MQTT Sensor - unknown :SOLVED

123 · August 24, 2019, 2:22pm

Use Home Assistant to publish a payload to pool/airtemp while MQTT.fx is connected to the broker.

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MQTT.fx should show the published value. This simple test will confirm that both Home Assistant and MQTT.fx are properly connected to the broker.

After completing this test, sensor.pool_air_temp should also report the value you published (80 in the example above).

If neither MQTT.fx or the sensor report the value then we know we have a basic connection problem between Home Assistant and the broker.
If only MQTT.fx sees the new value but not the sensor, then we know the problem is not simply ‘plumbing’ but something more subtle.

El_Duderino · August 24, 2019, 10:44pm

Well, that didn’t yield the result I expected. Looks like maybe there’s an issue with the connection.

I changed the client id in MQTT.fx to “MQTTFX” and get the following in the Mosquitto log in HA:

1566686722: New client connected from 192.168.1.171 as MQTTFX (p2, c1, k60, u'e2s').

123 · August 24, 2019, 10:51pm

What was the result?

El_Duderino · August 24, 2019, 11:18pm

When I published the message via Home Assistant, nothing happened in MQTT.fx

123 · August 24, 2019, 11:22pm

That means there’s a basic ‘plumbing’ problem.

Possibilities:

Home Assistant is not connected to the MQTT broker.
You have two MQTT brokers and Home Assistant and MQTT.fx are not connected to the same one.

I suspect it’s the first one. How have you configured Home Assistant to connect to the MQTT broker?

El_Duderino · August 24, 2019, 11:38pm

I’m using the Hassio add-on with pretty much default settings (besides un/pw).

The data I’m pulling from is coming from a separate version of Node-Red (not on my HA box), but is pointing to the MQTT server on Home Assistant. MQTT sees this data, but Home Assistant doesn’t.

I only have that one broker.

123 · August 25, 2019, 1:02am

Did you create an ACL?

Since version 4.1 of the addon, an explicit ACL definition is now required, see these instructions.

myle · August 25, 2019, 5:16am

ok need to check setting.

in the addon you have Mosquitto broker
with these setting

and

and now u need the user

and on the Tasmota

REMEBER READ SOMEWHERE YOU MUST HAVE A USER AND CAN’T BE HASSIO

DavidFW1960 · August 25, 2019, 5:20am

and acl and accesscontrol list (active: true)

El_Duderino · August 25, 2019, 5:04pm

I have everything setup as described. I already had ACL setup and the log seems to show the user connecting the mqtt.

123 · August 25, 2019, 6:12pm

Double-check everything because if the test (that I suggested you try) resulted in failure, it clearly indicates Home Assistant does not have a functioning connection to the MQTT broker.

El_Duderino · August 25, 2019, 8:59pm

Here is what I have. Not sure what’s wrong beside having 172.30… IP address coming from Hassio?

When I try to follow the instructions, going to Configuration --> Integrations --> MQTT Broker, I get the following and no place to add Hassio IP address, etc. I’ve commented out any mention of MQTT in my configuration.yaml:

123 · August 26, 2019, 12:20pm

What do have in this file: /share/mosquitto/accesscontrollist

Is it this:

user e2s
topic readwrite #

or this:

user e2s
topic readwrite #
user homeassistant
topic readwrite #

El_Duderino · August 26, 2019, 12:48pm

user e2s
topic readwrite #

123 · August 26, 2019, 12:49pm

Just for fun, try adding the homeassistant user to the ACL (as shown above). This seemed to resolve the issue David was experiencing (in the other thread).

El_Duderino · August 26, 2019, 4:53pm

I tried that and still doesn’t appear to be working.

Should there be options under the integrations tab or are the instructions outdated?

Mine is blank per the above screenshot.

El_Duderino · August 28, 2019, 2:37pm

Solved the problem in case anyone else runs into this issue:

I deleted the “integration” for MQTT and re-added. Then the option showed up allowing me to enter my broker credentials, and all is good in the world.

123 · August 28, 2019, 3:13pm

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Solution: I replaced my house.

El_Duderino · August 28, 2019, 5:23pm

I guess it’s like the “reboot your computer” solution. Sometimes it actually works. Thanks for all your detailed assistance, it was a good exercise to help me better understand how mqtt works overall

CuriouslyCory · June 6, 2020, 5:21am

I would not have thought to nuke the integration. Thank you!