I don't see an "add ons" | Home Assistant | Page 1

ebon ibex Jan 13, 2024, 7:37 PM

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Should have created a thread about this earlier. Whoops!

glad quiver Jan 13, 2024, 7:37 PM

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no worries...I'm just happy your willing to help me figure this out

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I don't see an add-ons. I only see MQTT under integrations

ebon ibex Jan 13, 2024, 7:38 PM

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Ok I think this may be a difference in the way your HA is actually set up. Mine is using HAOS directly installed on a computer with nothing else on it. How are you running HA?

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And why can't I add a god damn picture here in discord?

glad quiver Jan 13, 2024, 7:40 PM

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I'm using Linuxserver docker

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on unraid

spring rain Jan 13, 2024, 7:42 PM

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ebon ibex Ok I think this may be a difference in the way your HA is actually set up. Mine ...

imagur is your friend

ebon ibex Jan 13, 2024, 7:42 PM

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Gotcha. Ok I think this might be why you don't have add-ons. Your setup is a bit different.

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@spring rain THANK you. lol

glad quiver Jan 13, 2024, 7:44 PM

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Something simple is missing here...I can see my cameras and recordings and events and all that in HA. I just can't seem to figure out how to get notifications to work

ebon ibex Jan 13, 2024, 7:44 PM

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I think you don't have an MQTT server running. The integration you have is intended to connect to the server you should be running.

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I'm with you. Just trying to sort out how to identify that MQTT connection. Which consists of two parts

the broker
the integration

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You have the integration, but need the server. With HAOS, we have add ons which essentially creates a docker container with an MQTT broker. The integration then connects to that server. Home assistant is also intended to connect to that broker.

spring rain Jan 13, 2024, 7:48 PM

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You need the Mosquito broker addon AND the HA MQTT integration

ebon ibex Jan 13, 2024, 7:48 PM

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^Word

glad quiver Jan 13, 2024, 7:48 PM

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https://imgur.com/a/sKuLRvr

ebon ibex Jan 13, 2024, 7:48 PM

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Right so that's the integration

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It integrates with a broker.

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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/mqtt/

glad quiver Jan 13, 2024, 7:49 PM

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and have have Mosquito docker configured

ebon ibex Jan 13, 2024, 7:49 PM

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Ahhhhh

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Ok so you have the broker completed.

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In my setup, I have this: https://imgur.com/a/B1qfIKC

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At the top is logs. Perhaps in your docker container, you have a webui where you can see the MQTT logs? Occam's suggestion of MQTT explorer may be a good option to explore.

The point of all this is to identify that MQTT is communicating with Frigate

glad quiver Jan 13, 2024, 7:53 PM

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https://imgur.com/KyCnnI3

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already configured (i removed the username)

glad quiver Jan 13, 2024, 7:56 PM

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ebon ibex At the top is logs. Perhaps in your docker container, you have a webui where you...

no WebGUI

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This redirect is not supported by your Home Assistant installation. It needs either the Home Assistant Operating System or Home Assistant Supervised installation method.

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got the above in regards to the MQTT Explorer

spring rain Jan 13, 2024, 7:59 PM

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I'm running HAOS on a Yellow ... ymmv

ebon ibex Jan 13, 2024, 8:00 PM

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Makes sense.

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Occam and I are running a slightly different setup that makes it a bit easier for stuff like this.

glad quiver Jan 13, 2024, 8:01 PM

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https://simplepush.io/blog/frigate-nvr-push-notification-guide

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I used this as a guide

spring rain Jan 13, 2024, 8:03 PM

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MQTT explorer is also available as a linux, apple and windows program

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https://mqtt-explorer.com/

ebon ibex Jan 13, 2024, 8:08 PM

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Sorry BRB

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Ok back.

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So we have slightly different setups, so it's a bit hard to advise. I will say that I was in the exact same place as you, and it was indeed my MQTT setup that needed some slight tweaks.

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I would focus on insuring your integration is connected to your broker, then once that is confirmed, frigate is connected to MQTT. It was nearly impossible to tell that the connection was truly established. I didn't even know for sure until I got a frigate notification.

spring rain Jan 13, 2024, 9:32 PM

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If MQTT is properly installed and Frigate properly connected you will see Frigate devices in the Frigate HA integration.

glad quiver Jan 14, 2024, 3:50 PM

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spring rain If MQTT is properly installed and Frigate properly connected you will see Frigat...

