I have multiple flows that reads many MQTT feeds. My LoggerV2 for SolarMD recently received a firmware update and I just cannot get messages from this topic. The payload: Blockquote solarmd/ES Control Service/SMDBEX20226532 {"name":"solarmd/ES Control Service/SMDBEX20226532 ","data":{"sniu":tr…

You use spaces in your topic name. Although it is technically allowed, it is not recommended. A space is the enemy of every programmer. Use hyphens or underscores instead.

[image] fritserasmus: solarmd/ES Control Service/SMDBEX20226532 If your experiments with mosquitto_sub have proved that your logger is both connected to the broker and publishing using that topic, your next step should probably be to upgrade node-red and node.js. Node-red 3.0.2 is a long way …

[image] jbudd: js v22 @FireWizard52 , I understand what you say, but I have no control over the topic being published. This is the topic that my Solar Battery Logger sends out. I also tried "solarmd/ES Control Service/SMDBEX20226532" and solarmd/"ES Control Service"/SMDBEX20226532 for the …

[image] fritserasmus: Do you have a suggestion how to get around this? Start by upgrading as suggested.

If it still doesn't work then subscribe to solarmd/# and use a Switch node to pass only the topics you are interested in.

Hello @fritserasmus I copied your published flow in an Inject node, as far as it was possible, as it ends with a number of dots. I works as expected (with spaces in the topic) See: [ { "id": "9299412e7544f31f", "type": "inject", "z": "5f109901cbe25d34", "name"…

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ node -v v20.19.3 pi@raspberrypi:~ $ npm -v 10.8.2 Let see how the Logger's topic works now I wil test and provide update

@Colin , solarmd/# gives me a feed!!! I just now have to figure out how the "Switch node" works. I receive this message: solarmd/ES Control Service/SMDBEX20226532 : msg : Object object topic: "solarmd/ES Control Service/SMDBEX20226532 " payload: object name: "solarmd/ES Control Service/SMDBEX…

[image] fritserasmus: Obviously I am doing it wrong since there is no feed from this Yeah. But you're close. I'm posting a couple of the pre-canned replies below. They are worth absorbing (will get you moving much faster) There’s a great page in the docs ( Working with messages : Node-RED ) …

SolarMD - Logger upgrade firmware causes all flows to fail

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fritserasmus 3 July 2025 12:09 13

Steve-Mci,

THANK YOU!!, that made a world of difference.

Doing it thi sway I fu=igured out that the Topic had a space at the end, All is now working just perfect for ME.

All the right stuff where it is needed:

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