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Hi JK, Not familiar with Droplet. Could you post what MQTT message the device publishes when polled (using MQTT explorer or similar platform). Likely it publishes its own message on regular intervals. Also please post the .yaml you are using to configure now. Cheers.

Hello Max, Tasmota, by default, sends an update every 300s... You can change this by adjusting 'teleperiod' in the Webui console. As I recall the minimum is 10secs... The MQTT plug-in should report, if there was a change.

Hello @EVictory, Glad you are feeling better. here is the dev_file.yaml entry for this device: devices: # Temperature Humidity Sensor TH16 for Cellar - id: "ClrTemp" name: "Cellar Temp" type: "Temp" status_topic: "tele/ClrTemp/SENSOR" cmd_topic: "cmnd/ClrTemp/power" Cheers;

Hello @EVictory, Here is an example of what a Sonoff/Tasmota Temperature sensor publishes: 01:42:04.420 MQT: tele/ClrTemp/SENSOR = {"Time":"2025-08-11T01:42:04","DS18B20":{"Id":"3C01B55696F0","Temperature":20.50},"TempUnit":"C"} Let me know, if this helps. Cheers.

Hello @EVictory, I'm back in town! Were you able to fix address your issue? Cheers

Hi @evilpete, The MQTT plug-in was designed for Tasmota integrations. Tasmota doesn't send JSON packets, only individual data points. I think @sjenkins added one or two devices, which send JSON packets. He might be able to shed more light to see, if using his device-type will better match your needs.

Hello @EVictory, I'm away from my computer for a few days, so won't be able to respond in detail. From memory, please have a look at how you configure your .yaml. I seem to recall that for sensors it's not 'status_topic' but something like 'sensor_topic'. Like I said, from memory. You also might want to look at configuring it like an 'analog' device instead of 'Temp' which is very Tasmota/Sonoff..., also try 'temphumid' (look for correct spelling). I'll try to get back to you next week. Sorry again for the delay. Cheers.

Hi @EVictory; Glad you figured it out. Cheers.

Here you go @TomJ, https://github.com/Trilife/udi-mqtt-pg3x

Hi @TomJ There is a description of the other Tasmota devices (temp, humidity etc), which can be operated with the MQTT plug-in. I'm away from my computer right now, but from memory: From inside PG3 click on Details of MQTT plug-in, then click Configuration. If it doesn't come up right away above tue config parameters, there should be a button to display tye configuration Details. If for some reason they do not show up, please let me know and I'll point you towards the GitHub repository. Cheers.

@Geddy, I went hunting and did indeed find the ud*.state files in C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Temp. Went ahead and deleted them too. Also increased java memory to 1024m. Thanks for that hint. @Techman, if Norton can delete them, can I not do so manually as well? The /temp folder is close to 6GB! I used to have System Mechanic, which did do clean-up chores like this, but didn't bother install it on my new rig. maybe I should install it again. Update: I used Windows Disk Cleanup, which includes deleting temporary files. All in all close to 8GB. Good riddance. And I enabled Windows Storage Sense, which will do this automatically in the future. Thanks to both of you again.

Thanks @paulbates, I guess I need to practice my patience some more. Unfortunately I have no Insteon at all. Only Tasmota and Zwave. Cheers

@Geddy, Wasn't there talk a few months ago that the Admin Console was being deprecated in favor of something more modern?

Thanks @Geddy, No ud*.state files anywhere, but after I added '-Xmx512m' in the runtime parameters in Java, AC started showing up. another case of little patience (so typical for me). Cheers!