homebridge-mqtt-sprinkler

An homebridge plugin that create an HomeKit Switch accessory with additional Information mapped on MQTT topics

Installation

Follow the instruction in homebridge for the homebridge server installation. The plugin is published through NPM and should be installed "globally" by typing:

sudo npm install -g homebridge-mqtt-sprinkler

Information

This Plugin has been forked by homebridge-mqttswitch

This accessory provides a switch including additional informations like:

• last Runtime of the sprinkler
• gauge of the sprinkler at the last Runtime
• gauge of the sprinkler within the past 24 hours

Release notes

VERSION 0.1.0

• Initial Release

Configuration

Remember to configure the plugin in config.json in your home directory inside the .homebridge directory. Configuration parameters:

• "accessory" : "mqtt-sprinkler",
• "name" : "PUT THE NAME OF YOUR SWITCH HERE",
• "url" : "PUT URL OF THE BROKER HERE",
• "username" : "OPTIONALLY PUT USERNAME OF THE BROKER HERE",
• "password" : "OPTIONALLY PUT PASSWORD OF THE BROKER HERE",
• "qos" : "QOS OF THE MESSAGES (DEFAULT 0)",
• "caption" : "OPTIONALLY PUT THE LABEL OF YOUR SWITCH HERE",
• "serialNumberMAC" : "OPTIONALLY PUT THE LABEL OF YOUR SWITCH HERE",
• "topics" : {
  • "statusGet" : "PUT THE MQTT TOPIC FOR THE GETTING THE STATUS OF YOUR SPRINKLER ACCESSORY HERE",
  • "statusSet" : "PUT THE MQTT TOPIC FOR THE SETTING THE STATUS OF YOUR SPRINKLER ACCESSORY HERE"},
• "onValue" : "OPTIONALLY PUT THE VALUE THAT MEANS ON HERE (DEFAULT true)",
• "offValue" : "OPTIONALLY PUT THE VALUE THAT MEANS OFF HERE (DEFAULT false)",
• "statusCmd" : "OPTIONALLY PUT THE STATUS COMMAND HERE",
• "integerValue" : "OPTIONALLY SET THIS TRUE TO USE 1/0 AS VALUES",

Look for a sample config in config.json example

GET-TOPIC-Structure

{"Zeitstempel": value1, "letzteBeregnung": value2, "TagBeregnung" : value3, "Ventil": value4}

• value1 - Date / Time
• value2 - gauge of the latest sprinkler usage (mm)
• value3 - gauge of the last 24 hours of sprinkler usage (mm)
• value4 - switch-state

In case of setting changing only the state of the switch it is possible to send only the switch-state by the GET-Topic.