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Configuring Insteon-MQTT

Basic Configuration - Good for 95% of Users

The following is the bare minimum of changes to the config.yaml file that are necessary to get Insteon-MQTT started.

  1. Configure Modem Set the Insteon port as port under the insteon section to be the USB port or address of the PLM modem on your system. If using an Insteon Hub, see Hub Instructions.

  2. Config Devices Edit the insteon -> devices section and enter the hex addresses of all the devices you have under the appropriate device types.

  3. Configure MQTT Broker Under the mqtt section, set broker to the broker IP or domain name, and the port to the proper port. If you have installed the moquitto broker locally, you may not need to alter anything here. You can also set the username and password if necessary.

Advanced Configuration - Generally not needed by most users

User Config Overlay of Base Config File

Starting in version 1.0.0 InsteonMQTT now includes a base configuration file which the user configuration file is overlayed over the top. You should not directly edit the base configuration file, as it will be overwritten during updates. If you want to change a default setting, simply define the same key in your user configuration file and set your desired value.

You can view the contents of the base configuration file here: config-base.yaml

Settings in your user config file will replace those in the base config file pursuant to the following rules:

  1. Any unique key found in user_config will be added to the base_config.
  2. Any value in user_config that is not an associative array, will be copied to the same key in base_config.
  3. Any value in user_config that is an associative array, will be recursively examined applying these same rules.

So for example, assuming the following base_config and user_config files:

base_config:

insteon:
  devices:
    switch: []

mqtt:
  broker: example.com
  switch:
    topic: some-topic
    discovery_entities:
      - component: switch
        config: some-config
  dimmer:
    topic: some-topic2
    discovery_entities:
      - component: dimmer
        config: some-config

user_config:

insteon:
  devices:
    switch:
      - aa.bb.cc: my device

mqtt:
  broker: my.broker.com
  switch:
    topic: new_topic
  dimmer:

The resulting config file will be:

insteon:
  devices:
    switch:
      - aa.bb.cc: my device

mqtt:
  broker: my.broker.com
  switch:
    topic: new_topic
    discovery_entities:
      - component: switch
        config: some-config
  dimmer:

insteon -> storage - device storage folder

The device storage folder contains a json file for each device that is used to cache the various values on the device, most importantly it contains a cache of the device link database. Everything in this folder can be recreated by querying the device. There is no need to backup these files. Generally, most users should not edit these files.

mqtt - device templates

Insteon-MQTT uses Jinja2 templates for the greatest interoperability. Each device category modem, switch, dimmer, ... uses templates for defining the mqtt topic and payload for each message type. See Templating for help with Jinja2 templates.

Device Specific Configuration Settings

See Device Specific Configuration Settings