Can't subscribe to MQTT topic

Oskars

Can anyone demonstrate the example for subscribing to certain MQTT topic? All I'm getting is an error: "'NoneType' object has no attribute 'subscribe'". Meanwhile publishing to MQTT works as it should.

ajb2k3

What hardware and software are you using as that’s a hardware base error

Oskars

Hardware used is Atom S3, software - UiFlow2.
My UiFlow2 code:

Without "MQTT subscribe" block all else works.
Error when running on device:

Python code generated by UiFlow:

import os, sys, io
import M5
from M5 import *
from umqtt import *

circle0 = None
mqtt_client = None

def mqtt_mqttDebugIncoming_event(data):
global circle0, mqtt_client
circle0.setColor(color=0x009900, fill_c=0x009900)

def setup():
global circle0, mqtt_client
mqtt_client.subscribe('mqttDebugIncoming', mqtt_mqttDebugIncoming_event, qos=0)

M5.begin()
circle0 = Widgets.Circle(62, 62, 50, 0xffffff, 0xffffff)

mqtt_client = MQTTClient('mqttDebug', 'homeassistant.local', port=1883, user='mqttdebug', password='mqttdebug', keepalive=300)
mqtt_client.connect(clean_session=True)
mqtt_client.publish('mqttDebugOutgoing', 'This works, broker receives message!', qos=0)
circle0.setColor(color=0x3333ff, fill_c=0x3333ff)

def loop():
global circle0, mqtt_client
M5.update()

if name == 'main': # Forum message formatter messes this up
try:
setup()
while True:
loop()
except (Exception, KeyboardInterrupt) as e:
try:
from utility import print_error_msg
print_error_msg(e)
except ImportError:
print("please update to latest firmware")

ajb2k3

Well that explains it. MQTT in UIFlow is a bit broken as UIFlow2 is for testing only

Oskars

@ajb2k3In that case, is there an option to use UIFlow with S3 while UIFlow2 is "for testing only"? I did not see any warnings saying "things will not work" while buying it. Is there any timeframe when the already enabled functionality might work? I'm currently not asking about new features or support for more hardware, just for the things that already are available in UI.

felmue

Hello @Oskars

FWIW: global variable mqtt_client is used in setup to subscribe before it is initialized. Unfortunately in UIFlow2 the Python tab is non functional yet, so the sequence cannot be fixed on the fly.

Thanks
Felix

Oskars

@felmue Thank You, after I changed the code via Thonny and moved mqtt_client.subscribe after initialization the error disappeared. However the device still does not react to MQTT topics it has subscribed. So the bug is not only in UIFlow2 (incorrectly placed subscribe call) but also in MQTT library or firmware?

alwa123

Any news here?

felmue

Hello guys

just tested again. MQTT subscribe is still broken for me in alpha 14. Please fix.

Thanks
Felix

UKTechguy

@felmue Somewhat annoying that so much seems to be broken at the moment. We have no buttons and I cannot work out how to do anything with the microsd card. Would like to play a wav alarm file when specific MQTT message is received. Neither seems possible yet.

ajb2k3

Its is still alpha so not the finale item and ma have code changed.

UKTechguy

@ajb2k3 It would be good if M5stack had some sort of chart or spreadsheet that stated what currently worked and what didn't. Also an eta for things coming etc. Compared with the number of M5stack youtube "how to" videos that appeared for previous "Core" products, the CoreS3 is suffering. Maybe I got on the Core2/Fire bandwagon after most teething troubles were fixed and most features were no longer "Alpha"!

Oskars

MQTT topic subscribe still seems to be not working in Alpha 16 - no error but no activity on message receiving either. Anyone else has the same issue?

lbuque

@Oskars

version: Alpha-17

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import os, sys, io
import M5
from M5 import *
from umqtt import *


label0 = None
label2 = None
label1 = None
label3 = None
mqtt_client = None


def mqtt_testtopic_event(data):
  global label0, label2, label1, label3, mqtt_client
  label0.setText(str(((str('Topic:') + str((data[0]))))))
  label1.setText(str(((data[1]).decode())))


def mqtt_testtopic1_event(data):
  global label0, label2, label1, label3, mqtt_client
  label2.setText(str(((str('Topic:') + str((data[0]))))))
  label3.setText(str(((data[1]).decode())))


def setup():
  global label0, label2, label1, label3, mqtt_client

  M5.begin()
  label0 = Widgets.Label("Text", 4, 3, 1.0, 0xffffff, 0x222222, Widgets.FONTS.DejaVu18)
  label2 = Widgets.Label("Text", 4, 55, 1.0, 0xffffff, 0x222222, Widgets.FONTS.DejaVu18)
  label1 = Widgets.Label("Text", 4, 29, 1.0, 0xffffff, 0x222222, Widgets.FONTS.DejaVu18)
  label3 = Widgets.Label("Text", 3, 81, 1.0, 0xffffff, 0x222222, Widgets.FONTS.DejaVu18)

  mqtt_client = MQTTClient('umqtt_client', '192.168.2.50', port=1883, user='m5stack', password='m5stack', keepalive=0)
  mqtt_client.connect(clean_session=True)
  mqtt_client.subscribe('testtopic', mqtt_testtopic_event, qos=0)
  mqtt_client.subscribe('testtopic1', mqtt_testtopic1_event, qos=0)
  label0.setFont(Widgets.FONTS.DejaVu12)
  label1.setFont(Widgets.FONTS.DejaVu12)
  label2.setFont(Widgets.FONTS.DejaVu12)
  label3.setFont(Widgets.FONTS.DejaVu12)


def loop():
  global label0, label2, label1, label3, mqtt_client
  M5.update()
  mqtt_client.wait_msg()


if __name__ == '__main__':
  try:
    setup()
    while True:
      loop()
  except (Exception, KeyboardInterrupt) as e:
    try:
      from utility import print_error_msg
      print_error_msg(e)
    except ImportError:
      print("please update to latest firmware")

test_mqtt.m5f2

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Oskars

@lbuque Thanks a million to You, I finally got the code working! Looks like the thing I was missing was to use "MQTT apply for messaging" block in the loop. And changing the default 0 keepalive value (after some searching I found it caused problems with my Mosquitto broker).