Hi,
I started home automation in 2013 and using Vera controllers from the start. When Reactor plugin became available (super plugin of @toggledbits !!) I transferred all scenes to Reactor.
I must say everything here works still okay and I have a lot of devices, plugins and Reactors. But I fear at some point my Vera's will stop working.
I recognize many of your names here from the Vera forum. I also was banned a couple of years ago.
Recently I decided to switch to Home Assistant. I already transferred some of my zwave devices from Vera to HA and made some new automations.
I must say HA is great and with huge amount of integrations, add-ons, the HACS store and many examples (like blueprints) the opportunites to increase home automation are huge.
HA will be for sure my central system (incl UI)
But... the learning curve is quite steap (YAML is completely different from Lua/luup).
So for the time being I will keep my most complex Reactor automations.
I already found how I can connect/integrate Vera for binairy sensors via webhooks (as an example: changes in my home modes are directly send from Vera to HA).
Now I also want to use some data like sensors or Reactor variables automatically to HA via https requests (put those in Reactor).
I know I can create virtual sensors in HA via templates.
As an example: I have my own PWS with a rainmeter. In Reactor I compare the amount of rain (in mm) in the actual year with historical figures (past 15 years) and calculate the difference actual vs history in % Every day at 0.00h these figures are updated. I defined variables in Reactor and use Multistring plugin (Variable container) to show the data.
I know several specialists in coding with experience in both Vera and HA are active here on this forum.
Who can help me with this ?
I've been using Vera Plus for nearly 10 years now but it's time to move on. On top of that we've moved from the previous house whereupon I took all the Z-wave door sensors, locks and switches with me and reverted the pool to manual control, grabbing the Autelis which I won't use now since the new pool we built has Pentair IntelliCenter.
I have the Vera Plus connected and have it controlling a couple of Honeywell Z-Wave thermostats and a couple of lights but It seems to just be slower and slower as it ages. I have an intel i3 NUC that is probably 6 years old but figure it's probably powerful enough to control HA going forward. I also dabbled with HomeSeer but it seems to cost a fortune for plugins. I have HS4 and a G3 Z-Wave Plus dongle from them.
How do I get started? I'm thinking I'll just unpair all my devices from the Vera Plus and add them to HA and then set up Reactor to do the logic but is there a way to migrate? Should I use Open LUA instead?
Lots of questions but I'm ready to get started an any help would be appreciated.
As our family grows and life gets busier, I've been thinking about upgrading to smart door locks. With kids often forgetting keys and elderly parents needing easier access, the idea of fingerprint and facial recognition seems like the perfect solution. I also love the idea of being able to lock and unlock the doors remotely, especially when we're away. Has anyone else implemented smart locks in a similar situation? How has it impacted your daily routine and overall home security?
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Bought a new ZB device, an EV charger.
I was aware that there would one manufacturer specific cluster that wouldn't work out of the box, but several other clusters I hoped would work from start does not. Or at least there isn't any enteties for them.
So I have tried to study how to write a local quirk, but it is a bit overwhelming for mt brain.
Usually I can manage do get stuff moving with intense googling, finding guides or different solutions that I can start from, but here I find nothing that I can wrap my head around.
My latest try was to chat with Gemini AI (programmers, rest assured that your job will be safe for the foreseeable future )
I have gathered my device Diagnostic Info.
I have manufacturers ZB documentation.
A device support request is created on zigpy github (no response the last weeks)
For now there is just two entities for my device, on/off switch and energy sensors.
All non manufacture attributes and commands seems to be recognized in ZHA "Manage this Device"
It would be great if I could get some entities out of them.
For example the entity for manage charging power is expected to be presented as a dimmer slider.
But why isn't there any entity created??
The manufacture specific cluster is more of nice-to-have and could maybe be solved another day.
Any help would be much appreciated.
I just wanted to post how impressed I am with both HA and MSR. I really don't see that Ezlo have a chance in hell.
