pimatic-mqtt-simple

A very basic mqtt plugin for Pimatic

NOTE: This project has been retired. However, wutu has created an mqtt plugin for pimatic with a lot more features than this simple one.

You can find his plugin here: pimatic-mqtt GitHub

Installation

Edit your config.json as below, and once you restart pimatic the plugin will be downloaded automatically from npm.

Usage

In your plugins section of pimatic's config.json file add:

{
  "plugin": "mqtt-simple"
}

In the devices section:

{
  "class": "MqttSimpleSensor",
  "id": "powerusage",
  "name": "Power Usage",
  "mqtturl": "mqtt://localhost",
  "attributes": [
    {
      "name": "PowerUsage",
      "topic": "power/usage",
      "type": "number",
      "unit": "W",
      "acronym": "P.Usage"
    }
  ]
}

Also Accepts JSON MQTT message if the device is like this

{
    "class": "MqttSimpleSensor",
    "id": "weatherstation",
    "name": "Weather Station",
    "mqtturl": "mqtt://localhost",
    "attributes": [
        {
            "name": "temp_in_c",
            "topic": "weatherstation",
            "type": "number",
            "unit": "c",
            "acronym": "Inside Temperature"
            },
        {
        "name": "temp_out_c",
        "topic": "weatherstation",
        "type": "number",
        "unit": "c",
        "acronym": "Outside Temperature"
        }
    ]
}

Sample mqtt message {"rel_pressue": "30.5015", "wind_ave": "0.00", "rain": "0", "rainin": "0", "hum_in": "64", "temp_in_f": "66.4", "dailyrainin": "0", "wind_dir": "225", "temp_in_c": "19.1", "hum_out": "81", "dailyrain": "0", "wind_gust": "0.00", "idx": "2015-10-22 21:41:03", "temp_out_f": "49.6", "temp_out_c": "9.8"}