MQTT and Home Assistant: An Abridged Version

Curious about using MQTT with Home Assistant? In this short abridged version of my other MQTT videos, I'll cover: · What is MQTT and when might you use it? · Setting up MQTT with Home Assistant in minutes · Controlling devices and receiving updates with MQTT in Home Assistant · Adding MQTT to your custom devices and projects · Implementing MQTT Discovery for automatic creation of your entities This is not intended as a complete "how-to" video, but more of an introduction. Each topic discussed will include a link to a seperate related video with many more details and step-by-step directions for those topics. These related videos are also linked below. Chapter Links: ============= 00:00 Introduction 00:47 What is MQTT, a broker and why use it? 03:00 Adding the Home Assistant MQTT broker add-on 04:46 Installing the MQTT integration 05:40 Sending and Receiving MQTT Data in Home Assistant 07:18 Adding MQTT to your DIY Device 08:53 Home Assistant MQTT Discovery 10:32 Wrap up Related Videos: ==============    • MQTT 101: Integrate your DIY Devices ...      • Home Assistant 101: How to Integrate ...      • MQTT 102: Add Home Assistant Discover...   Writing Guides and Other Info: ============================= Home Assistant 101: Adding MQTT Devices - resinchemtech.blogspot.com/2023/12/adding-mqtt-dev… MQTT 102: Add Home Assistant Discovery - resinchemtech.blogspot.com/2023/12/mqtt-auto-disco… Official Home Assistant MQTT Documentation - www.home-assistant.io/integrations/mqtt/ It takes significant time, effort and occasionally substantial expense to create these videos. If you'd like to help support this channel and future content, or just say thanks, you can consider buying me a cup of coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/resinchemtech #mqtt #homeassistant

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