MQTT BROKER and entity

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If you have one topic, mqtt/out, that contains information from multiple devices then it’s best to use Strategy #2 in the following post:

In a nutshell, you create an automation that subscribes to mqtt/out (using an MQTT Trigger) and it examines the received payload. If the payload is from device A (represented by some combination of ID and SWITCH values), the automation publishes it to a different MQTT topic dedicated for the use of device A only. It’s a proven technique that simplifies the process of configuring MQTT entities that share a common MQTT topic.

I can help you implement this method but I would need to know the ID and SWITCH values for each device that publishes information to mqtt/out.

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