I think the confusion is, do the topics in both sections have to match? Also do I create a stanza for each value i want to create an entity in HA? That seems to not make sense as I understood that this would read every label and populate HA with entities of each measurement. Is that correct? On Friday, July 10, 2026 at 3:01:11 p.m. UTC-4 [email protected] wrote:
> Stripping out all of the comments and extra stuff (which you may or may > not need). The following “SHOULD” publish the data to REPLACE_ME_TOPIC to a > broker on your localhost. It should create a device named REPLACE_ME_DEVICE > in HA. > > BUT, I would not start with this. I would start with the template that is > installed in weewx.conf > > > [MQTTPublish] > host = localhost > > [[topics]] > [[[REPLACE_ME_TOPIC]]] > > > [[plugins]] > # The name of the plugin. Do not change > [[[MQTTHomeAssistantConfig]]] > # The module to be loaded. Do not change. > module = user.mqtthaconfig > > [[[[devices]]]] > # The object_id of the device. > [[[[[REPLACE_ME_DEVICE]]]]] > > # The topics for this Device. > [[[[[[topics]]]]]] > # The topic name that has the data to be published > to Home Assistant. > [[[[[[[REPLACE_ME_TOPIC]]]]]]] > > On Friday, 10 July 2026 at 14:32:05 UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > >> I'm definitely struggling with the docs. What do I put in here? I'm >> using subscribe to populate weather data from my device which publishes to >> mqtt and the topic is weather/ >> >> For this section of the config what do I put in here for the topic? >> >> >> # The topics that source Home Assistant. [[[[[[topics]]]]]] >> [[[[[[[weather/loop3]]]]]]] # The 'type' of payload. type = individual >> >> Am I putting my weather topic in here to input into the HA plugin? >> On Friday, July 10, 2026 at 2:12:37 p.m. UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> 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/618ecd68-7688-45ce-b529-365c3f1da3d2n%40googlegroups.com.
