/MeaterBlockMQTT

MeaterBlock UDP packet to mqtt

Primary LanguagePython

MeaterBlock to mqtt

I wanted to get the block info into Home Assistant. Easiest way to to take the udp packet and resend over mqtt.

This project works but is still in it's infancy, so your milage may vary.

Usage

requires python3-protobuf, python3-paho-mqtt, protobuf-compiler

copy config_default.ini to config.ini
in config.ini change <MQTT_HOSTNAME> to the IP or FQDN of your MQTT server
build the protobuf library file(must be done each time you update from github):

protoc -I=protobuf --python_out=protobuf meater_block.proto

run the program with (requires python3):

python meater_reader_buf.py

Note: meater_reader_v2.py and meater_link.py have been depricated.

Sources

https://tvwbb.com/threads/meater-wire-free-probe-intergration.71564/

https://www.scadacore.com/tools/programming-calculators/online-hex-converter/

https://github.com/nathanfaber/meaterble

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/meater-thermometer/130501/40

udp packet Breakdown

Important bytes with the first 3 removed for probes compared to what lkspencer found. This has to do with how I split the udp packet. These positions are approximate. I found after initial inspection that that

Below are ramblings on my decoding of the UDP packet.

Then the temperature parts are found using mathing the regex by lkspencer

Below each line represents the output from 1 probe at a point in time. Multiple lines are to compare between different outputs within the same stage

Not Cooking

bc                                                                                  bc -- -- -- -- -- -- -|    bc -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -|    bc -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -|
     probe mac address -- -|     block mac address -- -|    p#    bat   sig   ?  -|       adj   on    temp           m tmp    a tmp    pt    ?     ct       probe version  -| _  p#
3b 09 1a a0 f1 76 21 5a a4 42 11 d0 17 34 19 1d c7 f8 d2 18 02 20 06 28 53 30 01 3a 07 08 00 10 00 18 90 07 42 0c 08 a6 05 10 a6 05 18 00 20 01 28 00 4a 08 76 31 2e 30 2e 35 5f 32
39 09 6b 55 c4 8b e0 05 b3 0c 11 d0 17 34 19 1d c7 f8 d2 18 03 20 08 28 39 30 01 3a 07 08 00 10 00 18 90 07 42 0a 08 74    10 74    18 00 20 01 28 00 4a 08 76 31 2e 30 2e 35 5f 33 
   sp                         sp                         sp    sp    sp    sp          sp    sp    sp       sp    sp       

