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[MSR] reactor-mqtt-contrib package for additional MQTT templates

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    therealdb
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    #1

    I'm slowly migrating all my stuff to MQTT under MSR, so I have a central place to integrate everything (and, in a not-so-distant future, to remove virtual devices from my Vera and leave it running zwave only).

    Anyway, here's my reactor-mqtt-contrib package:

    GitHub - dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib: Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor

    GitHub - dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib: Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor

    Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor. Contribute to dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Simply download yaml files (everything or just the ones you need) and you're good to go.

    I have mapped my most useful devices, but I'll add others soon. Feel free to ask for specific templates, since I've worked a lot in the last weeks to understand and operate them.

    The templates are supporting both init and query, so you have always up-to-date devices at startup, and the ability to poll them. Online status is supported as well, so you can get disconnected devices with a simple expression.

    Many-many thanks to @toggledbits for its dedication, support, and patience with me and my requests 🙂

    --
    On a mission to automate everything.

    My MS Reactor contrib
    My Luup Plug-ins

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    • therealdbT therealdb

      I'm slowly migrating all my stuff to MQTT under MSR, so I have a central place to integrate everything (and, in a not-so-distant future, to remove virtual devices from my Vera and leave it running zwave only).

      Anyway, here's my reactor-mqtt-contrib package:

      GitHub - dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib: Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor

      GitHub - dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib: Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor

      Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor. Contribute to dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib development by creating an account on GitHub.

      Simply download yaml files (everything or just the ones you need) and you're good to go.

      I have mapped my most useful devices, but I'll add others soon. Feel free to ask for specific templates, since I've worked a lot in the last weeks to understand and operate them.

      The templates are supporting both init and query, so you have always up-to-date devices at startup, and the ability to poll them. Online status is supported as well, so you can get disconnected devices with a simple expression.

      Many-many thanks to @toggledbits for its dedication, support, and patience with me and my requests 🙂

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      gwp1
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      #2

      @therealdb And kudos to you for sharing all of this with the Greater Good.

      *Hubitat C-7 2.4.1.177
      *Proxmox VE v8, Beelink MiniPC 12GBs, SSD

      *HASS 2025.6.0
      w/ ZST10-700 fw 7.18.3

      *Prod MSR in docker/portainer
      MSR: latest-25139-fbd67abc
      MQTTController: 25139
      ZWave Controller: 25139

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        @therealdb And kudos to you for sharing all of this with the Greater Good.

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        therealdb
        wrote on last edited by
        #3

        9acb03e7-0726-49f2-8c0a-9a23590c8acb-image.png

        I've pushed a couple of fixes, plus my new template for owntracks, that's supporting all the info as attributes.

        GitHub - dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib: Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor

        GitHub - dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib: Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor

        Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor. Contribute to dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib development by creating an account on GitHub.

        This template will create a device that has:

        • a string sensor with the current region
        • a binary sensor that's true when the user is at home
        • locations info via location capability
        • battery info for the device (including percentage and charging status)

        @gwp1 @CATMANV2

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        On a mission to automate everything.

        My MS Reactor contrib
        My Luup Plug-ins

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        • therealdbT therealdb

          9acb03e7-0726-49f2-8c0a-9a23590c8acb-image.png

          I've pushed a couple of fixes, plus my new template for owntracks, that's supporting all the info as attributes.

          GitHub - dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib: Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor

          GitHub - dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib: Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor

          Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor. Contribute to dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib development by creating an account on GitHub.

          This template will create a device that has:

          • a string sensor with the current region
          • a binary sensor that's true when the user is at home
          • locations info via location capability
          • battery info for the device (including percentage and charging status)

          @gwp1 @CATMANV2

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          #4

          @therealdb Very timely, this. I'm poking at using MQTT/OwnTracks to replace the Home Assistant integration.

          *Hubitat C-7 2.4.1.177
          *Proxmox VE v8, Beelink MiniPC 12GBs, SSD

          *HASS 2025.6.0
          w/ ZST10-700 fw 7.18.3

          *Prod MSR in docker/portainer
          MSR: latest-25139-fbd67abc
          MQTTController: 25139
          ZWave Controller: 25139

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            @therealdb Very timely, this. I'm poking at using MQTT/OwnTracks to replace the Home Assistant integration.

