Under hardware in domoticz install the mqtt broker. Configure your mqtt server (mine is mosquitto) Add devices to floorplans to send these to Mosquitto
Now i can see the topics in MQTTExplorer
Install the home assistant websocket palette in NodeRed
Configure the nodes like above
These are some example flows (I’ll put the function code below)
Above are the NAMED entities in Home Assistant
CODE
//Code for NR temperature filtering on domoticz IDX
//A door censor uses nvalue instead of svalue1
//Humidity can be svalue2
//Check the Mqtt payload in MQTTExplorer which to use!
var varidx = msg.payload.idx;
var varnvalue = msg.payload.svalue1;
if(varidx == 3108)
{
msg.payload = {};
msg.payload = varnvalue;
return msg;
}
Example of the trigger node. When a temperature sensor battery dies, and no new data arrives- in 1 hour, I get a pushover warning. (use pushbullet/email/TV notification whatever you want)
Our bedroom has a shelly dimmer, this one is connected with a wall switch and is being controlled by Domoticz, Home Assistant and NodeRed.
I had to fix some stuff, so this was a perfect time to jot down some notes.
I’ve wired it up like this: (I’ve got a Line wire in my ceiling socket, so i placed the module there instead of the wall socket)
Configure the Shelly as mentioned in the manual. After that do the following: Advance > Developer settings : (Enable CoIot if you want a easy auto detect for Home Assistant) Enable MQTT (This will DISABLE cloud ! ) Server: the ip number of your Mqtt Broker
Next I did was:
Now the wall switch will change/toggle what the current state is. (If the light is off, and you switch it on using Mqtt, you probably needed to hit the switch two times to turn it off again. Not so with this setting.)
My Nodered Flow ( Not using the Shelly palette nodes in this example)
The Mqtt IN node sets the state of the switch when you use the wall switch! Cozy turns light on at a specific level. The slider send an off command when 0% selected, else an on command and the sliders value.
But I didn’t like the continuous logins with automated logins.
So below solution is what i’ve implemented for now.
I’ve installed the IOT extra package from Mikrotik, now I can send MQTT messages from my Wifi enabled Mikrotiks to my Mosquitto broker. (Download extra package zip, extract iot-7.x-arm.npk, upload this to your mikrotik files folder, and reboot) The script I’m running on my Mikrotik, sends the active wifi connections with the comments. ( When a comment is set in the Access List, then it’s a know connection )
[admin@RB40111] /iot/mqtt> export
# may/15/2023 21:45:12 by RouterOS 7.9
# software id = xxxx-xxxx
#
# model = RB4011iGS+5HacQ2HnD
# serial number = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
/iot mqtt brokers
add address=10.1.x.y client-id=rb4011 name=NR
I made the following script on my MT named mqtt
:local broker "NR"
# MQTT topic where the message should be published
:local topic "rb4011/mac"
:foreach i in=[/interface wireless registration-table print proplist=mac-address as-value] do={
:local message "$i"
/iot mqtt publish broker=$broker topic=$topic message=$message
}
A schedule is needed to run this script every 15 minutes
[admin@RB40111] /system/scheduler> export
# may/15/2023 21:48:14 by RouterOS 7.9
# software id = xxxx-xxx
#
# model = RB4011iGS+5HacQ2HnD
# serial number = xxxxxxxxxxx
/system scheduler
add interval=15m name=mqtt on-event=mqtt policy=\
ftp,reboot,read,write,policy,test,password,sniff,sensitive,romon \
start-date=may/15/2023 start-time=13:30:54
Now all wifi connections will be send to topic rb4011/mac.
# Example
.id=*6a;comment=Mobile Henri wlan2;mac-address=44:46:87:xx:xx:xx
Using NodeRed I can make filters and notifications
Below function: get Mac and Comment from payload, if the comment is empty then it is a unknown connection … so send me a warning using Pushover.
// filter function
var output = msg.payload.split(";");
var comment = (output[1].split("="));
var mac = (output[2].split("="));
msg.payload={};
msg.payload = mac[1];
if (comment[1] == "") {
return msg;
}
// is xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx online? example
var output = msg.payload.split(";");
var comment = (output[1].split("="));
var mac = (output[2].split("="));
msg.payload={};
msg.payload = mac[1];
if (mac[1] == "xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx") {
return msg;
}
Now i’m getting a notification when an unknown wifi connection is made on my Access Point. ( I going to implement the Access List from MT at a later point. No access when not in the Access List)
The codes are entered using a keypad (Arduino) and send via MQTT
Node Red Dash board
Code
var code = global.get("mysetcode");
var good = 0;
var wrong = 0;
var wrongplace = 0;
var match = false;
var wrongchars = 0;
var wrongplaced = 0;
var goodchars = 0;
var payloadcode = msg.payload.toString();
var usr_input = Array.from(payloadcode);
var secret_code = Array.from(code);
var secret_code1 = secret_code;
if (msg.payload === code) {
match = true;
}
var result = "";
for (var i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
var found = false;
if (usr_input[i] === secret_code[i]) {
usr_input[i] = "a";
secret_code[i] = "b";
good = good + 1;
}
}
for (var i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
var found = false;
for (var j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
if (usr_input[i] === secret_code[j]) {
found = true;
}
}
if (!found) {
wrong = wrong + 1;
}
}
wrongchars = wrong - good;
wrongplaced = 4 - good - wrongchars;
msg.goodchars = good;
msg.wrongchars = wrongchars;
msg.wrongplace = wrongplaced;
msg.result = result;
msg.match = match;
return msg;
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
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 "$1"
}
This script will look for a cached audiofile with requested text, and uses that. Else it wil request a audio file from google, caches it and plays it though the speakers.
#!/bin/bash
INPUT=$*
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
