "YOUR_WIRELESS_SSID";
const char* password = "YOUR_WIRELESS_PASSWORD";
const char* mqtt_server = "YOUR_MQTT_SERVER_ADDRESS";
const int mqtt_port = 1883;
const char *mqtt_user = "YOUR_MQTT_USERNAME";
const char *mqtt_pass = "YOUR_MQTT_PASSWORD";
const char *mqtt_client_name = "PCMCU"; // Client connections can't have the same connection name
//USER CONFIGURED SECTION END//

WiFiClient espClient;
PubSubClient client(espClient);

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on and off functions its working and sense if pc power on/off am just copy his yaml file:

github.com

thehookup/MQTT_Computer_Power/blob/master/computer_control.yaml

switch:
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Lindsays PC"
    state_topic: "state/PC"
    command_topic: "commands/PC"
    payload_on: "ON"
    payload_off: "OFF"
    retain: false
    
sensor:
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Guest Room Temperature"
    state_topic: "guestRoom/temperature"
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Guest Room Humidity"
    state_topic: "guestRoom/humidity"

i look into code force off function added but how to enable that function in home-assistant menu I don’t know or how to write YAML file for force off button show.

flamingm0e · November 13, 2018, 12:01am

??

You have a switch now. You add it to a group to display on frontend.

gpbenton · November 13, 2018, 4:35am

I think what you want to do is write a script that uses the MQTT publish service to send an MQTT message with the topic the same as your switch and the payload as “FORCE OFF”.

You can then add the script to a group to display in the user interface.

zygizz21 · November 13, 2018, 12:28pm

can i make switch with 3 payloads ? like

platform: mqtt
name: “Test PC”
state_topic: “state/PC”
command_topic: “commands/PC”
payload_on: “ON”
payload_off: “OFF”
payload_off: “FORCE OFF”
retain: false

gpbenton · November 13, 2018, 1:36pm

No, that isn’t possible.