MQTT manual config, confusion and issues

[rossko57]

@Liggisten

Configuration model ‘minMQTT.things’ has errors, therefore ignoring it:

Seems important. Are you going to fix it?
If you look at other peoples examples of Thing topic ... there are curly braces involved for the Channels: section.
An example -

Openhab 2.5 things file

Here’s an example of my Things file but most will recommend to set up your Thing via PaperUI and use files for items. Thing: Bridge mqtt:broker:pibroker "pibroker" [ host="10.0.1.34", port=1883, secure=false, username="openhab", password="xxxxxxx" ] { // Sonoffs Thing topic sonoff11 "Living Room Light" @ "Living Room" { Channels: Type switch : power "Power" [ stateTopic="stat/sonoff11/POWER", commandTopic="cmnd/sonoff11/POWER" ] Type number : temperatu…