# HA MQTT var to var Homey **URL:** \ **Category:** Tutorials\ **Created:** [April 19, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ha-mqtt-var-to-var-homey/135008 "2025-04-19T12:52:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mark\_Ellis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mark_ellis/32/124954_2.png) [@Mark\_Ellis](https://community.homey.app/u/Mark_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ha-mqtt-var-to-var-homey/135008/1 "2025-04-19T12:52:44Z")
Hi Guy’s, OK, I find homeystripts Goby Gooch. What I want to do is take homeassistant/variable/mode = “Home” from mqtt payload and set the variable Mark in homey to “Home”, as of the result from mqtt payload. Any help much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ha-mqtt-var-to-var-homey/135008/2 "2025-04-19T14:03:24Z")
I’m afraid not many understand what you are asking, or it is just me 🤣🤪😉 Can you add a description of what you have in mind? Add some links, code snippets? Maybe some MQTT Explorer screenshots? ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Ellis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mark_ellis/32/124954_2.png) [@Mark\_Ellis](https://community.homey.app/u/Mark_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ha-mqtt-var-to-var-homey/135008/3 "2025-04-19T14:23:37Z")
Hi, sorry it was a bit of a rush, basically I have a variable called “Mode” in Home Assistant which runs through different states of the day, like “Morning”, “Day”, “Evening” etc, I want to share this variable with homey to keep everything in since, so I’ve publish this variable to mqtt and is visible under topic homeassistant/variable/mode with the payload being what the variable “Mode” is set at, which at this time is “Day”, I want to set the same named variable “Mode” in homey to the payload from topic homeassistant/variable/mode in mqtt set by Home Assistant. I hope this is more clear. Regards Mark ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ha-mqtt-var-to-var-homey/135008/4 "2025-04-19T14:30:18Z")
Better! When you have MQTT in place, this should do the trick: ![1000046627](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/4/c/4c8c430b499a238b91a20f0a5fa2d17a60f4f371.jpeg) The logic card’s selected tag for the topic’s value/payload/message, is a local tag ![1000046625](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/e/7ede4efca4a70984f57f982b2130142d9c9b9fdd.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Ellis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mark_ellis/32/124954_2.png) [@Mark\_Ellis](https://community.homey.app/u/Mark_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ha-mqtt-var-to-var-homey/135008/5 "2025-04-19T15:20:59Z")
Hi thanks for that, that looks so easy now. Been using Home Assistant for years now, getting my head round this is so different. I want to use the 2 together because homey just hasn’t the devices and complex automations Home Assistant has. So thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ha-mqtt-var-to-var-homey/135008/6 "2025-04-19T15:55:23Z")
Yeah it took me quite a while to get MQTT. Just yesterday I discovered that sending data on topic `one/two/three/` results in no data in HA (but the values show up in MQTT Explorer), while it does using `one/two/three` 🫣 I also use best of both: HAmey [Here’s](https://community.homey.app/t/tutorial-pro-how-to-integrate-home-assistant-with-homey-pro/92641) an integration tutorial I wrote, once I finally figured it out. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Ellis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mark_ellis/32/124954_2.png) [@Mark\_Ellis](https://community.homey.app/u/Mark_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ha-mqtt-var-to-var-homey/135008/7 "2025-04-19T17:02:38Z")
OMG, all what I’ve been doing with mqtt has just been wiped out. I’ve been doing mqtt 3 day thinking I’ve cracked it now, HAC, making things so much easier, this is a game changer. Thanks for the info. Appreciate it so much ---
**Author:** ![RonnyW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronnyw/32/10879_2.png) [@RonnyW](https://community.homey.app/u/RonnyW)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ha-mqtt-var-to-var-homey/135008/8 "2025-04-26T15:42:37Z")
> [@Mark\_Ellis](#): > > have a variable called “Mode” in Home Assistant Do you mean a HA entity? Then it’s perhaps easier to use the HA community app and add a sensor device to Homey offering several flow trigger.