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Shelly alarm button

For a while i’ve been using the wireless shelly button for all kinds of notifications.
Most of the time i like to use it as a kind of alarm/need-help-now button.

The f*ckin’ awesome button i’m talking about (pictured above) is a small (45x45mm 16mm height) button, which can connect to your wifi and send MQTT messages.
It even has a strap thingy to attach it to your keychain,

Four types of messages:

  • short press
  • 2x short presses
  • 3x short presses
  • and long press

When using pushover, you can push alarm and messages to your android (even overriding mute/silent if you configure it that way!)

Configuring the button:
https://www.shelly.cloud/documents/user_guide/shelly_button_1.pdf

Configuring pushover:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-red-node-pushover

My node red config:

Switch node

[
    {
        "id": "abb6a4fea5021683",
        "type": "mqtt in",
        "z": "458ff8a6.218fa8",
        "name": "",
        "topic": "shellies/shellybutton1-11CDAC2C21D3/input_event/0",
        "qos": "2",
        "datatype": "auto",
        "broker": "8c74c5f6.9a7a48",
        "nl": false,
        "rap": true,
        "rh": 0,
        "inputs": 0,
        "x": 320,
        "y": 760,
        "wires": [
            [
                "bebce75c2be0b54d"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "8eac36b9c194977b",
        "type": "comment",
        "z": "458ff8a6.218fa8",
        "name": "Shelly Button",
        "info": "",
        "x": 200,
        "y": 720,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "699c63fede80052b",
        "type": "debug",
        "z": "458ff8a6.218fa8",
        "name": "",
        "active": true,
        "tosidebar": true,
        "console": false,
        "tostatus": false,
        "complete": "false",
        "statusVal": "",
        "statusType": "auto",
        "x": 890,
        "y": 700,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "604ae0babdcf3929",
        "type": "switch",
        "z": "458ff8a6.218fa8",
        "name": "",
        "property": "payload.event",
        "propertyType": "msg",
        "rules": [
            {
                "t": "eq",
                "v": "S",
                "vt": "str"
            },
            {
                "t": "eq",
                "v": "SS",
                "vt": "str"
            },
            {
                "t": "eq",
                "v": "SSS",
                "vt": "str"
            },
            {
                "t": "eq",
                "v": "L",
                "vt": "str"
            }
        ],
        "checkall": "true",
        "repair": false,
        "outputs": 4,
        "x": 690,
        "y": 700,
        "wires": [
            [
                "699c63fede80052b",
                "5f289f050b9eea26"
            ],
            [
                "e895ce98af0a9c35"
            ],
            [
                "50c9c06fc3dbdcdd"
            ],
            [
                "06efa30e61695599"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "e895ce98af0a9c35",
        "type": "debug",
        "z": "458ff8a6.218fa8",
        "name": "",
        "active": true,
        "tosidebar": true,
        "console": false,
        "tostatus": false,
        "complete": "false",
        "statusVal": "",
        "statusType": "auto",
        "x": 890,
        "y": 760,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "50c9c06fc3dbdcdd",
        "type": "debug",
        "z": "458ff8a6.218fa8",
        "name": "",
        "active": true,
        "tosidebar": true,
        "console": false,
        "tostatus": false,
        "complete": "false",
        "statusVal": "",
        "statusType": "auto",
        "x": 890,
        "y": 820,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "06efa30e61695599",
        "type": "debug",
        "z": "458ff8a6.218fa8",
        "name": "",
        "active": true,
        "tosidebar": true,
        "console": false,
        "tostatus": false,
        "complete": "false",
        "statusVal": "",
        "statusType": "auto",
        "x": 890,
        "y": 880,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "bebce75c2be0b54d",
        "type": "json",
        "z": "458ff8a6.218fa8",
        "name": "",
        "property": "payload",
        "action": "",
        "pretty": false,
        "x": 600,
        "y": 780,
        "wires": [
            [
                "604ae0babdcf3929",
                "699c63fede80052b"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "5f289f050b9eea26",
        "type": "pushover",
        "z": "458ff8a6.218fa8",
        "name": "",
        "device": "",
        "title": "Alarm",
        "priority": "2",
        "sound": "persistent",
        "url": "",
        "url_title": "",
        "html": false,
        "x": 1150,
        "y": 640,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "8c74c5f6.9a7a48",
        "type": "mqtt-broker",
        "name": "MQTTBROKER",
        "broker": "MQTTBROKER",
        "port": "1883",
        "clientid": "",
        "usetls": false,
        "compatmode": true,
        "keepalive": "15",
        "cleansession": true,
        "birthTopic": "",
        "birthQos": "0",
        "birthPayload": "",
        "closeTopic": "",
        "closePayload": "",
        "willTopic": "",
        "willQos": "0",
        "willPayload": ""
    }
]

Domoticz + NodeRed + HomeAssistant MQTT

I’ve got my RFXCOM connected to my Domoticz, and not connected to my HA.

