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Walter vl: /* AI Agent */

2026-06-10T08:17:00Z

AI Agent

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	= AI Agent =		= AI Agent =
	Domoticz adds built-in support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing AI assistants and LLM clients to monitor and control your home automation system directly — without any external intermediary process.		Domoticz adds built-in support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing AI assistants and LLM clients to monitor and control your home automation system directly — without any external intermediary process at the <code>/mcp</code> endpoint. AI agents can now discover and control devices using the <code>search_devices</code> tool - making Domoticz one of the first home automation platforms with built-in MCP support.

			An AI agent can create sensors and devices (<code>create_sensor</code> / <code>create_device</code>), hide or permanently delete them, and read full sensor history through <code>get_sensor_history</code> - daily calendar data for every sensor type plus the event log for switches and scenes. Battery and RSSI/signal levels now appear right in device search, with <code>hw_idx</code> and <code>include_unused</code> filters and resource-URI autocompletion to keep queries precise.

	See for more instructions page [[MCP model context protocol LLM]]		See for more instructions page [[MCP model context protocol LLM]]

Walter vl: /* AI Agent */

2026-06-10T08:16:44Z

AI Agent

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	See for more instructions page [[MCP model context protocol LLM]]		See for more instructions page [[MCP model context protocol LLM]]

			= Voice Control =
			[[Alexa Smart Home Integration\|Alexa]]

	=Protocols=		=Protocols=

Walter vl: /* Plugins (Addons) */

2026-06-09T20:46:49Z

Plugins (Addons)

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	*[[Buienradar \| Buienradar native implementation]]<br>		*[[Buienradar \| Buienradar native implementation]]<br>

			= AI Agent =
			Domoticz adds built-in support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing AI assistants and LLM clients to monitor and control your home automation system directly — without any external intermediary process.

			See for more instructions page [[MCP model context protocol LLM]]

	=Protocols=		=Protocols=

Walter vl at 20:45, 9 June 2026

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	*[[Zigbee#Zigbee support in Domoticz\|Options available for connecting to Zigbee devices from Domoticz]] <br>		*[[Zigbee#Zigbee support in Domoticz\|Options available for connecting to Zigbee devices from Domoticz]] <br>

			== Matter ==
			Matter is a new secure, reliable and local standard protocol for smart/IoT devices launched at the end of 2022 by the Connectivity Standards Alliance.

			Domoticz has a Matter integration based on matter.js server, see wiki page [[Matter]]

	==315 and 433 MHz==		==315 and 433 MHz==

Walter vl: /* Z-Wave */

2024-11-15T10:12:53Z

Z-Wave

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	The downside of the Z-Wave protocol being propriatory is means that there are less manufacturers and devices cost more but the upside is that because it is propriatory interoperability between differet manufacturers is much better than more open protocols, so compatibility between devices and gateways/bridges/controllers is almost always better.		The downside of the Z-Wave protocol being propriatory is means that there are less manufacturers and devices cost more but the upside is that because it is propriatory interoperability between differet manufacturers is much better than more open protocols, so compatibility between devices and gateways/bridges/controllers is almost always better.

	~~<br />~~		*Using [[Zwave-JS-UI]]
			*[[Zwave\|Setting up Z-Wave]] with OpenZwave (deprecated)
	*[[Zwave\|Setting up Z-Wave]]

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2024-11-15T10:10:47Z

Plugins (Addons)

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	=Plugins (Addons)=		=Plugins (Addons)=
	Plugins (sometimes also refered to as addons, add-ons, or extensions) expand Domoticz abilties to connect to even more devices, bridges, gateways, hubs, controllers, off-line or online services, and more.		Python Plugins (sometimes also refered to as addons, add-ons, or extensions) expand Domoticz abilties to connect to even more devices, bridges, gateways, hubs, controllers, off-line or online services, and more.

