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### Tutorial on using MQTT with version 1.3.46+
Version 1.3.46+ is the first 1.3 release with MQTT and JSON fully functional on supported devices. Heltec JSON is unlikely to work reliably.
One of the major changes is that the TOPICs are different from prior versions.
`msh/1/c/ChannelName/!12345678` and
`msh/1/json/ChannelName/!12345678`
are now
`msh/2/c/ChannelName/!12345678` and
`msh/2/json/ChannelName/!12345678`
Please see the documentation at the top of this topic for that.
Node-RED is a free cross-platform programming tool for wiring together hardware, APIs, and online services developed originally by IBM for IOT. It is widely used for home automation by many non-professional programmers and runs well on Pi's. Node-red has many plug-in modules written by the community. I will use this platform as a practical example on how to interface with the MQTT features of Meshtastic. Everything can be done from GUI's without using command line.
Step one: use http://client.meshtastic.org/ to connect to your device via usb and adjust these settings using the web GUI.
Enable and enter network ssid/psk. Settings-->Device Config-->Network; Save.
Set MQTT server address. Settings-->Module Config -->MQTT config; Verify Encryption Enabled is OFF. Turn JSON Output Enabled ON. Save.
Go to Channel Editor and set uplink and downling enabled to True. Save.
Step two: if you don't want to depend on JSON decoding on the device, you can decode the proto messages off-device. To do that you will need to get the .proto files from https://github.com/meshtastic/Meshtastic-protobufs. They function as a schema and are required for decoding in Node-RED. Save the files where the node-RED application can access them and note the file path of the "mqtt.proto" file.
Step three: install Node-RED plug-ins to your node-RED application for an embedded mqqt server and a protobuf decoder.
https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-aedes
https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-protobuf
Drag, drop, and wire the nodes like this. For this example, I ran node-RED on a Windows machine. Note that file paths might be specified differently on different platforms. MQTT server wild cards are usually the same. A "+" is a single level wildcard for a specific topic level. A "#" is a multiple level wildcard that can be used at the end of a topic filter. The debug messages shown are what happens when the inject button sends a json message with a topic designed to be picked up by the specified Meshtastic device and then having it resend the message by both radio and MQTT.
[<img src="/documents/mqtt/NodeRedTwo.jpg" style={{zoom:'50%'}} />](/documents/mqtt/NodeRedTwo.jpg)
[<img src="/documents/mqtt/NodeRedThree.jpg" style={{zoom:'50%'}} />](/documents/mqtt/NodeRedThree.jpg)
[<img src="/documents/mqtt/NR_nodes.jpg" style={{zoom:'50%'}} />](/documents/mqtt/NR_nodes.jpg)

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