MQTT Posting Loop but Archive not making it

[Tom Mitchell]

Hello,

Running weewx 3.9.2 and mqtt 0.18 and Belchertown skin v1.0.1.

I have my own mosquitto server and all seems well with loop records. However, archive records seem to be getting posted by the mqtt extension but for the life of me I can not find them on the mqtt server, which I am looking at with MQTT Explorer.

Here is my relevant config:

[[MQTT]]

server_url = mqtt://xxx:y...@web.foo.bar:1883

topic = weather/vt-dev

unit_system = US

binding = archive, loop

aggregation = aggregate

[[Belchertown]]

HTML_ROOT = public_html/belchertown

skin = Belchertown

[[[Extras]]]

[snip]

mqtt_websockets_enabled = 1

mqtt_websockets_ssl = 0

mqtt_websockets_host = "web.foo.bar" #  The MQTT broker hostname or IP

mqtt_websockets_port = 9001 #   The port of the MQTT broker's Websockets port. Check your broker's documentation.

mqtt_websockets_topic = "weather/vt-dev/#" #    The topic to subscribe to for your weather data

disconnect_live_website_visitor = 1800000 #The number of seconds after a visitor has loaded your page that we disconnect them from the live streaming updates. The idea here is to save your broker from a streaming connection that never ends. Time is in milliseconds. 0 = disabled. 300000 = 5 minutes. 1800000 = 30 minutes

Log snippet: the blue highlighted records are making it fine (I can see them in the client. The yellow ones seem to be leaving weewx but I am not able to see them in the client. If I generate one manually and post it to the archive topic, it shows up in the client.

Wondering what I might be doing wrong. Any tips appreciated.

Jul 24 05:15:29 weewx-deployment-vt-dev-54f7b44d6d-qsq5b weewx[28]: manager: Added record 2019-07-24 05:15:00 EDT (1563959700) to daily summary in 'weewx_vt_dev'

Jul 24 05:15:29 weewx-deployment-vt-dev-54f7b44d6d-qsq5b weewx[28]: engine: Launch of report thread aborted: existing report thread still running

Jul 24 05:15:29 weewx-deployment-vt-dev-54f7b44d6d-qsq5b weewx[28]: restx: MQTT: Published record 2019-07-24 05:15:00 EDT (1563959700)

Jul 24 05:15:30 weewx-deployment-vt-dev-54f7b44d6d-qsq5b weewx[28]: manager: Added record 2019-07-24 05:15:31 EDT (1563959731) to database 'weewx_vt_dev'

: 0, outTemp: 55.4, pressure: 28.6496180628, radiation: 0.0, rain: 0.0, rainAlarm: 0, rainRate: 0.0, soilLeafAlarm1: 0, soilLeafAlarm2: 0, soilLeafAlarm3: 0, soilLeafAlarm4: 0, stormRain: 0.07, stormStart: 1563768000, sunrise: 1563960300, sunset: 1564014060, trendIcon: 0, txBatteryStatus: 0, usUnits: 1, windchill: 55.4, windDir: 355.0, windGust: 1.0, windGustDir: 355.0, windSpeed: 1.0, windSpeed10: 0.0, yearET: 0.92, yearRain: 0.16

LOOP:   2019-07-24 05:15:16 EDT (1563959716) altimeter: 29.9279416577, appTemp: 56.72448544, barometer: 29.906, cloudbase: 1466.04677519, consBatteryVoltage: 4.78, dateTime: 1563959716, dayET: 0.0, dayRain: 0.0, dewpoint: 54.2777941892, extraAlarm1: 0, extraAlarm2: 0, extraAlarm3: 0, extraAlarm4: 0, extraAlarm5: 0, extraAlarm6: 0, extraAlarm7: 0, extraAlarm8: 0, forecastIcon: 6, forecastRule: 45, heatindex: 55.4, humidex: 59.8243535484, inDewpoint: 57.412055126, inHumidity: 57.0, insideAlarm: 0, inTemp: 73.6, leafWet4: 0.0, maxSolarRad: 0.0, monthET: 0.92, monthRain: 0.16, outHumidity: 96.0, outsideAlarm1: 0, outsideAlarm2: 0, outTemp: 55.4, pressure: 28.6496180628, radiation: 0.0, rain: 0.0, rainAlarm: 0, rainRate: 0.0, soilLeafAlarm1: 0, soilLeafAlarm2: 0, soilLeafAlarm3: 0, soilLeafAlarm4: 0, stormRain: 0.07, stormStart: 1563768000, sunrise: 1563960300, sunset: 1564014060, trendIcon: 0, txBatteryStatus: 0, usUnits: 1, windchill: 55.4, windDir: None, windGust: 1.0, windGustDir: 355.0, windSpeed: 0.0, windSpeed10: 0.0, yearET: 0.92, yearRain: 0.16