I noticed that my Virtual HA instance was killing my machine's performance, so decided that my project for the weekend would be a stand alone Raspberry Pi instance. Less than an hour to install, restore and configure both HA and MSR and it all just works. Thanks to everyone that contributes to these fabulous projects. Especially our own @toggledbits for the amazing work that is the new Reactor!
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Very impressed by Harmony hub on HA. Seems to suck all of my network goodness in
One thing I'm not clear on is how to send individual commands. Specifically I'd like to send volume commands to my TV via MSR. I've got as far as:
<edit?> There should be a screen capture here, but I'm getting a Parse error
@DesT ....
Suggestions for values to turn the volume down on my TV, or pointers as to where to look?
TIA
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Domoticz (used for zigbee integration) have been bothering me so much that i've been looking at HomeAssistant to replace it. Now that Z-way is moving in with an integration, its even more tempting..
But i don't like the idea of having it as an OS that I can't use for other things, and running the HASS Core in a docker seems to be somewhat reduced in terms of addons?
I realize that HASSOS is using docker for integrations or addons, but can I still use docker compose to set up my own dockers (i.e z-way, influx, grafana) there as well?
I guess i'm getting old, change is difficult!
I've just started to look at HASS UI, and have seen enough to see that it has an infinite number of ways to show enitites and devices in all forms and shapes.. But for starters i'd like to have something familiar, so how do i go about getting a sidebar for rooms like in openluup?
I know i can put them in the actual left sidebar, but i'd prefer to keep that for configuration pages..
on each room page i'd like to sort the lights, the heaters, the sensors together, and i saw somewhere that HASS will do that for you if you play your cards (pun) right.. can't find it again now..
Any pointers to a beginner?
I've integrated Reactor and Z-Way Expert panel in my HA UI, but as it is iFrame, it will not work if I log in from the outside.
It would be great to access these in case my wife finds an automation flaw while I'm elsewhere, which seems to be the rule of thumb..
If I understand this right, all the dockers(reactor, z-way) host their own web server on the port, so it should be possible to get this throuh the HA "tunnel"(VPN or whatever its called)?
I noticed that my Octoprint camera is integrated differently, and can be seen on external connection as well even if i only give it a local address in setup?
(Not sure it's the right HA bridge but....)
I have a selection of HA bridge devices to enable Alexa integration. They all work perfectly except one that has just (48 hours) started saying that it's un responsive with Alexa. If I go to the HA bridge and test on / test off it works absolutely perfectly.
I've deleted and renamed from the Alexa App but no change. Simply says 'Device Un-responsive'
Any thoughts?
TIA
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Hello,
I am currently running Home Assistant and Vera at the same time. I have installed a couple of ZEN32 5 button controllers but having issues getting the additional buttons to control my Vera devices. Am using the ZEN32 (Z-wave JS) blueprint which works well for devices on HASS. In developer tools I can use the Light:Toggle service and toggle my kitchen light through Vera. If I create the same action through the ZEN blueprint it doesn't work.
Anyone have any thoughts?
Roger
Opening a thread to discuss updates to my home assistant fork.
https://github.com/rafale77/core
I am trying to keep it on par with the official one but have made quite a few tweaks focused on video handling and processing. Home Assistant being developed on python is a great base for integration of machine learning and deep learning models into smarthomes because it is one of the most common languages used in the field.
As of today, I updated the readme file and the version to match the latest official release.
Most of my spoken commands to Alexa go something like this:
"Alexa, time for bed"
at which point she executes a pre-planned Routine (triggered by that spoken phrase). The routine may turn On a virtual switch (named, say, "VS: Time for Bed" on my Vera Plus, but known to the Alexa Smart Home skill as "Time for Bed" just to keep my sanity).
The VS is a child device of Switchboard plug-in (by @toggledbits ) and acts as a binary (On/Off) light switch. Typically, I'll instruct Reactor to turn the switch back off -- or, more commonly, have it set to turn itself back off after NN seconds in the Switchboard UI. In other words, it's just a brief Trigger for a Reactor routine or Vera scene.
