MyQ - HomeBridge - MQTT - HA - so close, need one more step of help please

Like many, I have a MyQ integration but it seems to break frequently with API changes. I also have Homebridge running on my Synology in a Docker and found that one of the myQ plugins for that also has full MQTT support.

I have nearly everything working except for getting the current state of the doors (we have two).

In configuration.yaml, I have:

# MQTT Cover
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "My Garage"
    command_topic: "myq/(serial)/garagedoor/set"
    state_topic: "myq/(serial)/garagedoor"
    qos: 0
    retain: true
    payload_open: "open"
    payload_close: "close"
    state_open: "open"
    state_opening: "opening"
    state_closed: "closed"
    state_closing: "closing"
    payload_available: "online"
    payload_not_available: "offline"
    optimistic: false
    value_template: '{{ value.x }}'

# MQTT Cover
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Wifes Garage"
    command_topic: "myq/(serial)/garagedoor/set"
    state_topic: "myq/(serial)/garagedoor"
    qos: 0
    retain: true
    payload_open: "open"
    payload_close: "close"
    state_open: "open"
    state_opening: "opening"
    state_closed: "closed"
    state_closing: "closing"
    payload_available: "online"
    payload_not_available: "offline"
    optimistic: false
    value_template: '{{ value.x }}'

I then have this as a Lovelace button:

type: button
tap_action:
  action: toggle
entity: cover.my_garage
icon: 'hass:garage'
show_state: true

The button is able to initiate a toggle to open/close the garage door
BUT it is not able to read the state of the door.

I tried this but got an error message (failed to call service; required key not provided). Tried payload as true, ‘true’ and “true”

type: button
tap_action:
  action: toggle
entity: cover.wifes_garage
icon: 'hass:garage'
show_state: true
hold_action:
  action: call-service
  service: mqtt.publish
  topic: myq/(serial)/garagedoor/get
  payload: 'true'

From the plugin:

Topics Published

The topics and messages that homebridge-myq publishes are:

Topic Message Published
garagedoor closed , closing , open , opening , when garage door state changes are detected.

Messages are published to MQTT when an action occurs on a device that triggers the respective event, or when an MQTT message is received for one of the topics homebridge-myq subscribes to.

Topics Subscribed

The topics that homebridge-myq subscribes to are:

Topic Message Expected
garagedoor/get true will request that the plugin publish the current state of the garage door to the garagedoor topic.
garagedoor/set One of close or open . This will send the respective command to the garage door.

I went into Home Assistant’s MQTT and clicked configure then
Publish a packet
topic
myq/(serial)/garagedoor/get
Payload (template allowed)
1 true

And this showed the state as open when listening using #

So, wondering what I am missing from the above in order to get the current state of the garage doors and, ideally, have that state be available even after restart (currently have to cycle it once to get the sensor I created first to show state)

If it helps, sensor in configuration.yaml was:

  - platform: mqtt
    name: My Garage MQTT Cover
    state_topic: "myq/(serial)/garagedoor"
    icon: mdi:cover

  - platform: mqtt
    name: Wifes Garage MQTT Cover
    state_topic: "myq/(serial)/garagedoor"
    icon: mdi:cover

THANKS!

I also see this in Logs:

Log Details (WARNING)

Logger: homeassistant.components.mqtt.cover
Source: components/mqtt/cover.py:314
Integration: MQTT (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 3:40:50 PM (8 occurrences)
Last logged: 4:58:35 PM

Payload is not supported (e.g. open, closed, opening, closing):