Sorry. Not surprised…. That is one of the challenges when you make things highly configurable That is the default - setting ‘ignore = false’ a the ‘topic level’. https://weewx-mqtt.github.io/publish/common-options/topics/topic-name/#ignore
TLDR: You should not have to do anything. On Friday, 10 July 2026 at 14:04:57 UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > Quick question. I just want weewx to dump everything into HA to create > entities. How do I enable the opt-out option with nothing opted out? I'm > a bit confused on how to do that. > > On Friday, July 10, 2026 at 1:42:49 p.m. UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > >> >> I released 1.2.0. This has additional information in the configuration >> 'template' that hopefully will make it easier for people to under how to >> configure MQTTPublish. Hopefully after your previous struggles, this should >> go smoother.After installing my approach would be the following >> (Unfortunately I don't think running MQTTPublish standalone is ready for >> use): >> >> Enable MQTTPublish and update the MQTT broker for MQTTPublish. Assuming >> you have a development broker that allows anonymous logins and does not >> require encryption, you should now be able to publish loop and archive >> data. Note, I'd update the topic at this time. >> >> Restart WeeWX and see if the data is being published. If so, decide if >> you want to 'opt-in' or 'opt-out'. 'opt-in' means listing the fields that >> you want to publish. 'opt-out' means listing the fields you don't want to >> publish. This is your choice. I'd restart WeeWX and make sure every thing >> is running as expected. >> >> Next, I'd move on to getting HA MQTT Device Discovery working. Enable the >> plugin, provide a device name and the topic to use (this would the one >> configured above). Restart WeeWX and things should start appearing in Home >> Assistant. Data "known" to WeeWX should flow in with 'reasonable' >> configurations. Some of your calculated values might need some additional >> configuration ( >> https://weewx-mqtt.github.io/publish/plugins/homeassistantconfig/devices/device-id/component_data/component-id/). >> >> We can work through this. >> >> Yes, I am slow and methodical. Obviously multiple steps can be done an >> once and different approaches can be used. >> If you run into any problems or confusion, let me know. Documentation is >> far from my strength :) >> >> Thanks in advance for your help >> rich >> >> Additional notes: >> Disclaimer - I am a HA novice >> If you publish the sensor state data to HA in a json formatted message, >> HA gets a bit upset if all of the data is not there. MQTTPublish attempts >> to deal with this, but that might be a problem you run into. >> I am not a fan of using the retain option. I find it a bit of a pain to >> reset, especially as one is first getting things working. But, that too is >> up to you. >> On Friday, 10 July 2026 at 11:35:04 UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> That's fantastic Rich, I'll gladly be the guinea pig for this. >>> >>> On Friday, July 10, 2026 at 11:33:09 a.m. UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> I’ve been working on making the ‘configuration template’ more explicit >>>> - hopefully to make it easier for people to understand how to configure. >>>> Let me create a release with those updates. I’ll post back when it is >>>> ready to be installed. Shouldn’t take long. >>>> rich >>>> >>>> On Friday, 10 July 2026 at 10:34:19 UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> I am interested. I'm trying to get the weewx-home-assistant extension >>>>> working. It does to some extent but I'm having issues with it not >>>>> populating certain calculated values. >>>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, July 8, 2026 at 3:22:45 p.m. UTC-4 [email protected] >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I think I now have a handle on some Home Assistant nomenclature and >>>>>> have created a release of MQTTPublish with beta support for Home >>>>>> Assistant >>>>>> MQTT Device Discovery. It can be found here, >>>>>> https://github.com/weewx-mqtt/publish/discussions/24 >>>>>> >>>>>> This release is 1.1.0; and can installed via the weectl extension >>>>>> installer. It also greatly improves the reconnect logic and has some >>>>>> additional enhancements/fixes to 1.0.1. >>>>>> >>>>>> Who might be interested in the Home Assistant Device Discovery? >>>>>> - Someone knew to integrating Home Assistant and WeeWX. It should >>>>>> make it easier to get it up and running. Then you can decide to either >>>>>> dive >>>>>> deeper into MQTTPublish for more complex configuration options or switch >>>>>> to >>>>>> configuring it in Home Assistant. >>>>>> - Someone who does not enjoy yaml (that would be me). >>>>>> - Someone that has a robust process to build and version WeeWX >>>>>> configuration data and doesn't want to create something like that for >>>>>> configuring WeeWX sensors in Home Assistant (me again). >>>>>> >>>>>> Enjoy >>>>>> -rich >>>>>> >>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/882be65c-d883-4a60-853a-7e91b39eaffbn%40googlegroups.com.
