I am trying to connect a TASMOTA (not SONOFF) power plug with mqtt. I use node-red-contrib-tasmota. I use the sensor node to communicate. [afbeelding] [afbeelding] I have configured the broker node, [afbeelding] But the power plug as well as node-red don't seem to be able to find each other. …

You need to set the ip of the mqtt brokker in the tasmota device, at the moment it looks like you set it to 127.0.0.1, which is local host. So Tasmota device is trying to connect to itself. Fix the ip of the mqtt server and then add that ip to the tasmota device.

[image] E1cid: You need to set the ip of the mqtt brokker in the tasmota device, at the moment it looks like you set it to 127.0.0.1, which is local host. So Tasmota device is trying to connect to itself. I don't think that's correct, the Tasmota console says it is trying to connect to a brok…

@E1cid , I think I did it right, this is the config. of the Tasmota device, [afbeelding] [afbeelding] So the Tasmota device is trying to connect to 192.168.0.21, as you can see in the Tasmota log, which is the ip of the RPI, where Node-red is installed and where the MQTT node is configured. Chan…

@jbudd and @E1cid , I ditched the Tasmota librairy and installed AEDES broker, now it is working.

@jbudd , I cannot find Mosquitto in the librairy. How do I install?

@jbudd , ok I found one here, [image] Install Mosquitto Broker Raspberry Pi | Random Nerd Tutorials This tutorial shows how to install the Mosquitto Broker for MQTT communication on a Raspberry Pi board.

@jbudd , Ok, that seems to be working correctly. Thanks for the help. :grinning:

Tasmota power plug MQTT connecting problem

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jbudd 9 January 2022 14:54 6

Aedes is simple to install since it's within Node-red, and it works but it's better to use Mosquitto. For example Mosquitto supports quality of service.

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