Hi all
I would like to propose a new configurable property onto the “MQTT Sensor” platform, namely:
update_limit_seconds: 30
I am currently making use of the MQTT Sensor to track data submitted by the MQTT plugin for OctoPrint (rather than using https://www.home-assistant.io/components/octoprint/) and it is spamming over MQTT causing a lot of data being recorded.
It would be great if I could limit the interval that the sensor would update to something more meaningful to me, like every 30 seconds / 1 min.
If this property is present HASS would ignore updates from the MQTT channel until the cooldown has elapsed.
- platform: mqtt
state_topic: "octoprint/temperature/bed"
unit_of_measurement: 'c'
value_template: '{{ value_json.actual }}'
name: "Bed"
update_limit_seconds: 30
Just an idea, it may be useful to others who only want\need a value less frequently