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Use this Shelly smart relay script to sync the switch state of the relay with that of another device using MQTT.
function subscribeToStatusUpdates(topic) {
MQTT.subscribe(topic , function(t, message) {
if (typeof message === "undefined" || message === null) {
print("Received undefined or null message - ignoring");
return;
}
try {
let payload = JSON.parse(message);
if (payload.source === "button") {
let desired = payload.output;
let localStatus = Shelly.getComponentStatus("switch", 0);
if (localStatus.output !== desired) {
Shelly.call("Switch.Set", {id: 0, on: desired});
print("Synced local relay to " + (desired ? "on" : "off"));
}
}
} catch (e) {
print("Error parsing payload: " + e);
}
});
print("Subscribed to: " + topic);
}
function run(topic_key) {
Shelly.call(
"KVS.Get",
{ key: topic_key },
function (topic_value, error_code, error_message) {
if (error_code === 0) {
subscribeToStatusUpdates(topic_value.value)
} else {
print("Error fetching KVS: ", error_message);
}
}
);
}
// Set the value of key "paired_light_status_topic" in KVS, e.g.
// "shelly-xyz-lights/status/switch:0". MQTT must be set up on
// this device and on the remote one. The remote device must
// publish general status updates via MQTT.
run("paired_light_status_topic");
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