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            therealdb
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            #5

            @gwp1 I was using my own virtual devices on Vera + some code in my own mqtt consumer, and I'm slowly migrating all of them to native MSR devices. I'm keeping virtual devices on Vera just for dashboard and some other minor automations.
            next on my list: my EV charger and maybe ESPPresence.

            --
            On a mission to automate everything.

            My MS Reactor contrib
            My Luup Plug-ins

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              CatmanV2
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              #6

              Oh wow. That looks very interesting indeed! Thanks!

              C

              The Ex-Vera abuser know as CatmanV2.....

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              • therealdbT therealdb

                @gwp1 I was using my own virtual devices on Vera + some code in my own mqtt consumer, and I'm slowly migrating all of them to native MSR devices. I'm keeping virtual devices on Vera just for dashboard and some other minor automations.
                next on my list: my EV charger and maybe ESPPresence.

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                #7

                @therealdb I just this week started into ESPresense with my MQTT > Home Assistant > msr.

                Three rooms so far. Also looking to use it at a buddy’s house to trigger garage door when I’m by.

                *Hubitat C-7 2.4.1.177
                *Proxmox VE v8, Beelink MiniPC 12GBs, SSD

                *HASS 2025.6.0
                w/ ZST10-700 fw 7.18.3

                *Prod MSR in docker/portainer
                MSR: latest-25139-fbd67abc
                MQTTController: 25139
                ZWave Controller: 25139

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                • therealdbT therealdb

                  9acb03e7-0726-49f2-8c0a-9a23590c8acb-image.png

                  I've pushed a couple of fixes, plus my new template for owntracks, that's supporting all the info as attributes.

                  GitHub - dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib: Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor

                  GitHub - dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib: Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor

                  Contrib MQTT templates for Reactor. Contribute to dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib development by creating an account on GitHub.

                  This template will create a device that has:

                  • a string sensor with the current region
                  • a binary sensor that's true when the user is at home
                  • locations info via location capability
                  • battery info for the device (including percentage and charging status)

                  @gwp1 @CATMANV2

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                  CatmanV2
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #8

                  @therealdb
                  Thanks so much for this. I seem to have fallen at the first hurdle:
                  I grabbed zip file from Git hub and unzipped it. SCPed the owntracks_sensor.yaml file over to my bare metal Debian Bullseye install.
                  Created reactor/config/mqtt_templates

                  catman@openluup:~/reactor/config$ ls -l
                  total 124
                  -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman   232 May 26  2022 0-README.txt
                  -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman   302 May 26  2022 cameras.yaml
                  -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman   150 May 26  2022 dashboard.json
                  -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman   399 May 26  2022 local_hass_devices.yaml
                  -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman   434 May 26  2022 local_hubitat_devices.yaml
                  -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman  1945 May 26  2022 logging.yaml
                  drwxr-xr-x 2 catman catman  4096 Dec 11 18:00 mqtt_templates
                  -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman  8960 Jul 19 16:10 notification.yaml
                  -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman  8959 Jul 19 15:55 notification.yaml.orig
                  -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman  8963 Jul 19 16:03 notification.yaml.telegram
                  -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman  8960 Jul 19 17:15 notification.yaml.working
                  -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman 12221 Dec 11 18:12 reactor.yaml
                  -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman 11827 Oct 10 18:07 reactor.yaml.change
                  -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman 11896 May 26  2022 reactor.yaml.orig
                  -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman 12039 Dec 11 18:01 reactor.yaml.working
                  

                  The file is there

                  catman@openluup:~/reactor/config/mqtt_templates$ ls -l
                  total 4
                  -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman 3301 Dec 11 18:00 owntracks_sensor.yaml
                  

                  And there is an entry in reactor.yaml:

                          rachel_owntracks:
                            name: "Rachel Location"
                            prefix: rachel
                            topic: iphone
                            uses_template: owntracks_sensor
                            homeRegionName: Home
                  

                  But
                  Screenshot 2022-12-11 at 18.18.27.png

                  Obviously something really silly but damned if I can spot it 😞

                  Could the template yaml file have been corrupted?

                  TIA!

                  C

                  The Ex-Vera abuser know as CatmanV2.....

