How to convert "true/false" to Switch?

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Hi,
I’m trying to define a thing by providing things file, one channel is bound to a MQTT topic which returns true or false. It’s read-only so no command is defined. However I can’t seem to convert the Boolean to switch type, it always return NULL for some reason. Below is the configuration of the channel in question:
Type switch : leak_detect “Leak Detect” [ stateTopic=“xxxxx/reading/leak_detect”, on=“true”, off=“false”]
Any suggestion? Thank you!

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The on=“true” and off=“false” is correct. If your item is still NULL, the problem may be elsewhere.

  • Make sure your bridge is connected and is online
  • Make sure the stateTopic matches exactly (I think it’s case sensitive too)
  • Can you see the topic being published on your mqtt broker? Try using mqtt explorer or mosquitto_sub or some other means.
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Thank you! Looks like I need to resubscribe the data - restart OH solved the problem

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