HAI Omnilink integration issues

[user3292]

I've configured MQTT with OmnilinkBridge and verified with MQTT Explorer that status changes are received by the broker. I've also added @mike10's Omnilink drivers for Area, Zone, and Unit, but I'm stumped and can't get basic zone status changes to be seen. Not sure how to deal with Child device settings, what device types to use, etc.

I'm hoping that someone who has successfully configured HE with these drivers can provide some insight into how things should be configured. The way I see it, if I want to have an Omni zone visible to HE, I create a virtual device of type HAImqttOmniBridge-Zone, in preferences I set the MQTT IP address, and then enter something in the Zone field, such as "2" if it's zone2. In the logs I see "Subscribed to omnilink/2/state", but if open/close the zone sensor nothing gets updated.

[mike10]

Make sure you are monitoring the correct path. The path for mine for example in mqtt is omnilink/zone8/state

I use https://mqtt-explorer.com/ to look at the mqtt data.

[user3292]

Thanks for this @mike10, that was it. I was using mqtt-explorer but didn't pay close attention to the names, once I made them match and changed the status attribute to "contact" I can now see the device state changing.

Your device driver is crucial to me finally transitioning completely from HomeSeer to HE. Thanks for all of your efforts!