{"id":2722,"date":"2018-10-20T12:16:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T11:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aerian.fr\/?p=2722"},"modified":"2020-03-08T13:12:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T12:12:41","slug":"send-location-to-home-assistant-from-macrodroid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aerian.fr\/en\/send-location-to-home-assistant-from-macrodroid\/","title":{"rendered":"(Fran\u00e7ais) Send location to Home Assistant from Macrodroid"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had problem with the liability of Owntracks for reporting the location into Home Assistant,
\nplus I wanted to replace my current Android Automation App (Llama) to a supported one.<\/p>\n

In order to replace Llama, I found Macrodroid<\/a> which satisfy my need.
\nBut I needed to make it work with HA.<\/p>\n

I first searched how to use JSON MQTT Device Tracker<\/a> withtout being successful.
\nThen I came across an article on Reddit about Tasker (https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/homeautomation\/comments\/4iaxi9\/augmenting_location_reporting_with_tasker_and\/)
\nand I wondered how can I do the same with Macrodroid.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. You’ll need to have a MQTT Broker already configured with Owntracks configuration, get the “state_topic”. You can look at HA documentation<\/a> and HA examples<\/a> for more informations.<\/li>\n
  2. You’ll need to have Macrodroid App<\/li>\n
  3. You’ll need to have a Tasker MQTT browser, I selected MQTT Client<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    First Go into MQTT Client and configure the access to your MQTT server, then go into Macrodroid.<\/p>\n

    Go to add a new macro, Set “Regular interval” as the trigger with the interval you want (think about battery drain), Go into actions and select “Application”, “Local\/Tasker Plugin”, “Publish to MQTT Message”, here select the state_topic you filled in your Home Assistant configuration and use the following message:<\/p>\n

    {\"_type\": \"location\",\"acc\": [last_loc_accuracy],\"batt\": [battery],\"lat\": [last_loc_lat],\"lon\": [last_loc_long],\"t\": \"a\",\"tid\": \"me\",\"tst\": [system_time]}\r\n<\/pre>\n
    Validate your action, you can check if it work by clicking on “Test action”. With this you should be able to see the message in the MQTT topic similar to:<\/p>\n
    {\"_type\": \"location\",\"acc\": 40,\"batt\": 82,\"lat\": 42.836495,\"lon\": 2.5897,\"t\": \"a\",\"tid\": \"lince\",\"tst\": 1540032120}\r\n<\/pre>\n
    Add contraints, “Mobile data: on” and “Wifi connected”, and save the configuration.
    \nYou’ll then be able to send periodically your location to your Home Assistant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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