RFXCOM 433 Mhz

To have the changes of my IOT devices being known to HomeAssistant I wanted to use mqtt.

Domoticz writes the mqtt topic (payload) like this
(topic: domoticz/out)

{
	"Battery" : 100,
	"LastUpdate" : "2022-11-17 18:21:59",
	"RSSI" : 6,
	"description" : "",
	"dtype" : "Temp + Humidity",
	"hwid" : "4",
	"id" : "230E",
	"idx" : 8461,
	"name" : "Living Temp/Hum",
	"nvalue" : 0,
	"stype" : "Cresta, TFA TS34C",
	"svalue1" : "20.0",
	"svalue2" : "60",
	"svalue3" : "1",
	"unit" : 1
}

So you can’t see which device it is by the topic name, the idx is in the json (8461)

To get this device ( a temperature sensor) into HA using mqtt i rewrote the mqtt topic using NodeRed

Temperature Humidity Sensor

NodeRed flow

[
    {
        "id": "836cc419ddb2ca2b",
        "type": "mqtt in",
        "z": "cfb00976f06591d6",
        "name": "",
        "topic": "domoticz/out/#",
        "qos": "2",
        "datatype": "auto-detect",
        "broker": "8c74c5f6.9a7a48",
        "nl": false,
        "rap": true,
        "rh": 0,
        "inputs": 0,
        "x": 200,
        "y": 140,
        "wires": [
            [
                "dbe628e18027a287"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "a6cb517fd1cc9987",
        "type": "mqtt out",
        "z": "cfb00976f06591d6",
        "name": "",
        "topic": "",
        "qos": "",
        "retain": "",
        "respTopic": "",
        "contentType": "",
        "userProps": "",
        "correl": "",
        "expiry": "",
        "broker": "8c74c5f6.9a7a48",
        "x": 870,
        "y": 140,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "dbe628e18027a287",
        "type": "function",
        "z": "cfb00976f06591d6",
        "name": "MQTT REWRITE",
        "func": "var varidx = msg.payload.idx;\nmsg.topic = \"home/\"+varidx+\"/payload\";\nreturn msg;\n",
        "outputs": 1,
        "noerr": 0,
        "initialize": "",
        "finalize": "",
        "libs": [],
        "x": 570,
        "y": 140,
        "wires": [
            [
                "a6cb517fd1cc9987"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "8c74c5f6.9a7a48",
        "type": "mqtt-broker",
        "name": "MQTTSERVERIP",
        "broker": "MQTTSERVERIP",
        "port": "1883",
        "clientid": "",
        "usetls": false,
        "compatmode": true,
        "keepalive": "15",
        "cleansession": true,
        "birthTopic": "",
        "birthQos": "0",
        "birthPayload": "",
        "closeTopic": "",
        "closePayload": "",
        "willTopic": "",
        "willQos": "0",
        "willPayload": ""
    }
]

The function node code ( rewrites the mqtt topic)

var varidx = msg.payload.idx;
msg.topic = "home/"+varidx+"/payload";
return msg;

Now we have a idx separated payload “home/IDX/payload”
(The other entries svalue/nvalue are from testing.

Adding the MQTT entries to HomeAssistant configuration.conf

mqtt:
 sensor:
  - name: "LivingTemperature"
    state_topic: "home/8461/payload"
    unit_of_measurement: "°C"
    value_template: "{{ value_json.svalue1 }}"
  - name: "LivingHumidity"
    state_topic: "home/8461/payload"
    unit_of_measurement: "%"
    value_template: "{{ value_json.svalue2 }}"

Now i can add the card to the dashboard.

