BG1 not showing device status

[cgorms]

Running Hoobs with MQTTThing, BG1 appears as an accessory and I can turn it on and off.

On a reboot of mqtt.py service BG1 not showing device status and also if manually triggered on/off at the socket it isn't updating the status.

        "accessory": "mqttthing",
        "plugin_map": {
            "plugin_name": "homebridge-mqttthing",
            "index": 0
        },
        "topics": {
            "getInUse": "broadlink/BG1_00_00_00/state/pwr1",
            "getOn": "broadlink/BG1_00_00_00/state/pwr1",
            "setOn": "broadlink/BG1_00_00_00/power/1"
        },
        "type": "outlet",
        "name": "Plug1",
        "url": "http://127.0.0.1",
        "onValue": "ON",
        "offValue": "OFF",
        "mqttPubOptions": {
            "retain": true,
            "qos": 1
        }

[eschava]

What's the output of mqtt.py on restart?

[ElectricImpossible]

I may be experiencing this issue also - I'm not intergrated with Hoobs/MQTTthing.

I only have a single socket and my config uses bg1 as a device_type

I have the following output

[2020-04-18 23:53:47,766] DEBUG Connected to 'BG1' Broadlink device at '192.168.1.144' (MAC c8:f7:42:97:34:b6) and started listening for commands at MQTT topic having prefix 'broadlink/' [2020-04-18 23:53:47,767] DEBUG Connected to MQTT broker, subscribing to topic broadlink/# [2020-04-18 23:53:57,783] ERROR Error Traceback (most recent call last): File "mqtt.py", line 548, in broadlink_bg1_state_timer state = device.get_state() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/broadlink/__init__.py", line 368, in get_state return self._decode(response) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/broadlink/__init__.py", line 421, in _decode state = json.loads(payload[0x0e:0x0e+js_len]) File "/usr/lib/python3.5/json/__init__.py", line 312, in loads s.__class__.__name__)) TypeError: the JSON object must be str, not 'bytes' [2020-04-18 23:54:07,792] ERROR Error Traceback (most recent call last): File "mqtt.py", line 548, in broadlink_bg1_state_timer state = device.get_state() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/broadlink/__init__.py", line 368, in get_state return self._decode(response) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/broadlink/__init__.py", line 421, in _decode state = json.loads(payload[0x0e:0x0e+js_len]) File "/usr/lib/python3.5/json/__init__.py", line 312, in loads s.__class__.__name__)) TypeError: the JSON object must be str, not 'bytes' [2020-04-18 23:54:17,803] ERROR Error Traceback (most recent call last): File "mqtt.py", line 548, in broadlink_bg1_state_timer state = device.get_state() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/broadlink/__init__.py", line 368, in get_state return self._decode(response) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/broadlink/__init__.py", line 421, in _decode state = json.loads(payload[0x0e:0x0e+js_len]) File "/usr/lib/python3.5/json/__init__.py", line 312, in loads s.__class__.__name__)) TypeError: the JSON object must be str, not 'bytes'

I do get the current on/off status in broadlink/#

[cgorms]

I resolve this by adding the following lines...

        "accessory": "mqttthing",
        "type": "outlet",
        "url": "http://localhost:1883",
        "topics": {
            "setOn": "broadlink/BG1_00_00_00/power/1",
            "getOn": {
                "topic": "broadlink/BG1_00_00_00/state/pwr1",
                **"apply": "return message == '1' ? 'ON' : 'OFF';"**
            }
        },
        "onValue": "ON",
        "offValue": "OFF",
        "integerValue": true,
        "mqttPubOptions": {
            "retain": false
        },
        "logMqtt": false