I originated this thread but don’t recall getting an email about @Lostsoulfly’s post even though I have notify checked.
I very much like the idea of getting the MQTT OPEN/CLOSED status upon detected change. This would be better than being able to change the heartbeat time.
But I also would very much not want the heartbeat version to go away, at least as an on/off option if not always on. The reason is that a change can be missed if, for example, the MQTT server is down when it happens like during a reboot of the MQTT server. Having to handle this scenario almost makes the auto-generated version worthless. My code is very simple with the current version.