# Things files with MQTT 2.4 **URL:** \ **Category:** Items & Sitemaps\ **Created:** [December 25, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/things-files-with-mqtt-2-4/61090 "2018-12-25T20:13:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RiotMode](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/riotmode/32/80291_2.png) [@RiotMode](https://community.openhab.org/u/RiotMode)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/things-files-with-mqtt-2-4/61090/22 "2019-11-24T16:12:26Z")
> [@opus](#): > > Which version are you on? i am on 2.4 correct. its good if this is a known bug. i will create a .thing file for each mqtt-device as long as it takes to fix. ---
**Author:** ![opus](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/opus/32/55801_2.png) [@opus](https://community.openhab.org/u/opus)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/things-files-with-mqtt-2-4/61090/23 "2019-11-24T16:44:02Z")
It is fixed already. The next stable version is scheduled to come before the coming xmas ( just as if we have nothing else to do during those days☺). ---
**Author:** ![RiotMode](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/riotmode/32/80291_2.png) [@RiotMode](https://community.openhab.org/u/RiotMode)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/things-files-with-mqtt-2-4/61090/24 "2019-11-24T17:03:05Z")
> [@opus](#): > > It is fixed already. hmm, and why isnt it working on my side ? > [@hakan](#): > > Hope this helps a little bit. it helped me a lot - thank you hakan! ---
**Author:** ![opus](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/opus/32/55801_2.png) [@opus](https://community.openhab.org/u/opus)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/things-files-with-mqtt-2-4/61090/25 "2019-11-24T18:47:07Z")
It isn’t solved on your side because you are not using a changed version. In order to get a version with changed code you would need to update now either to a snapshot or milestone version. As said before a new stable version will be released soon, if you want to stick by stable versions you could use this one. ---
**Author:** ![RiotMode](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/riotmode/32/80291_2.png) [@RiotMode](https://community.openhab.org/u/RiotMode)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/things-files-with-mqtt-2-4/61090/26 "2019-11-24T18:48:32Z")
> [@opus](#): > > if you want to stick by stable versions yes, because i am a noob 🙂 thanks for the clarification! ---
**Author:** ![rossko57](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/rossko57/32/70263_2.png) [@rossko57](https://community.openhab.org/u/rossko57)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/things-files-with-mqtt-2-4/61090/27 "2019-11-24T19:21:10Z")
> [@RiotMode](#): > > i have a working setup with 1 thing and 2 channels , but as soon as i put another thing in it, the whole stuff breaks. What we really need for any useful comment, is what is your working setup, what is your not-working setup, what does “the whole stuff breaks” look like? ---
**Author:** ![RiotMode](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/riotmode/32/80291_2.png) [@RiotMode](https://community.openhab.org/u/RiotMode)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/things-files-with-mqtt-2-4/61090/28 "2019-11-24T19:25:49Z")
> [@rossko57](#): > > is what is your working setup, what is your not-working setup, what does “the whole stuff breaks” look like? raspb.3 with openhabian 2.4 **bridge.things** ``` Bridge mqtt:broker:riot "MQTT Broker" [ host="XXXXXXXXX", port=1883, secure=false, username="XXXXXX", password="XXXXXX" ] ``` **sonoff.things** ``` Thing mqtt:topic:sonoff_th16 "MQTT Thing: Sonoff TH16" (mqtt:broker:riot) @ "MQTT-Things" { Channels: Type switch : power "Power Switch" [ stateTopic="stat/sonoff_th16/POWER", commandTopic="cmnd/sonoff_th16/POWER", on="ON", off="OFF" ] Type string : state "Power State" [ stateTopic="stat/sonoff_th16/POWER", on="ON", off="OFF" ] Type number : temperature "Temperature" [ stateTopic="tele/sonoff_th16/SENSOR", transformationPattern="JSONPATH:$.SI7021.Temperature" ] Type number : humidity "Humidity" [ stateTopic="tele/sonoff_th16/SENSOR", transformationPattern="JSONPATH:$.SI7021.Humidity" ] Type number : rssi "RSSI" [ stateTopic="tele/sonoff_th16/STATE", transformationPattern="JSONPATH:$.Wifi.RSSI" ] Type number : load "Load" [ stateTopic="tele/sonoff_th16/STATE", transformationPattern="JSONPATH:$.LoadAvg" ] Type string : uptime "Uptime" [ stateTopic="tele/sonoff_th16/STATE", transformationPattern="JSONPATH:$.Uptime" ] Type string : ssid "SSId" [ stateTopic="tele/sonoff_th16/STATE", transformationPattern="JSONPATH:$.Wifi.SSId" ] } ``` to here all is fine. * * * and as soon as i put this on the bottom of the file (sonoff.things) , both sonoffs arent showing up as Thing in PaperUI ``` Thing mqtt:topic:sonoff_1 "MQTT Thing: Sonoff Basic" (mqtt:broker:riot) @ "MQTT-Things" { Channels: Type number : wifi "Wifi" [ stateTopic="/Sonoff_1/WI-FI/" ] Type number : uptime "Uptime" [ stateTopic="/Sonoff_1/uptime/Minutes" ] } ``` in 2 seperate .things files, both sonoff work as intended ---
**Author:** ![rossko57](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/rossko57/32/70263_2.png) [@rossko57](https://community.openhab.org/u/rossko57)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/things-files-with-mqtt-2-4/61090/29 "2019-11-24T19:51:26Z")
> [@RiotMode](#): > > as soon as i put this on the bottom of the file (sonoff.things) I’m gonna guess `openhab.log` will tell you something about it when the xxx.things file is loaded. I wonder if it has anything to do with duplicate channel ID `uptime` ---
**Author:** ![dr.dentz](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@dr.dentz](https://community.openhab.org/u/dr.dentz)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/things-files-with-mqtt-2-4/61090/30 "2020-02-17T20:59:36Z")
Could you explain how you set this up with the embedded broker (Openhab Moquette, misc-mqttbroker - 2.5.1). I tried out all sorts of combinations of the bridge and things files but cannot manage to get it working. I try to send some test MQTT commands to OpenHAB via MQTT.fx first, but this does not work. How do I setup the bridge.things file for the embedded broker? I both to use the “mqtt:systemBroker:embedded-mqtt-broker” directly in the mqtt.things file to assign a topic but also tried: ```csv Bridge mqtt:broker:myMQTT "MQTT Broker: MyTest Mosquitto" [ host="localhost", port=1883, secure=false ] ``` Doesn’t work ☹ I tried it the other way around and apparently set it up somewhat correctly, because using a trigger and this rule, I can send MQTTs and can view them in MQTT.fx ```csv rule "MQTTtest" when Item mqtttest received command ON then val mqttActions = getActions("mqtt","mqtt:systemBroker:embedded-mqtt-broker") mqttActions.publishMQTT("MQTT-Testtrigger","Testtest", true) end ``` [Previous page](https://community.openhab.org/t/things-files-with-mqtt-2-4/61090.md?page=1)