Now, here's my question: In order to avoid creating dozens of virtual switches -- one for each Routine / Scene -- has anyone tried using a DIMMER instead?
Seems to me that a dimming device, since it can be set to 100 different "brightness levels", could trigger 100 different responses in Reactor. But I'm hesitant to try this arrangement until I know others have had success, and that the faux "dimming" process won't inadvertently trigger intermediate values (e.g. "ramping") along the way.
Eager to hear if this alternative workflow makes sense and is practical, insofar as "Binary" and "Dimmer" seem to be the only switch types that Vera allows Alexa to "see" on Discovery.
Thanks! - Libra
Migrating from Vera Plus to Home Assistant (or other?)
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Late posting, just saw this thread.
Welcome to abused Vera users club. I switched almost 2 years ago now and never looked back. When Vera Plus came out, it had such protentional and a loyal user base with great developers. I was running Vera Plus for I think 8 or 9 years, and had been experiencing deteriorating support from both Vera/Ezlo itself, as well as broken plugins that I constantly had to try to work around. When I switched, I had been monitoring the evolution of Ezlo, but it never seemed ready for prime time for me.
If you used Reactor on Vera, MSR is your answer. You can migrate your existing rules from Reactor on Vera to MSR easily.
Others have mentioned you can use Vera as a Z-wave radio. This is true, however, it's only capable of so much. If you want to use newer devices, Vera just can't take full advantage. I'm running my Home Assistant setup on a Rpi 4 with a Aeotec Zwave stick, and 80 Z-wave devices on the network, with hardly an issue. 75% of the devices are 700 series or newer with support for S2 encryption (won't get that on Vera Plus). I run MSR on my Fedora NAS server, and they work well together.
I'm constantly amazed at the possible integrations that I couldn't even dream about on Vera Plus.
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@sammy2 Feel free to message me direct and we can go to some kind of more interactive communications. I used Virtualbox (although I was on Mac) with the defaults and it took me about 10 minutes
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@CatmanV2 said in Migrating from Vera Plus to Home Assistant (or other?):
@sammy2 Feel free to message me direct and we can go to some kind of more interactive communications. I used Virtualbox (although I was on Mac) with the defaults and it took me about 10 minutes
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I'm probably at the point to need some remote assistance in completing the installation.. I'll be available Friday morning around 5am PDT.
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Hiya. Just updating my HA box which seems to be taking a long time!
Are you on Whatsapp or similar?
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WhatsApp is on my phone. Sorry I didn't catch your response earlier.
I've got it up and running but am having issues with the USB Driver loading the USB Serial Port in Z-Wave JS. Here's the log:
[06:45:50] INFO: Successfully send discovery information to Home Assistant. 2024-08-16T13:45:52.981Z DRIVER ███████╗ ██╗ ██╗ █████╗ ██╗ ██╗ ███████╗ ██╗ ███████╗ ╚══███╔╝ ██║ ██║ ██╔══██╗ ██║ ██║ ██╔════╝ ██║ ██╔════╝ ███╔╝ █████╗ ██║ █╗ ██║ ███████║ ██║ ██║ █████╗ ██║ ███████╗ ███╔╝ ╚════╝ ██║███╗██║ ██╔══██║ ╚██╗ ██╔╝ ██╔══╝ ██ ██║ ╚════██║ ███████╗ ╚███╔███╔╝ ██║ ██║ ╚████╔╝ ███████╗ ╚█████╔╝ ███████║ ╚══════╝ ╚══╝╚══╝ ╚═╝ ╚═╝ ╚═══╝ ╚══════╝ ╚════╝ ╚══════╝ 2024-08-16T13:45:52.994Z DRIVER version 12.11.2 2024-08-16T13:45:52.997Z DRIVER Logging to file: /config/zwave_2024-08-16.log 2024-08-16T13:46:02.088Z DRIVER Failed to open the serial port: Error: I/O error setting custom baud rate of 1 15200 Unable to start driver ZWaveError: Failed to open the serial port: Error: I/O error setting custom baud rate of 115200 (ZW0100) at Driver.openSerialport (/usr/src/node_modules/zwave-js/src/lib/driver/Driver.ts:1336:9) at Immediate.