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                    toggledbits
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #9

                    Are you on the latest version of MQTTController?

                    Author of Multi-system Reactor and Reactor, DelayLight, Switchboard, and about a dozen other plugins that run on Vera and openLuup.

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                      CatmanV2
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #10

                      I am now, thanks!
                      All looking good

                      C

                      The Ex-Vera abuser know as CatmanV2.....

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                      • CatmanV2C CatmanV2

                        @therealdb
                        Thanks so much for this. I seem to have fallen at the first hurdle:
                        I grabbed zip file from Git hub and unzipped it. SCPed the owntracks_sensor.yaml file over to my bare metal Debian Bullseye install.
                        Created reactor/config/mqtt_templates

                        catman@openluup:~/reactor/config$ ls -l
                        total 124
                        -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman   232 May 26  2022 0-README.txt
                        -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman   302 May 26  2022 cameras.yaml
                        -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman   150 May 26  2022 dashboard.json
                        -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman   399 May 26  2022 local_hass_devices.yaml
                        -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman   434 May 26  2022 local_hubitat_devices.yaml
                        -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman  1945 May 26  2022 logging.yaml
                        drwxr-xr-x 2 catman catman  4096 Dec 11 18:00 mqtt_templates
                        -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman  8960 Jul 19 16:10 notification.yaml
                        -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman  8959 Jul 19 15:55 notification.yaml.orig
                        -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman  8963 Jul 19 16:03 notification.yaml.telegram
                        -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman  8960 Jul 19 17:15 notification.yaml.working
                        -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman 12221 Dec 11 18:12 reactor.yaml
                        -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman 11827 Oct 10 18:07 reactor.yaml.change
                        -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman 11896 May 26  2022 reactor.yaml.orig
                        -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman 12039 Dec 11 18:01 reactor.yaml.working
                        

                        The file is there

                        catman@openluup:~/reactor/config/mqtt_templates$ ls -l
                        total 4
                        -rw-r--r-- 1 catman catman 3301 Dec 11 18:00 owntracks_sensor.yaml
                        

                        And there is an entry in reactor.yaml:

                                rachel_owntracks:
                                  name: "Rachel Location"
                                  prefix: rachel
                                  topic: iphone
                                  uses_template: owntracks_sensor
                                  homeRegionName: Home
                        

                        But
                        Screenshot 2022-12-11 at 18.18.27.png

                        Obviously something really silly but damned if I can spot it 😞

                        Could the template yaml file have been corrupted?

                        TIA!

                        C

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                        gwp1
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #11

                        @catmanv2 I'm watching your trials with this and trying to learn from your successes and losses.

                        What do you have configured in the actual iOS OwnTracks app as far as:

                        TrackerID
                        DeviceID
                        UserID

                        I think this is where I'm getting lost. I'm testing with HiveMQ and have the iPhone connecting (phone shows connected) and MSRs MQTTController is connected just fine to HiveMQ - it's just MSR and the iphone that are missing each other.

                          - id: mqtt2
                            name: MQTT HiveMQ
                            enabled: true
                            implementation: MQTTController
                            config:
                              # Replace IP with that of your MQTT broker below
                              source: "mqtts://7exxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0d0.s2.eu.hivemq.cloud:8883"
                              username: "<username>"
                              password: "<password>"
                              entities:
                                owntracks_iphone14p: #entity ID - must be unique
                                  name: "iPhone14p location" # friendly name
                                  prefix: "iphone14p"
                                  topic: "john_iphone" #the device name of my phone is John iPhone
                                  uses_template: owntracks_sensor
                                  homeRegionName: "Home"
                        

                        In MQTTController I do see:
                        b893f7a4-2d61-4dc5-ab7f-81dee39e1f8e-image.png ...but that's nowhere the detail I'd expect from @therealdb's template (which is properly placed in the correct location:

                        25fc0e3c-1d13-458d-b49c-91311da8846d-image.png

                        I am brand new to MQTT so I'm likely missing something horribly obvious.

                        Any guidance is appreciated.