Cooking

                                                                                       bc -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --                               -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -|       
bc (rest of packet)                                                                                                        bc -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -|                                                                                     bc -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -|    bc -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -|
      probe mac address -- -|    block mac address -- -|    p#    bat   sig      ?  -|       adj   on    temp     mt             Cook Name-- -- -- -- -- -|                         ?- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -|    session number?-- -- -|          m tmp    a tmp    pt -|    ?     ct -|       probe version  -| _  p#
5c 09 00 e3 1a ae b6 25 25 67 11 d0 17 34 19 1d c7 f8 d2 18 04 20 07 28 37    30 01 3a 26 08 04 10 01 18 f3 08 20 0f    2a 09 62 72 69 73 6b 65 74 20 31                            32 07 08 05 10 01 18 d8 04 39 9d dd 85 55 60 3d d3 60 42 0e 08 b0 05 10 b0 05 18 b0 05 20 01 28 b0 0d 4a 08 76 31 2e 30 2e 35 5f 34
52 09 1a a0 f1 76 21 5a a4 42 11 d0 17 34 19 1d c7 f8 d2 18 02 20 06 28 4f    30 01 3a 1d 08 01 10 01 18 95 07 20 11    2a 00                                                       32 07 08 05 10 01 18 d8 04 39 ab 78 ee 71 9a 2f aa 60 42 0d 08 b6 05 10 b6 05 18 b8 05 20 01 28 19    4a 08 76 31 2e 30 2e 35 5f 32
53 09 1a a0 f1 76 21 5a a4 42 11 d0 17 34 19 1d c7 f8 d2 18 02 20 06 28 51    30 01 3a 1d 08 01 10 01 18 95 07 20 11    2a 00                                                       32 07 08 05 10 01 18 d8 04 39 ab 78 ee 71 9a 2f aa 60 42 0e 08 b6 05 10 b6 05 18 b8 05 20 01 28 87 0e 4a 08 76 31 2e 30 2e 35 5f 32
59 09 1a a0 f1 76 21 5a a4 42 11 d0 17 34 19 1d c7 f8 d2 18 02 20 06 28 4f    30 01 3a 23 08 02 10 01 18 95 07 20 11    2a 06 63 75 73 74 6f 6d                                     32 07 08 05 10 01 18 d8 04 39 ab 78 ee 71 9a 2f aa 60 42 0e 08 b6 05 10 b6 05 18 b8 05 20 01 28 db 0e 4a 08 76 31 2e 30 2e 35 5f 32
52 09 00 e3 1a ae b6 25 25 67 11 d0 17 34 19 1d c7 f8 d2 18 04 20 07 28 39    30 01 3a 1d 08 01 10 01 18 a1 06 20 57    2a 00                                                       32 07 08 05 10 01 18 d8 04 39 32 97 43 b0 08 b3 6b 60 42 0d 08 c4 05 10 c4 05 18 c4 05 20 01 28 21    4a 08 76 31 2e 30 2e 35 5f 34
66 09 19 9f 43 63 83 e2 b5 33 11 d0 17 34 19 1d c7 f8 d2 18 01 20 08 28 95 01 30 01 3a 2f 08 02 10 02 18 f1 0b 20 26    2a 12 70 6f 72 6b 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 65 72 20 6c 65 66 74 32 07 08 05 10 01 18 d8 04 39 e4 f8 cd 0d 17 54 1f 60 42 0e 08 98 01 10 b4 13 18 98 01 20 01 28 a7 08 4a 08 76 31 2e 30 2e 35 5f 31 
64 09 1a a0 f1 76 21 5a a4 42 11 d0 17 34 19 1d c7 f8 d2 18 02 20 08 28 99 01 30 01 3a 2d 08 02 10 02 18 f1 0b 20 96 01 2a 0f 70 6f 72 6b 20 42 75 74 74 20 72 69 67 68 74          32 07 08 05 10 01 18 d8 04 39 10 64 83 18 1f 84 00 60 42 0e 08 8e 01 10 f6 12 18 8e 01 20 01 28 a0 03 4a 08 76 31 2e 30 2e 35 5f 32
   sp                         sp                         sp    sp    sp       sp          sp    sp    sp       sp       sp                                                          sp    sp    sp    sp       sp                         sp    sp       sp       sp       sp    sp       sp
   09                         11                         18    20    28       30                                                                                                                                                          42                                              4a
                                                                                          08    10    18       20       2a                                                          32                         39                               08       10       18       20    28 
                                                                                                                                                                                          08    10    18                

probe warmer than ambient? This looks like finished w/o 2a Cook Name bc

bc (rest of packet)                                                                 bc -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -|           bc -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -|      bc -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -|
      probe mac address -- -|    block mac address -- -|    p#    bat   sig   ?  -|       adj   on    temp     session number?-- -- -|                 m tmp    a tmp    pt -|     ?    ct         probe version  -| _  p#
45 09 19 9f 43 63 83 e2 b5 33 11 d0 17 34 19 1d c7 f8 d2 18 01 20 07 28 79 30 01 3a 10 08 04 10 00 18 90 07 39 a9 c3 c3 df 7c 21 ed 60        42 0d 08 d0 08 10 e8 08 18 ff 0f 20 01 28 00   4a 08 76 31 2e 30 2e 35 5f 31
45 09 19 9f 43 63 83 e2 b5 33 11 d0 17 34 19 1d c7 f8 d2 18 01 20 06 28 73 30 01 3a 10 08 04 10 00 18 90 07 39 a9 c3 c3 df 7c 21 ed 60        42 0d 08 fc 05 10 88 06 18 ff 0f 20 01 28 00   4a 08 76 31 2e 30 2e 35 5f 31

   sp                         sp                         sp    sp    sp    sp          sp    sp    sp       sp                                sp    sp       sp    sp          sp    sp      sp   

Finished cooking

bc (rest of packet)                                                                    bc -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -|    bc -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -|       bc -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -|
                                                                                                                  bc
      probe mac address -- -|    block mac address -- -|    p#    bat   sig   |bigSep|       adj   on    temp           session number?-- -- -|          m tmp    a tmp    pt -|    ?     ct          probe version  -| _  p#
48 09 00 e3 1a ae b6 25 25 67 11 d0 17 34 19 1d c7 f8 d2 18 04 20 07 28 39    30 01 3a 12 08 05 10 00 18 f3 08 2a 00 39 9d dd 85 55 60 3d d3 60 42 0e 08 b6 05 10 b6 05 18 ff 0f 20 01 28 bc 18    4a 08 76 31 2e 30 2e 35 5f 34
47 09 19 9f 43 63 83 e2 b5 33 11 d0 17 34 19 1d c7 f8 d2 18 01 20 07 28 a5 01 30 01 3a 0f 08 1c 10 00 18 00          39 e4 f8 cd 0d 17 54 1f 60 42 0f 08 b0 05 10 b0 05 18 ff 0f 20 01 28 e7 e4 02 4a 08 76 31 2e 30 2e 35 5f 31 
44 09 1a a0 f1 76 21 5a a4 42 11 d0 17 34 19 1d c7 f8 d2 18 02 20 06 28 37    30 00 3a 0f 08 20 10 00 18 00          39 10 64 83 18 1f 84 00 60 42 0d 08 b8 05 10 b8 05 18 ff 0f 20 01 28 00       4a 08 76 31 2e 30 2e 35 5f 32 
   sp                         sp                         sp    sp    sp       sp    sp    sp    sp    sp       sp    sp                         sp    sp       sp       sp       sp                sp  

