Rewrite configuration for my Garage opener

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Hi All

Like many others I started building the Sonoff garage opener with a magnet switch for “Open” status

Garageport switch DIY

Sonoff Garage Door Opener

I then implemented this configuration and during updates off HA it looks like this now:

cover:
 - platform: mqtt
   name: garagedoor_mqtt
   command_topic: cmnd/Sonoff_SV_Garage/POWER
   payload_open: "ON"
   payload_close: "ON"
   payload_stop: "ON"
   state_topic: cmnd/garagestate/POWER2
   state_open: "ON"
   state_closed: "OFF"
   optimistic: false
   retain: false

- platform: template
   covers:
     garagedoor:
       friendly_name: Garage Door
       value_template: '{{ is_state("cover.garagedoor_mqtt", "open") }}'
       icon_template: '{% if is_state("cover.garagedoor_mqtt", "open") %}mdi:garage-open{% else %}mdi:garage{% endif %}'
       open_cover:
         - condition: state
           entity_id: cover.garagedoor_mqtt
           state: 'closed'
         - service: cover.open_cover
           entity_id: cover.garagedoor_mqtt
       close_cover:
         - condition: state
           entity_id: cover.garagedoor_mqtt
           state: 'open'
         - service: cover.close_cover
           entity_id: cover.garagedoor_mqtt

#        stop_cover:  
#            service: cover.stop_cover
#            entity_id: cover.garagedoor_mqtt

I ran into some problems where the mqtt would open or re-open the door, and had to remove the stop cover

Now allot of things have changed and I would like to get the “Garage” to work with my Apple car play again using the homekit integration but right now it sees the garage as a switch or a “Blind”

I found this update to the cover example:

Template Cover

But I cant see why the existing setup shouldn’t work?
What am I missing?

Thanks for a great forum!