Shelly Cloud - new Component? How to implement it? API is available

@Crhass Haven’t played with that yet. Focused on keeping the lights going at the moment. I want the relays in HA as lights so I can use all lights off command in Lovelace and UI shows if any lights are on. I know I can do it with a template light as I’ve done with my Xaiomi switches that are controlling lights but I was hopeful of being able to bring them straight into HA as lights. Rob (?) from TheHookup is aware of my problem so I’m waiting to see if he has an answers. He posted a video today of configuring the Shellys in HA using MQTT.

Did you try uninstall and reinstall mqtt hass.io add-on?

Moved to external broker, same problem. Only happens when Shelly relay configured as MQTT light.

By the looks of the API docs both Shelly1 and 2 supports toggle. Have a look at the btn_type option http://shelly-api-docs.shelly.cloud/#shelly-switch-settings-relay-index.

This is my config running with a shelly1 as a light switch and a shelly2 as a roller shutter.
Enable MQTT on your shelly’s, and configure your mqtt broker (I’m using mosquitto in the same PI I’m running HA).

lights.yaml - For light switch

  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Light Sofa"
    state_topic: "shellies/shelly1-XXXXXX/relay/0"
    command_topic: "shellies/shelly1-XXXXXX/relay/0/command"
    qos: 2
    payload_on: "on"
    payload_off: "off"
    retain: false
    optimistic: false

**covers.yaml ** - For roller shutter

 - platform: mqtt
    name: "Living Room roller"
    state_topic: "shellies/shellyswitch-XXXXXX/roller/0"    # Returns open,close while in motion, stop when not moving
    command_topic: "shellies/shellyswitch-XXXXXX/roller/0/command"  # Accepts open, close, stop
    payload_open: "open"
    payload_close: "close"
    payload_stop: "stop"
    state_open: "open"
    state_closed: "close"
    retain: false
    optimistic: false
    qos: 2

**sensors.yaml ** - For roller shutter power consumption

  - platform: mqtt
    state_topic : "shellies/shellyswitch-32BF3D/relay/power"
    unit_of_measurement: "W"
    name: "Living room shutter consumption"

Hope it helps :slight_smile:

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@ cinzas
**covers.yaml ** - For roller shutter do not work for me. commands will never come to the device.

Theese commands are working, but the buttons (up, stop, down) will not be updated.

platform: mqtt
state_topic: "shellies/shellyswitch-5B2502/roller/0"
command_topic: "shellies/shellyswitch-5B2502/roller/0/command"
name: "Rollladen Office"
qos: 2
retain: false
optimistic: false
payload_open: "open"
payload_close: "close"
payload_stop: "stop"
open_cover:
  - service: mqtt.publish
    data:
      topic: 'shellies/shellyswitch-5B2446/roller/0/command'
      payload: 'open'
close_cover:
  - service: mqtt.publish
    data:
      topic: 'shellies/shellyswitch-5B2446/roller/0/command'
      payload: 'close'
stop_cover:
  - service: mqtt.publish
    data:
      topic: 'shellies/shellyswitch-5B2446/roller/0/command'
      payload: 'stop'

availability_topic do also not work, allready saved as Will Topic / Will Message on the device shellyswitch-5B2446.

availability_topic: "shellies/shellyswitch-5B2446/LWT"

How can I fix this?

That’s strange.

I don’t need the close_cover and stop_cover.
Are you using mosquitto? Can you run

# mosquitto_sub -v -h 127.0.0.1 -p 1883 -t '#'

And listen to what is happening in the broker
My buttons work and they reflect what I manually do, because the shelly switch send to the broker what is happening in the switch

thanks cinzas, mosquitto_sub works well.
Use a lot of other devices and all works.

switches and covers

mqtt sensors

When I test the shellies/shellyswitch-XXXXXX/roller/0/command with node-red, the commands will work. Only when I use your covers.yaml nothing happens.

