PS5-MQTT: Control PlayStation 5 devices using MQTT

davidnestico · July 21, 2023, 6:25pm

Been trying to figure out how to do this with unraid for a while now…

FunkeyFlo · July 25, 2023, 10:59am

FunkeyFlo/ps5-mqtt/blob/d351b5d4ef25fb91ef18e20c9e689fcb94468d19/docs/DOCKER.md

# Using the app with Docker (HA Core)
There are multiple ways of using the `Docker` images created by this project with HA Core.

This bit of documentation will outline one of those methods. Namely by creating your own startup script file.

## Prerequisites
This document assumes:
1. That you have a basic understanding of how to use docker and `docker-compose.yml` files.
2. That you know which **architecture** your docker instance is running on. The app supports 5 architecture types which you can find here. *You will need this in the steps described below.*
3. A linux-based docker host. The app relies on the `network_mode: host` option of docker to function and unfortunatly this option is only available on linux and not mac or windows as you can see [here][network-mode-windows].

## Steps
The following steps describe how you can use a `docker-compose.yml` and a custom `run.sh` file to start the add-on.

This allows you to circumvent the default startup command, which depends on [bashio][bashio], which is only available when using the app as a Home Assistant Add-on. And instead provide the required configuration through the `.sh` file we will create.
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fitsou · July 25, 2023, 5:33pm

Thanks for taking the time to reply.
I managed to setup it up, but i constantly lose connection with ps5.

FunkeyFlo · July 26, 2023, 7:05am

are you turning it fully off?
might your network connection be unstable?
what value did you set the scan interval to? And have you tried increasing it.

fitsou · July 26, 2023, 4:09pm

No I’m putting it only to sleep mode. (it wakes up and it connects normally from the Remote Play iOS app)
do you mean those values?

DEVICE_CHECK_INTERVAL=5000
- DEVICE_DISCOVERY_INTERVAL=60000
- ACCOUNT_CHECK_INTERVAL=5000

If yes no I haven’t messed with them, what values do you suggest of putting?

fitsou · July 27, 2023, 1:30pm

Thorn
Above your post created a more complicated method, but it had create an icon from the page https://www.nicepng.com/png/full/10-104138_blue-playstation-logo-png-playstation-logo-no-background.png
How can i implement this into your mushroom card?

cannockwolf · August 3, 2023, 11:30am

just had this notification, do i have to do anything or will it be updated?

Discovered entities with a name that starts with the device name

This stops working in version 2024.2.0. Please address before upgrading.

Some MQTT entities have an entity name that starts with the device name. This is not expected. To avoid a duplicate name the device name prefix is stripped of the entity name as a work-a-round. Please inform the maintainer of the software application that supplies the affected entities to fix this issue.

FunkeyFlo · August 3, 2023, 1:01pm

This requires a change in the add on. Progress can be tracked via this GitHub issue.

Estimated time of delivery: Soon™️

davidnestico · August 3, 2023, 6:45pm

Can we also get an unraid docker version in 2024? lol

FunkeyFlo · August 6, 2023, 10:00am

davidnestico · August 7, 2023, 5:35pm

Hi, thanks. Im currently stuck here for some reason, I created the run.sh file but it says doesn’t exist, not sure what I did wrong I put the file in the same folder I made @FunkeyFlo

fitsou · August 9, 2023, 7:41am

Any suggestions on those matters?

FunkeyFlo · August 9, 2023, 10:01pm

With regards to your device repeatedly becoming unavailable: this should only happen if the device can no longer be found on the specified network. Hence connectivity issues come to mind. I haven’t had any similar reports.

With regards to the template: I’m not quite sure what your asking. Could you be more specific?

FunkeyFlo · August 9, 2023, 10:03pm

Not sure either. I’m not familiar with unRAID so I can’t help you out with that.

I can tell you that the next update will most likely eliminate the need for the custom run.sh, so that might make things a little easier

davidnestico · August 9, 2023, 10:33pm

Sweet! I will wait for the next update then because I think the only problem I have after following the guide you gave is it just can’t find the run.sh file.

fitsou · August 10, 2023, 6:37am

I will check the connectivity issues, but I dont think that this is the issue. Thanks for the advice though.

in the Template matter.
following your instructions i have created this:

I’m wandering how I can change the Black Circular Icon when the PS is off to show the PS logo instead.

FunkeyFlo · August 10, 2023, 8:50am

Add a condition to the picture attribute of the card that returns your image if there is no entity picture available. (On my phone right now so can’t really type any (pseudo) code).

fitsou · August 10, 2023, 1:51pm

For future noobs like myself, regarding this, it was easier than I imagine. all it took was to replace it with the mdi:sony.playstation icon

kasper · August 14, 2023, 11:46am

I started a little experimenting with this yesterday. I’ve setup a very simple automation triggered by device. The automation:

Sets a light scene when the PS5 turns on (before sunset)
If before sunset it pulls up the curtains
When the PS5 turns off:
If before sunset the curtains go back up
The problem is with the second part. The addon is not picking up the PS5 being powered off but in the logs i can see “unavailable”. This is not a state that can be used in this automation so it’s not triggered. Any suggestions how to make the second part work?

FunkeyFlo · August 14, 2023, 7:15pm

Create a template sensor that interprets unavailable as off, etc.