# Node Red: A widget based dashboard working with Homey trough MQTT

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/node-red-a-widget-based-dashboard-working-with-homey-trough-mqtt/18798>\
**Category:** Apps\
**Created:** [October 3, 2019, 10:05am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/node-red-a-widget-based-dashboard-working-with-homey-trough-mqtt/18798 "2019-10-03T10:05:10Z")\
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**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:** [March 12, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/node-red-a-widget-based-dashboard-working-with-homey-trough-mqtt/18798/807 "2023-03-12T15:55:04Z")

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This solved those kind of problems here:

> [@\[TUTORIAL\] Setting up MQTT on Homey for configuring Home Assistant for dashboard purposes](https://community.homey.app/t/tutorial-setting-up-mqtt-on-homey-for-configuring-home-assistant-for-dashboard-purposes/10880/112):
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> What solved it for me is:  
> 1.Go to MQTT Hub  
> 2. Set COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL to Custom  
> 3. Enable Include class  
> 4. Disable Include zone  
> 5. Normalize
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> I think the last part is the giving the problem. I’ve noticed that the device.id gets screwed-up and is like switch.on whilst it only should be switch. Or simplified, the status of the device must not be in the device ID.
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> Perhaps this helps someone, I’ve just started setting it up.

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