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title: "MQTT device tracker support"
description: "Instructions how to integrate MQTT based trackers into Home Assistant."
date: 2015-09-17 09:00
title: "MQTT device tracker"
description: "Instructions how to use MQTT to track devices in Home Assistant."
date: 2015-09-19 20:41
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<img src='/images/supported_brands/mqtt.png' class='brand pull-right' />
Before this tracker allows the detection of devices which are able to send MQTT messages.
This platform allows you to detect presence by monitoring a MQTT topic for new locations. To use this
platform, you specify a unique topic for each device.
```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
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paulus_oneplus: /location/paulus
annetherese_n4: /location/annetherese
```
Configuration variables:
- **qos** (*Required*): Quality of service, default to 0.
- **devices** (*Required*): Array of devices to track.
- **'device_name'** (*Required*): Name to use followed by the topic.
See the [device tracker component page](/components/device_tracker.html) for instructions how to configure the people to be tracked.