teletask_bridge

A teletask to home-assistant bridge

This application allows you to take full control of your teletask setup through the home-assistant gateway. It registers your teletask unit as an mqtt device and adds all the sensors/actuators that you have defined in the config.

installation

• download the app to your system:

mkdir telehob
cd telehob
git clone xxxx

• configure your system (see below)
• run the app: python main.py
• set up the application to auto start:
  • you can use launcher.sh: adjust the paths used in the file according to your own setup.
  • the 30 sec delay in the script allows for home-assistant to start up first, otherwise the script will run too soon and the devices won't be registered.
  • make the script executable chmod 755 launcher.sh
  • add to crontab: sudo crontab -e

configuration

Auto discovery is used on the home-automation side to load all the assets. Teletask however doesn't support auto-discovery, so you will have to define the list yourself. All config data is stored in the file config.json, located in the application folder. It requires the following sections:

• home_assistant: broker details
  • discovery_prefix: topic prefix used for auto-discovery. Usually homeassistant
  • client_id: identify this client with the broker, should be unique for each device
  • broker_host: name/ip address of the broker
  • device_id: identifier for this device in home-assistant
• teletask: all the details to connect to the teletask device
  • ip: the ip address of the teletask unit
  • port: the port number to connect to.
• assets: all the sensors and actuators that you would like to have registered in home-assistant.
  • name: label used in home-assistant
  • component: the mqtt component used to register the asset in home assistant. See mqtt configuration for more info.
  • teletask_type: the type of the component on the teletask side. Supported types are:
    • relay
    • dimmer
    • motor
    • locmood
    • timedmood
    • genmood
    • flag
    • sensor
    • process
    • regime
    • service
    • cond
  • teletask_id: the id number to identify the item in teletask. This can be found with the prosoft application of teletask.