Serial input to MQTT

[redskinhu]

Hello

I have a small problem. My esp is connected to the alarm system through serial to the rx/tx pins with level converter.
I use the Serial Server plugin. I would like to send the received data to my HASS server through MQTT. I created a rule to publish the recieved data.

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On !Serial# do
  publish home/ESP07/Alarm,%eventvalue%
Endon

If the esp get data from the alarm the !Serial# event is fired. Rule is working, it publish.

But i get this: home/ESP07/Alarm/!Serial#, doesn't matter what is the received data.

I know this plugin is not created to doing this. I thought maybe i can catch the data from the %eventvalue%. But not....

Any idea how can i get the real data? Other plugin?

Thanks
T

[xury]

Hi I just read about your problem and I have an idea.

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On !Serial# do
  publish home/ESP07/Alarm,%eventvalue%
Endon

Because !Serial# does not have a value name.
You can try use a prefix on sending data as: myname= and after send your data
Obviously if you have an impact on the format of the data being sent to esp trough serial
When try a rule as:

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On !Serial#myname do
  publish home/ESP07/Alarm,%eventvalue%
Endon

[dirk_k]

i use the following syntax

On Serial#myname do
publish home/ESP07/Alarm,[Serial#myname]
Endon