Can I get some help with NSPanel Manager

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I have an NSPanel that I’m trying to flash and use with NSPanel Manager. I’m pretty sure my problem is with MQTT authentication but I’m not sure what the problem is. Here’s what I’ve done.

I’ve flashed the panel and it’s on my wireless network with an IP of http://192.168.1.29/. I’ve set the MQTT settings to my HA IP (192.168.1.151) with a port of 1883. I’ve set a MQTT username (nspanel) and password that match a user I created in HA for this purpose.

I have installed Mosquitto broker as an Add-on. I’ve left all the settings as the default. Notably, I did not add logins here as my reading says it will pick up HA users. I have noticed that the add-on doesn’t log in the web console but it does allow me to download the logs.

I also have the MQTT integration installed. If I listen for a topic and then publish to that topic, I get the message. Seems ok.

I installed the NSPanel Manager add-on. Left the configuration as default. It also doesn’t log in the console. I need to figure what’s up with that. When I download the logs, I see a whole lot of [2025-02-12 18:57:33.577] [info] [main.cpp:171] [367] Waiting for MQTT to connect before proceeding.

Next, I have my NSPanel Manager interface (http://192.168.1.151:8000/settings). I have the MQTT settings here the same as the settings on the panel settings (192.168.1.29). HA IP (192.168.1.151) with a port of 1883. I’ve set a MQTT username (nspanel) and password that match a user I created in HA for this purpose.

Finally, I have my user configuration (http://192.168.1.151:8123/config/users). Username is nspanel, the user is active, not an admin, and not set as local access only (seems like it should be but I disabled it).

I have to believe that it’s an authentication problem and I’m missing something simple but I’m not sure what. Can anyone help? Happy to share more info.

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in your Mosquitto broker

you NEED a login password

logins:
  - username: mqttuser
    password: imnottellingyou
require_certificate: false
certfile: fullchain.pem
keyfile: privkey.pem
customize:
  active: false
  folder: mosquitto

this is mine

DOES not have to be a HA user

in your NSPannel setup the MQTT make shore the username and password match what in Mosquitto broker

should be all good

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Thank you! That worked. Do you know why the HA user didn’t work without specifying the user within Moquitto broker? I swear I read that would work.

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cause the user is a user

you did tell Mosquitto broker its password