Re: [mh] mqtt_discovery
Brian M <[email protected]> Sat, 14 Feb 2026 11:17:19 -0800
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============2395464721492833640== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------I5lewtHwk5k9ryf8qU900ux6" Content-Language: en-US This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------I5lewtHwk5k9ryf8qU900ux6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Thanks, Dave. That would be great. -B. On 2/14/26 10:42, Dave Neudoerffer wrote: > Thanx for the trace Brian. The discovery topics and templates being > used are slightly different from anything I have seen before. It > shouldn't be too hard to enhance the MH discovery to handle this. The > Jinja templates are a bit of a nuisance, but I will fudge > something... It will take me a few days to get to this... > > Dave > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 7:01 PM Brian M > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, Dave. Mostly I'm in good shape, but I've got some edge cases. > > My primary problem at the moment seems to be that I can't set the > brightness for my ZWave dimmer switches via ZWave-JS-UI. The > correct MQTT string in one instance is: > > app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/targetValue/set > > Writing "3" to that MQTT topic (via MQTT-Explorer) causes the > light to come on at 3%, as expected. However, in MH setting it to > 3, '3', or '3%' results in the light being turned on 100%. > > I can't tell if this is a problem in with the discovery itself, or > the implementation of of setting the MQTT_DISCOVEREDITEM. Here > are some details: > > The MQTT discovered_item entry: > > MQTT_DISCOVEREDITEM, Upstairs_Landing_Stairs, mqtt_discovery2, > app/zwave-js-ui/config/light/Upstairs_Landing-Stairs/dimmer/config, > {"command_topic":"app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/targetValue/set","state_topic":"app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/currentValue","state_value_template":"{{ > \"OFF\" if value_json.value == 0 else \"ON\" > }}","brightness_command_topic":"app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/targetValue/set","brightness_scale":99,"brightness_state_topic":"app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/currentValue","brightness_value_template":"{{ > value_json.value > }}","on_command_type":"brightness","supported_color_modes":["brightness"],"availability":[{"payload_available":"true","payload_not_available":"false","topic":"app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/status","value_template":"{{'true' > if value_json.value else > 'false'}}"},{"topic":"app/zwave-js-ui/_CLIENTS/ZWAVE_GATEWAY-zwave-js-ui/status","value_template":"{{'online' > if value_json.value else > 'offline'}}"},{"payload_available":"true","payload_not_available":"false","topic":"app/zwave-js-ui/driver/status"}],"availability_mode":"all","device":{"identifiers":["zwavejs2mqtt_0xc92945ec_node259"],"manufacturer":"Zooz","model":"Dimmer > (ZEN72)","name":"Upstairs_Landing-Stairs","sw_version":"4.0.1"},"name":"Upstairs_Landing_Stairs","unique_id":"zwavejs2mqtt_0xc92945ec_259-38-0-currentValue"} > > Relevant log messages (MQTT debug level 2): > > 2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D2]: Pending > $Upstairs_Landing_Stairs-->set( 3%, , ) cleared > 2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D1]: unable to process template > {{"OFF"ifvalue_json.value==0else"ON"}} > 2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D2]: fishing template value out of > json with '$value = $value_json->{value}' > 2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D1]: remote item MQTT to MH > Upstairs_Landing_Stairs set(95%, '') > 2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D2]: remote item > $Upstairs_Landing_Stairs received message R:0 > T:app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/currentValue > M:{"time":1771026899727,"value":95,"nodeName":"Stairs","nodeLocation":"Upstairs_Landing"} > 2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D1]: unable to process template > {{"OFF"ifvalue_json.value==0else"ON"}} > 2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D2]: fishing template value out of > json with '$value = $value_json->{value}' > 2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D1]: remote item MQTT to MH > Upstairs_Landing_Stairs set(95%, 'mqtt') > 2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D1]: mqttserver Rcv'd: R:0 > T:'app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/duration' > M:'{"time":1771026899728,"value":{"value":0,"unit":"seconds"},"nodeName":"Stairs","nodeLocation":"Upstairs_Landing"}' > 2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D2]: UNHANDLED MESSAGE > app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/duration > -- > {"time":1771026899728,"value":{"value":0,"unit":"seconds"},"nodeName":"Stairs","nodeLocation":"Upstairs_Landing"} > 2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D1]: mqttserver Rcv'd: R:0 > T:'app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/targetValue' > M:'{"time":1771026899728,"value":95,"nodeName":"Stairs","nodeLocation":"Upstairs_Landing"}' > 2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D2]: UNHANDLED MESSAGE > app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/targetValue > -- > {"time":1771026899728,"value":95,"nodeName":"Stairs","nodeLocation":"Upstairs_Landing"} > 2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D1]: mqttserver Rcv'd: R:0 > T:'app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/currentValue' > M:'{"time":1771026899858,"value":95,"nodeName":"Stairs","nodeLocation":"Upstairs_Landing"}' > 2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D2]: remote item > $Upstairs_Landing_Stairs received message R:0 > T:app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/currentValue > M:{"time":1771026899858,"value":95,"nodeName":"Stairs","nodeLocation":"Upstairs_Landing"} > 2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D1]: unable to process template > {{"OFF"ifvalue_json.value==0else"ON"}} > 2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D2]: fishing template value out of > json with '$value = $value_json->{value}' > 2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D1]: remote item MQTT to MH > Upstairs_Landing_Stairs set(95%, 'mqtt') > 2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D2]: remote item > $Upstairs_Landing_Stairs received message R:0 > T:app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/currentValue > M:{"time":1771026899858,"value":95,"nodeName":"Stairs","nodeLocation":"Upstairs_Landing"} > 2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D1]: unable to process template > {{"OFF"ifvalue_json.value==0else"ON"}} > 2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D2]: fishing template value out of > json with '$value = $value_json->{value}' > 2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D1]: remote item MQTT to MH > Upstairs_Landing_Stairs set(95%, 'mqtt') > > > Clearly it's not happy, but I haven't been able to chase down the > root cause. BTW, the "95%" mentioned in the logs was the switch's > existing brightness level before I tried to change it. > > Hopefully, this is clearer to you than to me. > > -B. > > > > > On 2/13/26 15:08, Dave Neudoerffer wrote: >> You are correct Brian. HA_Item is about mirroring home assistant >> entities. Howard uses HA to host most of his devices and MH for >> automations using HA_Items. Without a HA service, HA_Item makes >> no sense. >> >> In implementing mqtt_items, I had a few different sources of mqtt >> devices, but not a huge variety. No did not have any zwave2mqtt >> stuff. I have used the zigbee2mqtt stuff. I am actually in the >> process of enhancing the MH discovery stuff to handle the new HA >> device discovery methodology. If there is something I can help >> with, let me know. >> >> Dave > --------------I5lewtHwk5k9ryf8qU900ux6 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Thanks, Dave. That would be great.</div> <div class="moz-cite-prefix"><br> </div> <div class="moz-cite-prefix"> -B.</div> <div class="moz-cite-prefix"><br> </div> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/14/26 10:42, Dave Neudoerffer wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:CAOFx8LNRAjgXOCL_V3z_k69w8GfmYN5kiuzAs-A=22L+2Acifw@mail.gmail.com"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <div dir="ltr">Thanx for the trace Brian. The discovery topics and templates being used are slightly different from anything I have seen before. It shouldn't be too hard to enhance the MH discovery to handle this. The Jinja templates are a bit of a nuisance, but I will fudge something... It will take me a few days to get to this... <div><br> </div> <div>Dave</div> </div> <br> <div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"> <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 