Tasmota: %04x in topic not working when publishing from Rule

[martinren87]

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION

Having configured the MQTT Topic as:
TOPIC: Tasmota/%04x

I created the following rule:
RULE1: ON Var1#State DO Publish %topic%/Var1 %value% ENDON

I was hoping to get the value published this way:
TOPIC: Tasmota/603978/Var1 100

But instead I am getting this other way:
TOPIC: Tasmota/%04x/Var1 100

I guess the rule is not replacing %04d with the last digits of the MAC address. Is this intended to work this way, or it is a bug?
In my case I need to publish this variable as any other in the same root topic that has the format "TASMOTA/MACADDRESS/VARIABLE"

REQUESTED INFORMATION

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• [x] Read the Contributing Guide and Policy and the Code of Conduct
• [x] Searched the problem in issues
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• [x] Device used (e.g., Sonoff Basic): Node MCU
• [x] Tasmota binary firmware version number used: 8.2.0.3
  
  
  
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  • [x] IDE / Compiler used: Gitpod
  
  
• [x] Flashing tools used: Tasmotizer
• [ ] Provide the output of command: Backlog Template; Module; GPIO 255:

22:50:51 CMD: Backlog Template; Module; GPIO 255
22:50:51 MQT: Tasmota/603978/stat/RESULT = {"NAME":"Generic","GPIO":[255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255],"FLAG":15,"BASE":18}
22:50:51 MQT: Tasmota/603978/stat/RESULT = {"Module":{"0":"Generic"}}
22:50:52 MQT: Tasmota/603978/stat/RESULT = {"GPIO0":{"0":"None"},"GPIO1":{"0":"None"},"GPIO2":{"186":"Slave RST"},"GPIO3":{"0":"None"},"GPIO4":{"185":"Slave RX"},"GPIO5":{"184":"Slave TX"},"GPIO9":{"0":"None"},"GPIO10":{"0":"None"},"GPIO12":{"7":"WS2812"},"GPIO13":{"0":"None"},"GPIO14":{"37":"PWM1"},"GPIO15":{"0":"None"},"GPIO16":{"0":"None"}}

• [ ] If using rules, provide the output of this command: Backlog Rule1; Rule2; Rule3:

22:51:35 MQT: Tasmota/603978/stat/RESULT = {"Rule1":"ON","Once":"OFF","StopOnError":"OFF","Free":363,"Rules":"ON Var1#State DO Publish %topic%/Var1 %value% ENDON"}
22:51:35 MQT: Tasmota/603978/stat/RESULT = {"Rule2":"ON","Once":"OFF","StopOnError":"OFF","Free":300,"Rules":"ON mqtt#disconnected DO color 255,255,0 ENDON ON mqtt#connected DO color 0,255,0 ENDON ON wifi#disconnected DO color 255,0,0 ENDON ON wifi#connected DO color 255,255,0 ENDON ON Power1#Boot DO color 255,0,0 ENDON"}
22:51:35 MQT: Tasmota/603978/stat/RESULT = {"Rule3":"OFF","Once":"OFF","StopOnError":"OFF","Free":428,"Rules":"ON Dimmer#State DO Publish Tasmota/603978/Dimmer %value% ENDON"}

• [ ] Provide the output of this command: Status 0:

22:55:12 MQT: Tasmota/603978/stat/STATUS = {"Status":{"Module":0,"FriendlyName":["Tasmota"],"Topic":"Tasmota/603978","ButtonTopic":"0","Power":1,"PowerOnState":3,"LedState":1,"LedMask":"FFFF","SaveData":1,"SaveState":1,"SwitchTopic":"0","SwitchMode":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"ButtonRetain":0,"SwitchRetain":0,"SensorRetain":0,"PowerRetain":0}}
22:55:12 MQT: Tasmota/603978/stat/STATUS1 = {"StatusPRM":{"Baudrate":115200,"SerialConfig":"8N1","GroupTopic":"tasmotas","OtaUrl":"http://thehackbox.org/tasmota/release/tasmota.bin","RestartReason":"External System","Uptime":"0T00:04:50","StartupUTC":"2020-05-24T21:50:22","Sleep":50,"CfgHolder":4617,"BootCount":35,"BCResetTime":"2020-05-09T21:12:05","SaveCount":502,"SaveAddress":"FB000"}}
22:55:12 MQT: Tasmota/603978/stat/STATUS2 = {"StatusFWR":{"Version":"8.2.0.3(tasmota)","BuildDateTime":"2020-04-16T23:53:28","Boot":31,"Core":"STAGE","SDK":"2.2.2-dev(38a443e)","Hardware":"ESP8266EX","CR":"376/699"}}
22:55:12 MQT: Tasmota/603978/stat/STATUS3 = {"StatusLOG":{"SerialLog":2,"WebLog":2,"MqttLog":0,"SysLog":0,"LogHost":"","LogPort":514,"SSId":[" xxxxxxxxxxx ",""],"TelePeriod":300,"Resolution":"558180C0","SetOption":["00028009","2805C8000181060000005A00000000000000","00000000","00000000"]}}
22:55:12 MQT: Tasmota/603978/stat/STATUS4 = {"StatusMEM":{"ProgramSize":585,"Free":416,"Heap":22,"ProgramFlashSize":1024,"FlashSize":4096,"FlashChipId":"164020","FlashMode":3,"Features":["00000809","8FDAE797","043683A0","000000CD","010013C0","C000F981","00000024"],"Drivers":"1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,16,18,19,20,21,22,24,26,27,29,30,31,35,37","Sensors":"1,2,3,4,5,6"}}
22:55:12 MQT: Tasmota/603978/stat/STATUS5 = {"StatusNET":{"Hostname":"Tasmota/60","IPAddress":"192.168.168.135","Gateway":"192.168.168.1","Subnetmask":"255.255.255.0","DNSServer":"192.168.168.1","Mac":"B4:E6:2D:60:39:78","Webserver":2,"WifiConfig":4,"WifiPower":17.0}}
22:55:12 MQT: Tasmota/603978/stat/STATUS6 = {"StatusMQT":{"MqttHost":"xxxxxxxxxx","MqttPort":1883,"MqttClientMask":"DVES_%06X","MqttClient":"DVES_603978","MqttUser":"xxxxxxxxxxx","MqttCount":1,"MAX_PACKET_SIZE":1200,"KEEPALIVE":30}}
22:55:12 MQT: Tasmota/603978/stat/STATUS7 = {"StatusTIM":{"UTC":"2020-05-24T21:55:12","Local":"2020-05-24T22:55:12","StartDST":"2020-03-29T02:00:00","EndDST":"2020-10-25T03:00:00","Timezone":"+01:00","Sunrise":"04:57","Sunset":"20:36"}}
22:55:12 MQT: Tasmota/603978/stat/STATUS10 = {"StatusSNS":{"Time":"2020-05-24T22:55:12"}}
22:55:12 MQT: Tasmota/603978/stat/STATUS11 = {"StatusSTS":{"Time":"2020-05-24T22:55:12","Uptime":"0T00:04:50","UptimeSec":290,"Heap":22,"SleepMode":"Dynamic","Sleep":10,"LoadAvg":99,"MqttCount":1,"POWER":"ON","Dimmer":100,"Color":"0,255,0","HSBColor":"120,100,100","Channel":[0,100,0],"Scheme":0,"Width":1,"Fade":"OFF","Speed":1,"LedTable":"ON","Wifi":{"AP":1,"SSId":" xxxxxxxxxxx ","BSSId":"xxxxxxxxxxx","Channel":2,"RSSI":54,"Signal":-73,"LinkCount":1,"Downtime":"0T00:00:03"}}}

• [ ] Provide the output of the Console log output when you experience your issue; if applicable:
  _(Please use_ weblog 4 _for more debug information)_

  Console output here:

22:59:54 CMD: var1 20
22:59:54 MQT: Tasmota/603978/stat/RESULT = {"Var1":"20"}
22:59:54 RUL: VAR1#STATE performs "SlaveSend 20"
22:59:54 MQT: Tasmota/603978/stat/RESULT = {"SlaveSend":"Done"}
22:59:54 RUL: VAR1#STATE performs "Publish Tasmota/%04x/Var1 20"

TO REPRODUCE

_Steps to reproduce the behavior:_
Change VAR1 value

EXPECTED BEHAVIOUR

_A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen._

I expected to be published as:

22:59:54 RUL: VAR1#STATE performs "Publish Tasmota/603978/Var1 20"

SCREENSHOTS

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ADDITIONAL CONTEXT

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[martinren87]

Hi guys... any news about this? Is it possible to solve this problem?

[ascillato]

Hi, so far it is not supported, sorry. That is why it has the label feature request to see if there is anyone interested on working on this to add this new variable.

Instead of %04x it should be a new rule's variable like %mac% in order to be more easy to read.

If you want, you can check how other variables are programmed (like %topic% for example) in the file https://github.com/arendst/Tasmota/blob/development/tasmota/xdrv_10_rules.ino and make a new one for the mac. And then, if you want, you can make a Pull Request. If you need help on any part of this, please just ask.

[ascillato2]

@martinren87

Hi, are you interested on working on this?

If you need help, please, just ask.

[martinren87]

Hi Adrian. I am not an expert, but I´m interested, so I will do my best.

[ascillato2]

Hi,

After checking the code, your assumption was right. This was a Bug.

Now it is fixed on PR #8731

Thanks for reporting!!! :+1:

[martinren87]

Thank you Adrian!

Regards,