Automation of an Mqtt blind

Hardware
1

Hi guys
I have the below automation to open a blind but it just doesnt work, I have similar to close (dont worry about the time i was just messing late last night)
I have this in my automations.yaml

- id: '1606652753814'
  alias: Guest Room Blind Open 9am
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: time
    at: '23:21'
  condition: []
  action:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: input_number.mqtt_shade
    state: close
  mode: single
- id: '1606652789125'
  alias: 'Guest Room Blind Close 9pm '
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: time
    at: '23:22'
  condition: []
  action:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: input_number.mqtt_shade
    state: 'on'
  mode: single

Then this in my Configuration.yaml

input_number:
  mqtt_shade:
    name: Guest Room Blind
    initial: 0
    min: 0
    max: 13
    step: 1

automation old:
  - alias: Send MQTT Shade Value
    trigger:
      platform: state
      entity_id: input_number.mqtt_shade
    action:
      - service: mqtt.publish
        data_template:
          #change the topic to "shadePosition/[your client id]
          topic: "shadePosition/Heavy_Roller" 
          #if you change the name from mqtt_shade you'll need to change this line to your new name
          payload_template: "{{ states('input_number.mqtt_shade')  | int }}"
          qos: 2
          retain: true

I think the issue may lie with one of the entries but not sure any help appreciated, I would also like to add a Zigbee button to toggle the blind open if required using “sensor.test_button_action”

blind

many thanks

2

This automation doesn’t make any sense, in the action part you have a condition instead of an action and you are also using the input_number with values such as ‘on’ and ‘close’, but an input number only has numbers not strings.

Did you try the mqtt cover yet?

3

Thanks for the reply,
I cannot locate my input_number.mqtt_shade if I choose devices
I am also going to look into Mqtt cover this evening cheers