# Sprinkler system rainbird - what to connect

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/sprinkler-system-rainbird-what-to-connect/63437>\
**Category:** Devices\
**Tags:** z-wave, zigbee\
**Created:** [May 9, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/sprinkler-system-rainbird-what-to-connect/63437 "2022-05-09T21:58:16Z")\
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Yes, the broker runs on Homey so you need to point Tasmota (and the MQTT Client) to Homey’s IP-address.

Not sure why it can’t connect. You can try enabling “Disable user authentication” in the broker (and blank the username/password settings on Tasmota) to see if the issue is related to that.

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