7:01 PM Brian M <<a href="mailto:[email protected]" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> <div> <p>Thanks, Dave. Mostly I'm in good shape, but I've got some edge cases. </p> <p>My primary problem at the moment seems to be that I can't set the brightness for my ZWave dimmer switches via ZWave-JS-UI. The correct MQTT string in one instance is:</p> <p> app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/targetValue/set</p> <p>Writing "3" to that MQTT topic (via MQTT-Explorer) causes the light to come on at 3%, as expected. However, in MH setting it to 3, '3', or '3%' results in the light being turned on 100%.</p> <p>I can't tell if this is a problem in with the discovery itself, or the implementation of of setting the MQTT_DISCOVEREDITEM. Here are some details:</p> <p>The MQTT discovered_item entry:</p> <blockquote> <p><font face="monospace">MQTT_DISCOVEREDITEM, Upstairs_Landing_Stairs, mqtt_discovery2, app/zwave-js-ui/config/light/Upstairs_Landing-Stairs/dimmer/config, {"command_topic":"app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/targetValue/set","state_topic":"app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/currentValue","state_value_template":"{{ \"OFF\" if value_json.value == 0 else \"ON\" }}","brightness_command_topic":"app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/targetValue/set","brightness_scale":99,"brightness_state_topic":"app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/currentValue","brightness_value_template":"{{ value_json.value }}","on_command_type":"brightness","supported_color_modes":["brightness"],"availability":[{"payload_available":"true","payload_not_available":"false","topic":"app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/status","value_template":"{{'true' if value_json.value else 'false'}}"},{"topic":"app/zwave-js-ui/_CLIENTS/ZWAVE_GATEWAY-zwave-js-ui/status","value_template":"{{'online' if value_json.value else 'offline'}}"},{"payload_available":"true","payload_not_available":"false","topic":"app/zwave-js-ui/driver/status"}],"availability_mode":"all","device":{"identifiers":["zwavejs2mqtt_0xc92945ec_node259"],"manufacturer":"Zooz","model":"Dimmer (ZEN72)","name":"Upstairs_Landing-Stairs","sw_version":"4.0.1"},"name":"Upstairs_Landing_Stairs","unique_id":"zwavejs2mqtt_0xc92945ec_259-38-0-currentValue"}</font></p> </blockquote> <p>Relevant log messages (MQTT debug level 2):</p> <blockquote> <p><font face="monospace">2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D2]: Pending $Upstairs_Landing_Stairs-->set( 3%, , ) cleared</font><br> <font face="monospace">2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D1]: unable to process template {{"OFF"ifvalue_json.value==0else"ON"}}</font><br> <font face="monospace">2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D2]: fishing template value out of json with '$value = $value_json->{value}'</font><br> <font face="monospace">2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D1]: remote item MQTT to MH Upstairs_Landing_Stairs set(95%, '')</font><br> <font face="monospace">2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D2]: remote item $Upstairs_Landing_Stairs received message <a moz-do-not-send="true">R:0</a> <a moz-do-not-send="true">T:app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/currentValue</a> M:{"time":1771026899727,"value":95,"nodeName":"Stairs","nodeLocation":"Upstairs_Landing"}</font><br> <font face="monospace">2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D1]: unable to process template {{"OFF"ifvalue_json.value==0else"ON"}}</font><br> <font face="monospace">2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D2]: fishing template value out of json with '$value = $value_json->{value}'</font><br> <font face="monospace">2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D1]: remote item MQTT to MH Upstairs_Landing_Stairs set(95%, 'mqtt')</font><br> <font face="monospace">2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D1]: mqttserver Rcv'd: <a moz-do-not-send="true">R:0</a> <a moz-do-not-send="true">T:'app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/duration</a>' M:'{"time":1771026899728,"value":{"value":0,"unit":"seconds"},"nodeName":"Stairs","nodeLocation":"Upstairs_Landing"}'</font><br> <font face="monospace">2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D2]: UNHANDLED MESSAGE