Unable to wake up console... sleeping

Unable to wake up console... retrying

REC:    2019-07-24 05:15:00 EDT (1563959700) altimeter: 29.9279679062, appTemp: 56.855466787, barometer: 29.906, cloudbase: 1466.15968472, consBatteryVoltage: 4.78, dateTime: 1563959700, dayET: 0.0, dayRain: 0.0, dewpoint: 54.3772973872, ET: 0.0, extraAlarm1: 0.0, extraAlarm2: 0.0, extraAlarm3: 0.0, extraAlarm4: 0.0, extraAlarm5: 0.0, extraAlarm6: 0.0, extraAlarm7: 0.0, extraAlarm8: 0.0, forecastIcon: 6.0, forecastRule: 45, heatindex: 55.5, highOutTemp: 55.6, highRadiation: 0.0, humidex: 59.9774261904, inDewpoint: 57.412055126, inHumidity: 57.0, insideAlarm: 0.0, inTemp: 73.6, interval: 5, leafWet4: 0.0, lowOutTemp: 55.4, maxSolarRad: 0.0, monthET: 0.92, monthRain: 0.16, outHumidity: 96.0, outsideAlarm1: 0.0, outsideAlarm2: 0.0, outTemp: 55.5, pressure: 28.6496433933, radiation: 0.0, rain: 0.0, rainAlarm: 0.0, rainRate: 0.0, rxCheckPercent: 98.875, soilLeafAlarm1: 0.0, soilLeafAlarm2: 0.0, soilLeafAlarm3: 0.0, soilLeafAlarm4: 0.0, stormRain: 0.07, stormStart: 1563768000.0, sunrise: 1563960300.0, sunset: 1564014060.0, trendIcon: 0.0, txBatteryStatus: 0, usUnits: 1, windchill: 55.5, windDir: None, windGust: 1.0, windGustDir: 0.0, windrun: 0.0, windSpeed: 0.0, windSpeed10: 0.0, yearET: 0.92, yearRain: 0.16

LOOP:   2019-07-24 05:15:31 EDT (1563959731) altimeter: 29.9279416577, appTemp: 56.72448544, barometer: 29.906, cloudbase: 1466.04677519, consBatteryVoltage: 4.78, dateTime: 1563959731, dayET: 0.0, dayRain: 0.0, dewpoint: 54.2777941892, extraAlarm1: 0, extraAlarm2: 0, extraAlarm3: 0, extraAlarm4: 0, extraAlarm5: 0, extraAlarm6: 0, extraAlarm7: 0, extraAlarm8: 0, forecastIcon: 6, forecastRule: 45, heatindex: 55.4, humidex: 59.8243535484, inDewpoint: 57.412055126, inHumidity: 57.0, insideAlarm: 0, inTemp: 73.6, leafWet4: 0.0, maxSolarRad: 0.0, monthET: 0.92, monthRain: 0.16, outHumidity: 96.0, outsideAlarm1: 0, outsideAlarm2: 0, outTemp: 55.4, pressure: 28.6496180628, radiation: 0.0, rain: 0.0, rainAlarm: 0, rainRate: 0.0, soilLeafAlarm1: 0, soilLeafAlarm2: 0, soilLeafAlarm3: 0, soilLeafAlarm4: 0, stormRain: 0.07, stormStart: 1563768000, sunrise: 1563960300, sunset: 1564014060, trendIcon: 0, txBatteryStatus: 0, usUnits: 1, windchill: 55.4, windDir: None, windGust: 1.0, windGustDir: 355.0, windSpeed: 0.0, windSpeed10: 0.0, yearET: 0.92, yearRain: 0.16

LOOP:   2019-07-24 05:15:31 EDT (1563959731) altimeter: 29.9279416577, appTemp: 56.72448544, barometer: 29.906, cloudbase: 1466.04677519, consBatteryVoltage: 4.78, dateTime: 1563959731, dayET: 0.0, dayRain: 0.0, dewpoint: 54.277794Jul 24 05:15:30 weewx-deployment-vt-dev-54f7b44d6d-qsq5b weewx[28]: restx: MQTT: Published record 2019-07-24 05:15:31 EDT (1563959731)

Jul 24 05:15:30 weewx-deployment-vt-dev-54f7b44d6d-qsq5b weewx[28]: restx: MQTT: Published record 2019-07-24 05:15:31 EDT (1563959731)

Jul 24 05:15:31 weewx-deployment-vt-dev-54f7b44d6d-qsq5b weewx[28]: manager: Added record 2019-07-24 05:15:32 EDT (1563959732) to database 'weewx_vt_dev'

[Tom Mitchell]

One followup question: the user.mqtt.MQTT extension is declared in the restful_services and the archive_services or just restful?

[Pat]

I would advise you to change your mqtt_websockets_topic to "weather/vt-dev/loop". The # topic is the "firehose" and typically only used for troubleshooting. Using # in the skin can sometimes cause unintended things to happen. 

I'm trying to understand your question though. You're looking for the archive (REC) payload on your MQTT broker? If so, those show up in the loop topic I mentioned above. The only difference are the items within that payload that identify it as the archive packet. 

On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 5:26:43 AM UTC-4, Tom Mitchell wrote:

[Tom Mitchell]

OK, thanks.

On the # in the topic, I appreciate your calling that out. Fixed my config.

On the archive records being in the loop topic but having different data, that is good to know. I expected there to be an archive topic, for some reason.

Thanks for clarifying on both counts. Great skin - I am just playing with it in earnest.