How to set up an MQTT binary door sensor?

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I’ve been trying all day to get this to work, but inexplicably it does not. Can anyone suggest what the problem might be? Here’s an example of the MQTT topic:

mosquitto_sub -h localhost -t MCThings/00010868/Data
{"time":"1493829297829","Door":true}
{"time":"1493829301172","Door":false}

And here is the config that I thought should work with it:

  - platform: mqtt
    state_topic: "MCThings/00010868/Data"
    name: "Office Door"
    qos: 0
    payload_on: "false"
    payload_off: "true"
    device_class: opening
    value_template: '{{ value_json.Door }}'

Instead I get NOTHING. The only thing the logs contain is the initial instantiation of the sensor:

17-05-04 06:46:00 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Bus:Handling <Event state_changed[L]: old_state=None, new_state=<state binary_sensor.office_door=off; friendly_name=Office Door, device_class=opening @ 2017-05-04T06:46:00.762356+10:00>, entity_id=binary_sensor.office_door>

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

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Try removing the quotes around true and false.

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You are my new hero. Thank you!

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Hi I had the same probleme, I’m french and I wouldlike to put the state topic open/closed in french (ouverte/fermé) how can I do it ?

Thanks

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can you share your code thanks