From c580953bd87132df09867e169d1662a9d778bf7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philip Lundrigan <philiplundrigan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 16:54:01 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix MQTT sensor
---
homeassistant/components/sensor/mqtt.py | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/sensor/mqtt.py b/homeassistant/components/sensor/mqtt.py
index 8cf2569acd5..032462430e0 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/sensor/mqtt.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/sensor/mqtt.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ For more details about this platform, please refer to the documentation at
https://home-assistant.io/components/sensor.mqtt/
"""
import logging
-from homeassistant.const import CONF_VALUE_TEMPLATE
+from homeassistant.const import CONF_VALUE_TEMPLATE, STATE_UNKNOWN
from homeassistant.helpers.entity import Entity
from homeassistant.util import template
import homeassistant.components.mqtt as mqtt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class MqttSensor(Entity):
""" Represents a sensor that can be updated using MQTT. """
def __init__(self, hass, name, state_topic, qos, unit_of_measurement,
value_template):
- self._state = "-"
+ self._state = STATE_UNKNOWN
self._hass = hass
self._name = name
self._state_topic = state_topic