Re: [mh] MQTT Not Reliable

I also have a lot of MQTT devices using the native MH code with no major 
issues.
Giles

On 22/08/2023 17:50, H Plato wrote:
> On an unrelated note, is the insteon MQTT code more reliable than the 
> native MH support? Why did you switch?
>
> I don’t have 120 devices, but probably 50 or so devices and it’s 
> pretty good for reliability with the odd device exception. I have a 
> challenge with some keypadlincs getting them to sync. the MH code 
> seems to give up after a period of time, so I end up uninstalling the 
> KPLs from the walls and into a temporary plastic electrical box that I 
> can plug into the same outlet as the PLM.
>
> Dave if you submit a PR I can merge it in. There’s been a bunch of 
> changes over the past year or so, might be good to capture a release 
> soon. Unfortunately my git skills have atrophied so every time I think 
> about doing this I get frustrated with some git situation and figure 
> I’ll do it later….
>
>> On Aug 20, 2023, at 1:32 PM, Stephen Switzer <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I'm probably running an old version of MH, so if this has been fixed 
>> in the past 1-2 years, then please tell me to update. :)
>>
>> I created an integration that has MH listening to the mosquito broker 
>> for some light commands, and for the most part, it's working. 
>> However, it seems that random lights do not work when I send a MQTT 
>> command to the broker. I can see the command hit the broker, but it 
>> won't trigger an event in MH for all lights. I see no difference 
>> between the lights that work and those that do not.
>>
>> Mosquito Broker:
>> insteon/living_room_lamp on
>> insteon/living_room_lamp/state on
>>
>> insteon/living_room_fan_light on
>> caddx/motion/binary_sensor.living_motion/state on
>> insteon/living_room_lamp off
>> caddx/motion/binary_sensor.living_motion/state off
>> insteon/living_room_lamp/state off
>>
>>
>> MH:
>> 08/20/23 03:21:57 PM [MQTT_RECV] living_room_lamp: on
>> 08/20/23 03:21:59 PM [LIGHTS] $ll_liv_lamp1 is 100%
>> 08/20/23 03:21:59 PM [MQTT_SEND] ll_liv_lamp1: on
>>
>> 08/20/23 03:22:06 PM [MQTT] MQTT_living_motion: on
>> 08/20/23 03:22:07 PM [MOTION] Motion sensed in Living.
>> 08/20/23 03:22:10 PM [MQTT_RECV] living_room_lamp: off
>> 08/20/23 03:22:12 PM [MQTT] MQTT_living_motion: off
>> 08/20/23 03:22:12 PM [LIGHTS] $ll_liv_lamp1 is off
>> 08/20/23 03:22:12 PM [MQTT_SEND] ll_liv_lamp1: off
>>
>> You  can see MH is listening to the broker, sending messages 
>> successfully, etc. The living_room_fan_light  event was not picked up 
>> from the broker by MH. I don't see why. Here's the code snippets:
>>
>>
>> $MQTT_insteon = new mqtt('mqtt_1', '127.0.0.1', 1883, 'insteon/#', 
>> "", "", 120);
>>
>> $MQTT_insteon_living_room_fan_light_set = new 
>> mqtt_Item($MQTT_insteon, "insteon/living_room_fan_light");
>> $MQTT_insteon_living_room_fan_light_state = new 
>> mqtt_Item($MQTT_insteon, "insteon/living_room_fan_light/state", 1, 1);
>> if(my $state = state_changed $MQTT_insteon_living_room_fan_light_set) {
>>     print_log("[MQTT_RECV] living_room_fan_light: $state");
>>     set $living_room_fan_light $state;
>> }
>> if($state = state_now $fl_liv_fanlight) {
>>     $state = ON if $state == '100%';
>>     print_log("[MQTT_SEND] fl_liv_fanlight: $state");
>>     set $MQTT_insteon_living_room_fan_light_state $state;
>> }
>>
>> $MQTT_insteon_living_room_lamp_set = new mqtt_Item($MQTT_insteon, 
>> "insteon/living_room_lamp");
>> $MQTT_insteon_living_room_lamp_state = new mqtt_Item($MQTT_insteon, 
>> "insteon/living_room_lamp/state", 1, 1);
>> if(my $state = state_changed $MQTT_insteon_living_room_lamp_set) {
>>     print_log("[MQTT_RECV] living_room_lamp: $state");
>>     set $living_room_lamp $state;
>> }
>> if($state = state_now $ll_liv_lamp1) {
>>     $state = ON if $state == '100%';
>>     print_log("[MQTT_SEND] ll_liv_lamp1: $state");
>>     set $MQTT_insteon_living_room_lamp_state $state;
>> }
>>
>>
>> Mind you, I have about 120 lights in my code, all listening to 
>> $MQTT_insteon. Could there be a memory issue? I appreciate any input 
>> with ideas on this.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> -- 
>> Best regards,
>> Steve Switzer
>>
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