EmonTx Node Red MQTT node 'disconnected'

Hardware emonTx
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Another problem.

This is an out of the box emonBase I am setting up (not the previous one), including the pre loaded SD card.

I fired it up, changed the root password, and went into node red to add an MQTT node I have used on my previous emonBase to subscribe to emon/# topic as I have done before. This time however, it is saying ‘disconnected’

In my log file, it is saying it is it is publishing:

2017-12-07 00:35:15,188 DEBUG MQTT Publishing: emon/powerNode-2-1/vrms 4.57

I had a dig around some log files and in mosquitto.log I found this:

pi@emonpi(ro):mosquitto$ sudo tail mosquitto.log

1512606261: Socket error on client , disconnecting.
1512606284: New connection from 127.0.0.1 on port 1883.
1512606284: New connection from 127.0.0.1 on port 1883.
1512606284: Socket error on client , disconnecting.
1512606284: Socket error on client , disconnecting.
1512606371: New connection from 127.0.0.1 on port 1883.
1512606371: New connection from 127.0.0.1 on port 1883.
1512606371: Socket error on client , disconnecting.
1512606371: Socket error on client , disconnecting.

emoncms.log

  2017-12-07 10:22:04.346|ERROR|phpmqtt_input.php|exception 'Mosquitto\Exception' with message 'The client is not currently connected.' in /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php:112

Stack trace:

#0 /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php(112): Mosquitto\Client->loop()

#1 {main}

2017-12-07 10:22:04.415|ERROR|phpmqtt_input.php|exception 'Mosquitto\Exception' in /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php:121

Stack trace:

#0 /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php(121): Mosquitto\Client->connect('localhost', 1883, 5)

#1 {main}

2017-12-07 10:22:04.416|WARN|phpmqtt_input.php|Not connected, retrying connection

2017-12-07 10:22:05.418|ERROR|phpmqtt_input.php|exception 'Mosquitto\Exception' with message 'The client is not currently connected.' in /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php:112

Stack trace:

#0 /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php(112): Mosquitto\Client->loop()

#1 {main}

2017-12-07 10:22:06.420|ERROR|phpmqtt_input.php|exception 'Mosquitto\Exception' with message 'The client is not currently connected.' in /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php:112

Stack trace:

#0 /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php(112): Mosquitto\Client->loop()

#1 {main}

2017-12-07 10:22:07.423|ERROR|phpmqtt_input.php|exception 'Mosquitto\Exception' with message 'The client is not currently connected.' in /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php:112

Stack trace:

#0 /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php(112): Mosquitto\Client->loop()

#1 {main}

2017-12-07 10:22:08.425|ERROR|phpmqtt_input.php|exception 'Mosquitto\Exception' with message 'The client is not currently connected.' in /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php:112

Stack trace:

#0 /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php(112): Mosquitto\Client->loop()

#1 {main}

2017-12-07 10:22:09.428|ERROR|phpmqtt_input.php|exception 'Mosquitto\Exception' with message 'The client is not currently connected.' in /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php:112

Stack trace:

#0 /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php(112): Mosquitto\Client->loop()

#1 {main}

2017-12-07 10:22:09.430|ERROR|phpmqtt_input.php|exception 'Mosquitto\Exception' with message 'The client is not currently connected.' in /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php:112

Stack trace:

#0 /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php(112): Mosquitto\Client->loop()

#1 {main}

2017-12-07 10:22:09.431|ERROR|phpmqtt_input.php|exception 'Mosquitto\Exception' with message 'The client is not currently connected.' in /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php:112

Stack trace:

#0 /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php(112): Mosquitto\Client->loop()

#1 {main}

2017-12-07 10:22:09.433|ERROR|phpmqtt_input.php|exception 'Mosquitto\Exception' with message 'The client is not currently connected.' in /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php:112

Stack trace:

#0 /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php(112): Mosquitto\Client->loop()

#1 {main}

2017-12-07 10:22:09.435|ERROR|phpmqtt_input.php|exception 'Mosquitto\Exception' with message 'The client is not currently connected.' in /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php:112

Stack trace:

#0 /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php(112): Mosquitto\Client->loop()

#1 {main}

2017-12-07 10:22:09.436|ERROR|phpmqtt_input.php|exception 'Mosquitto\Exception' with message 'The client is not currently connected.' in /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php:112

Stack trace:

#0 /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php(112): Mosquitto\Client->loop()

#1 {main}

2017-12-07 10:22:09.438|ERROR|phpmqtt_input.php|exception 'Mosquitto\Exception' with message 'The client is not currently connected.' in /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php:112

Stack trace:

#0 /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php(112): Mosquitto\Client->loop()

#1 {main}

2017-12-07 10:22:09.440|ERROR|phpmqtt_input.php|exception 'Mosquitto\Exception' with message 'The client is not currently connected.' in /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php:112

Stack trace:

#0 /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php(112): Mosquitto\Client->loop()

#1 {main}

Any ideas?

2

all fixed thanks

3

Glad you sorted it. Are other users likely to hit the same issue? What was the fix? Please share if you think it might be useful to others.

4

Only to be aware when you export/import nodes, it for some reason does not bring over your security information for MQTT nodes (password/username).

My latest SD’s all came with node-red with no example nodes for some odd reason, so I had nothing to reference against in that workspace, but I flagged that on the phone earlier.

Once I put the password in security tab (the one in the config file NOT the node red one), it was alright.

5

I have the same problem.
Where do you have to put the password, exactly?

6

Do you mean EmonBase or EmonPi? They are different.

Node-red on a different machine?

You will need to explain the whole setup more fully I think.