app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/duration -- {"time":1771026899728,"value":{"value":0,"unit":"seconds"},"nodeName":"Stairs","nodeLocation":"Upstairs_Landing"}</font><br> <font face="monospace">2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D1]: mqttserver Rcv'd: <a moz-do-not-send="true">R:0</a> <a moz-do-not-send="true">T:'app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/targetValue</a>' M:'{"time":1771026899728,"value":95,"nodeName":"Stairs","nodeLocation":"Upstairs_Landing"}'</font><br> <font face="monospace">2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D2]: UNHANDLED MESSAGE app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/targetValue -- {"time":1771026899728,"value":95,"nodeName":"Stairs","nodeLocation":"Upstairs_Landing"}</font><br> <font face="monospace">2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D1]: mqttserver Rcv'd: <a moz-do-not-send="true">R:0</a> <a moz-do-not-send="true">T:'app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/currentValue</a>' M:'{"time":1771026899858,"value":95,"nodeName":"Stairs","nodeLocation":"Upstairs_Landing"}'</font><br> <font face="monospace">2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D2]: remote item $Upstairs_Landing_Stairs received message <a moz-do-not-send="true">R:0</a> <a moz-do-not-send="true">T:app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/currentValue</a> M:{"time":1771026899858,"value":95,"nodeName":"Stairs","nodeLocation":"Upstairs_Landing"}</font><br> <font face="monospace">2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D1]: unable to process template {{"OFF"ifvalue_json.value==0else"ON"}}</font><br> <font face="monospace">2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D2]: fishing template value out of json with '$value = $value_json->{value}'</font><br> <font face="monospace">2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D1]: remote item MQTT to MH Upstairs_Landing_Stairs set(95%, 'mqtt')</font><br> <font face="monospace">2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D2]: remote item $Upstairs_Landing_Stairs received message <a moz-do-not-send="true">R:0</a> <a moz-do-not-send="true">T:app/zwave-js-ui/Upstairs_Landing/Stairs/switch_multilevel/endpoint_0/currentValue</a> M:{"time":1771026899858,"value":95,"nodeName":"Stairs","nodeLocation":"Upstairs_Landing"}</font><br> <font face="monospace">2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D1]: unable to process template {{"OFF"ifvalue_json.value==0else"ON"}}</font><br> <font face="monospace">2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D2]: fishing template value out of json with '$value = $value_json->{value}'</font><br> <font face="monospace">2026-02-13 15:54:59 [MQTT D1]: remote item MQTT to MH Upstairs_Landing_Stairs set(95%, 'mqtt')</font></p> </blockquote> <p><br> Clearly it's not happy, but I haven't been able to chase down the root cause. BTW, the "95%" mentioned in the logs was the switch's existing brightness level before I tried to change it.</p> <p>Hopefully, this is clearer to you than to me.</p> <p> -B.</p> <p><br> </p> <p><br> </p> <div><br> </div> <div>On 2/13/26 15:08, Dave Neudoerffer wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite"> <div dir="auto"> <div>You are correct Brian. HA_Item is about mirroring home assistant entities. Howard uses HA to host most of his devices and MH for automations using HA_Items. Without a HA service, HA_Item makes no sense. </div> <div dir="auto"><br> </div> <div dir="auto">In implementing mqtt_items, I had a few different sources of mqtt devices, but not a huge variety. No did not have any zwave2mqtt stuff. I have used the zigbee2mqtt stuff. I am actually in the process of enhancing the MH discovery stuff to handle the new HA device discovery methodology. If there is something I can help with, let me know. </div> <div dir="auto"><br> </div> <div dir="auto">Dave</div> </div> </blockquote> <br> </div> </blockquote> </div> </blockquote> <p><br> </p> </body> </html> --------------I5lewtHwk5k9ryf8qU900ux6-- --===============2395464721492833640== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline --===============2395464721492833640== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline ________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list, go to: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/misterhouse-users --===============2395464721492833640==--