Thingspeak broker address not working

is it just me or is the broker address https://api.thingspeak.com/ not working?

Answer 1

[Christopher Stapels]

The mqtt broker gives really limited messages. If you had parts of the format wrong for the subscribe method, it will probably just fail silently.

Read the documentation for MQTT closely to make sure the format is correct. I havent dont the simulink example, so I would reccomend you try mqttfx or the MATLAB based MQTT client (on FEX). Once you get the syntax correct using MQTTFX or MATLAB, its usually easier to make sure you enter the correct settings in blocks in simulink.

Sadly the RPI example in the thingSpeak doc has an outdated library (to do list), but it might give you a different starting point if the simulink version wont work.

Answer 2

[Christopher Stapels]

It is working great across all of my many channels, I did not see a break near the time you posted this. What command did you try to send to the server?

[JUDITH NJOKU]

I was trying out this example which publishes messages using MQTT blocks: https://www.mathworks.com/help/supportpkg/raspberrypi/ref/publish-and-subscribe-to-messages-using-mqtt-blocks.html

I have to input the broker address in the configuration settings. I replaced the already outdated mqtt.thingspeak.com with api.thingspeak.com and followed all the steps accordingly to no avail. meanwhile i was able to write to the thingspeak channel from the MATLAB command window.

[Christopher Stapels]

api.thingspeak.com is the RESTful service. mqtt.thingspeak.com is the correct address for the mqtt broker. If you try that address in the config settings, what do you get?

[JUDITH NJOKU]

I tried mqtt.thingspeak.com first. I only decided to change it when I could not receive any message on the Thingspeak channel.