This should now be a generic mqtt translator

A quick update:

Adding a motion sensor:

Home Assistant
  - name: "LivingMotion"
    state_topic: "home/45/payload"
    value_template: "{{ value_json.nvalue }}"

Add sensors to be reset to the switch node

[
    {
        "id": "836cc419ddb2ca2b",
        "type": "mqtt in",
        "z": "cfb00976f06591d6",
        "name": "",
        "topic": "domoticz/out/#",
        "qos": "2",
        "datatype": "auto-detect",
        "broker": "8c74c5f6.9a7a48",
        "nl": false,
        "rap": true,
        "rh": 0,
        "inputs": 0,
        "x": 200,
        "y": 140,
        "wires": [
            [
                "dbe628e18027a287",
                "768bb6e4b6731436"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "a6cb517fd1cc9987",
        "type": "mqtt out",
        "z": "cfb00976f06591d6",
        "name": "",
        "topic": "",
        "qos": "",
        "retain": "",
        "respTopic": "",
        "contentType": "",
        "userProps": "",
        "correl": "",
        "expiry": "",
        "broker": "8c74c5f6.9a7a48",
        "x": 870,
        "y": 140,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "dbe628e18027a287",
        "type": "function",
        "z": "cfb00976f06591d6",
        "name": "MQTT REWRITE",
        "func": "var varidx = msg.payload.idx;\nmsg.topic = \"home/\"+varidx+\"/payload\";\nreturn msg;\n",
        "outputs": 1,
        "noerr": 0,
        "initialize": "",
        "finalize": "",
        "libs": [],
        "x": 570,
        "y": 140,
        "wires": [
            [
                "a6cb517fd1cc9987"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "768bb6e4b6731436",
        "type": "switch",
        "z": "cfb00976f06591d6",
        "name": "",
        "property": "payload.idx",
        "propertyType": "msg",
        "rules": [
            {
                "t": "eq",
                "v": "45",
                "vt": "str"
            }
        ],
        "checkall": "true",
        "repair": false,
        "outputs": 1,
        "x": 330,
        "y": 260,
        "wires": [
            [
                "e46fed76a596a719"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "e46fed76a596a719",
        "type": "delay",
        "z": "cfb00976f06591d6",
        "name": "",
        "pauseType": "delay",
        "timeout": "5",
        "timeoutUnits": "seconds",
        "rate": "1",
        "nbRateUnits": "1",
        "rateUnits": "second",
        "randomFirst": "1",
        "randomLast": "5",
        "randomUnits": "seconds",
        "drop": false,
        "allowrate": false,
        "outputs": 1,
        "x": 500,
        "y": 260,
        "wires": [
            [
                "3f7eeffc8d066de3"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "3f7eeffc8d066de3",
        "type": "function",
        "z": "cfb00976f06591d6",
        "name": "nvalue 0",
        "func": "msg.payload.nvalue = 0;\nreturn msg;",
        "outputs": 1,
        "noerr": 0,
        "initialize": "",
        "finalize": "",
        "libs": [],
        "x": 700,
        "y": 260,
        "wires": [
            [
                "dbe628e18027a287"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "8c74c5f6.9a7a48",
        "type": "mqtt-broker",
        "name": "MQTTIP",
        "broker": "MQTTIP",
        "port": "1883",
        "clientid": "",
        "usetls": false,
        "compatmode": true,
        "keepalive": "15",
        "cleansession": true,
        "birthTopic": "",
        "birthQos": "0",
        "birthPayload": "",
        "closeTopic": "",
        "closePayload": "",
        "willTopic": "",
        "willQos": "0",
        "willPayload": ""
    }
]

Home Assistant/NodeRed update

Upgraded the 2nd (Main) nodered machine to 3.0
Now the node-red-contrib-home-assistant-websocket nodes work again.

Also updated HA, and added some iframes using below.
The HA update broke my mqtt lighting due to changes in the code.

