#mqtt devices go under `mqtt` key not
teal jewel
did you do a configuration check?
bronze stratus
yes that configuration was good and allowed me to restart
I am sending this mqtt message from an ESP8266 as a character string I think and not an integer
teal jewel
what does the json payload look like?
bronze stratus
I am not sure what that means
teal jewel
how does the message sent on topic virtual/light look like?
bronze stratus
when I listen to the topic I get this message:
Message 16 received on virtual/light at 7:35 PM:
39
QoS: 0 - Retain: true
teal jewel
so you're looking for value_template: "{{ value }}" or don't need that line at all
bronze stratus
I thought that line would give me the value of 39 from the mqtt message
teal jewel
that line gives you the value of the level key from a json payload which you don't have at all
bronze stratus
so what should i have instead?
teal jewel
i just told you that