[Beta] MQTT beta 3d (released 5th July)

[kevin]

Here's a bit of background for HA MQTT Discovery of HE devices

[BETA] MQTT app Home Assistant Discovery and statestream support

As a little bit of background to HA Discovery from HE . Basically there is a MQTT topic, usually 'homeassistant' that HA watches where devices advertise they are available via MQTT . You configure this topic in both HA and my app. The 'advertisment' is simply a single config message that tells HA what the device is (device type - within the topic) and what the MQTT topics are that provide for status and control of that device. It also tells HA how to translate (template) the payload values fro…