MQTT

[jltnol]

for a whole bunch of reasons, I've had to start from scratch with all this. THANKFULLY, the software install went very smoothly this time... so what I did slightly differently may have made the difference... slight changes in the Pi setup, not the pool software. But, regardless... thanks for all for making this install a lot easier than before.

I'm now trying to get the software to send out MQTT messages. This was working before so I doubt this is a bug in the pool software, but in the Controller/Interfaces tab, I have MQTT checked. My Pool software is running on a Pi, which is also running the Mosquito MQTT app.

I did change the IP address in the pool software from the default of 192.168.0.1, to the IP address of the PI, and restarted, but still don't have anything in the MQTT Explorer, except for the data of the Mosquito app itself...

So if there is something else I need to do in the pool software, please advise. And if there is something I might need to do to the mosquito config, any help is appreciated!!

TIA

[tagyoureit]

There should be report or warning messages in the logs. If not, set the log level to 'Silly' and then look for them.

Most likely it's a configuration issue. Since both services are on the same Pi you can use the localhost address of 127.0.0.1.

[jltnol]

So found out where to turn the logging on... "connection refused by MQTT.... no authorization".

Finally got the Mosquito config file set correctly... and now have data sent to mosquito....
Just out of curiosity, should this be a 2 way street? Should I be able to send MQTT commands to the pool software?

if you are responsible for updated the install steps... can NOT thank you enough for making it so easy.

THANKS for your help and support.

[tagyoureit]

See the wiki. You can stop the app, edit the config.json and then restart it.

[jltnol]

I'll try to make this short, but the story is long.
When I first installed the Pool Control software, my intention was to be able to get my HA system (Indigo) to schedule the pump and other features. That didn't work as I orignally thought due to some unresolvable hardware issues. Later on, I stumbled onto MQTT, and started messing around with it. While I couldn't get my HA system to control the pool, I was at least able to get data from the Pool Control software thru MQTT into my HA software... water temp, air temp, salt PPM among other data.

And while I was sure it was at least possible to have the HA system send MQTT messages to the Pool Control software and to the controller itself, I was never, ever able to make that happen. I asked for help via Indigo's forums, but just could never get it to work.

That was until you pointed me to the wiki, and I found this tiny bit of info:
`topic: easytouch2-8/state/circuits/setState

payload: {"id": 9, "isOn": true}
`

With these 2 lines of code, I was able to understand how to send MQTT messages thru the MQTT Explorer app to the Pool Control software and on to my EasyTouch panel, and then made the very tiny leap to getting my HA system to do the same.

I am not very experienced with code, but given enough pieces and parts(and time.....), I can often cobble together what I need, which is exactly what happened here. It's the little, tiny things that are often the missing pieces of the puzzle for me, and you pointed me to exactly where I needed to go to get this working like I imagined months ago.

I can't thank you enough for your help and support.