                        *Hubitat C-7 2.4.1.177
                        *Proxmox VE v8, Beelink MiniPC 12GBs, SSD

                        *HASS 2025.6.0
                        w/ ZST10-700 fw 7.18.3

                        *Prod MSR in docker/portainer
                        MSR: latest-25139-fbd67abc
                        MQTTController: 25139
                        ZWave Controller: 25139

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                        • G gwp1

                          @catmanv2 I'm watching your trials with this and trying to learn from your successes and losses.

                          What do you have configured in the actual iOS OwnTracks app as far as:

                          TrackerID
                          DeviceID
                          UserID

                          I think this is where I'm getting lost. I'm testing with HiveMQ and have the iPhone connecting (phone shows connected) and MSRs MQTTController is connected just fine to HiveMQ - it's just MSR and the iphone that are missing each other.

                            - id: mqtt2
                              name: MQTT HiveMQ
                              enabled: true
                              implementation: MQTTController
                              config:
                                # Replace IP with that of your MQTT broker below
                                source: "mqtts://7exxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0d0.s2.eu.hivemq.cloud:8883"
                                username: "<username>"
                                password: "<password>"
                                entities:
                                  owntracks_iphone14p: #entity ID - must be unique
                                    name: "iPhone14p location" # friendly name
                                    prefix: "iphone14p"
                                    topic: "john_iphone" #the device name of my phone is John iPhone
                                    uses_template: owntracks_sensor
                                    homeRegionName: "Home"
                          

                          In MQTTController I do see:
                          b893f7a4-2d61-4dc5-ab7f-81dee39e1f8e-image.png ...but that's nowhere the detail I'd expect from @therealdb's template (which is properly placed in the correct location:

                          25fc0e3c-1d13-458d-b49c-91311da8846d-image.png

                          I am brand new to MQTT so I'm likely missing something horribly obvious.

                          Any guidance is appreciated.

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                          @gwp1
                          TrackerID is CM
                          DeviceID is catmaniphone
                          UserID is my configured username for my Mosquito server (so should be your Hive username)

                          Because all of my stuff is local I can see the messages being posted to the logs. Not sure if you can do that with your hive set up?

                          At a guess you are not connecting to the Hive server. Does the iPhone app say 'connected'. Can you see Reactor getting messages from the Hive server?

                          I'm not 100% sure that's the right location for the config file. I guess if you're running reactor from /home/reactor/Documents it's right though. Just an odd choice (although Windows is not my thing) !

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                            @gwp1
                            TrackerID is CM
                            DeviceID is catmaniphone
                            UserID is my configured username for my Mosquito server (so should be your Hive username)

                            Because all of my stuff is local I can see the messages being posted to the logs. Not sure if you can do that with your hive set up?

                            At a guess you are not connecting to the Hive server. Does the iPhone app say 'connected'. Can you see Reactor getting messages from the Hive server?

                            I'm not 100% sure that's the right location for the config file. I guess if you're running reactor from /home/reactor/Documents it's right though. Just an odd choice (although Windows is not my thing) !

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                            @catmanv2 yep, configured the Hive user and password and is shows as “connected” in the iOS app. I’ve not found anywhere in their dashboard to verify messages being received into the broker. I’ve not seen anything come in from the broker to msr.

                            I’m running a bare metal install on a RPi. Not a Linux expert so it ended up in an interesting folder structure but it works just fine so re-orging isn’t a priority.

                            *Hubitat C-7 2.4.1.177
                            *Proxmox VE v8, Beelink MiniPC 12GBs, SSD

                            *HASS 2025.6.0
                            w/ ZST10-700 fw 7.18.3

                            *Prod MSR in docker/portainer
                            MSR: latest-25139-fbd67abc
                            MQTTController: 25139
                            ZWave Controller: 25139

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                              @catmanv2 yep, configured the Hive user and password and is shows as “connected” in the iOS app. I’ve not found anywhere in their dashboard to verify messages being received into the broker. I’ve not seen anything come in from the broker to msr.

                              I’m running a bare metal install on a RPi. Not a Linux expert so it ended up in an interesting folder structure but it works just fine so re-orging isn’t a priority.

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                              @gwp1 That's a Linux setup?! 😉

                              OK, can you read the log from reactor?

                              Also, are you really sure that Reactor is able to connect to HiveMQ?

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                                @gwp1 That's a Linux setup?! 😉

                                OK, can you read the log from reactor?