I see Frigate devices in HA...I just don't get notifications when there is an event.

spring rain Jan 14, 2024, 4:03 PM

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Open a camera device and you should see a number of sensors with current state based on your Frigate config.
I don't use the Blueprint. I wrote my own simple automation.

glad quiver Jan 14, 2024, 4:08 PM

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https://imgur.com/b8QGrKs

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we may be on to something...all the sensors say unavailable

spring rain Jan 14, 2024, 4:09 PM

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You're not getting messages

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Install MQTT explorer and see what traffic your broker is receiving

glad quiver Jan 14, 2024, 4:13 PM

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I can't install MQTT Explorer as I'm using HA Core. I get the following message when trying to install This redirect is not supported by your Home Assistant installation. It needs either the Home Assistant Operating System or Home Assistant Supervised installation method.

spring rain Jan 14, 2024, 4:14 PM

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You can install it on a separate machine and connect to your broker. https://mqtt-explorer.com/

glad quiver Jan 14, 2024, 4:14 PM

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installing on my laptop now

spring rain Jan 14, 2024, 4:15 PM

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I'm not sure what (Hidden) after sensor name means

glad quiver Jan 14, 2024, 4:19 PM

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spring rain I'm not sure what (Hidden) after sensor name means

I just hid those items from the dashboard

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ok, I am connectd to MQTT Explorer

spring rain Jan 14, 2024, 4:20 PM

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Ahhh , I guess I've never hid items

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You should see traffic for topics like cameras, zones

glad quiver Jan 14, 2024, 4:30 PM

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I don't see those topics.

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I do have to run, i have to take my daughter to basketball...can we pick up later?

spring rain Jan 14, 2024, 4:31 PM

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Then Frigate is not talking to the broker

glad quiver Jan 14, 2024, 4:32 PM

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https://imgur.com/G5CecKc

spring rain Jan 14, 2024, 4:33 PM

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No Frigate topics

glad quiver Jan 14, 2024, 4:40 PM

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https://pastebin.com/JB0qGRZ7

spring rain Jan 14, 2024, 4:57 PM

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What does your Mosquito broker log look like? Did you set up a frigate user?

spring rain Jan 14, 2024, 5:21 PM

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Is priority given to motion detection over object tracking detection? I see almost nonstop detection for objects not in any zones. E.g. parked cars in motion masked areas that are far away and on the detection limit borderline (alternate between orange and blue bounding boxes)

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I also note that if any motion occurs it starts a "storm" of detections all over the frame not just in the motion areas

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Setting a min_area for car tracking got rid of that

glad quiver Jan 14, 2024, 6:09 PM

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spring rain What does your Mosquito broker log look like? Did you set up a frigate user?

Hmm...how do I set up a user?

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Forgive my ignorance...MQTT is new for me.

spring rain Jan 14, 2024, 6:12 PM

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No problem man ... I've been there and still am on all to regular basis. Goto Addon>Mosquito broker>configuration

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Use the username and password you set up in your frigate config.

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Restart mosquitto and check the mosquitto log. You should see successful frigate connections

glad quiver Jan 14, 2024, 6:24 PM

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https://imgur.com/KyCnnI3

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Is this what you are referring too? I removed the username just for the screenshot.

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Mosquito log says client connected

spring rain Jan 14, 2024, 6:31 PM

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frigate connections ? the you should see topics in MQTT explorer

glad quiver Jan 14, 2024, 6:49 PM

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I'm currently not a home, when I get back to the house I'll see if you're still on. This maybe where were I'm lacking.

glad quiver Jan 14, 2024, 10:07 PM

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Are you there?

glad quiver Jan 14, 2024, 10:35 PM

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I got frigate to show up in MQTT Explorer...

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  enabled: true
  host: 192.168.1.25
  port: 1883
  topic_prefix: frigate
  client_id: frigate
  user: REDACTED
  password: REDACTED```

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I had to add topic_prefix and client_id to my frigate config.yml

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https://imgur.com/fZ5WE0i < MQTT Explorer

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https://imgur.com/ZNauvUr < Frigate Sensors

glad quiver Jan 15, 2024, 3:21 AM

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I got notifications working!!! I want to thank you both @spring rain and @ebon ibex for taking the time to help me.

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Once I inputted the missing lines in the Frigate config.yml (shown above), I was able to see the topics in MQTT Explorer and was then able to test the automations and it worked.

spring rain Jan 15, 2024, 3:49 AM

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You're not running HAOS right? I don't have those parameters. How did you figure it out?

ebon ibex Jan 15, 2024, 5:30 AM

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Nice!!!!! @glad quiver

glad quiver Jan 15, 2024, 12:03 PM

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spring rain You're not running HAOS right? I don't have those parameters. How did you fig...

I'll hop on later today and explain. I appreciate your help with getting me there!

ebon ibex Jan 18, 2024, 6:37 AM

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Going to try and close this thread. Not sure if everyone else can see it the same way but it looks to be the only channel with a thread.

glad quiver Jan 19, 2024, 11:17 PM

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Hey, sorry it took me so long to get back but I didn't want to just run off without explaining what I did to fix my issue

#I don't see an "add ons"