@kevin man, I can't thank you enough for making this app. I believe that this is exactly the tool that I need. Also, thank you for steering me over to this thread. I'm still learning the etiquette in how these foums work. I know there is a method to the madness, so I wanted to follow suit. Thank you.
So, the background:
I'm just in the beginning stages of learning HA, and getting it set up. I'm doing this on a CentOS laptop, running Docker. Of course, as such, I don't have any method of interacting with my zigbee or z-wave devices. MQTT seems like the perfect tool to do this. Besides, I've heard that looking for decent z-wave and zigbee dongle hubs is a crap shoot, and I already know that the Hubitat radios are rock solid.
So, I'm wanting to control my zigbee/z-wave devices that are on Hubitat, via HA.
Now the kicker....
I'm MQTT stupid. This is my first time really looking at it. I'm a CyberSecurity profession and network architect, so I know my way around networking protocols. But this is a whole new language. I'll pick it up quickly, but I have to play with it first. Failure is my best trainer.
I had installed both the App Beta 3c and the Driver Client, and Kevin was kind enough to tell me that I didn't need the driver. So, I removed them both, and reinstalled the App.
So, that's where I am. The instructions for configuration are a little confusing for a newbie to makes heads or tails of. This is fine, no biggie, I know this is all changing quickly and a lot to keep up with for the creator. So, it's not a complaint, just an explanation of why I'm here posting the following questions.
I started at the top of the App, and it said to give the Hubitat hub a unique name. I assumed that this is the name I will give for the Hubitat Broker, and named it Hubitat_MQTT.
But the next line asks for the broker address. I'm not sure which broker it needs. The Hubitat IP, or the HA broker. If it needs the HA broker, is the IP to HA with the port 1883 ok, or do I need to use the IP of the mosquitto docker?
I had entered the IP for Home Assistant. The HE logs all show the broker as Null. So, clearly I'm doing something.....dumb..... I know it's dumb, because everyone else using this App is having great success. So, if most people can figure it out, then clearly I'm the one doing the dumb stuff.
The devices that I want to use to test all of this are my shelly relays since they can use mqtt directly.
Any guidance you guys can offer a new guy, would be great!