Planning and setup - ESP32-S3 - 4848S040 - 480*480 IPS touchscreen

Your assistance is appreciated.

First the MQTT settings. My MQTT broker is open, so there is no user/password.

I am not using the integrated MQTT broker. My broker is on a separate Raspberry Pi3*

After a couple of reboots, this is what I see on MQTT Explorer:

“plate” is seen on MQTT, but there is no I/O.

My other HASP devices are HA SwitchPlates working fine.

*My MQTT broker predates my use of Home Assistant by more than a year. A number of my MQTT devices have the broker IP hard-coded and it is easier to just keep the broker where it is instead of using the integrated broker. Which would require a lot of re-flashing.