[SOLVED] MQTT Switch doesn't work

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Get one and use one. They are the best tools for debugging mqtt

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How they would help me debug? It seems that openhab just don’t publish MQTT message

Btw, DE1State item from my .items work - when I do mosquitto_pub -h 192.168.1.170 -t de1/state_update -m "test" I see state gets updated in habmin

Also if I do ‘mosquitto_pub -h 192.168.1.170 -t de1/command -m “test”’ I can also see my mosquitto_sub window showing “test” - so broker is working

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Fine if you don’t want my advice


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I am sorry, I didn’t mean that I don’t want your advice, I am trying to understand how subscribing to the topic can help debugging problem when it seems that openhab doesn’t publish anything


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Launched MQTT.fx, subscribed to de1/command topic - nothing

Broker Status in MQTT.fx shows that number of Messages Publish Sent doesn’t change
Is there a way to turn on logs in openhab to see if it even try to publish anything?

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Yes your log

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There is nothing new in openhab.log when I change state of the switch :confused:

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Can I see the log?

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Subscribing to the topic will turn ‘seems’ into certainty

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As I mentioned in several of my previous posts - I don’t get message when I subscribe

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It’s literally the same as I posted earlier - there is no new lines in openhab.log when I toggle switch. I will post it again when I get home

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Try changing the topic.

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Changed to “de1/trigger” - same result

showlogs:

==> /var/log/openhab2/events.log <==
2018-06-13 05:16:00.001 [vent.ChannelTriggeredEvent] - astro:sun:local:daylight#event triggered START
2018-06-13 05:16:00.002 [vent.ChannelTriggeredEvent] - astro:sun:local:rise#event triggered END
2018-06-13 05:16:00.003 [.event.RuleStatusInfoEvent] - eafb1fc3-79a9-466a-b599-721e29ffd762 updated: RUNNING
2018-06-13 05:16:00.004 [ome.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item 'exterior_light_switch' received command OFF
2018-06-13 05:16:00.004 [ome.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item 'zwave_device_contoller_node12_switch_binary' received command OFF
2018-06-13 05:16:00.004 [.event.RuleStatusInfoEvent] - eafb1fc3-79a9-466a-b599-721e29ffd762 updated: IDLE
2018-06-13 05:24:00.001 [vent.ChannelTriggeredEvent] - astro:moon:local:rise#event triggered START
2018-06-13 12:44:00.002 [vent.ChannelTriggeredEvent] - astro:moon:local:phase#event triggered NEW
2018-06-13 13:10:00.002 [vent.ChannelTriggeredEvent] - astro:sun:local:noon#event triggered START
2018-06-13 13:11:00.001 [vent.ChannelTriggeredEvent] - astro:sun:local:noon#event triggered END

==> /var/log/openhab2/openhab.log <==
2018-06-13 18:23:01.961 [INFO ] [el.core.internal.ModelRepositoryImpl] - Refreshing model 'DE1Plus.items'
2018-06-13 18:23:01.963 [DEBUG] [.internal.MqttGenericBindingProvider] - Removing message consumers for item DE1
2018-06-13 18:23:01.963 [DEBUG] [.internal.MqttGenericBindingProvider] - Removing message publishers for item DE1
2018-06-13 18:23:01.963 [DEBUG] [t.mqtt.internal.MqttBrokerConnection] - Removing message producer for broker 'mosquitto'
2018-06-13 18:23:01.964 [DEBUG] [.internal.MqttGenericBindingProvider] - Removing message consumers for item DE1State
2018-06-13 18:23:01.964 [DEBUG] [t.mqtt.internal.MqttBrokerConnection] - Unsubscribing message consumer for topic 'de1/state_update' from broker 'mosquitto'
2018-06-13 18:23:01.964 [DEBUG] [.internal.MqttGenericBindingProvider] - Removing message publishers for item DE1State
2018-06-13 18:23:01.965 [DEBUG] [binding.mqtt.internal.MqttItemConfig] - Loaded MQTT config for item 'DE1State' : 1 subscribers, 0 publishers
2018-06-13 18:23:01.965 [DEBUG] [t.mqtt.internal.MqttBrokerConnection] - Starting message consumer for broker 'mosquitto' on topic 'de1/state_update'
2018-06-13 18:23:01.965 [DEBUG] [binding.mqtt.internal.MqttItemConfig] - Loaded MQTT config for item 'DE1' : 0 subscribers, 1 publishers

.items:

String DE1State { mqtt="<[mosquitto:de1/state_update:state:default]" }

//Switch DE1 "DE1" ["Switchable"] {mqtt="<[mosquitto:de1/state_update:state:default],>[mosquitto:de1/turn_on:command:ON:1],>[mosquitto:de1/turn_off:command:OFF:0]"}
//Switch DE1 "DE1" ["Switchable"] { mqtt=">[mosquitto:de1/command:command:*:default],<[mosquitto:de1/command:command:*:default]" }
//Switch DE1 "DE1" ["Switchable"] {mqtt=">[mosquitto:de1/command:*:Switch ${itemName} was turned ${command}]"}

//Switch DE1 "DE1" ["Switchable"] { mqtt=">[mosquitto:de1/command:command:*:default" }

Switch DE1 "DE1" ["Switchable"] { mqtt=">[mosquitto:de1/trigger:command:*:default]" }
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Not sure if that relevant, but when I subscribe to ‘#’ topic I see retained message to “myhome/bedroom/switch2” in MQTT.fx showing up
 I do have it defined in another .items file - but it also doesn’t work when I trigger switch - no mqtt messages

switch.items:

//Switch Switch1 {mqtt=">[mosquitto:myhome/bedroom/switch1:command:ON:1],>[mosquitto:myhome/bedroom/switch1:command:OFF:0],<[mosquitto:myhome/bedroom/switch1:state:ON:1],<[mosquitto:myhome/bedroom/switch1:state:OFF:0"}
Switch SwitchMQTT { mqtt=">[mosquitto:myhome/bedroom/switch2:command:ON:1],>[mosquitto:myhome/bedroom/switch2:command:OFF:0],<[mosquitto:myhome/bedroom/switch2:state:ON:1],<[mosquitto:myhome/bedroom/switch2:state:OFF:0]" }
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How do you trigger your switches?
In classicui?
Can I see your sitemap, please?

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After reading some source code (https://github.com/openhab/openhab1-addons/blob/db62be70e9cd9561036d8925a177a2e37aaa4bd4/bundles/binding/org.openhab.binding.mqtt/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/mqtt/internal/MqttItemBinding.java) I kinda starting to thinking that it might be
my item doesn’t receive any commands when I trigger them from Habmin Sitemaps

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I feel like an idiot now, when I trigger switch from Habmin - nothing happens, when I trigger form Basic UI - everything works :frowning:

Thanks a lot for dealing with me, I feel bad for wasting so much your time

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Use habmin for Zwave configuration. Use the rest of openhab for other things.

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Can you mark the solution, please?
Thank you

Good luck