MQTT Cover
The mqtt
cover platform allows you to control an MQTT cover (such as blinds, a rollershutter, or a garage door).
The device state (open
or closed
) will be updated only after a new message is published on state_topic
matching state_open
or state_closed
. If these messages are published with the retain
flag set, the cover will receive an instant state update after subscription and Home Assistant will display the correct state on startup. Otherwise, the initial state displayed in Home Assistant will be unknown
.
There is an attribute that stores the relative position of the device, where 0 means the device is closed
and all other intermediate positions means the device is open
.
If a state topic is not defined, the cover will work in optimistic mode. In this mode, the cover will immediately change state (open
or closed
) after every command sent by Home Assistant. If a state topic is defined, the cover will wait for a message on state_topic
matching state_open
or state_closed
before changing state in Home Assistant.
Optimistic mode can be forced, even if a state_topic
is defined. Try to enable it if experiencing incorrect cover operation.
The mqtt
cover platform optionally supports an availability_topic
to receive online and offline messages (birth and LWT messages) from the MQTT cover device. During normal operation, if the MQTT cover device goes offline (i.e. publishes payload_not_available
to availability_topic
), Home Assistant will display the cover as “unavailable”. If these messages are published with the retain
flag set, the cover will receive an instant update after subscription and Home Assistant will display correct availability state of the cover when Home Assistant starts up. If the retain
flag is not set, Home Assistant will display the cover as “unavailable” when Home Assistant starts up.
To use your MQTT cover in your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml
file:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
cover:
- platform: mqtt
name: "MQTT Cover"
command_topic: "home-assistant/cover/set"
Configuration variables:
- name (Optional): The name of the sensor. Default is
MQTT Cover
. - command_topic (Optional): The MQTT topic to publish commands to control the cover.
- payload_open (Optional): The payload that opens the cover. Default is
OPEN
. - payload_close (Optional): The payload that closes the cover. Default is
CLOSE
. - payload_stop (Optional): The payload that stops the cover. default is
STOP
. - state_topic (Optional): The MQTT topic subscribed to receive cover state messages.
- state_open (Optional): The payload that represents the open state. Default is
open
. - state_closed (Optional): The payload that represents the closed state. Default is
closed
. - availability_topic (Optional): The MQTT topic subscribed to to receive birth and LWT messages from the MQTT cover device. If
availability_topic
is not defined, the cover availability state will always be “available”. Ifavailability_topic
is defined, the cover availability state will be “unavailable” by default. - payload_available (Optional): The payload that represents the online state. Default is
online
. - payload_not_available (Optional): The payload that represents the offline state. Default is
offline
. - optimistic (Optional): Flag that defines if switch works in optimistic mode. Default is
true
if no state topic defined, elsefalse
. - qos (Optional): The maximum QoS level to be used when receiving and publishing messages. Default is
0
. - retain (Optional): Defines if published messages should have the retain flag set. Default is
false
. - value_template (Optional): Defines a template to extract a value from the payload.
- set_position_topic (Optional): The MQTT topic to publish position commands to.
- set_position_template (Optional): Defines a template to define the position to be sent to the
set_position_topic
topic. Incoming position value is available for use in the template ``. If no template is defined, the numeric position (0-100) will be written directly to the topic. - tilt_command_topic (Optional): The MQTT topic to publish commands to control the cover tilt.
- tilt_status_topic (Optional): The MQTT topic subscribed to receive tilt status update values.
- tilt_min (Optional): The minimum tilt value. Default is
0
- tilt_max (Optional): The maximum tilt value. Default is
100
- tilt_closed_value (Optional): The value that will be sent on a
close_cover_tilt
command. Default is0
- tilt_opened_value (Optional): The value that will be sent on an
open_cover_tilt
command. Default is100
- tilt_status_optimistic (Optional): Flag that determines if tilt works in optimistic mode. Default is
true
iftilt_status_topic
is not deinfed, elsefalse
- tilt_invert_state (Optional): Flag that determines if open/close are flipped; higher values toward closed and lower values toward open. Default is
False
Examples
In this section you find some real life examples of how to use this platform.
Full configuration without tilt
The example below shows a full configuration for a cover without tilt.
# Example configuration.yml entry
cover:
- platform: mqtt
name: "MQTT Cover"
command_topic: "home-assistant/cover/set"
state_topic: "home-assistant/cover/state"
availability_topic: "home-assistant/cover/availability"
qos: 0
retain: true
payload_open: "OPEN"
payload_close: "CLOSE"
payload_stop: "STOP"
state_open: "open"
state_closed: "closed"
payload_available: "online"
payload_not_available: "offline"
optimistic: false
value_template: '{{ value.x }}'
Full configuration
The example below shows a full configuration for a cover.
# Example configuration.yml entry
cover:
- platform: mqtt
name: "MQTT Cover"
command_topic: "home-assistant/cover/set"
state_topic: "home-assistant/cover/state"
availability_topic: "home-assistant/cover/availability"
qos: 0
retain: true
payload_open: "OPEN"
payload_close: "CLOSE"
payload_stop: "STOP"
state_open: "open"
state_closed: "closed"
payload_available: "online"
payload_not_available: "offline"
optimistic: false
value_template: '{{ value.x }}'
tilt_command_topic: 'home-assistant/cover/tilt'
tilt_status_topic: 'home-assistant/cover/tilt-state'
tilt_min: 0
tilt_max: 180
tilt_closed_value: 70
tilt_opened_value: 180
To test, you can use the command line tool mosquitto_pub
shipped with mosquitto
or the mosquitto-clients
package to send MQTT messages. This allows you to operate your cover manually:
$ mosquitto_pub -h 127.0.0.1 -t home-assistant/cover/set -m "CLOSE"