Hi I setup an openhab service and tried to create items. At first it works then i wanted to connect it with my mqtt server. Thats the mqtt.cfg xively.url=tcp://<broker>:1883 The Item looks like this: Switch Bouncer "occupied" {mqtt=">[xively:office/2:command:ON:0], <[xively:office/2:command:OFF:1…

Sounds like you probably have the “native” version 2.x of the MQTT binding then. Your Item binding setup is for 1.x version and won’t work. You need to use things and channels with the 2 version. https://www.openhab.org/addons/bindings/mqtt.generic/

Have you installed the MQTT biding to openHAB? Important - which version?

@rossko57 Openhab version 2.4.0 I have installed the openhab-binding-mqtt through the paper UI.

@rossko57 Thanks for the information. I tried another approach: The Item looks this now Switch Bouncer "Office 2" {channel="mqtt:topic:office:office_2:occupied_office"} and this is my things file: Bridge mqtt:broker:office "MQTT Office" [ host="ip", port=1883] { Thing topic office_2 "Office…

I cannot help further with MQTT, someone else’s turn. It may help if you expand on “doesn’t really work well” - what do you see in events.log and openhab.log, what does your MQTT broker think?

It is a MQTT/OH Bug, i have to update on 2.5 or restart the application. Here the Thread: [image] MQTT Generic Thing: java.lang.Exception: No MQTT client Bindings Cosmetic. You need to restart openHAB after changing the textual configuration file containing th…

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John_Black (John Black) May 6, 2019, 2:47pm 7

It is a MQTT/OH Bug, i have to update on 2.5 or restart the application.

Here the Thread: