MQTT Things do not update from broker

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I have the following Setup:

openHAB3 on Linux box
MQTT broker on another box
plus other devices.

Both are working well but I cannot get openhab to get topic updates.

The MQTT binding connects (check connections in the MQTT $SYS log and it shows the broker connecting or disconnect as I pause it).

I’ve created a MQTT Generic thing and added a channel but it just remains as NULL.

Any help would be greatly appreciated & lt me know what info you need to diagnose. :slight_smile:

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Please post your thing configuration, log files and maybe the content of your mqtt message.

There is no generic answer why it stays null without any details

3

Thi would need a stateTopic setting before any subscription happened; we do need to see your detailed settings.

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Hi All,

Thank you for jumping on. Below are settings as requested:

This is reading the total power in watts of the solar array output. The state comes in as a number.

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Broker

UID: mqtt:broker:0d264cdddd
label: MQTT Broker
thingTypeUID: mqtt:broker
configuration:
  publickeypin: false
  lwtQos: 0
  clientID: openHAB
  keepAlive: 60
  secure: false
  birthRetain: true
  certificatepin: false
  shutdownRetain: false
  qos: 2
  reconnectTime: 30000
  host: x.x.x.x #(MQTT broker IP here)
  lwtRetain: true
  enableDiscovery: true
  username: null
  password: null

MQTT Generic Thing

UID: mqtt:topic:0d264cdddd:PVassist
label: Solar Assistant
thingTypeUID: mqtt:topic
configuration: {}
bridgeUID: mqtt:broker:0d264cdddd
location: Power Room
channels:
  - id: SA_total_PV
    channelTypeUID: mqtt:number
    label: Total PV output
    description: ""
    configuration:
      stateTopic: solar_assistant/total/pv_power

Logs

I haven’t included the full logs but the critical info I found is here:

2022-10-08 16:31:20.437 [WARN ] [ab.binding.mqtt.generic.ChannelState] - Incoming payload '' not supported by type 'NumberValue'

I also tried string but haven’t found anything in the logs. Also the value should never be blank but a numerical value between 0 and 10000.

I get this whenever I stop & start the broker:

2022-10-09 18:20:16.750 [INFO ] [.transport.mqtt.MqttBrokerConnection] - Starting MQTT broker connection to '172.16.0.107' with clientid openHAB
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As per your screenshot please change this to

stateTopic: solar_assistant/total/pv_power/state
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You have got to be kidding me… :persevere: :face_with_spiral_eyes: :exploding_head:

Yup. You’ve probably worked out this is my first time setting up / configuring MQTT.

I thought state was the title of the value, not the final level of topic. Something so simple.

Thank you so much @Matze0211 !!

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