final creek
I am planning on making a bunch super cheap 433mhz OOK temprature and humidity sensors (probably based on the Oregon v2 protocol).
I didn't want to have the USB SDR plugged into my HA computer since it isn't in an ideal location for RF. Instead it appears I could run rtl_433 on a seperate SBC since it communicates with HA via MQTT anyway.
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/mqtt/
Q: How do I setup the ' official Mosquitto Broker add-on' to use with HA and rtl_433?
I've realised since I don't even have an Add-ons menu option... (maybe because I'm running the HA docker in UnRaid?), should I even be trying add the MQTT broker from within HA, will it be accessible from outside the docker i.e. by sensors?
vague wedge
Sounds like you're running HA Container which doesn't have add-ons, but add-ons are just other pieces of software you can otherwise install yourself. You can connect HA to an MQTT broker using the MQTT integration
After that, you can set up MQTT sensors with the data from rtl_433
final creek
So is my best option to manually setup an MQTT broker as an UnRaid add-on?
vague wedge
I'm not familiar with unraid, but yes, you'll want to set up an MQTT broker on the host
final creek
It must be like 10 years since I've touched MQTT, I'm surprised it is still the go to thing! I vaguely recall mositto being the go to back then as well!
vague wedge
It's the best