JSON MQTT Device Tracker
The mqtt_json
device tracker platform allows you to detect presence by monitoring an MQTT topic for new locations. To use this platform, you specify a unique topic for each device.
To use this device tracker in your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml
file:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
device_tracker:
- platform: mqtt_json
devices:
paulus_oneplus: location/paulus
annetherese_n4: location/annetherese
Configuration variables:
- devices (Required): List of devices with their topic.
- qos (Optional): The QoS level of the topic.
This platform receives JSON formatted payloads containing GPS information, for example:
{"longitude": 1.0,"gps_accuracy": 60,"latitude": 2.0,"battery_level": 99.9}
Where longitude
is the longitude, latitude
is the latitude, gps_accuracy
is the accuracy in meters, battery_level
is the current battery level of the device sending the update.
longitude
and latitude
are required keys, gps_accuracy
and battery_level
are optional.