Below also in the example some iframe entries.
( When adding grafana, you need to change grafana.ini

allow_embedding = true

mqtt:
 broker: mqttbrokerserver <--- still errors on this part, 
 discovery: true   <--- but where to configure?
 light:                             <--- Moved this under mqtt
  - name: "KitchenOutside"          <--- added a dash
    payload_on: "99"
    payload_off: "0"
    unique_id: "KitchenOutside"
    brightness_scale: "99"
    brightness_state_topic: ha433/kitchenoutside/brightcontrol
    brightness_command_topic: ha433/kitchenoutside/brightcontrol
    state_topic: ha433/kitchenoutside/brightcontrol
    command_topic: ha433/kitchenoutside/control
    optimistic: false
    on_command_type: brightness

panel_iframe:                     <--- iframes added
  nodered:
    title: "NodeRed"
    url: "http://noderedserver:1880/"
    icon: si:nodered
    require_admin: true
  domoticz:
    title: "Domoticz"
    url: "http://domoticzserver:8080/"
    icon: si:homeadvisor
    require_admin: true
    
influxdb:
    host: influxserver
    port: 8086
    database: homeassistant
    max_retries: 3
    default_measurement: state <--- changed this
    

HomeAssistant add long-lived access token:

  • Click you profile icon bottom right
  • Scroll all the way down and press create token

Node-red

Add a HA node to a flow, double click and add a server with the little pencil

Base URL is important, you can’t just add http://internalip:port
Use a the URL configured in HA (config/network)

Mqtt Bash Nodered Notify

When running scripts which take a long time, i don’t want to wait for things to finish before i can start the next one.

For example, using my dedup script or compiling stuff. I wanna know when it is finished.

So i made some scripts

Maybe you can hear the spoken text in the background playing downstairs

I’ve put a function in .bashrc, so i can use a command like
notify “Compiling is ready”
A command like this i can put at the end of a command or in a script file at the end.
make && make install && notify “compile ready”

What does it do when executed?

  • Send a mqtt message to the broker
  • Node-red will read this message and:
    • Send a message to my display on my desk – Sound and message notification. (See another post how i made this )
    • Send a message to a script on my Domoticz instance downstairs.
      • This will use a script to get a speech file from google, and play this on some small speakers in my livingroom
    • Send a pushover message to my phone
    • Display a message on my TV ( not in code below )

How?

At the end of your .bashrc

function notify() {
    if [ -z "$1" ]; then
        echo "Usage: $0 \"message\"";
        exit 1;
    fi
    mosquitto_pub -h 10.1.0.17 -t notify/bashscript -m "$1"
}

Scripts on my Domoticz instance

Python script

#!/usr/bin/python
import paho.mqtt.client as mqttClient
import time
import os
import subprocess
import shlex
Connected = False

def on_connect(client, userdata, flags, rc):
    if rc == 0:
        print("Connected to broker")
        global Connected
        Connected =True
    else:
        print("Connection failed")

def on_message(client, userdata, message):
    print "Message received: " + message.topic + " : " + message.payload
    fileName = "/home/pi/domoticz/scripts/speech" + " \"" + message.payload + "\""
    print fileName
    args = shlex.split(fileName)
    time.sleep(1)
    p = subprocess.Popen(args)


broker_address = "10.1.0.17"
port = 1883
#user = "user"
#password = "password"
client = mqttClient.Client("speechcmd")
#client.username_pw_set(user, password=password)
client.on_connect = on_connect
client.on_message = on_message

client.connect(broker_address, port=port)
client.loop_start()

while Connected != True:
    time.sleep(0.1)

client.subscribe('speech/cmd')

try:
    while True:
        time.sleep(1)

except KeyboardInterrupt:
    print "exiting"
    client.disconnect()
    client.loop_stop()

Caching speech script

This script will look for a cached audiofile with requested text, and uses that. Else it wil request a audio file from google, caches it and plays it though the speakers.

#!/bin/bash
INPUT=$*
input2=$(echo $INPUT | base64)
echo "$input2 = $INPUT" >> /home/pi/cache/files-text-relation
if [ -f /home/pi/cache/$input2.mp3 ] ; then
mpg123 -q /home/pi/cache/$input2.mp3 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
else
echo not cached
STRINGNUM=0

ary=($INPUT)
for key in "${!ary[@]}"
  do
    SHORTTMP[$STRINGNUM]="${SHORTTMP[$STRINGNUM]} ${ary[$key]}"
    LENGTH=$(echo ${#SHORTTMP[$STRINGNUM]})
    #echo "word:$key, ${ary[$key]}"
    #echo "adding to: $STRINGNUM"
    if [[ "$LENGTH" -lt "100" ]]; then
      #echo starting new line
      SHORT[$STRINGNUM]=${SHORTTMP[$STRINGNUM]}
    else
      STRINGNUM=$(($STRINGNUM+1))
      SHORTTMP[$STRINGNUM]="${ary[$key]}"
      SHORT[$STRINGNUM]="${ary[$key]}"
    fi
done

