The Homie $implementation identifier is esp8266.

Version

  • $implementation/version: Homie for ESP8266 version

Reset

  • $implementation/reset: You can publish a true to this topic to reset the device

Configuration

  • $implementation/config: The configuration.json is published there, with wifi.password, mqtt.username and mqtt.password fields stripped
  • $implementation/config/set: You can update the configuration.json by sending incremental JSON on this topic

OTA

  • $implementation/ota/enabled: true if OTA is enabled, false otherwise
  • $implementation/ota/firmware: If the update request is accepted, you must send the firmware payload to this topic
  • $implementation/ota/status: HTTP-like status code indicating the status of the OTA. Might be:
Code Description
200 OTA successfully flashed
202 OTA request / checksum accepted
206 465/349680 OTA in progress. The data after the status code corresponds to <bytes written>/<bytes total>
304 The current firmware is already up-to-date
400 BAD_FIRMWARE OTA error from your side. The identifier might be BAD_FIRMWARE, BAD_CHECKSUM, NOT_ENOUGH_SPACE, NOT_REQUESTED
403 OTA not enabled
500 FLASH_ERROR OTA error on the ESP8266. The identifier might be FLASH_ERROR