<anonymous> (/usr/src/node_modules/zwave-js/src/lib/driver/Driver.ts:1171:5) { code: 100, context: undefined, transactionSource: undefined } [13:46:02] WARNING: Halt add-on s6-rc: info: service legacy-services: stopping s6-rc: info: service legacy-services successfully stopped s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init: stopping s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init successfully stopped s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs: stopping s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs successfully stopped s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner: stopping s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner successfully stopped s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner: starting s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner successfully started s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs: starting s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs successfully started s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init: starting cont-init: info: running /etc/cont-init.d/config.sh [09:33:32] INFO: Both 'network_key' and 's0_legacy_key' are set and match. All ok. [09:33:41] INFO: Soft-reset set to automatic [09:33:41] INFO: Virtual Machine detected, disabling soft-reset cont-init: info: /etc/cont-init.d/config.sh exited 0 cont-init: info: running /etc/cont-init.d/structure.sh cont-init: info: /etc/cont-init.d/structure.sh exited 0 s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init successfully started s6-rc: info: service legacy-services: starting services-up: info: copying legacy longrun zwave_js (no readiness notification) s6-rc: info: service legacy-services successfully started [09:33:57] INFO: Successfully send discovery information to Home Assistant. 2024-08-16T16:34:05.537Z DRIVER ███████╗ ██╗ ██╗ █████╗ ██╗ ██╗ ███████╗ ██╗ ███████╗ ╚══███╔╝ ██║ ██║ ██╔══██╗ ██║ ██║ ██╔════╝ ██║ ██╔════╝ ███╔╝ █████╗ ██║ █╗ ██║ ███████║ ██║ ██║ █████╗ ██║ ███████╗ ███╔╝ ╚════╝ ██║███╗██║ ██╔══██║ ╚██╗ ██╔╝ ██╔══╝ ██ ██║ ╚════██║ ███████╗ ╚███╔███╔╝ ██║ ██║ ╚████╔╝ ███████╗ ╚█████╔╝ ███████║ ╚══════╝ ╚══╝╚══╝ ╚═╝ ╚═╝ ╚═══╝ ╚══════╝ ╚════╝ ╚══════╝ 2024-08-16T16:34:05.555Z DRIVER version 12.11.2 2024-08-16T16:34:05.559Z DRIVER Logging to file: /config/zwave_2024-08-16.log 2024-08-16T16:34:14.741Z DRIVER Failed to open the serial port: Error: I/O error setting custom baud rate of 1 15200 Unable to start driver ZWaveError: Failed to open the serial port: Error: I/O error setting custom baud rate of 115200 (ZW0100) at Driver.openSerialport (/usr/src/node_modules/zwave-js/src/lib/driver/Driver.ts:1336:9) at Immediate.<anonymous> (/usr/src/node_modules/zwave-js/src/lib/driver/Driver.ts:1171:5) { code: 100, context: undefined, transactionSource: undefined } [16:34:15] WARNING: Halt add-on s6-rc: info: service legacy-services: stopping s6-rc: info: service legacy-services successfully stopped s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init: stopping s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init successfully stopped s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs: stopping s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs successfully stopped s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner: stopping s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner successfully stopped s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner: starting s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner