From 2fd1d9bde3b8ca4bd8d684fc35efcd8465e26c52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John <ebusd@ebusd.eu>
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2022 08:12:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] truncate updatecheck payload (fixes #542)

---
 contrib/etc/ebusd/mqtt-hassio.cfg | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/contrib/etc/ebusd/mqtt-hassio.cfg b/contrib/etc/ebusd/mqtt-hassio.cfg
index fbf2c805..d3d4d616 100644
--- a/contrib/etc/ebusd/mqtt-hassio.cfg
+++ b/contrib/etc/ebusd/mqtt-hassio.cfg
@@ -327,6 +327,10 @@ def_global_signal-topic = %haprefix/binary_sensor/%TOPIC/config
 def_global_signal-payload = %global_prefix,
   "device_class":"connectivity"%global_boolean_suffix
 
+def_global_updatecheck-payload = %global_prefix,
+  "state_class":"measurement",
+  "value_template":"{{value_json|truncate(255)}}"
+ }
 
 # the topic and payload to listen to in order to republish all config messages.
 # HA integration: force republish of all configs when HA goes down and comes up again.