How about an example.......

[cowboysdude]

For those of us who have never worked with mqtt before how about an example config so we can see what it should look like?

[dugemaniac]

@cowboysdude i try this module, and the result was quite satisfying. the idea was to get status of my yeelight (get status from my home assistant)

First we need a mqtt server. im using cloudmqtt.com.

From home assistant, i create automation, that trigger the state change of my yelight, and create an action mqtt.publish

{
"payload_template": "{{ states('light.yeelight_rgb_xxxxxxxxxx') }}",
"topic": "MMM/location"
}

I try to display status of my yeelight lamp to MM.

{
module: 'MMM-mqtt',
position: 'top_right', // This can be any of the regions. Best$
header: 'Status', // This is optional
config: {
// See 'Configuration options' for more information.
mqttServer: 'mqtt://[user]:[pass]@m10.cloudmqtt.com:[port]
loadingText: 'Loading MQTT',
topic: 'MMM/location',
postText: 'Mirror Light : '
}
},

edit MMM-mqtt.js, so the postText goes before the MQTT topic (instead after the topic)

The result as shown

[cowboysdude]

Thank you that's a HUGE help!

[cyberdie]

Hi, my payload has multiple key/value pairs.
How should the config look like?
e.g.
'zigbee2mqtt/topic', payload: '{"battery":100,"voltage":3125,"linkquality":18,"smoke":false}'