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MQTT Notifications for HA

Feature Request

From prsmith777:

I would like to request ability to have ALPR program send an MQTT message when a plate is received that contains the plate name as the payload. Not the plate number but the learned/saved name I have associated with a certain plate that is in the database.

For instance, let's say "ABC 123" plate has a saved name as "Bob's Cadillac" in the database. When Bob drives up the driveway with plate ABC 123, MQTT message is sent with payload "Bob's Cadillac".

This will help for making announcements with Home Assistant or Home Seer.

Posted by Charlie Algert ·
Status: Completed3 comments

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  • Jacob Cauble

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    Jul 16, 2025

    It would also be helpful if there’s a fuzzy search match sent within the MQTT data. The use case would be that the OCR data is slightly off and the fuzzy search captures a known plate and sends the data over MQTT, where as it would be missed otherwise.

  • prsmith777

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    Feb 11, 2025

    Thanks Charlie,

    Similarly I would request that we be able to send a plates Tag via MQTT.

    • Charlie Algert

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      Feb 11, 2025

      No problem, I can include all of the related data for the record.