[SOLVED] OpenHAB MQTT what am i missing

have this in my home.items

Group:Contact Sensor_Garage “Garage Door [%s]” {mqtt="<[broker:/openhub/GarageESP/Garage_Door:state:default]"}

I have MQTT.fx
and i can see
openhub/GarageESP/Garage_Door and its value 1 or 0

so that telling me the MQTT is doing it thing

openHAB log save

Binding configuration of type ‘mqtt’ of item ‘Sensor_Garage’ could not be parsed correctly.

mqtt.cfg

broker.url=tcp://192.168.1.24:1883

What manual should i be reading
reading this one

http://docs.openhab.org/addons/bindings/mqtt1/readme.html

its going over my head

THE FIX IS

found and other config file

in /opt/openhab2/userdata/config/org/openhab/mqtt.config it had 2 connecting in there

You cannot link a binding to a Group. Remove the “Group:” part of the Item definition.

I recommend reviewing the [Items docs].(http://docs.openhab.org/configuration/items.html).

Secondly, you will probably have to add a MAP transform to convert the 1 and 0 to OPEN CLOSED.

Start with the [Beginner’s Tutorial] (]http://docs.openhab.org/tutorials/beginner/index.html) and then move on to the manual.

Thanks Rich that Fix it sort of I’m getting data some times

when i look at the log i can see this

MQTT connection to ‘broker’ was lost: Connection lost : ReasonCode 32109

Stop Looking I fix IT happy happy camper

found and other config file

in /opt/openhab2/userdata/config/org/openhab/mqtt.config it had 2 connecting in there

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Nice :slight_smile: