i want to create a new device MacMini and several entities | Home Assistant | Page 1

solar dagger Jan 30, 2025, 2:54 PM

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Although i have the APP in MacOS Sequioia in my MacMini M2 Pro, the entities shown are useless for me (i need battery info of my MagicMouse2, Logitech MX keyboard, if Music App is playing or not, and so on), so i want to create a new device (called MacMini or any other name) and several entities and from one or more scripts send info to the device/entities.
I am new in Home Assistant and in web panel i have all my Zigbee devices integrated via Zigbee2Mqtt using Mosquitto, i really DO NOT know how to create a new device for my MacMini and send info (my script returns json attribute/value) to Home Assitant (i understand using mosquitto_pub).
Any info or doc or help or example ?
Thank you very much

main copper Jan 30, 2025, 2:58 PM

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Through the companion app is not possible.

solar dagger Jan 30, 2025, 4:36 PM

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i do not want through the companion app, i want to crear the device/entities en HA configuration.yaml and then publish MQT messge, but i do not know how to start

i am reading this https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/mqtt/#manual-configured-mqtt-items but it is not clear for me

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Instructions on how to setup MQTT within Home Assistant.

main copper Jan 30, 2025, 4:37 PM

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Got it, but I asked because you sent the question in the Companion apps support channel

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Not sure you will find help here

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