Devices¶

hassdevice.devices¶

class hassdevice.devices.Switch(name, entity_id)[source]¶

An MQTT switch

__init__(name, entity_id)[source]¶

Parameters:	name – The display name to use in HomeAssistant entity_id – The entity_id to use in HomeAssistant

connect(mqtt_client, discovery_prefix='homeassistant', node_id=None)[source]¶

Connect this device to an MQTT broker

Parameters:	mqtt_client – A connected MQTT client discovery_prefix – The discovery prefix set in the HomeAssistant config node_id – Will be included in the MQTT topics if set

on_state_change(new_state)[source]¶

Called when a state update request is recieved from the broker

Parameters:	new_state – The state to set

payload_off¶: Payload to use to indicate the switch is off. Defaults to "OFF"

payload_on¶: Payload to use to indicate the switch is on. Defaults to "ON"

retain¶: Should the messages sent to the broker have the ‘retain’ flag set. Defaults to True

state¶

The state of the switch. Must be one of self.payload_on or self.payload_off

Getter:	The last state the switch was set to (May be `None` if the state has never been set)
Setter:	Record the state change, and report it to the broker