Third Reality Zigbee Button & MQTT

Configuration Zigbee
1

I have a Third Reality Zigbee Button. I want it when pressed to turn on a Zigbee plug.
Both devices are listed in Z2M and both show up in mqtt.
I have created two different automations based on the Zigbee2MQTT guide.
I can see the messages when I listen to MQTT but when the button is pressed it does not turn on the device.
Here are the two automations.

- id: "ad5509ee-7b91-42a3-ae26-5be1c74a27cf"
  alias: "Black Light ON"
  trigger:
    platform: mqtt
    topic: 'zigbee2mqtt/Black Light Button'
  condition:
    condition: template
    value_template: '{{ "single" == trigger.payload_json.click }}'
  action:
    entity_id: switch.black_light_plug
    service: switch.toggle

- id: "d5bd322e-344c-4922-ba5c-c82c84c50342"
  alias: Respond to button click
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.black_light_button_action
    to: 'single
  action:
    entity_id: switch.black_light_plug
    service: switch.toggle
  mode: single

Any help is appreciated

2

Z2m creates ha entities and devices. There is no need to automate via mqtt.

In any event this is very likely wrong as mqtt topics don’t generally have spaces.

3

Thank you for putting me on the right track.
I sort of got it figured out as shown below.
But when I restart HA it turns the light on.
I am not sure what to change so that when it restarts it is in the off mode.

- id: "ad5509ee-7b91-42a3-ae26-5be1c74a27cf"
  alias: "Black Light ON"
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
    - sensor.black_light_button_action
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: switch.toggle
    data: {}
    target:
      device_id: 9c3ac13e811433ef93c594540eb08c39
  mode: single

Thanks

4

Look at the trace to see why it is triggering.

5

I’m having an issue with the same device. I can add it to Z2M but it is only creating an update and battery entity, not an action entity. I can see via MQTT Explorer that it is indeed sending the message. I’ve tried reinterviewing, deleting/reading, etc. Thoughts/ideas?

6

If you are using the latest version of Zigbee2MQTT (version 2.X) it no longer creates action sensors.

Here are your choices.

  1. You can re-enable the creation of action sensors in Zigbee2MQTT’s Settings → Home Assistant . This is not recommended because this feature will eventually be completely removed.
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  2. Use a Device Trigger. This is the recommended replacement for action sensors.

  3. You can use event entities by enabling this option in Zigbee2MQTT’s Settings → Home Assistant. Then you can use a State Trigger to listen to an event entity. There’s a tutorial for it here. FWIW, this is what I chose to do.
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7

Thank you!!! I missed this from release notes…