# Ruuvi Gateway MQTT Binding
This binding allows integration of Ruuvi Tags via MQTT data, as collected by Ruuvi Gateway (opens new window). Ruuvi gateway is listening for Bluetooth advertisements and publishing that data over MQTT. Ruuvi Cloud Subscription is not needed at all as the integration is local.
Compared to Ruuvi Tag Bluetooth binding, this binding has the benefit of relying on strong and reliable antenna of Ruuvi Gateway, as opposed to e.g. usually much weaker antenna integrated onto computer motherboard. Obvious downside compared to the bluetooth binding is the requirement of having Ruuvi Gateway device.
Both RuuviTag and RuuviTag Pro are supported.
# Setup the Gateway
Before using this binding, Ruuvi Gateway needs to configured to publish the sensor data via MQTT.
For further instructions, refer to relevant section in Ruuvi Gateway documentation (opens new window). For most convenient usage of this binding, please ensure that "Use 'ruuvi' on the prefix' MQTT setting is enabled on Ruuvi Gateway.
# Discovery
First install the MQTT binding and setup a broker thing and make sure it is ONLINE, as this binding uses the MQTT binding to talk to your broker and hence that binding must be setup first.
This binding discovers the Ruuvi Tags via the MQTT bridge; the discovered things should appear in your thing Inbox.
# Thing Configuration
There is only thing type supported by this binding, ruuvitag_beacon.
No manual configuration is needed, and discovery function can be used instead.
For users that prefer manual configuration, we list here the configurable parameters.
| Parameter | Description | Required | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
topic | MQTT topic containing the gateway payload | Y | (N/A) |
# Channels
| Channel ID | Item Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| temperature | Number:Temperature | The measured temperature |
| humidity | Number:Dimensionless | The measured humidity |
| pressure | Number:Pressure | The measured air pressure |
| batteryVoltage | Number:ElectricPotential | The measured battery voltage |
| accelerationx | Number:Acceleration | The measured acceleration of X |
| accelerationy | Number:Acceleration | The measured acceleration of Y |
| accelerationz | Number:Acceleration | The measured acceleration of Z |
| txPower | Number:Power | TX power |
| dataFormat | Number | Data format version |
| measurementSequenceNumber | Number:Dimensionless | Measurement sequence number |
| movementCounter | Number:Dimensionless | Movement counter |
| rssi | Number | Received signal (between the Gateway and the sensor) strength indicator |
| ts | DateTime | Timestamp when the message from Bluetooth-sensor was received by Gateway |
| gwts | DateTime | Timestamp when the message from Bluetooth-sensor was relayed by Gateway |
| gwmac | String | MAC-address of Ruuvi Gateway |
Note: not all channels are always updated. Available fields depend on Ruuvi Data Format (opens new window). At the time of writing (2022-09), most Ruuvi Tags use Ruuvi Data Format 5 out of box.
Some measurements might not make any sense. For example, Ruuvi Tag Pro 2in1 does not have a humidity measurement and thus, the humidity data advertised by the sensor is garbage.
# Example
Please note that Thing and Item configuration can be done fully in the UI. For those who prefer textual configuration, we share this example here.
To use these examples for textual configuration, you must already have a configured a MQTT broker thing and know its unique ID.
This UID will be used in the things file and will replace the text myBroker.
The first line in the things file will create a broker thing and this can be removed if you have already setup a broker in another file or via the UI already.
# *.things
Bridge mqtt:broker:myBroker [ host="localhost", secure=false, password="*******", qos=1, username="user"]
mqtt:ruuvitag_beacon:myTag1 "RuuviTag Sensor Beacon 9ABC" (mqtt:broker:myBroker) [ topic="ruuvi/mygw/DE:AD:BE:EF:AA:01" ]
# *.items
Number:Temperature temperature "Room Temperature [%.1f %unit%]" { channel="mqtt:ruuvitag_beacon:myTag1:temperature" }
Number:Dimensionless humidity "Humidity [%.0f %unit%]" { channel="mqtt:ruuvitag_beacon:myTag1:humidity" }
Number:Pressure pressure "Air Pressure [%.0f %unit%]" { channel="mqtt:ruuvitag_beacon:myTag1:pressure" }
// Examples of converting units
Number:Acceleration acceleration_ms "Acceleration z [%.2f m/s²]" { channel="mqtt:ruuvitag_beacon:myTag1:accelerationz" }
Number:Acceleration acceleration_g "Acceleration z (g-force) [%.2f gₙ]" { channel="mqtt:ruuvitag_beacon:myTag1:accelerationz" }