MQTT

To make your Robot talking to your MQTT broker (like Home Assistant or Node-RED) configure it via Valetudo webinterface (Settings->MQTT) or adapt the config.json file on the robot to your needs (MQTT broker address, username and password of the broker).

nano /mnt/data/valetudo/config.json

Example config.json file

{
  "spots": [],
  "areas": [],
  "mqtt": {
    "enabled": true,
    "server": "192.168.1.22",
    "port": 1883,
    "clientId": "",
    "username": "username",
    "password": "password",
    "usetls": false,
    "ca": "",
    "clientCert": "",
    "clientKey": "",
    "qos": 0,
    "identifier": "rockrobo",
    "topicPrefix": "valetudo",
    "autoconfPrefix": "homeassistant",
    "provideMapData": true
  },
  "dummycloud": {
    "spoofedIP": "203.0.113.1",
    "bindIP": "127.0.0.1"
  },
  "map_upload_host": "http://127.0.0.1"
}

Make sure enabled is set to true and the broker_url points to the broker configured in Home Assistant.

After editing the config file, make sure to restart Valetudo for the changes to take effect: service valetudo restart

Please note that this command is only available in older ubuntu-based firmwares. If you’re running a newer firmware, simply reboot the whole robot.

Example commands

Here are some commands you can publish to control the vacuum:

mosquitto_pub -h yourserver -t "valetudo/rockrobo/command" -m "locate"
mosquitto_pub -h yourserver -t "valetudo/rockrobo/command" -m "start"
mosquitto_pub -h yourserver -t "valetudo/rockrobo/command" -m "stop"
mosquitto_pub -h yourserver -t "valetudo/rockrobo/command" -m "pause"
mosquitto_pub -h yourserver -t "valetudo/rockrobo/command" -m "locate"
mosquitto_pub -h yourserver -t "valetudo/rockrobo/command" -m "return_to_base"