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Bug Report: MQTT Issue: Changing the host address does not redirect the MQTT messages. Symptom: Struggling to get the MQTT messages to be received by Mosquitto on Home Assistant at 192.168.10.100. Spun up a standalone FreeBSD instance with Mosquitto at 192.168.10.197 and changed the IP in the local ...

Following the firmware update, I now get a message on the local LAN webpage: "Troubling Developments! I Wasn't Able to Check for Improvements. Don't You Want Me to Improve? Please Connect me to an Internet Enabled WiFi" The online dashboard is getting updated so clearly there is internet c...

@jonathan / @amente, Can you clarify what is required to use mqtt from the unit with username and password? Is it as simple as 'mqttusername-xxxxx' in the config file? @TripitakaBC Connecting with username and password with MQTT is not supported at the moment. We will implement it in future firmwar...

@jonathan / @amente,

Can you clarify what is required to use mqtt from the unit with username and password? Is it as simple as 'mqttusername-xxxxx' in the config file?

Yes, I've noticed the same gaps but it has been much better since I shut down the 'internal' dashboards in the browser and just monitor the cloud dashboard. They are still there but far better. I wonder if this could be overcome by switching to the ESP32 devices rather than the ESP8266? I've already...

Jon,
Can I get you to add a user and pass field to MQTT settings?

I've tried the REST approach but I'm finding stability of the stream to be an issue, often the settings are not sent whereas with mqtt I can store the settings in Influx.

EDIT:
Is it possible to just add them to the config file?

Well...dang! I've been playing with this for a couple of days and just found the help link on the dashboard that takes you here: https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rIIGOcbZz18ccW449CQMAk4qYlqGFPe1vQgGFUL8tOU/export?format=pdf As an end user suggestion, a label wit...

I just discovered that if you leave any pop-up open on the internal dashboard, the unit stops recording any data. I had the dashboard open on 3 different PCs and on one of them, I had opened the log file pop-up and not closed it. Couldn't figure out why it stopped logging data and then I had the lig...

I figured that I'd take the opportunity to write a quick guide for new users as I think I bombarded Jon with questions that were easily answered when mine arrived. When you get the device, it is pretty plain; a black box with an RJ-11 cable. Does it power itself from the solar controller? How do I g...