                                Also, are you really sure that Reactor is able to connect to HiveMQ?

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                                @catmanv2 Back home now.

                                This leads me to believe it's connected to Hive:
                                7d4ead99-cc53-4bff-9929-ddd04bf3fea9-image.png

                                I see nothing in the logs because a.) not entirely should what it would look like, and b.) there's nothing happening atm.

                                *Hubitat C-7 2.4.1.177
                                *Proxmox VE v8, Beelink MiniPC 12GBs, SSD

                                *HASS 2025.6.0
                                w/ ZST10-700 fw 7.18.3

                                *Prod MSR in docker/portainer
                                MSR: latest-25139-fbd67abc
                                MQTTController: 25139
                                ZWave Controller: 25139

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                                  Hmm, yes tough. I share your suspicion that it's Hive. No interest in firing up Mosquito on your Linux box? Takes about 10 minutes. OK there's an increase in your vulnerability but.....

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                                    The docs for MQTTController describe how to enable topic capture, so you can see if you are getting anything at all from Hive (this is probably preferable to turning up the log level in the log file for MQTTController). I'd suggest that as a start. See what, if anything, it's sending at all.

                                    Ref: https://reactor.toggledbits.com/docs/MQTTController/#troubleshooting-and-debugging

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                                      I am now, thanks!
                                      All looking good

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                                      @catmanv2 I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I am 🤣

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                                        The docs for MQTTController describe how to enable topic capture, so you can see if you are getting anything at all from Hive (this is probably preferable to turning up the log level in the log file for MQTTController). I'd suggest that as a start. See what, if anything, it's sending at all.

                                        Ref: https://reactor.toggledbits.com/docs/MQTTController/#troubleshooting-and-debugging

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                                        @toggledbits @CatmanV2 Unless I'm just not far enough thru coffee this morning, this is what I see in MSR's mqtt logs and it looks like it's data from my iPhone8 (which I fired up via wifi to use as a test phone.)

                                        2022-12-12T14:02:02.896Z "owntracks/msrmqtt/iphone8" {"_type":"location","acc":35,"alt":10,"batt":100,"bs":1,"conn":"o","inregions":["Home"],"inrids":["adf34c"],"lat":32.94714,"lon":-80.013836,"m":1,"p":101.826,"t":"u","tid":"i8","tst":1670853720,"vac":15}
                                        2022-12-12T14:02:02.998Z "owntracks/msrmqtt/iphone8" {"_type":"location","acc":10,"alt":10,"batt":100,"bs":1,"conn":"o","inregions":["Home"],"inrids":["adf34c"],"lat":32.946934,"lon":-80.013887,"m":1,"p":101.827,"tid":"i8","tst":1670853722,"vac":8,"vel":0}
                                        

                                        So why isn't this showing here:

                                        247de6bd-7caa-4f61-8ce1-0ae48666f4ec-image.png

                                        My entity config is:

                                                owntracks_iphone8: #entity ID - must be unique
                                                  name: "iPhone8 location" # friendly name
                                                  prefix: "iphone8"
                                                  topic: "test_iphone"
                                                  uses_template: owntracks_sensor
                                                  homeRegionName: "Home"
                                        

                                        I feel like I'm just "this close" and I just don't have something aligned properly.

                                        *Hubitat C-7 2.4.1.177
                                        *Proxmox VE v8, Beelink MiniPC 12GBs, SSD

                                        *HASS 2025.6.0
                                        w/ ZST10-700 fw 7.18.3

                                        *Prod MSR in docker/portainer
                                        MSR: latest-25139-fbd67abc
                                        MQTTController: 25139
                                        ZWave Controller: 25139

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                                          Yes, your configuration of prefix and topic don't make a string that matches what is being received. Based on what it is coming in and how those fields template configuration are used, prefix should be msrmqtt and topic should be just iphone8.

                                          Conspicuous give-away: your test_iphone value doesn't appear in the topic or payload of what you're receiving.

                                          @therealdb this may need a bit more documentation, since the relevance of prefix and topic aren't immediately clear (at least, not to me) without looking at the template itself and seeing how they are used, and likely the phone configuration as well (i.e. describe how configuration fields on the phone may appear in the final event topic).

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