MQTT Show status on restart

[DaveTiff (Dave T)]

Hi, I have Mosquitto broker V1.0 running on HASSIO V061.1

I have some Sonoff units with custom firmware.

When I restart HA, it does not show the current status

my switch code is

- platform: mqtt
  name: "Sonoff_3"
  command_topic: "cmnd/sonoff_3/power"
  state_topic: "stat/sonoff_3/POWER"
  qos: 1
  payload_on: "ON"
  payload_off: "OFF"
  retain: true

Is this possible, see lots of posts but can seem to find a solution.

Thanks in advance

[VDRainer]

Take a look here:

MQTT : How to Retain Sonoff Switch Setting across Restarts of HA

Hello All, Followed BRUH’s videos on setting up MQTT local server and then configuring a Sonoff device to use MQTT. Everything working perfectly except for the state of my switch is not retained after a restart of HA. Here is the relevent section of my config: - platform: mqtt name: "Strip Cord 1" command_topic: "cmnd/sonoff/power" state_topic: "stat/sonoff/POWER" qos: 1 payload_on: "ON" payload_off: "OFF" retain: true I thought that with the “retain: true”, my switch state woul…

[DaveTiff (Dave T)]

Many thanks, for the reply.

That did the trick “PowerRetain 1”

Regards Dave

[Andor]

Haha, it worked also for me.
And no need of mentioning “retain: whatever” in the config.