I am trying to send an MQTT payload with this YAML code:
action:
- service: mqtt.publish
data:
payload: z1Ofor{{input_number.irrigationzone1_tmr}}
topic: IrrigationInTopic
The payload text sytax is like this:
- z1 is an irrigation zone
- O is to turn it ON
- The ‘for’ is to set the time in minutes the zone will turn ON
- input_number.irrigationzone1_tmr is a Helper Number
- If input_number.irrigationzone1_tmr was 5 then the payload I want is “z1Ofor5”.
So, really my problem is how do I concatenate a string, “z1Ofor” with a number, input_number.irrigationzone1_tmr.