MQTT Inbound Binding Error messages in log

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Hi there,

I’ve created a simple Contact item which listens on mqtt inbound messages. The switch works fine/as expected however I keep getting (every x seconds) an error message in my logs saying the following.

2018-02-22 00:14:38.025 [WARN ] [.c.i.events.EventPublisherImpl] - given new state is NULL, couldn't post update for 'foobar'

My Item File

Contact  foobar  "Foobar"  (grp_test)  {autoupdate="false",mqtt="<[broker:mytesttopic:state:MAP(open-close.map)]"}

My map file

opened=ON
closed=OFF
ping=UNKNOWN

Thanks for any hints on how I could get rid of this error message.

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Contact items take OPEN and CLOSED as states. ON and OFF are for Switches.

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Thanks for that hint! I’ve adapted my transform map to

‘’‘
opened=OPEN
closed=CLOSED
’’’

Additionally I removed a periodically ping message I’ve sent from my sensor (the application that sends the messages to the mqtt broker). What I have done now is having the sensor send only openened and closed to one topic and the ping messages to another seperate topic which is not monitored by openhab.