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mochad_dispatch is a daemon written in Python that translates mochad's tcp-based events into REST or MQTT

Project description

mochad_dispatch allows you to connect your X10 security devices (door/window sensors, motion sensors, remotes) to home automation software like OpenHAB, Home Assistant or Domoticz

What exactly does it do?

mochad_dispatch connects to mochad (which reads messages from a USB receiver like the X10 CM15a) and listens for X10 security messages then publishes those to an MQTT broker.

How do I use it?

Run mochad_dispatch with a mochad hostname and a MQTT URI

$ mochad_dispatch -s hal9000 mqtt://localhost:1833

Then subscribe to the appropriate device topics. The general format is

X10/MOCHAD_HOST/security/ADDRESS

Troubleshooting

Start by making sure your MQTT broker is relaying X10 messages by subscribing to the topic

X10/#

For example, using the mosquitto broker:

$ mosquitto_sub -v -t X10/#
X10/hal9000/security/C8:21:B2 {"dispatch_time": "2016-02-18T18:36:12.147877+00:00", "func": {"event_type": "contact", "event_state": "normal", "device_type": "DS10A", "delay": "min"}}
X10/hal9000/security/33:8C:30 {"dispatch_time": "2016-02-18T18:30:42.763780+00:00", "func": {"event_state": "normal", "device_type": "DS10A", "delay": "min", "event_type": "contact"}}

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