	*[[Plugins]] - A list of plugins available. New ones are rapidly being added. Look in the forum under 'python' to find the latest additions.		*[[Plugins]] - A list of plugins available. New ones are rapidly being added. Look in the forum under 'python' to find the latest additions.

Creasol: /* 2.4 GHz */

2024-03-06T22:38:02Z

2.4 GHz

New page

Domoticz can speak a lot of device languages and connect to many different interfaces. Those devices are in the world of computers techically called "protocols" and computing interfaces are called API (Application Programming Interface).

This page is about helping you summerize languages or 'protocols' which Domoticz can understand, and other ways of helping Domoticz connecting to different devices or other bridges/hubs/gateways/controllers, for example through plugins (addons).

This summery also tries mention a few examples of such devices.

=Plugins (Addons)=
Plugins (sometimes also refered to as addons, add-ons, or extensions) expand Domoticz abilties to connect to even more devices, bridges, gateways, hubs, controllers, off-line or online services, and more.

*[[Plugins]] - A list of plugins available. New ones are rapidly being added. Look in the forum under 'python' to find the latest additions.
*[[Using_Python_plugins]] - Details on how to install a plugin.
*[[Developing a Python plugin]] - Details on how to develop your own plugin.

==On your device==
Your Domoticz server might have built-in sensors, or talk to other software on your server.

*[[Adding internal pc sensors to Domoticz on Windows systems|Adding internal PC sensors to Domoticz on Windows systems]]
*[[Write_Domoticz_logfile_to_Synology_Log_Center|Write Domoticz log to Synology Log Center]]
*[[PiFace]] 

==USB==
Plug devices directly into your Domoticz server.

*[[Voltcraft_CO-20 | Voltcraft CO-20 airquality sensor]] 

==Buienradar==
Your own private Buienradar Weatherstation. From Domoticz build V4.11230 and up it is possible to add native Buienradar instead of using plugin

*[[Buienradar | Buienradar native implementation]] 

=Protocols=
Below you will find a number of protcols, and details about gateways that give access to large groups of devices using those protocols. Gateways are often devices that plug into or communicate with your server, such as a bluetooth dongle or wireless receiver and transmitter.

==IP (Internet Protocol) with TCP/UDP and HTTP==
IP (Internet Protocol) are your everyday network protocols used on local networks and the internet. This is the basic language spoken by all servers and computers on the internet and by devices in your home network, including your WiFi.

===Wired & Wireless===
These are devices that have gotten an IP address on your local network. Your router hands out these IP addresses.

*[[Philips Hue Lights]]
*[[Fritzbox|FRITZ!Box callmonitor]]
*[[Wake-up_On_Lan|Wake-on-LAN (WoL) a PC with Domoticz]]
*[[Sonos|Sonos: different solutions for integrating Sonos within Domoticz]]
*[[Essent|Essent E-Thermostat (ICY)]]
*[[ESP8266 WiFi module]] 

===Web===
These are services on the internet that you connect to through your internet router. Domoticz can talk to all kinds of services on the internet and get or deposit data there, such as the current weather.

*[[HttpLink|Push data from Domoticz to your own server]]
*[[Weather forecast from forecast.io in Domoticz|<s>Weather forecast from forecast.io in Domoticz</s>]] Not functional any more
*[[Virtual weather devices|<s>Virtual weather devices (Weather Underground)</s>]] Not functional anymore
*[[Open Weather Map]] devices
*[[Domoticz and PvOutput.org|Domoticz and PVOutput.org]]
*[[Telegram Bot|Installing Telegram Notification System - Telegram Bot Method]]
*[[Secure_Nginx_Proxy_Setup|x509-Auth w/Nginx for secure remote access.]]
*[[Smappee |Smappee energymonitor in Domoticz]]
*[https://www.npmjs.com/package/corrently4domoticz Corrently - German Green Power Index in Domoticz] (Node JS Package) 

==MQTT==
This standard, that works on top op TCP/IP, has been around for decades, but has been embraced as the Internet of Things (IoT) hype grew. Domoticz supports [[MQTT]], and will listen on the ''domoticz/in'' topic.

