Esp8266-01 irregular light switching on off

Configuration
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Dear members,
Since a few days I am trying to get to grips with Hassio. Got MQTT working. But while running the Raspi 3B+ server my ESP8266-01 controlled light just starts when it feels like it. Until now I have not noticed it switching off, just on.
I can still control it from the web page.

Anyone an idea what is going on?

The config part looks like this:
light:

  • platform: mqtt
    name: Lamp1 Serre
    command_topic: “cmnd/sonoff1/POWER1”
    state_topic: “stat/sonoff1/RESULT”
    value_template: “{{ value_json.POWER1 }}”
    availability_topic: “tele/sonoff1/LWT”
    qos: 1
    payload_on: “ON”
    payload_off: “OFF”
    payload_available: “Online”
    payload_not_available: “Offline”
    retain: true
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See that blue bar on top? can you use it to format your code?
also where is value_template: “{{ value_json.POWER1 }}” coming from? it’s not a valid option for mqtt lights, you probably want to remove it first.
(Once you’re on 0.89.x it will warn you about it anyway)

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Thank you very much for the insight and advice. I’m sorry to say it does not remedy the behaviour. And I am on 0.89.1 fyi and have not seen a warning.

pablok

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Do you get anything in the logs?

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Thanks for asking.
After a few days of absence and having switched off the server, this morning I started the server again to answer your question.
The light came on unexpectedly and the lightning sign - which I had not seen before - showed the light as off. In HA I switched it on and off again. Now it is off and shows itself as off.
So yes, it now shows in the logs. Meanwhile I am updating to version 0.9.
Furthermore, seeing the log for a week, there are several mentions ’ Lamp1 Serre changed to unavailable’. These might have been the irregular switching to ON.
So, the question seems to be, where and how can I ‘trim’ the behaviour when a lamp signals its status as unavailable?

Thanks in advance,
pablok

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If the light came on unexpectedly, maybe you’ve set the retain flag to true and that overrides the light’s status? worth trying with retain=false or 0…

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Thank you! I was wondering if I should change that.
Going to test it. Will report back soon.

pablok

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Well, after about 12 hours without an irregular flash of lamp light it seems my problem is solved with a configuration setting of remain = false.

So thank you lolouk44 for taking the time to help me out. :laughing:

pablok

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