[SOLVED] Why is this thing file not working?

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1

The MQTT Binding is installed. Why is this not working - no Things shown in PaperUI?

I’m running a local MQTT Client over Mosquitto whith default user/password/port.on localhost.

[13:00:03] root@openhab:/etc/openhab2/things# cat MyMQTTBroker.thing


Bridge mqtt:broker:MyMQTTBroker [ host="localhost", secure=false ] {
  Thing topic Lounge_TRV_Thing  "Lounge TRV" @ "Lounge" {
    Channels:
       Type number : Temperature [stateTopic="/energenie/eTRV/Report/Temperature/8008", commandTopic="/energenie/eTRV/Command/Temperature" ]
   }
}
2

Which version? There are two currently in use.

3

Question:
Why are you not using the PaperUI to create your things?

4

This …

“MQTT Binding
Allows management of MQTT broker connections and linking of MQTT topics to Things and Channels
Author: David Graeff”

5

There is a version 1 and a version 2 of MQTT binding. You’ve probably got v2.x, but as there is very often confusion and they are configured in completely different ways, it is worth you finding out and making sure.

6

thank you Sir. and how might i ascertain the version numbers?

EDIT
I’m following this

7

I searched this forum for “how to find binding version” and found this suggestion.

PaperUI is the administrative interface for openHAB, so let’s use that.
PaperUI > Add-ons > BINDINGS
shows a list, highlights the ones you have installed, with version numbers.

8

Did you look into the logs while openHAB started? You will most probably find a hint in there.

9

yes i dd
and
no i did not

nothung onvious

10

Not even
... - Loading model 'xxx.things'
?
That would be a clue.

11

HELL SHIT

schoolboy error

You know, i must have looked at the file and directly, 20 , 30 times

it helps tremendously if the file is prefixed

.things

and not

thing

duhhhhh

Raspberry Pi3B , with ener314-rt RF433 board and 10 Emerge eTRVs working perfectly. Picked the 10 up on eBay for £100.

credit to @gbpenton for his github MQTTClient that i setup as as a systemd service to start on boot and log to /var/log/Energenie.log

and it all shows up in PaperUI , and all UIs in OpenHab