30 01 3a is a big seperator 30 00 3a is a big seperator

bc - byte count
sp - seperator

probe mac - (8 bytes)
block mac - (8 bytes)
p# - (1 byte) probe number
bat - (1 byte) battery (range 1-9) sig - (1 or 2 byte) bluetooth signal
adj - (1 byte) number of adjustments that have been made to the cook (not 100% sure but that's what it appears to be related to)
on - (1 byte) this is the hex value indicating if the probe has an active cook going or not where 00 is no cook and anything else means it has a cook (I've seen 01, 02(cookint, 04(resting?, 05, 06)
temp - (2 bytes) target temperature
mt - (1 or 2 bytes) meat type
m tmp - (1 or 2 bytes) meat temperature
a tmp - (1 or 2 bytes) ambient temperature
pt - (2 bytes) peak probe temperature (I think)
ct - (var bytes) cook time - how long the cook has been going for. NOTE: this is also a little endian excess-128 value like the probe temperatures.
Cook name - (var bytes) custom cook name that overides meat name on display
session number - (8 bytes) unique session id for the cook
probe version - (var bytes) version of the probe SW with the probe number at the end

Cook broken up with major seperators as first byte
64 (byte count)
09 1a a0 f1 76 21 5a a4 42
11 d0 17 34 19 1d c7 f8 d2
18 02 20 08 28 99 01
30 01 3a 2d 08 02 10 02 18 f1 0b 20 96 01 2a 0f 70 6f 72 6b 20 42 75 74 74 20 72 69 67 68 74
32 07 08 05 10 01 18 d8 04
39 10 64 83 18 1f 84 00 60
42 0e 08 8e 01 10 f6 12 18 8e 01 20 01 28 a0 03
4a 08 76 31 2e 30 2e 35 5f 32

mqtt topics

meater/probe/{id}/meatType
meater/probe/{id}/targetTemp
meater/probe/{id}/cook
meater/probe/{id}/cookName
meater/probe/{id}/battery
meater/probe/{id}/meat
meater/probe/{id}/ambient
meater/block/status
meater/block/power

Block info packet

                                                                  bc1                                                                           bc -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -|
                           dev   inc   |- id                   -1 --                               block mac address -- -|    Pwr                  sw version- -- -- -- -- -| 
0a 13 08 ca a8 01 10 0c 18 02 20 64 29 d0 17 34 19 1d c7 f8 d2 1a db 02 08 00 10 03 1a 1c 1a 1a 09 d0 17 34 19 1d c7 f8 d2 10 64 18 02 20 01 2a 09 76 2e 32 2e 30 2e 33 2e 39                                                                                                   
0a 13 08 ca a8 01 10 0c 18 02 20 0f 29 d0 17 34 19 1d c7 f8 d2 1a 9e 02 08 00 10 03 1a 1c 1a 1a 09 d0 17 34 19 1d c7 f8 d2 10 66 18 02 20 01 2a 09 76 2e 32 2e 30 2e 33 2e 39
                  sp    sp    sp    sp                                                                                     sp                sp

bc1 - bc - byte count
sp - seperator

dev - device meaterblock(02), phone (01) ? inc - goes up every push, just rolls over
bc1 - byte count of probe data
pwr - 66 on USB, <= 64 on batt

