Interoperability · Data & applications
Your data.
Your applications.
All data exposed by SmartPhoton modules is accessible in other applications through MQTT. SmartPhoton dashboards are one way to read it; you can also build your own.
Your data goes beyond
our dashboards.
All data exposed by SmartPhoton modules is accessible to other applications through MQTT. Use it in your own interfaces, histories or automations with a compatible application.
How it works
The measurements and states exposed by the module are sent to the corresponding MQTT topics.
The MQTT broker relays these publications to subscribed, authorised applications.
Your applications can display values, store their history or use them in your own automations.
Home Assistant, and beyond
Home Assistant benefits from MQTT Discovery when the module provides it. Other applications can use the publications through their own MQTT subscriptions, without using SmartPhoton dashboards.
Screenshot of one installation: device and entity counts vary with its configuration.
What “all exposed data” means
This means the data each module actually publishes. Available measurements depend on the equipment, protocol, configuration and version used. MQTT does not create a measurement the hardware does not provide.
Reading data and sending commands are separate capabilities. A command is only possible when the module and communication mode explicitly support it.
Choose your MQTT path
MQTT lets your applications use SmartPhoton data. The cloud synchroniser is a separate module linking Home Assistant to remote devices through a cloud broker.
Cloud MQTT synchronisation: the dedicated module ↗