Not to hijack this thread but I am curious why MQTT doesn’t simply send the information on connection or state change instead of every xx seconds? I mean, it could certainly still send heartbeat containing the current status once every 60 minutes or so but it is excessive to do it every 15 seconds without any changes.
Seems like it would be far more responsive for use in automations (in Home Assistant, in my case) if OG simply sent an MQTT message whenever an event happens instead of on an internal timer.