successfully started s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs: starting s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs successfully started s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init: starting cont-init: info: running /etc/cont-init.d/config.sh [09:34:50] INFO: Both 'network_key' and 's0_legacy_key' are set and match. All ok. [09:34:56] INFO: Soft-reset set to automatic [09:34:56] INFO: Virtual Machine detected, disabling soft-reset cont-init: info: /etc/cont-init.d/config.sh exited 0 cont-init: info: running /etc/cont-init.d/structure.sh cont-init: info: /etc/cont-init.d/structure.sh exited 0 s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init successfully started s6-rc: info: service legacy-services: starting services-up: info: copying legacy longrun zwave_js (no readiness notification) s6-rc: info: service legacy-services successfully started [09:35:05] INFO: Successfully send discovery information to Home Assistant. 2024-08-16T16:35:09.664Z DRIVER ███████╗ ██╗ ██╗ █████╗ ██╗ ██╗ ███████╗ ██╗ ███████╗ ╚══███╔╝ ██║ ██║ ██╔══██╗ ██║ ██║ ██╔════╝ ██║ ██╔════╝ ███╔╝ █████╗ ██║ █╗ ██║ ███████║ ██║ ██║ █████╗ ██║ ███████╗ ███╔╝ ╚════╝ ██║███╗██║ ██╔══██║ ╚██╗ ██╔╝ ██╔══╝ ██ ██║ ╚════██║ ███████╗ ╚███╔███╔╝ ██║ ██║ ╚████╔╝ ███████╗ ╚█████╔╝ ███████║ ╚══════╝ ╚══╝╚══╝ ╚═╝ ╚═╝ ╚═══╝ ╚══════╝ ╚════╝ ╚══════╝ 2024-08-16T16:35:09.676Z DRIVER version 12.11.2 2024-08-16T16:35:09.678Z DRIVER Logging to file: /config/zwave_2024-08-16.logI'm wondering if I need to reset the dongle in HomeSEER first before attempting to use it with HA?
Here's some additional screen grabs which may be of interest:
Then after some additional trying I got this when adding a Z-Wave Device:
Unfortunately, I'm in a remote session and cannot continue to attempt to pair the device.
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Additional logging that came up after the poste above:
Z-Wave API version: 9 (legacy) Z-Wave chip type: EFR32ZG14 / ZGM130S node type Controller controller role: primary controller is the SIS: true controller supports timers: false Z-Wave Classic nodes: 1 2024-08-16T16:52:35.072Z CNTRLR querying version info... 2024-08-16T16:52:35.116Z CNTRLR received version info: controller type: Bridge Controller library version: Z-Wave 7.17 2024-08-16T16:52:35.122Z CNTRLR querying protocol version info... 2024-08-16T16:52:35.259Z CNTRLR received protocol version info: protocol type: Z-Wave protocol version: 7.17.1 appl. framework build no.: 344 git commit hash: 30303030303030303030303030303030 2024-08-16T16:52:35.267Z CNTRLR querying controller capabilities... 2024-08-16T16:52:35.315Z CNTRLR received controller capabilities: controller role: primary is the SUC: true started this network: true SIS is present: true was real primary: true 2024-08-16T16:52:35.317Z CNTRLR querying serial API setup capabilities... 2024-08-16T16:52:35.342Z CNTRLR supported serial API setup commands: · GetSupportedCommands · SetTxStatusReport · SetLongRangeMaximumTxPower · SetPowerlevel · GetLongRangeMaximumTxPower · GetPowerlevel · GetMaximumPayloadSize · GetLongRangeMaximumPayloadSize · GetRFRegion · SetRFRegion · SetNodeIDType 2024-08-16T16:52:35.343Z CNTRLR querying max. payload size... 2024-08-16T16:52:35.372Z CNTRLR maximum payload size: 46 bytes 2024-08-16T16:52:35.374Z CNTRLR supported Z-Wave features: · SmartStart 2024-08-16T16:52:35.377Z CNTRLR Querying configured RF region... 2024-08-16T16:52:35.398Z CNTRLR The controller is using RF region USA 2024-08-16T16:52:35.400Z CNTRLR Current RF region (USA) differs from desired region (USA (Long Range)), config uring it... 2024-08-16T16:52:35.425Z CNTRLR Changed RF region to USA (Long Range) 2024-08-16T16:52:35.426Z CNTRLR Querying configured max. Long Range powerlevel... 