Hey everyone! I’ve been diving into the world of MQTT and Home Assistant lately, and I wanted to share some of my experiences and questions with you all. I’ve been creating my own smart home devices and connecting them through Mosquitto to Home Assistant. So far, my devices are showing up as entities, but not as devices in the Home Assistant configuration. I’ve been trying to figure out how to use MQTT auto-discovery to have the devices appear in the Home Assistant UI and then be assignable to a room.
From what I’ve gathered, it seems like the device itself might need to specify the room it’s in through its MQTT config. But I’m really hoping that it’s possible to assign the room through the HA UI instead. To me, it makes a lot of sense to be able to plug in a device in a room and not have to configure it through its own UI. Being able to see that device auto-discovered in the HA UI and then assigning the room it’s in would work perfectly.
If anyone out there has successfully done this or has some tips, I’d love to hear about your experiences! Maybe we can figure this out together. 