I use Home Assistant 0.82.0

I can see a lot of warning when I use the settings:

- platform: mqtt
  state_topic: "shellies/shellyswitch-5B2502/roller/0"
  command_topic: "shellies/shellyswitch-5B2502/roller/0/command"
  name: "Rollladen Office"
  qos: 2
  retain: false
  optimistic: true
  payload_open: "open"
  payload_close: "close"
  payload_stop: "stop"
  open_cover:
    - service: mqtt.publish
      data:
        topic: 'shellies/shellyswitch-5B2446/roller/0/command'
        payload: 'open'
  close_cover:
    - service: mqtt.publish
      data:
        topic: 'shellies/shellyswitch-5B2446/roller/0/command'
        payload: 'close'
  stop_cover:
    - service: mqtt.publish
      data:
        topic: 'shellies/shellyswitch-5B2446/roller/0/command'
        payload: 'stop'

Messages

Commands open, close, stop will work. But the buttons will not reflect when I manually do.
What I doing wrong ???

is it possible to add the ultrasound or magnetic sensor to the shelly 1 and use it as a garage door opener?
thanks

I used this and it works great - thank you.

Did you get it working?

@ ashscott

Negative.

The problem is that the Shelly2 always reports only the current status (close, open, stop). If the shutter is closed, then “close” is reported and at the end “stop”. Thereafter, always “stop” is reported.

With me it is so that when opening or closing the buttons are activated. The status “STOP” is not displayed.

I hope that the MQTT messages will be revised with a new firmware and more information will be provided. The way via REST is also limited, because there are not all status messages available.

Since I have no other firmware (Tasmota would be an alternative) to flash over OTA, I have to wait for the firmware to improve.

Maybe give the Shelly 2 beta a try. The link can be found on the Shelly Facebook support page.

ashscott

Thanks. But I can not found any information for Shelly 2 Beta on Shelly support group (English Version). Is it possible to flash the Firmware over OTA ?

Try these links:

How to install BETA firmware

Beta firmware download

Yes. It is flashed OTA

@ashscott

Thanks, OTA works and I have the beta version installed. Unfortunately, no changes, only that MQTT is not as stable as before.

I try also to flash the “tasmota” firmware over OTA, unfortunately it did not work

http://<deviceIP>/ota?url=http://sonoff.maddox.co.uk/tasmota/sonoff-minimal.bin

Hi @cinzas

I just “copied” your cover configuration for roller shutter in my configuration.yaml and here it is

cover:
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Tenda sala"
    state_topic: "shellies/shellyswitch-xxxxxx/roller/0"    # Returns open,close while in motion, stop when not moving
    command_topic: "shellies/shellyswitch-xxxxxx/roller/0/command"  # Accepts open, close, stop
    payload_open: "open"
    payload_close: "close"
    payload_stop: "stop"
    state_open: "open"
    state_closed: "close"
    retain: false
    optimistic: false
    qos: 2

but then I don’t see anything in Developer States looking for cover in the Entity field.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

EDIT:
Now it’s working!!!

But strange thing is this.
If I press Open or Close and then Stop, the Open or Close buttom remain greyed out and I can’t press it again.
I need to press the opposite, Close if I pressed Open and vice versa, to get again working.

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For example if I press the Open button for 5 secs and then Stop, and I want to Open the shutter a little more, I can’t, unless I Close a bit, Stop and then Open.

Is it my configuration wrong or it works like this?

According to the description it should now support intermediate openings so that you can set it to say 47% open. It keeps a constant watch on time to achieve the extremes of open and closed and then opens it to the required percentage.

I can’t physically try that yet as I’ve not yet connected it my garage door.

F[quote=“cinzas, post:62, topic:54228”]

  • platform: mqtt name: “Light Sofa” state_topic: “shellies/shelly1-XXXXXX/relay/0” command_topic: “shellies/shelly1-XXXXXX/relay/0/command” qos: 2 payload_on: “on” payload_off: “off” retain: false optimistic: false
    [/quote]

Can you share your settings on shelly mqtt settings? Did you define a topic there?

Because I installed a shelly one but cannot get it to appear in HA. Mosquito discovered the device on the device ip address but it won’t appear in my HA config. Any ideas?

Configuration yaml is the same as mentioned before (with own device id off course)

Thanks

Edit: got it to work, don’t know the problem

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Where did you read this documentation?

@woody4165
Works the same for me. I think this is by design.