for key in "${!SHORT[@]}"
  do
    echo "Playing line: $(($key+1)) of $(($STRINGNUM+1))"
    NEXTURL=$(echo ${SHORT[$key]} | xxd -plain | tr -d '\n' | sed 's/\(..\)/%\1/g')
echo $NEXTURL
    mpg123 -w $input2 -q "http://translate.google.com/translate_tts?ie=UTF-8&client=tw-ob&q=$NEXTURL&tl=En-us"
    ffmpeg -i $input2 -codec:a libmp3lame -qscale:a 2 /home/pi/cache/$input2.mp3
mpg123 /home/pi/cache/$input2.mp3
done
fi

Node-red flow

function notify() {
    if [ -z "$1" ]; then
        echo "Usage: $0 \"message\"";
        exit 1;
    fi
    mosquitto_pub -h 10.1.0.17 -t notify/bashscript -m [
    {
        "id": "1442fca698589679",
        "type": "mqtt in",
        "z": "cb6f001b.721c3",
        "name": "",
        "topic": "notify/bashscript",
        "qos": "2",
        "datatype": "auto",
        "broker": "8c74c5f6.9a7a48",
        "nl": false,
        "rap": false,
        "inputs": 0,
        "x": 180,
        "y": 580,
        "wires": [
            [
                "ddf5744bb5b73d4d",
                "faa5c794652d7a57",
                "b4e0107399248fea",
                "443f960b5d1cf40e"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "ddf5744bb5b73d4d",
        "type": "mqtt out",
        "z": "cb6f001b.721c3",
        "name": "",
        "topic": "speech/cmd",
        "qos": "",
        "retain": "",
        "broker": "8c74c5f6.9a7a48",
        "x": 590,
        "y": 560,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "e95e828451d83158",
        "type": "comment",
        "z": "cb6f001b.721c3",
        "name": "bash notify",
        "info": "",
        "x": 170,
        "y": 540,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "faa5c794652d7a57",
        "type": "mqtt out",
        "z": "cb6f001b.721c3",
        "name": "",
        "topic": "mqttlcd/message",
        "qos": "",
        "retain": "",
        "broker": "8c74c5f6.9a7a48",
        "x": 570,
        "y": 720,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "b4e0107399248fea",
        "type": "delay",
        "z": "cb6f001b.721c3",
        "name": "",
        "pauseType": "delay",
        "timeout": "5",
        "timeoutUnits": "seconds",
        "rate": "1",
        "nbRateUnits": "1",
        "rateUnits": "second",
        "randomFirst": "1",
        "randomLast": "5",
        "randomUnits": "seconds",
        "drop": false,
        "outputs": 1,
        "x": 480,
        "y": 640,
        "wires": [
            [
                "ac4faf30b8adbe3f"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "ac4faf30b8adbe3f",
        "type": "function",
        "z": "cb6f001b.721c3",
        "name": "Empty payload",
        "func": "msg.payload = \"\";\nreturn msg;",
        "outputs": 1,
        "noerr": 0,
        "initialize": "",
        "finalize": "",
        "libs": [],
        "x": 640,
        "y": 640,
        "wires": [
            [
                "faa5c794652d7a57"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "dfbe26c12fc5e742",
        "type": "pushover",
        "z": "cb6f001b.721c3",
        "name": "Alleen Henri",
        "device": "rmx1931",
        "title": "Node-Red-Pushover",
        "priority": "1",
        "sound": "pushover",
        "url": "",
        "url_title": "",
        "html": false,
        "x": 850,
        "y": 500,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "443f960b5d1cf40e",
        "type": "function",
        "z": "cb6f001b.721c3",
        "name": "Set pushover payload",
        "func": "\nmsg.topic = \"Bash Notify\";\nmsg.priority = 1;\nmsg.sound = \"cosmic\";\nreturn msg;",
        "outputs": 1,
        "noerr": 0,
        "initialize": "",
        "finalize": "",
        "libs": [],
        "x": 660,
        "y": 500,
        "wires": [
            [
                "dfbe26c12fc5e742"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
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