Agree.  Pre-process it to a format that works with weewx.

Again, can you give us a vanilla "mosquitto_sub -t whatever -h the_host" 
output so we can see what you have a little more clearly ?   Piping it to " | 
 jq . " sometimes helps show the nesting and structure a little better for 
the eyes.

On Sunday, November 28, 2021 at 10:51:17 AM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote:

> Since you are using Node Red, a possible solution is to use a Change Node 
> and delete the payload that you don't want to include in weewx.
>
> On Sunday, November 28, 2021 at 1:41:56 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote:
>
>> I looked more closely at the payload format and I don't think that format 
>> is currently supported. specifically the 'nested array'..
>>
>> "object":{"err":0,"messages":[{"CO2_Value_PPM":433,"measurementId":4100,"type":"report_telemetry"}]
>> Busy time of the year, so not sure when I'll have time to delve into a 
>> solution.
>> rich
>> On Sunday, 28 November 2021 at 12:22:22 UTC-5 [email protected] wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Bob,
>>> Since you have a lot of fields that you want to ignore, try setting the 
>>> ignore flag to true at the 'topic' level. Also I don’t think you want to 
>>> set contains_total.  So you would end up with something like this, 
>>>     [[topics]]
>>>         [[[application/18/device/2cf7f12122500013/rx]]]
>>>             ignore = true
>>>     [[[[CO2_Value_PPM]]]]
>>>         name = co2
>>>                         ignore = false
>>>
>>> Since the data is published so infrequently, once you get the basic 
>>> configuration working, you might want to look into the expires_after 
>>> option. This will cache the value between publications. For additional 
>>> information see, 
>>> https://github.com/bellrichm/WeeWX-MQTTSubscribe/wiki/Configuring-additional-options#expires_after
>>>
>>> rich
>>>
>>> On Sunday, 28 November 2021 at 11:21:43 UTC-5 [email protected] wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks for coming back so soon with help Storm and Vince.
>>>> I am attaching three things in a .txt file rather than pasting in as 
>>>> the format seems messy and I'm not sure how to make it easier to read.
>>>>
>>>> 1.  My modified section of weewx.conf . Among other things, there seems 
>>>> to be a problem with float.
>>>>
>>>> 2.  The data sent from the LoRa server when I subscribe 
>>>> to applications/18/devices/2cf7f12122500013/rx  (using MQTT-explorer). 
>>>> Lots 
>>>> of unneeded things  but it contains the CO2_Value_PPM data.
>>>>
>>>> 3.  A listing of weewx.log in debug mode showing the problems (I hope). 
>>>> The data seems to be getting there but is not being parsed out for what I 
>>>> need.
>>>>
>>>> Hopefully this will give you an idea of what's going on.  Thanks again 
>>>> for your help.
>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>> On Saturday, November 27, 2021 at 5:36:51 PM UTC-5 vince wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My example:
>>>>>
>>>>> [MQTTSubscribeService]
>>>>>     enable = True
>>>>>     host = 192.168.1.171
>>>>>     port = 1883
>>>>>     keepalive = 60
>>>>>     username = None
>>>>>     password = None
>>>>>     binding = loop
>>>>>     [[message_callback]]
>>>>>         type = json
>>>>>     [[topics]]
>>>>>         unit_system = US
>>>>>         #
>>>>>         #--- these are emitted every 5 minutes ---
>>>>>         # mosquitto_sub -t BaseballRoomConditions -h nuc2
>>>>>         #     {"dateTime": 1621715702, "extraTemp1": 63.16, 
>>>>> "extraTemp2": 63.5, "pi": 100.28}
>>>>>         #
>>>>>         [[[BaseballRoomConditions]]]    <=== the topic to subscribe to
>>>>>             [[[[dateTime]]]]            <=== the element in that topic
>>>>>                 ignore = True           <=== optionally ignore this 
>>>>> item within the topic
>>>>>             [[[[extraTemp1]]]]
>>>>>                 name = extraTemp1       <=== db element to map the 
>>>>> item to
>>>>>                 units = degree_F        <=== its units
>>>>>             [[[[extraTemp2]]]]
>>>>>                 name = extraTemp2
>>>>>                 units = degree_F
>>>>>             [[[[pi]]]]
>>>>>                 ignore = True
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Saturday, November 27, 2021 at 2:26:46 PM UTC-8 [email protected] 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>  I believe you need to add the topic you subscribing to in 
