Hi! I searched the forum for my questions, but could not find anything. I'm a bloody newbie - so please forgive me, in case this is a silly question. I would like to dim my new Shelly Dimmer 2 (Node: node-red-contrib-shelly) with a HomeKit Node in Service Lightbulb (Node: node-red-contrib-homekit-…

[image] mabo01: Or is it available by default? Your device needs configuring for MQTT first. All the information how to do this is included in the Shelly MQTT Welcome to Shelly Technical Documentation | Shelly Technical Documentation [image] mabo01: shellies/shellydimmer2- DEVICE ID /li…

The shelly's also can send a http request to a http in node. You can set different request for relay/buton presses.

[image] mabo01: Thanks! I heard about the advantages of mqtt. Like @TotallyInformation , I use MQTT to control a Shelly Dimmer2 as well as my other Shelly devices, and it works very well, especially if you plan to expand your Shelly network, but there are lots of ways to control the Shelly's. …

Thanks, Paul-Reed. The picture looks simple. But I think I need to learn more about mqtt first. The whole interaction is not clear to me. I know about the subscribe and publish method. However, I guess, there need to be some links within the mqtt nodes, which refer to Homekit and Shelly!?

My issue is to get the status from the Shelly back to Homekit, when the Shelly is switched manually. It's not clear to me, how this can be done via mqtt - or any other way....

[image] mabo01: It's not clear to me, how this can be done via mqtt Does this help - mqtt and Homekit for Shelly Dimmer (flow) - Node-RED

I also found this earlier. But I think I need more time to understand all the interactions. I will check, when I will have some days off. I was hoping, that I just need to change some settings in order to get the status from Shelly. However, my initial request is answered perfectly and the basic …

Watching this playlist will help you along the way. MQTT is one of the most used eventing protocols for use in node-red and is simple to setup, but you have to understand the concepts in node-red.

Thanks a lot! I already checked most of the playlist - and some others in parallel. But still: mqtt will help me, connecting different sources and devices, but I don't see, how it could change the issue which I have, getting the status back from the Shelly. I found now a way. Probably it's not th…

[image] mabo01: mqtt will help me, connecting different sources and devices, but I don't see, how it could change the issue which I have, getting the status back from the Shelly. I haven't used the Shelley devices (though I have used other similar ones), I would have expected it to send the n…

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mabo01 10 January 2021 23:04 22

Cool! Many thanks. Now it works
Really appreciated.

The setting for mqtt is not available in the app, just in the web interface.

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