Jasper-Module-MQTT

Jasper MQTT Module for my HAL9000 Raspberry PI Instructable

When triggered it publishes a simple MQTT event using the following topic:

hal9000/*device*/*index* 

Available devices:

• device
• room
• light
• sensor
• door

Available indexes:

• one
• two
• three
• ...
• ten

Available topic messages:

• on
• off
• true
• false
• open
• close

Steps to install MQTT Module

• Install the python Mosquitto package:

sudo pip install paho-mqtt

• run the following commands in order:

git clone https://github.com/ArtBIT/jasper-module-mqtt.git
cp jasper-module-mqtt/Mqtt.py <path to jasper/client/modules>
#i.e. cp jasper-module-mqtt/Mqtt.py /usr/local/lib/jasper/client/modules/

• Edit ~/.jasper/profile.yml and add the follwing at the bottom:

mqtt:
  hostname: 'your.mqtt.broker.hostname.or.ip'
  port: 1883
  protocol: 'MQTTv31' # Note: this should be either MQTTv31 or MQTTv311, I had problems with Ubuntu broker and MQTTv311

• Restart the Pi:

sudo reboot

Congrats, JASPER MQTT Module is now installed and ready for use.

Here are some examples:

YOU: Light one off
JASPER: *publishes an mqtt event* topic:hal9000/light/one message:off
YOU: Door two close
JASPER: *publishes an mqtt event* topic:hal9000/door/two message:close