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IKEA Vindriktning Air Quality Sensor

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1 report: 1 says it works.

Reported with 1 Homebridge plugin: MQTT Thing.

What people report

PluginStatusWhat they saidConnectsSource
MQTT Thing
homebridge-mqttthing
WorksTasmotized sensor works as airQualitySensor after fixing PM2.5 JSON key
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You’re right that the problem is the dot in PM2.5. Right now you’re attempting to extract the value with this: JSON.parse(message).VINDRIKTNING.PM2.5; which is interpreted as: message object→`VINDRIKTNING`→`PM2`→`5` and `5` is not a valid property name in JavaScript so the runtime can’t interpret that line (can’t start with a number, hence the error saying “unexpected number at…”). Now, `JSON.parse()` is smart enough not to create invalid properties, so it correctly creates a property called “PM2.5”. You can’t use dot notation to access properties with dots in their name, since Js doesn’t …

Excerpt saved from Arctic Shift Reddit archive on 2026-10-22.

LocalReddit comment · 2021-10

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In ReReHome

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Identifiers

BrandIKEA
ModelVindriktning
CategorySensors

Also reported as

  • IKEA Vindriktning (Tasmota)