Send Color value to MQTT [Solved]

[Nathan_O_Kane]

OMG! That works so much better! Thanks. I’m not sure why sendcommandline doesn’t work as well, but this is awesome. Thank you so much for the help!

hardware:
ESP 12e v1 (Node MCU)
Software running on the board:
ESP Easy: http://www.esp8266.nu/index.php/ESPEasy

Here is the code for anyone in the future struggling.

.items
String frontPorchPWM12 { mqtt=">[mymosquitto:/frontPorch/PWM/12:state:*:default]" } String frontPorchPWM13 { mqtt=">[mymosquitto:/frontPorch/PWM/13:state:*:default]" } String frontPorchPWM15 { mqtt=">[mymosquitto:/frontPorch/PWM/15:state:*:default]" }

.sitemap
Colorpicker item=themeLights

.rule
import org.openhab.core.library.types.*

var String redpwmString
var String greenpwmString
var String bluepwmString
var HSBType hsbValue

rule "Theme lights"
when

	Item themeLights received update

then
	
	hsbValue = themeLights.state as HSBType // sets hsbValue to some kind of variable (int/float?) 
	
	redpwmString = (10*hsbValue.red.intValue).toString// grabs just the red value out of hsbValue and multiplies it time 10 so that it has a scale of 0-1000 for the PWM
	frontPorchPWM15.postUpdate(redpwmString)// posts the value above in the MQTT message
	
	greenpwmString = (10*hsbValue.green.intValue).toString//same as in red
	frontPorchPWM13.postUpdate(greenpwmString)
	
	bluepwmString = (10*hsbValue.blue.intValue).toString //same as in red
	frontPorchPWM12.postUpdate(bluepwmString)