Questions Using MQTT on EISY

[EVictory]

I am a long time user of ISY 99i and 994i but just upgraded to EISY with PG3 built-in.  I have installed the MQTT node server on PG3.  In my application, I just want to read values from a broker and will never be writing data back.  I have a few questions.  

1. Since this is on EISY PG3, I cannot access the EISY file system.  Does this mean I cannot use the devfile option to store my configuration file on EISY?  

2. I have an RPi running OWFS for a series of 1-wire devices (humidity & temperature sensors and a counter).  I modified a MQTT python script to read the values from the OWFS system and post them to an MQTT Broker as strings.  Below is a screen shot from MQTT Explorer showing my 1-wire sensors.  My script only posts the string values representing the numeric data for each sensor.  What Type should I use to display my string data?   I have tried analog, temp, and raw but cannot get the values to appear in ISY. 

3. What are the requirements for the ANALOG and RAW Types with regards to sensor_id, status_topic, and cmd_topic?

4. I have looked at https://github.com/Trilife/udi-mqtt-pg3x/blob/0.40/POLYGLOT_CONFIG.md and have read the Configuration Help in PG3.  Is there some place I can additional information on how to configure each device?  

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Below is an example of my devlist line.
[{"id": "outside_18b20", "sensor_id": "outside_18b20", "type": "Temp", "status_topic": "tele/owfs/temp/outside_18b20", "cmd_topic":  "cmnd/sensor/POWER"}]

Sincerely,
Emile Victory

[EVictory]

Please disregard my earlier help request on the MQTT node server.

Yesterday I migrated my ISY-994i over to an EISY.  I had previously used a PG1 level node server called NodeLink to communicate with my OWFS (OWLink) and my GenMon.  I was under the impression that these would NOT work in EISY and PG3, which is why I was trying the MQTT node server.

However to my surprise, I found that if I added the port (:8080) to the end of the ISY IP address, the old NodeLink node server started communicating with PG3 and EISY as an unmanaged plugin.

Below is a screen shot of an Attic humidity and temperature sensor in EISY.

I will keep your MQTT plugin (node server) in mind if I try out sonoff devices.

Sincerely,
Emile Victory

[TriLife]

52 minutes ago, EVictory said:

Please disregard my earlier help request on the MQTT node server.

Yesterday I migrated my ISY-994i over to an EISY.  I had previously used a PG1 level node server called NodeLink to communicate with my OWFS (OWLink) and my GenMon.  I was under the impression that these would NOT work in EISY and PG3, which is why I was trying the MQTT node server.

However to my surprise, I found that if I added the port (:8080) to the end of the ISY IP address, the old NodeLink node server started communicating with PG3 and EISY as an unmanaged plugin.

Below is a screen shot of an Attic humidity and temperature sensor in EISY.

I will keep your MQTT plugin (node server) in mind if I try out sonoff devices.

Sincerely,
Emile Victory

Hi @EVictory;

Glad you figured it out.

Cheers.