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Using Message Queues in Home Assistant to Trigger Automations More Efficiently

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The course shows how to connect a Shelly Button to Home Assistant and use MQTT messages to trigger an automation. Learners configure the Mosquitto broker and integration, find the button’s MQTT topic, and test the setup.

Syllabus

Beginning
Introduction
Thank you to my Patrons and Subscribers, I truly appreciate your support!
Introduction to our Device for MQTT - Shelly Button 1
Open the Box for Shelly Button 1
Connect to the Button via Wifi
Shelly Button Setup in Browser
Add the Button to our Home Assistant
Add an Automation for our Button using Built-In Shelly Functionality
Testing our Automation
Add the Mosquitto Broker Add-On to Home Assistant
Add the Mosquitto Integration and Configure it
Testing our Mosquitto Server Integration
Setup our Shelly Button 1 to Publish MQTT Messages
Setup our Automation to Subscribe to the MQTT Messages
How to find our MQTT Topic for Subscribing
Using our Topic in our Automation

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