I have a bunch of template sensors which listen for MQTT messages:
- platform: mqtt
state_topic: "bs440/person1/"
unique_id: bs440_person_1_weight
name: "Stefan weight"
unit_of_measurement: "kg"
value_template: '{{ value_json.weight }}'
- platform: mqtt
state_topic: "bs440/person1/"
unique_id: bs440_person_1_body_water
name: "Stefan body water"
unit_of_measurement: "%"
value_template: '{{ value_json.tbw }}'
- platform: mqtt
state_topic: "bs440/person1/"
unique_id: bs440_person_1_body_fat
name: "Stefan body fat"
unit_of_measurement: "%"
value_template: '{{ value_json.fat }}'
- platform: mqtt
state_topic: "bs440/person1/"
unique_id: bs440_person_1_muscle_mass
name: "Stefan muscle mass"
unit_of_measurement: "%"
value_template: '{{ value_json.muscle }}'
- platform: mqtt
state_topic: "bs440/person1/"
unique_id: bs440_person_1_kcal
name: "Stefan BMR"
unit_of_measurement: "kcal"
value_template: '{{ value_json.kcal }}'
- platform: mqtt
state_topic: "bs440/person1/"
unique_id: bs440_person_1_bone_mass
name: "Stefan bone mass"
unit_of_measurement: "kg"
value_template: '{{ value_json.bone }}'
My problem is that the sensors only update if they receive a new value which screws my automation which switches the apartment into day mode as soon as my bathroom scale sends its results. Also, if the scale sends the same value, the value is not written to InfluxDB.
Is there a way inside of HA to force the sensor to update even if the received value is the same?