Send MQTT message on start/end for other control systems

[mkjustuk]

I use HomeAssistant to control the power to my printer. Being able to send an MQTT message from this plugin to power on and power off the printer in place of the GPIOs would be fantastic.

Possibly piggy-backing on this plugin to do so?
MQTT Plugin

[chof747]

For this I would rather recommend the OctoPrint integration for home assistant. It gives you the current printer state, the nozzle temperature, printing progress and other parameters. Which you could use as triggers for a proper automation.

Hope that helps. I would rather not pack it into this plugin as also Octoprint has a specific MQTT plugin if you want to use MQTT which is much more powerful in that respect.

Closing therefore this issue

[mkjustuk]

Thanks for the comments.

The gap that exists is there is no planning option in the other plugins. I can switch a smart plug off using the HA integration when finished, but what's missing is being able to turn the printer smartplug on when your plugin wants to start a scheduled print.

With an MQTT option (or a hook into the HA integration) I can power up the smartplug to coincide.

[chof747]

Ah OK - understood. Let me check what is possible