Reachability

I’ve added homebridge/to/set/reachability

topic: homebridge/to/set/reachability
payload: {"name": "flex_lamp", "reachable": true}
or
payload: {"name": "flex_lamp", "reachable": false}

Please install from GitHub:

sudo npm install -g cflurin/homebridge-mqtt

[ArnieX]

@tvillingett that is a good idea and less overkill than pinging the device every 60second.

[tvillingett]

@ArnieX maybe you can use a “last Will and Testament” if your mqtt client supports that, which helps to see if it is unreachable, instead of writing extra client code. See example of use: http://www.hivemq.com/blog/mqtt-essentials-part-9-last-will-and-testament