HomeWorksMQTTBridge

A Python based RS232 to MQTT bridge for Lutron HomeWorks (the original version from mid-1990's)

Quick and dirty instructions:

• copy HomeWorks.py to somewhere (e.g. /opt/homeworks/)
• install python3
• ensure these python3 packages are available:
  • pyserial
  • python-daemon
  • paho-mqtt

serial port enumeration and MQTT settings

Find the following line in HomeWorks.py and edit to suite.

h = HomeWorks(serial_port='/dev/ttyUSB0', broker='localhost', username='pi', password='homeworks')

have HomeWorks.py autostart at boot (e.g. RaspberryPi/Debian)

Edit homeworks.service and then copy to /etc/systemd/system

• sudo systemctl daemon-reload
• sudo systemctl enable homeworks.service