An MQTT client that reads statistics in protocol-buffer format from readsb ADS-B decoder and forward them via MQTT broker into home assistant (HASS).

• build-essential
• libprotobuf-c-dev
• protobuf-c-compiler
• libpaho-mqtt

For build instructions of libpaho-mqtt see https://github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.c

Build with make. See readsbmqtt --help for program options.

• Install systemd service sudo bash readsbmqtt-install.sh
• Edit configuration in /etc/default/readsbmqtt
• Restart systemd service sudo service readsbmqtt restart
• Remove systemd service sudo bash readsbmqtt-remove.sh

MQTT broker like mosquitto requires connection with username and password. Entities will be automatically discoverded in home assistant with default topic prefix homeassistant/sensor.