MQTT new format sensor help

Configuration
1

I’ve been attempting to adjust my configuration.yaml to match the new requirement and I’m coming up short. I have a few sensors that used to work, but now I can’t see to get the code correct. Any help would be appreciated.

#OLD FORMAT
sensor:
  - platform: template
    sensors: 
      wind_in_mph:
        friendly_name: "Wind Speed"
        unit_of_measurement: "mph"
        value_template: "{{ states('sensor.acurite_5n1_797_ws')|float|round() / 1.6 }}"
 
 #NEW FORMAT
mqtt:
 sensor:
   - state_topic: "wind_in_mph"
     name: "windspeed"
     unit_of_measurement: "mph"
     value_template: "{{ states('sensor.acurite_5n1_797_ws')|float|round() / 1.6 }}"

When I try the above I don’t get an entity called windspeed. Thank you in advance.

2

I think I’m facing a similar issue? Not sure yet. Still trying to decipher what the config wants from me.

3

No you aren’t.

Steve has likely put the configuration in the wrong place (needs to be in configuration.yaml).

You used the wrong method to split your config.

4

Mine is listed in the configuration.yaml file. I now realize I said “config.yaml” in the initial post.

6

Well, to be honest it was done that way because that’s the way I got it working 1 year back. I read in a forum to do it that way and it worked, so I never new to change it. That being said, your comment did point me in the correct direction and I made the following changes to my configuration.yaml file.

# Template Sensor
template:
  - sensor:
      - name: "wind_in_mph"
        unit_of_measurement: "mph"
        state: "{{ states('sensor.acurite_5n1_797_ws')|float|round() / 1.6 }}"

      - name: "Wind_Direction"
        state: >
          {% set direction = ['N','NNE','NE','ENE','E','ESE','SE','SSE','S','SSW','SW','WSW','W','WNW','NW','NNW','N'] %}
          {% set degree = states('sensor.acurite_5n1_797_wd')|float %}
            {{ direction[((degree+11.25)/22.5)|int] }}

This worked exactly the way I need it too. Thank you for leading me to the correct path!