Error: Connection refused: Not authorized

[klzny]

Hello,

I am getting stuck with error message as follows:

Error: Connection refused: Not authorized
at MqttClient._handleConnack (/usr/lib/node_modules/mqtt/lib/client.js:920:15)
at MqttClient._handlePacket (/usr/lib/node_modules/mqtt/lib/client.js:350:12)
at work (/usr/lib/node_modules/mqtt/lib/client.js:292:12)
at Writable.writable._write (/usr/lib/node_modules/mqtt/lib/client.js:302:5)
at doWrite (/usr/lib/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_writable.js:428:64)
at writeOrBuffer (/usr/lib/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_writable.js:417:5)
at Writable.write (/usr/lib/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_writable.js:334:11)
at Socket.ondata (_stream_readable.js:693:20)
at Socket.emit (events.js:189:13)
at addChunk (_stream_readable.js:288:12)
at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:269:11)
at Socket.Readable.push (_stream_readable.js:224:10)
at TCP.onStreamRead [as onread] (internal/stream_base_commons.js:145:17)

Tried already with two different mqtt servers, and the outcome is still the same. Would you have any idea, what do I do wrong?

Xiaomi Xiaofang cam, tried mqtt in Homebridge (RPi) and on Synology NAS,

mqtt.conf:

Options for mosquitto_sub & mosquitto_pub

USER="homebridge"
PASS="homebridge"
HOST=10.10.0.10
PORT=1883

config.json:
{
"platform": "Dafang",
"mqtt": {
"hostBroker": false,
"port": 1883,
"host": "10.10.0.10",
"debug": true
},
"cameras":

[sedony23]

So you have to edit the client.js file (for me it is here: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/homebridge-dafang/node_modules/mqtt/lib/client.js). Find the Section:

var defaultConnectOptions = {
keepalive: 60,
reschedulePings: true,
protocolId: 'MQTT',
protocolVersion: 4,
reconnectPeriod: 1000,
connectTimeout: 30 * 1000,
clean: true,
resubscribe: true
}

And add the authentication stuff like this:
var defaultConnectOptions = {
host: 'ip.to.your.mqtt.server',
port: 1883,
username: 'XXX',
password: 'XXX',
keepalive: 60,
reschedulePings: true,
protocolId: 'MQTT',
protocolVersion: 4,
reconnectPeriod: 1000,
connectTimeout: 30 * 1000,
clean: true,
resubscribe: true
}

Hope this helps!

Best

se_dony

[klzny]

Hi thanks for your help.

Meanwhile I have sorted it in kind of different way.
It seems the bistro I was using was at fault as. After doing clean install of raspian/homebridge everything works ok.

Well, kind of.
I came across another issue. When I was testing the setup everything was working OK, however after moving it to 'main' homebridge - I am not longer able to add camera. Homebridge does not see it no matter what I try.
Dafang plugin works good. I can control the camera (turn night vision on/off, take picture record video - motion sensor works too), there is just no way to add camera.
It does not work via homebridge-camera-ffmpeg either.

[jlg89]

Same issue here. There's nowhere in the homebridge-dafang configuration for adding the username/password for the mosquitto server. This should presumably be in the "mqtt:" section of the plugin configuration. I tried adding it to client.js as sedony23 suggested, but that didn't work. I switched to homebridge-dafang-mqtt-republish in conjunction with homebridge-camera-ffmpeg, and that is working perfectly. So it's not a problem with my MQTT server.

[jlg89]

The easiest solution is to leave "allow_anonymous true" in the mosquitto config, and also create a password file, so that both authenticated and anonymous connections are handled.