>>>>>> [[[first/topic]]]. 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Example:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ##########################################################################################
>>>>>>   #              Acurite-5n1 Sensors
>>>>>>   #              SDR # 1 
>>>>>>   #              433 MHz
>>>>>>   
>>>>>> ##########################################################################################
>>>>>>   
>>>>>>      
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>         [[[Acurite-Tower/8785/]]]
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>            [[[[temperature_F]]]]
>>>>>>             name = extraTemp7
>>>>>>             ignore = False
>>>>>>             contains_total = False
>>>>>>             conversion_type = float
>>>>>>             units = degree_F
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Saturday, November 27, 2021 at 5:15:24 PM UTC-5 [email protected] 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>> I'm running a RAK7244 LoRaWAN server/gateway on a local network to 
>>>>>>> which my weewx server is connected. Weeex is the latest stable on 
>>>>>>> Ubuntu 
>>>>>>> with extended db.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A CO2 sensor is sending data to the LoRa server. I have node-red on 
>>>>>>> my weewx server with a flow  connecting to the RAK7244. I want to have 
>>>>>>> the 
>>>>>>> CO2 data put into the co2 slot that is available on the weewx db.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have installed the weewx extension Mosquitto-subscribe and 
>>>>>>> attempted to configure weewx.conf as:
>>>>>>> #################################################
>>>>>>> # Options for 'MQTTSubscribeService'
>>>>>>> [MQTTSubscribeService]
>>>>>>>     # This section is for the MQTTSubscribe service.
>>>>>>>         # Turn the service on and off.
>>>>>>>     # Default is: true
>>>>>>>     # Only used by the service.
>>>>>>>     enable = true    # false
>>>>>>>     
>>>>>>>     # The MQTT server.
>>>>>>>     # Default is localhost.
>>>>>>>     host = localhost  #192.168.1.10    #localhost
>>>>>>>     
>>>>>>>     # The port to connect to.
>>>>>>>     # Default is 1883.
>>>>>>>     port = 1883
>>>>>>>     
>>>>>>>     # Maximum period in seconds allowed between communications with 
>>>>>>> the broker.
>>>>>>>     # Default is 60.
>>>>>>>     keepalive = 60
>>>>>>>     
>>>>>>>     # username for broker authentication.
>>>>>>>     # Default is None.
>>>>>>>     username = None
>>>>>>>     
>>>>>>>     # password for broker authentication.
>>>>>>>     # Default is None.
>>>>>>>     password = None 
>>>>>>>     
>>>>>>>     # The binding, loop or archive.
>>>>>>>     # Default is: loop
>>>>>>>     # Only used by the service.
>>>>>>>     binding = loop
>>>>>>>     
>>>>>>>     # The message handler to use
>>>>>>>     [[message_callback]]
>>>>>>>         # The format of the MQTT payload.
>>>>>>>         # Currently support: individual, json, keyword
>>>>>>>         # Must be specified.
>>>>>>>         type = json    #REPLACE_ME
>>>>>>>     
>>>>>>>     # The application/18/device/2cf7f12122500013/rx  topics to 
>>>>>>> subscribe to.
>>>>>>>     [[topics]]
>>>>>>>         # Units for MQTT payloads without unit value.
>>>>>>>         # Valid values: US, METRIC, METRICWX
>>>>>>>         # Default is: US
>>>>>>>         unit_system = US
>>>>>>>         
>>>>>>>         [[[first/topic]]]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> #value sent from RAK7244
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [[[[CO2_Value_PPM]]]]
>>>>>>>         #weewx db name
>>>>>>> name = co2
>>>>>>> ignore = false
>>>>>>>                 contains total = True
>>>>>>> conversion type = float
>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>>         #[[[SECOND/REPLACE_ME]]]
>>>>>>> ################################################
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The message (data) every 60 minutes coming from the node-red 
>>>>>>> function is:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> {"CO2_Value_PPM":401} 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I may have too many things going here but, as I'm not a programmer, 
>>>>>>> I'm stuck trying to figure out the problem. The node-red flow is 
>>>>>>> connected 
>>>>>>> on both ends (RAK7244-->weewx) but I don't see any data reaching the db.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks in advance if anyone can help on this.
>>>>>>> Cheers'
>>>>>>> Bob
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>

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