Home Automation with MQTT

Explore home automation with MQTT in this 40-minute conference talk by Leon Anavi from Konsulko Group. Dive into the challenges of integrating MQTT-enabled devices with popular open source software solutions like Home Assistant, OpenHAB, and Domoticz. Learn about existing conventions for MQTT message structure and content, including Homie and Home Assistant MQTT components specifications. Gain insights into the MQTT protocol, open source MQTT brokers, and integration with various home automation platforms. Watch practical demonstrations featuring code reviews of processing data on GNU/Linux distributions running on Raspberry Pi, collected from MQTT-enabled Arduino-based sensors. Cover topics such as M2M application protocols, MQTT operations, security, and new features in MQTT 5. Discover popular open source MQTT brokers and client libraries, and explore MQTT components in Home Assistant, including configuration, discovery, and sensor examples. Examine the Homie Convention for payloads and learn how to add MQTT brokers and IoT devices to OpenHAB 2.