Domoticz also supports platforms that use the MQTT HA Auto Discover protocol, see wiki [[MQTT|MQTT Auto discover Gateway]]

 

==LoRa==
For devices that use LoRa radio technology, a [[TTNMQTT]] module is available which retrieves data using MQTT from The Things Network.
 

==Z-Wave==
The Z-Wave protocol propriatory wireless standard created especially for smart devices,

It creating its own isolated wireless network-mesh which boosts in range the more mains-powered devices you that you add your network mesh, with all mains-powered devices acting as repeater. t supports encyption, so it is harder to listen in on your devices.

Z-Wave on consist of several generations where the newer versions are back-wards compatible with the older generation however incoperating older generation devices into can sometimes lower the encryption level used in your network-mesh.

The downside of the Z-Wave protocol being propriatory is means that there are less manufacturers and devices cost more but the upside is that because it is propriatory interoperability between differet manufacturers is much better than more open protocols, so compatibility between devices and gateways/bridges/controllers is almost always better.

 

*[[Zwave|Setting up Z-Wave]]

 

==Zigbee==
Zigbee is a suite of IEEE 802.15.4-based protocol standards some of which are designed to be used by smart devices for home automation.

It creating its own isolated wireless network-mesh which boosts in range the more mains-powered devices you that you add your network mesh, with all mains-powered devices acting as repeater. t supports encyption, so it is harder to listen in on your devices.

Zigbee protocol standards are managed by the Zigbee Alliance and they have relativly low royalty fees and allow anyone to manufacturer chips for Zigbee and Zigbee protocol stacks. Official certification of manufacturers devices by the Zigbee Alliance cost more and though it is not requires it is still recommended, which makes it possible for devices to be non cerfified devices to be cheap and certified devices to be relativly inexpensive.

The downside of the Zigbee protocol being loosley controlled by Zigbee Alliance, not even requireing certifications or quality control means that there can be interoperability issues between differet manufacturers, so compatibility between devices and gateways/bridges/controllers can not be garanteed. Because of this is recommended to preferably buy devices that are "Zigbee 3.0" cerfified by the Zigbee Alliance as that should mean that they have been independently tested to at least meet their minimum requirements of follwing the official Zigbee standards.

 

*[[Zigbee#Zigbee support in Domoticz|Options available for connecting to Zigbee devices from Domoticz]] 

==315 and 433 MHz==
The 433MHz frequency range in Europe and Asia as well as 315 MHz radio frequency range in North America are the wild west radio spectrums of the wireless world because anyone can use it freely without any licences or permissions needed as long as the do not have too stong radios.

Because there are basically no rules all kinds of "cowboy" devices have been built with an equally big amount of different languages (protocol) being spoken.

The frequency range for the "433MHz" spectrum is actually a range from 433.05 MHz to 434.79 MHz with center frequency being 433.92 MHz (which is also the most commonly uses by most of these types of devices in Europe and Asia). The frequency range for the "315MHz" spectrum is actually a range from 315.xx MHz to 315.xx MHz with center frequency being 315.xx MHz (which is also the most commonly uses by most of these types of devices in North America).

Most of the devices in these spectrums do not support tw-way communcation and in most cases the use unencrypted communications, so in theory anyone could listen in on it, or even control your devices. So please don't buy a pacemaker with a 433Mhz remote.

Thanks to gateways/bridges like RFXcom and RFLink which speak and can translate a lot of these languages (protocols), Domoticz can interact with a lof of those type of devices.

 

*[[RFXcom|Setting up RFXCom]]. This is a commercial product, with two versions. Please buy the newer E version.
*[[RFLink|Setting up RFLink]]. This is free (but not open source) software which you can flash on an Arduino Mega.
*[[rtl_433|Setting up rtl_433]]. This is free, open source software which uses a software defined radio USB dongle to receive signals from 433MHz devices (and other frequencies like 868 Mhz are possible too).