Phone app

                                                                  bc rest of packet
                           dev   inc   |-                   -|    bc    bc |-                      |- probe id          -| |- probe id          -| |- probe id          -| |- probe id          -|          bc |- Phone type                             -|    bc |-ver -|    bc |? ?|          
0a 13 08 ca a8 01 10 0c 18 01 20 05 29 af ba a9 28 2d 75 99 0f 12 46 0a 28 d0 17 34 19 1d c7 f8 d2 6b 55 c4 8b e0 05 b3 0c 19 9f 43 63 83 e2 b5 33 1a a0 f1 76 21 5a a4 42 00 e3 1a ae b6 25 25 67 10 02 22 0f 47 6f 6f 67 6c 65 20 50 69 78 65 6c 20 33 61 2a 03 32 2e 35 32 02 31 31 
0a 13 08 ca a8 01 10 0c 18 01 20 01 29 9a 6d 69 fa f1 60 f8 29 12 2d 0a 10 2c ef e7 37 91 78 20 ee 7f 7d dc cb a1 16 11 5e                                                                         10 02 22 0e 47 6f 6f 67 6c 65 20 50 69 78 65 6c 20 35    2a 03 32 2e 35 32 02 31 31 
0a 13 08 ca a8 01 10 0c 18 01 20 04 29 af ba a9 28 2d 75 99 0f 12 3e 0a 20 d0 17 34 19 1d c7 f8 d2 6b 55 c4 8b e0 05 b3 0c 1a a0 f1 76 21 5a a4 42 00 e3 1a ae b6 25 25 67                         10 02 22 0f 47 6f 6f 67 6c 65 20 50 69 78 65 6c 20 33 61 2a 03 32 2e 35 32 02 31 31 
0a 13 08 ca a8 01 10 0c 18 01 20 0b 29 af ba a9 28 2d 75 99 0f 12 3e 0a 20 d0 17 34 19 1d c7 f8 d2 6b 55 c4 8b e0 05 b3 0c 1a a0 f1 76 21 5a a4 42 00 e3 1a ae b6 25 25 67                         10 02 22 0f 47 6f 6f 67 6c 65 20 50 69 78 65 6c 20 33 61 2a 03 32 2e 35 32 02 31 31 
0a 13 08 ca a8 01 10 0c 18 01 20 5a 29 af ba a9 28 2d 75 99 0f 12 3e 0a 20 d0 17 34 19 1d c7 f8 d2 6b 55 c4 8b e0 05 b3 0c 1a a0 f1 76 21 5a a4 42 00 e3 1a ae b6 25 25 67                         10 02 22 0f 47 6f 6f 67 6c 65 20 50 69 78 65 6c 20 33 61 2a 03 32 2e 35 32 02 31 31 
                  sp    sp    sp    sp                         sp    sp                                                                                                                            sp    sp                                                 sp             sp  

bc - byte count
sp - seperator

dev - meaterblock (02), phone (01) ? inc - goes up every push, just rolls over
ver - Phone app version #
?? - not sure if this is an id like probe id or a verion sub number
probe mac - bluetooth id of the probe app id - bluetooth id of the phone

                                                                  bc rest of packet
                           dev   inc   |- phone mac         -|    bc    bc |- app id ?          -| |- probe mac         -|          bc |- Phone type                          -|    bc |-ver -|    bc |? ?|          
0a 13 08 ca a8 01 10 0c 18 01 20 01 29 9a 6d 69 fa f1 60 f8 29 12 2d 0a 10 2c ef e7 37 91 78 20 ee 7f 7d dc cb a1 16 11 5e 10 02 22 0e 47 6f 6f 67 6c 65 20 50 69 78 65 6c 20 35 2a 03 32 2e 35 32 02 31 31 
0a 13 08 ca a8 01 10 0c 18 01 20 01 29 9a 6d 69 fa f1 60 f8 29 12 2d 0a 10 2c ef e7 37 91 78 20 ee 7f 7d dc cb a1 16 11 5e 10 02 22 0e 47 6f 6f 67 6c 65 20 50 69 78 65 6c 20 35 2a 03 32 2e 35 32 02 31 31
0a 13 08 ca a8 01 10 0c 18 01 20 01 29 e5 d7 48 7a 62 b8 13 3f 12 2f 0a 10 2c ef e7 37 91 78 20 ee 7f 7d dc cb a1 16 11 5e 10 02 22 0e 47 6f 6f 67 6c 65 20 50 69 78 65 6c 20 33 2a 05 32 2e 34 2e 31 32 02 31 31 

bc - byte count
sp - seperator

dev - meaterblock (02), phone (01) ? inc - goes up every push, just rolls over
ver - Phone app version #
?? - not sure if this is an id like probe id or a verion sub number
probe mac - bluetooth id of the probe app id - bluetooth id of the phone

Handshake

This is what I know so far.

Seems the phone app (v2.5) when using Meater or Meater+ will broadcast it's presence on UDP 7878. In this broadcast it sends what it's 'mac' is and the probe macs that it knows about.

When this app sees that broadcast it will put those macs into a request broadcast. It will then broadcast out asking if anyone can send it that data.

The phone app then starts directly sending the probe data to this app.

This app must also repeat the broadcast request at least about every 30 seconds as a keep alive to keep the phone app sending data too it