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Now all we have to do is configure Home Assistant to learn about our new hardware so it can control it. We’ll be using the MQTT Cover component<\/a>. I had to modify the code for this component and it’s waiting to be included in the next release<\/p>\n After restarting Home Assistant you should see the cover component and if you click on it you’ll see the tilt controls<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L485VmphXIs” admin_label=”Video”][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_code admin_label=”Code”]cover:\n - platform: mqtt\n name: \"Living Room 0\"\n command_topic: \"livingRoom0\/onOff\"\n tilt_command_topic: \"livingRoom0\/tilt\"\n tilt_status_topic: \"livingRoom0\/status\"\n tilt_closed_value: 180\n tilt_opened_value: 80\n device_class: 'window'\n tilt_max: 180\n tilt_min: 80\n tilt_invert_state: True\n<\/pre>\n