# \[TUTORIAL\] Setting up MQTT on Homey for configuring Home Assistant for dashboard purposes

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**Created:** [March 21, 2019, 11:46am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/tutorial-setting-up-mqtt-on-homey-for-configuring-home-assistant-for-dashboard-purposes/10880 "2019-03-21T11:46:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 11:22am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/tutorial-setting-up-mqtt-on-homey-for-configuring-home-assistant-for-dashboard-purposes/10880/22 "2019-03-25T11:22:11Z")

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Wrote some logic to retry topic subscription on failure. If a subscription fails, Homey does not listen to triggers from outside apps. Maybe this helps addressing the above problems.

> [@MQTT Hub/Gateway](https://community.homey.app/t/mqtt-hub-gateway/6766/545):
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> Submitted (waiting for approval).
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> #### Version 2.1.9
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> - Retry topic subscriptions on failure & manual broadcast
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> Already available on the [master branch](https://github.com/harriedegroot/nl.hdg.mqtt/tree/master).

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