# Connecting Maker to Home Assistant MQTT broker **URL:** \ **Category:** Maker\ **Tags:** maker\ **Created:** [February 3, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-maker-to-home-assistant-mqtt-broker/113741 "2026-02-03T21:55:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kavanaghis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/87869e/32.png) [@kavanaghis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kavanaghis)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-maker-to-home-assistant-mqtt-broker/113741/1 "2026-02-03T21:55:05Z")
Hi everyone, I have a relatively developed Home Assistant setup at home and now I am just playing around with Maker to get familiar with Ignition and what it can maybe do in a future work capacity. I want to connect my Maker gateway to my HA MQTT broker which has several devices publishing data to it. I have installed the mqtt engine module in maker and setup the server, it says ‘Connected’ but I don't see any folder called ‘MQTT Engine’ only ‘MQTT Tags’ in the tag browser of a new project. The MQTT Tags folder contains two folders, Alarm Metrics and PLC 1. Where do I find my HA broker tags? I can see in MQTT Explorer the HA broker is up and working. Just not sure how to get the HA broker topics connected and seen as Tags in Maker, or if this is even possible, Thank you ---
**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 2:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-maker-to-home-assistant-mqtt-broker/113741/2 "2026-02-04T02:50:18Z")
The MQTT Engine tags will be under your tag providers drop down just above the tag list in the tag browser pane. ---
**Author:** ![kavanaghis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/87869e/32.png) [@kavanaghis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kavanaghis)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-maker-to-home-assistant-mqtt-broker/113741/3 "2026-02-08T22:40:12Z")
Thanks Michael for the reply, I have attached a screenshot of my test project showing the MQTT Engine dropdown selected and the Tag Browser. Not seeing any of my topics in here, maybe the connection to the broker is not done correctly. Although it does say Connected in the Gateway under MQTT Engine server. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/9/0/90cc339526d8d7a072b3d1886f6c04ea93fc688b.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/c/dcc6e3b2af800a8cb4c309a23859f39569920229.png) ---
**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-maker-to-home-assistant-mqtt-broker/113741/4 "2026-02-09T07:36:53Z")
Are you able to connect to the broker using MQTT Explorer? How is your engine set up? Do you have custom namespaces set up? I believe by default it only adds tags for SparkplugB topics which most home IoT devices don't use (I've never seen one use it). ---
**Author:** ![kavanaghis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/87869e/32.png) [@kavanaghis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kavanaghis)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-maker-to-home-assistant-mqtt-broker/113741/5 "2026-02-27T22:44:27Z")
Not had a chance to look into this until now but I think it's as you say the mqtt in home assistant doesn't use sparkplug b and none of the smart home devices I have connected to it seem to either so I guess that is that! I can't use Maker to connect to my Home Assistant broker it seems.. ---
**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-maker-to-home-assistant-mqtt-broker/113741/6 "2026-02-27T22:46:25Z")
You can, but it's just not the default. Default is SparkplugB, but you will need to use a custom namespace to get standard/vanilla MQTT to work. ---
**Author:** ![kavanaghis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/87869e/32.png) [@kavanaghis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kavanaghis)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-maker-to-home-assistant-mqtt-broker/113741/7 "2026-03-01T15:39:08Z")
I gave custom namespace approach a shot - see below - and still not seeint “MQTT Tags” under MQTT Engine in Tag Browser. Some screenshots below. I cant find anything helpful online or at Inductive University on this. Will keep trying. Thank you. ![Screenshot 2026-03-01 124907](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/f/7f1f7efa147dbb3fa62dcf5b183e544275a88d40.png) ![Screenshot 2026-03-01 124523](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/b/d/bd457dfde01d80f33a0cae1f80fdf57e73288805.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/a/f/af26a8743a214ff1cca43e467220c9e807f0f4ec.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-maker-to-home-assistant-mqtt-broker/113741/8 "2026-03-02T01:46:48Z")
I can log into mine tomorrow and pay with it or see if I set it up with MQTT, but try setting the tag name setting to just `{topic}` and see if that makes a difference. ---
**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-maker-to-home-assistant-mqtt-broker/113741/9 "2026-03-04T15:39:39Z")
Here's how my custom namespace is configured for HomeAssistant: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/8/085e273c31f5823e488ac0395c925f5baa21fc03.png) And how the tags show up in designer: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/8/f/8f49f29333dba0c39307321d5ea58675f807e945.png)