MQTT Topics

This is the list of MQTT Topics that are use by the various HackSpace Instrumentation projects.

All of these are available on holly, and most are available on JARVIS via an MQTT/mosquitto bridge.

All topics should be prefixed with "nh/"

STATUS

nh/status/req
All clients should subscribe to this topic and listen for the message "STATUS"
Clients should respond on nh/status/res with their name and status.

Three states

• Restart:
• Running:
• Terminated:

ie. "Running: MatrixMQTT"

Include the : and a space before the clients name,

Current list of clients

• MatrixMQTT
• Gatekeeper (arduino)
• nh-irccat
• nh-irc
• nh-matrix
• GateKeeper (process)
• nh-irc-misc
• nh-temperature
• WorkshopMQTT
• nh-vend

The status of all running clients is logged and reported here http://lspace.nottinghack.org.uk/addr_graphs/status.php

Gatekeeper

Topic	Description	Notes
nh/gk/<door id>/Unlock	Shows message on LCD / unlocks door	Not available on Jarvis
nh/gk/<door id>/DoorState	"Door Opened", "Door Opened by:" or "Door Closed"
nh/gk/entry_announce/known	"Door Opened by: username (last seen xxx ago)"	Sent by Gatekeeper process on receiving "Door Opened by:"
nh/gk/entry_announce/unknown	"Door opened"	Sent by Gatekeeper process
nh/gk/<door id>/Keypad	PIN entered	Not available on Jarvis
nh/gk/<door id>/DoorButton	"OUTER", "INNER" or "REAR" for different doors	Message payload is unimportant
nh/gk/DoorButton	Door bell button pushed	Message payload is the short name of the door (e.g. "INNER")
nh/gk/bell/ComfyArea	Door bell in the comfy area	Payload is the number of rings (1-3)
nh/gk/bell/Workshop	Door bell in the workshop	Payload is the number of rings (1-3)
nh/gk/<door id>/RFID	Serial of RFID card presented, or "Unknown Card Type"	Not available on Jarvis
nh/gk/LastManState	"First In" or "Last Out"	Knife switch by door. There is an intentional delay between the switch being thrown, and publishing to this topic

MatrixMQTT

Topic	Description	Notes
nh/mb/tx	nh-matrix script transmits messages to be displayed
nh/mb/rx	confirmation of displayed message is returned to nh-matrix

IRC Bot: nh-holly

Living in #nottinghack on freenode, nh-holly is our MQTT to IRC bridge

Topic	Description	Notes
nh/irc/tx	Sends to the default #nottinghack channel
nh/irc/tx/nottinghack	Sends to the #nottinghack channel
nh/irc/tx/pm/<nick>	Sends a pm to <nick>
nh/irc/rx/nottinghack/<nick>	Incoming message from irc #nottinghack channel
nh/irc/rx/pm/<nick>	Incoming pm from irc user <nick>

@Holly533MHz: nh-twitter

Twitter to MQTT bridge

Topic	Description	Notes
nh/twitter/tx
nh/twitter/rx/dm/<screen_name	DM to @Holly533Mhz from <Screen_name>
nh/twitter/rx/mention/<screen_name>	mention of @Holly533Mhz by <screen_name>
nh/twitter/rx/hs	latest tweet from @HSNOTTS includes retweets	payload <screen_name>:<text>

Temperature

Readings from DS18B20 1-Wire digital temperature sensors around the space are published at least every 2.5 minutes.
nh/temp
Message format as follows
address:temp

address	Hex string 16 long
temp	Float 00.00

Light Level

Currently only one LDR connected to WorkshopMQTT

Topic	Description
nh/lightlevel/workshop	Light level in the Workshop. > ~800 = lights are on

Tools RFID access control: Nhtools

Tools access control module. See Nhtools for a better description of these messages.

Topic	Description (A=Arduino, S=Server)	Notes
nh/tools/<tool name>/AUTH	A > S: RFID card presented	payload is RFID serial
nh/tools/<tool name>/GRANT	S > A: RFID card belongs to a member who has been inducted on the tool - enable power
nh/tools/<tool name>/DENY	S > A: Sign on request denied	payload is the reason (e.g. not inducted)
nh/tools/<tool name>/COMPLETE	A > S: Tool sign off
nh/tools/<tool name>/INDUCT	A > S: Request to induct member	payload is signed on RFID card + RFID of member to induct
nh/tools/<tool name>/ISUC	S > A: Induction successful
nh/tools/<tool name>/IFAL	S > A: Induction failed (e.g. unknown card)	payload is failure reason
nh/tools/<tool name>/RESET	A > S: Arduino has either just booted, or has reconnected	Payload is cause

Tools bookings

This provides limited details of tool bookings made via HMS. When a booking is made from HMS, a push notification is received from google for the underlying google calendar, which results in a poll message being sent with the payload set to tool name that's been updated. The nh-tools process then downloads the ICAL formatted calendar from google, and publishes the now/next booking to the booking topic.

Topic	Description	Notes
nh/bookings/<tool name>/nownext	Now and next booking information for <tool name>	Payload is JSON encoded, see below.
nh/bookings/poll	Request to poll google for updated calendar data, then publish to nownext topic	Payload is tool name

Example payload for nownext message:

{
  "now":{
     "display_time":"now",
     "display_name":"<member name1>"
  },
  "next":{
     "display_time":"10:30",
     "display_name":"<member name2>"
  }
}

For the nownext message payload, bookings which start more that 20hrs in the future are ignored to remove ambiguity in the time displayed.

Network Devices

A count of the number of network devices currently connected (results of a minutely ARP scan).

Topic	Description
nh/addr/known	Number of known/fixed network devices (e.g. printers, VM's, etc).
nh/addr/unknown	Number of unknown network devices (e.g. members laptops).

XRF & LLAP

LLAP message format
12 Char's
aXXDDDDDDDDD

• a start character
• XX Device ID
• DDDDDDDDD message

more detail can be found here:-

• LLAP http://openmicros.org/index.php/articles/85-llap-lightweight-local-automation-protocol/112-llap
• LLAP device details http://openmicros.org/index.php/articles/87-llap-devices-commands-and-instructions

Payload for MQTT message is upto 9byte's, the message part of LLAP, padding is automatically added and striped.
aNOHELLO----
becomes
nh/xrf/?x/NO HELLO

Topic	Description	Notes
nh/xrf/tx/XX	Send out a LLAP message	XX is DEVID
nh/xrf/rx/XX	LLAP message received	XX is DEVID

Lighting Automation

For more details see Lighting Automation/Control Software Note messages on nh/li/state/# should be set to retained. So new clients subscribing can retrieve the current state with out polling.

Topic	Description	Notes
nh/li/set/ROOM/ZONE	Lighting Command	ROOM is one of the pre defined rooms ZONE within a ROOM and payload is COMMAND
nh/li/state/ROOM/ZONE	Lighting State	Retained Topic! ROOM is one of the pre defined rooms ZONE within a ROOM and payload is Curent STATE