2024-08-16T16:52:35.472Z CNTRLR The max. LR powerlevel is 14.0 dBm 2024-08-16T16:52:35.473Z CNTRLR Querying configured Long Range channel information... 2024-08-16T16:52:35.513Z CNTRLR received Z-Wave Long Range channel information: channel: Unsupported supports auto channel selection: false 2024-08-16T16:52:35.516Z CNTRLR Performing soft reset... 2024-08-16T16:52:35.561Z CNTRLR Waiting for the controller to reconnect... 2024-08-16T16:52:36.777Z CNTRLR reconnected and restarted 2024-08-16T16:52:36.779Z CNTRLR Switching serial API to 16-bit node IDs... 2024-08-16T16:52:36.783Z CNTRLR querying Z-Wave Long Range capabilities... 2024-08-16T16:52:36.815Z CNTRLR Switching to 16-bit node IDs successful 2024-08-16T16:52:36.900Z CNTRLR received Z-Wave Long Range capabilities: max. payload size: 148 bytes nodes: 2024-08-16T16:52:36.902Z CNTRLR Switching serial API to 16-bit node IDs... 2024-08-16T16:52:36.940Z CNTRLR Switching to 16-bit node IDs successful 2024-08-16T16:52:36.942Z CNTRLR querying controller IDs... 2024-08-16T16:52:36.967Z CNTRLR received controller IDs: home ID: 0xcbaf673c own node ID: 1 2024-08-16T16:52:36.970Z CNTRLR Enabling TX status report... 2024-08-16T16:52:37.032Z CNTRLR Enabling TX status report successful... 2024-08-16T16:52:37.033Z CNTRLR finding SUC... 2024-08-16T16:52:37.050Z CNTRLR This is the SUC 2024-08-16T16:52:37.205Z CNTRLR Interview completed Starting server on <all interfaces>:3000 2024-08-16T16:52:37.294Z CNTRLR [Node 001] Beginning interview - last completed stage: None 2024-08-16T16:52:37.297Z CNTRLR [Node 001] new node, doing a full interview... 2024-08-16T16:52:37.300Z CNTRLR » [Node 001] querying protocol info... ZwaveJS server listening on <all interfaces>:3000 2024-08-16T16:52:37.767Z CNTRLR « [Node 001] received response for protocol info: basic device class: Static Controller generic device class: Static Controller specific device class: PC Controller node type: Controller is always listening: true is frequent listening: false can route messages: true supports security: false supports beaming: true maximum data rate: 100000 kbps protocol version: 3 2024-08-16T16:52:37.770Z CNTRLR [Node 001] Interview stage completed: ProtocolInfo 2024-08-16T16:52:37.806Z CNTRLR [Node 001] Embedded device config loaded 2024-08-16T16:52:37.807Z CNTRLR [Node 001] Interview stage completed: OverwriteConfig 2024-08-16T16:52:37.810Z CNTRLR [Node 001] Interview completed 2024-08-16T16:52:37.812Z CNTRLR [Node 001] The node is ready to be used 2024-08-16T16:52:37.813Z CNTRLR All nodes are ready to be used 2024-08-16T16:52:37.818Z CNTRLR [Node 001] The node is alive. 2024-08-16T16:52:37.819Z CNTRLR Interviewing nodes and/or determining their status: New client Client disconnected Code 1000: New client -
I'm not going to bother with using rigpapa's (ToggledBits) update from Vera to HA using MSR as I currently have two thermostats and three switches connected to Vera since the move from my previous house required a decommission of that whole system. I really have set up any reactors in Vera for these devices so I'll just un-include them from Vera and include them in HA. What do you think, @toggledbits ?
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Well I don't run my Z-wave on HA. I have it as an add on device. I have AltUI on a NUC with Mosquitto, and then HA on a Pi
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Well not necessarily! I didn't want multiple hosts but HA does Alexa voice way better than Vera plug in did, then Owntracks needs Mosquitto and blows iPhone geofencing into the weeds. I solve my problems my way.
Off hand I can't think of anything else that uses Mosquitto, but I know it's there. HA is pretty damned powerful, I now have Deebot and Tuya devices in there, but I still use MSR on OpenLuup for all my reactions.C
