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[farberm]

JSON - typo

[FlyingDiver]

What kind of Generator/Interface is this? Is the MQTT API documented anywhere?

[FlyingDiver]

JSON - typo

Oh, if you can have it send actual JSON instead of Raw, you might be able to get this to work. Please just post the output from the MQTT monitoring tool first. Skip all the other screenshots.

[farberm]

On the MQTT device (the generator) I have the option to return numeric values in the Status topic as a JSON string which can be converted to an object with integer or float values.

When that is turned on some topics have value included but not the Ambient Temperature Sensor, but I get values for Voltage....

When I turn this option off I get no values for any topics just what you see below.

[FlyingDiver]

Post the output with the option on.

[farberm]

Here is is with it on. Some of the topics have value... Specifically Utility Voltage/value

[farberm]

Also if I add "Match: value" to the topic component in the temperature trigger then I never see an event in the event log suggesting that the trigger never occurs... therefore no value for that topic. If I stop sending JSON as value then the other triggers never occur also suggestion that it stops sending values. I guess it is only sending values for certain topics?

[FlyingDiver]

What's the EXACT wording on that option? Better yet, post a screen shot of the configuration page.

What's the model of this device? Is there a link to the configuration options?

[farberm]

here is the screenshot. I can ask the programmer to see if they can be included. The device is a Generac Generator

[FlyingDiver]

Third and last time: What device is this? Manufacturer? Model? Website?

[farberm]

Sorry for not responding with the clearest of answers.
Specifics:
The device that I am connecting to is a Generac Generator Evolution 2 Model 22KW. I have a Raspberry Pi connected to it running a program that interfaces with it to collect data and notify me when the generator is running etc.

The Github project that detailes the interface to the generator is https://github.com/jgyates/genmon.

I have been searching thru the github issue pages for additional information.

This is all I have found so far.

If you enabled the Genmon MQTT option on the Add-Ons page "JSON for Numerics" it will return numeric values instead of strings for all numeric items on the Status page. You can also export the numeric data in JSON format with the command "generator: status_num_json". To issue the command you can either use the myclient.py python library or issue a socket call to port 9082, sending the text "generator: status_num_json" .

Not sure if that would help however.

The specific topic I am reading is this one : https://github.com/jgyates/genmon/issues/223 among others. But not found an answer yet.

[FlyingDiver]

Sounds like to get actual JSON you need to do the command "generator: status_num_json" thing. That option is misleading because that just changes the value fields in the JSON output from string to numbers, but doesn't actually turn on JSON output.

[farberm]

Thanks for all your help. I will start to work with the genmon programmer to see what we can come up with. Appreciate your time and willingness to help.

[farberm]

The developer for genmon will try and add values for the other topics in the next few updates. Thanks for your help

[FlyingDiver]

The developer for genmon will try and add values for the other topics in the next few updates. Thanks for your help

Sounds like a plan.