Setting up Esp8266 PIR sensor in openhab2 with MQTT (im stumped)

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Is that possible?

Should be only having an impact when you try to trigger on that group. For just assigning incoming values to the item it should not have an impact.

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Is the map file i created in the tranformation folder correct ?

Yes, those .map files belong to the /transform folder. AND you need to install the map transformation service!

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im not sure how this works exactly.

Here is a nice explanation:

State / Command in MQTT messages

This isn’t the syntax for the inbound binding config that you want to use. Instead of using the optional regex filter at the end, you want to replace default with a MAP transform: <[mosquitto:office/switch1/state:state:MAP(onoff.map)] transform/onoff.map: 0=OFF 1=ON So whenever a message arrives at the binding on the given topic, if it is a “1”, then it is replaced with “ON”, which the Switch item can parse (roughly speaking). You may also want to add autoupdate="false" to the item bindin…

I would recommend using a Switch (ON/OFF) or Contact (OPEN/CLOSED) item and replacing your Number item with one of that options (and using mapping to convert the numbers to the states a switch or contact item is able to understand).