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Late review on drop_connect docs (home-assistant#30527)
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- **RO Filter**: reverse osmosis drinking water filtration.
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- **Salt Sensor**: alerts when the salt level in the softener brine tank is low.
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### Configuration
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### Pre-requisites
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To use DROP with Home Assistant, you must have already configured the [MQTT](/integrations/mqtt/) platform. It is
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that you create a unique user to connect your DROP Hub to your MQTT broker. If you are
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using the Mosquitto add-on, go to **Settings > Add-ons** in the Home Assistant UI and select the Mosquitto broker.
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Under **Configuration**, enter a new username and password for your DROP Hub in the **Logins** field:
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```yaml
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- username: drop
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password: your_unique_password
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```
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If you are using a different MQTT broker, please reference its documentation to learn how to add a new user.
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To use DROP with Home Assistant, you must have already configured the [MQTT](/integrations/mqtt/) platform.
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To enable the DROP integration, use the DROP Connect app to connect your DROP Hub to your MQTT broker:
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- Enter the MQTT broker address, port number, username, and password.
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- Click **Connect** and confirm that the DROP Hub has connected to the MQTT broker.
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Once the DROP Hub is connected to your MQTT broker, the devices on your DROP system will be discovered by Home
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Once the DROP Hub is connected to your MQTT broker, the devices on your DROP system should be discovered by Home
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Assistant.
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Go to **Settings > Devices & Services** in the Home Assistant UI to add your DROP devices.
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{% details "Manual configuration steps" %}
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- Browse to your Home Assistant instance.
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- Go to **{% my integrations title="Settings > Devices & Services" %}**.
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- Set up the new discovered devices.
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{% enddetails %}
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<div class="note">
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The MQTT broker address and port used for the DROP Hub must be the same as configured for the Home Assistant MQTT integration.
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</div>

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