drgerg
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3 months ago Well, that was a fantastically short fit of ignorance. I found a friend at work who was able to fill in some blanks for me, and then I went back and found a small config error I made setting mosquitto up.
So, my problem is solved! This version of bluetti_mqtt is working with my AC200L and mosquitto and MQTT Explorer. Thanks!
I recently purchased a AC200L. It's running on solar and works fine. I have your fork of bluetti_mqtt running on a Pi 4. It connects to the Bluetti AC200L just fine. The Bluetti finds the broker, and seems to be happy. I have mosquitto as the broker running on a Linux Mint machine, and it seems to be working. It shows a connection from the Bluetti in its log. I notice it gives it a long name starting with "auto", not bluetti. That might be a hint.
My problem is I have no experience with MQTT, so there are some basic gaps in my understanding. I've spent quite a bit of time trying to find answers on my own, but I really need some human help to get over this hump.
I'm hoping someone here will be willing to answer a few dumb questions for me.
The failure in my system so far is that MQTT Explorer shows the broker and all its $SYS topics, but not the Bluetti. I don't know why.
If someone is willing to help me out, I'll post whatever you ask for.
Thanks!