An homebridge plugin that create an HomeKit power consumption accessory mapped on MQTT topics. Based on homebridge-mqtt-power-consumption and homebridge-mqtt-power-consumption-log-tasmota 0.9.3. Adopted to work with a Tasmota device via MQTT to collect current Power and total Power consumption.
Follow the instruction in homebridge for the homebridge server installation. The plugin is published through NPM and should be installed "globally" by typing:
npm install -g homebridge-mqtt-power-consumption
Remember to configure the plugin in config.json in your home directory inside the .homebridge directory. Configuration parameters:
{
"accessory": "mqtt-power-consumption",
"name": "<name of the power-consumption>",
"manufacturer": "<Manufacturer of Meter",
"model": "<Model of meter>",
"serialNumberMAC": "<Serial number of device>",
"meterInstance": "<e.g. MQTT Prefix in Tasmota configuration>",
"logMqtt": true | false,
"url": "<url of the broker>", // i.e. "http://mosquitto.org:1883"
"username": "<username>",
"password": "<password>",
"topics": {
"power": "<topic to get the current power consumption>",
"totalPower": "<topic to get the total power consumption>"
}
"activityTopic": "<topic to get the actity state of device>", // i.e. "tele/tasmota/LWT",
"activityParameter": "Online"
}Uses special characteristics of the Eve power outlet. Apples Home app does not show special characteristic, power consumption will only be displayed in the eve app.