Shelly1 and mqtt: problems, how to create a working switch

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Hello

i’ve got th following Problem:
I want to switch on/off ma Shelly1-Device using the mqtt I have read many posts in th group and i have tryed many examples but they all missed my problem.

My workaround:
I use a MacMini Server 2011, openHAB 2.4, mosqitto from mosquitto.org, both as service. I can use bindings in openHAB, i have integrates my Netatmo-Devices and i can switch on and off my shelly1-Device using mqtt.fx. I can read the status of the schell1-Device, if i switch it on or off ba using mqtt and i have used following configuration files:

mqtt.things:

Bridge mqtt:broker:mosquitto “Mosquitto” [ host=“localhost”, port=1883, secure=false, username=“XXXXX”, password=“XXXXX”, clientID=“openHAB2” ]
{
// shelly1
Thing topic shelly1 “shelly1” @ “Some Room” {
Channels:
Type string : mode “Mode” [ stateTopic=“shellies/shelly1-500ECD/relay/0” ]
Type switch : power “Power” [ stateTopic=“shellies/shelly1-500ECD/relay/0”, commandTopic=“shellies/shelly1-500ECD/relay/0/command” ]
}
}

mqtt.items:

Group GF_shelly1
“shelly1”
<sonoff_s20_uk>
(GF_Kitchen, shelly1)

Switch GF_shelly1_Power
“Power”
<sonoff_s20_uk>
(GF_shelly1)
//mappings=[ON=on, OFF = off]
{ channel=“mqtt:topic:mosquitto:shelly1:power”}

String GF_shelly1_Mode
“Mode: %s”

(GF_shelly1)
{ channel=“mqtt:topic:mosquitto:shelly1:mode” }

The switch is reachable in the kitchen.
In the openhab.log i get the message:

2019-01-02 18:15:50.233 [INFO ] [.transport.mqtt.MqttBrokerConnection] - Starting MQTT broker connection to ‘localhost’ with clientid openHAB2 and file store ‘/Applications/openhab-2-4/userdata/mqtt/localhost’
2019-01-02 18:15:50.240 [WARN ] [eneric.internal.generic.ChannelState] - Command ‘off’ not supported by type ‘OnOffValue’: No enum constant org.eclipse.smarthome.core.library.types.OnOffType.off

Is there anbody with same problems or better with a solution for my problems?

thanks for answering

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Hi,

Had the very same issue doing the same you need to add some transformation to the thing item for on and off.

Thing topic StudyShelly1 "Shelly1" @ "Study" {
                Channels:
                Type switch : power "Power" [ stateTopic="shellies/shelly1-056DD7/relay/0", on="on", off="off", commandTopic="shellies/shelly1-056DD7/relay/0/command", on="on", off="off" ] 
        }

Added my example above.

K

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Thank you for your help. Now it works fine. Do you integrate the shelliies/#/announce or the schellers/+++++/online topic?
They are only once as topic, because they are send only at startup of the shelly.

M

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Hi,

Glad to hear it, I haven’t as yet played with the new 1.4.3 MQTT features like announce but may do when I have some time.
If I do I will post an update.

K

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Hi,

Also in case your interested the following topic and utility is most useful for looking at the MQTT traffic, I just used it to see the announce message from one of my Shelly1’s which will help me creat a general announce item (hopefully)

K