MQTT read available firmware version?

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wattsup33 asked Mar 30, '24

MQTT read available firmware version?

I want to be able to use Node Red and Home Assistant to detect that there is a new version of Venus OS for the Raspberry Pi. I can see that the following indicates the installed firmware version:

  venus-home/<id>/system/0/FirmwareBuild

That appears maybe to be duplicated here:

  venus-home/N/<id>/platform/0/Firmware/Installed/Build

I did see the below items that might indicate an available firmware version, but they are either 2023, or null

venus-home/N/<id>/platform/0/Firmware/Backup/AvailableBuild
venus-home/N/<id>/platform/0/Firmware/Offline/AvailableBuild
venus-home/N/<id>/platform/0/Firmware/Online/AvailableBuild

Is there a valid MQTT message I can use to see what new firmware version is available?

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Answer 1 · 2024-03-30T08:44:47Z

wkirby answered · Mar 30 at 08:44 AM

Here is my my Pi shows when it is running an outdated version. I also have an older backup version available:

When running a current version then the Online / Available build will read null.

Perhaps your Backup / Available version is null if you don't have a backup version there. This would happen with a fresh Venus installation to the current version.

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Answer 2 · 2024-03-31T02:02:48Z

wattsup33 answered · Mar 31 at 02:02 AM

That is great info. Thank you. The Online/AvailableVersion being null when I am running the latest version is the info I needed.

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