I’m a little lost with something basic. I need to publish the value of an input slider to an MQTT topic. I confused as to how to do this and how to get the actual value. I don’t know if I need a template or if there is some syntax I’m missing to create the payload.
What needs to be published is something like
{"setpoint":100}
where the 100 comes from the slider. In my automation I’ve tried different combinations of
payload: "setpoint" : input_number.spa_temperature_set_point
using quotes, single quotes. I’ve also tried
payload: "setpoint" : {{states('input_number.spa_temperature_set_point') | int }}
In all case, what gets published is just that entire string of text. I never get the numeric value.
Can someone point me in the right direction here?
Thanks!