Easiest way to get google home connected to domoticz? Topic is solved

[FireWizard]

Hi, @tjabas.

Go in Domoticz to "Setup" > "Hardware".
Search for your MQTT "hardware" and look for the setting "Prevent Loop".
Set it to "False".

Regards

[tjabas]

Ok, but i dont have MQTT enabled at all, so i Guess that i need to enabled it and then do the settings above.

Thanks for your help.

[tjabas]

I cant really tell which one to choose.

I havet these MQQT to choose from.

MQQT client gateway with lan Interface, and
My sensors gateway with MQQT Interface.

[FireWizard]

HI,

@tjabas

If you don't have MQTT in Domoticz installed, and probably you haven't installed a MQTT broker, such as Mosquitto, either, you don't have the same problem. The solution for @rick8245 was a guess, as this is a known issue, in case the hardware is not activated, while the button in Domoticz is.

As I do not use Homebridge, etc. perhaps rick8245 can give some hints, but I think you should first explain your system setup, and what you have achieved so far. (what functions and what not).

Regards

[tjabas]

Aha, well the problem i have is that homebridge isnt always uppdated from domoticz.
If i i turn a switch on in domoticz , its not Always that homebridge sees that and the switch on.

[ronaldbro]

Then you should install Mosquitto, it will speed up the communication with homebridge.

[tjabas]

Ok, thank you , i Will install mosquitto later when im home, after the installation, is mosquitto avalible in the hardware menu?
Is it mosquitto working emideately or does It need any configuration to get to work with homebridge?

[ronaldbro]

You can find mqqt in the hardware list, just create the hardware. And on the Homebridge side you should enable mqqt in the edomoticz settings.
That’s all the config you need

[tjabas]

Ok, nice.
Thank you very much.

[tjabas]

Hello again!

i have now installed mosquitto, and i get the mqtt subscribed in the domoticz log, so i guess that it works so far, and if i enter the settings in homebridge-edomoticz i noticed that enable mqtt was already enabled, anyway , if i see the settings for the mqtt on this page, i can see that the settings doesnt fit the ones that i did when i installed mosquitto:

"mqtt": {
"host":"alternate.mgtt.com",
"port": 1234,
"topic": "domoticz/out",
"username": "username",
"password": "password"
}
this is in edomoticz, and the port and password and username doesnt match the ones in domoticz, should i change these in edomoticz?
or can i somehow check if there is an mqtt conection between edomoticz and domoticz?

[ronaldbro]

If you left everything standard you can remove the part between brackets including the brackets and just add 1, it will then use the default settings.

So:
“mqtt”: 1

My config looks like this:

"platforms": [
{
"platform": "eDomoticz",
"name": "eDomoticz",
"server": "localhost",
"port": "8080",
"ssl": 0,
"roomid": 26,
"mqtt": 1
},

[rick8245]

Hi Tjabas ,

In the Tab HARDWARE of Domotics.
Open up mqtt and scroll down to option: Prevent Loop:
Set this to FALSE and click UPDATE

[tjabas]

Hi!

im sorry to say but i dont have that option, im in HARDWARE, and then choose, MQTT Client Gateway with LAN interface, and then there isnt any prevent loop option.

[FireWizard]

Hi,

@tjabas.

Which version of Domoticz are you running?
Did you clear your cache and app cache ( 2 different things)

Regards

[tjabas]

im running Version: 4.11674 of domoticz. no i haven cleared cache.

i will try to do that.

[rick8245]

That is the right place...

[tjabas]

strange , i dont have that option.

could it be that i run an older fversion of domoticz?

[tjabas]

this

[FireWizard]

Hi,

@tjabas.

You wrote:

could it be that i run an older fversion of domoticz?

Thats is why I ask which version you use?

Regards

[ronaldbro]

I think this is introduced in version 2020.2.
I never experienced any problems in the older versions without this setting.

@tjabas, is it running more smoothly now you enabled mqtt?