 

==868 and 915 MHz==
A lot of more recent hardware that uses Radio Frequencies to communicate do not use the 433 Mhz anymore but the also open 868 Mhz band (including more standardized protocols like Z-Wave, Zigbee, LoRa, etc.).
Not all hardware uses standardized protocols, a lot still uses their own manufacturer proprietary implementation. Like within the 433 Mhz spectrum, you need a transceiver hooked up to Domoticz to send and receive signal to- and from these devices. For example the RTL SDR dongles using the rtl_433 library (which also supports 868 Mhz and other frequencies).

 

==WiFi 2.4 GHz==
This is the same spectrum that the Wifi standard uses, but there are lots of less well known protocols that operate here too. It's also a bit of a wild west.

*[[MySensors|Mysensors.org: connecting with all MySensors-gateways]]
*[https://github.com/mario-peters/ShellyCloudPlugin Shelly Cloud Plugin] that works with many Shelly devices 

==Bluetooth==
A popular short-range wireless standard. The Raspberry Pi, the most popular platform for Domoticz, now has built in Bluetooth.

*[[BTAudio|Bluetooth Audio]] 

==Homekit (Apple)==
This is a protocol created by Apple.

*[[Homekit_Siri | Apple HomeKit with Siri support]] 

==1-wire==
This is a standard for connecting very simple sensors.

*[http://domoticz.com/wiki/1Wire Using 1-Wire with Domoticz] 

==DomBus==
RS485 serial bus protocol operating at 115200bps: with a 4 wires shielded cable it's possible to carry data and 12/24V power supply to all modules.

This protocol is used by [[Creasol_Dombus|Creasol DomBus]] modules.

==X10==
It's an older standard, but it checks out.

*[[X10 with CM11a|X10 devices with a CM11a]]
*[[X10 devices, CM15 Pro|X10 devices with a CM15 Pro]] 

==eHouse TCP/IP & UDP==
eHouse IP Controllers uses:

*- TCP/IP for direct communication (send commands/events) implementing challenge-response algoritm for security.
*- TCP/IP (via Internet / LAN / WiFi) via eHouse PRO server gathering all IP and NON IP controllers statuses.
*- UDP broadcasts for distributing IP controllers status all over LAN/WiFi network without connection to device 

eHouse NON IP Controllers:

*- work under eHouse PRO server supervision, which is a gateway/proxy and all statuses are also broadcasted by UDP.
*- TCP/IP commands directed to eHouse PRO server are resend to NON IP devices.
*[[eHouse]] | [[eHouse Protocol]] | [[eHouse Configuration]] | [[Supported Controllers]]

==Infrared==
IR (I.R. = infrared or infra-red)

*[[eHouse IR]]

==Unsorted==
Please help sort these.

*[[EnOcean]]
*[[S0Meter|S0-pulsecounter]]
*[[Basic Tellstick functionality with Domoticz]]
*[[Limitless/AppLamp_LED|Limitless/AppLamp/Milight RGBW bulbs/led strips]]
*[[Harmony Hub Control]]. Native [[Harmony Hub]](version 1.1956)
*[[Pi-Mote|Using Energenie Pi-mote with Domoticz]]
*[[LIFX|LIFX lightbulbs]]
*[[Wemo|Belkin WeMo]]
*[[MPD_%26_Domoticz|Music Player Daemon (MPD) & Domoticz]]
*[[SMASpot Monitoring in Domoticz]]
*[[Talking Domoticz|Let Domoticz speak to inform you]]

A larger list of devices that Domoticz supports can be found on the [[Hardware|hardware overview page]].

[[Category:Domoticz]]
[[Category:Manual]]
[[Category:Setup]]
[[Category:Hardware]]
[[Category:Scripting]]

=Continue to the next page of the introduction=

*[[Hardware| Hardware]]

 
[[Category:Plugins]]