VRM API remote-controls api not applying the changes

Q&A and troubleshooting
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hi Team,

I have MultiPlus with external ESS support (Multiplus came as part of battery installation package).

I am trying to use below REST api to control the “mode” of the VE Bus (which can of below types: “Charger Only“, “Inverter Only”, “On” and “Off”).

Below is the example of the REST call. when i make similar changes from Dashboard (see attached screenshot), it works, but when i try to do call the same rest call it returns “success: true” but i dont see change being reflect.

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POST https://vrmapi.victronenergy.com/v2/installations/170710/remote-controls HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json
x-authorization: Token {{vrm_token}}
Origin: https://vrm.victronenergy.com
Accept: application/json, text/plain, */*
Accept-Language: en-GB,en-US;q=0.9,en;q=0.8

{
    "identifier":"028146a5bc07",
    "dbusServiceType":"vebus",
    "instance":275,
    "prefix":"W/",
    "dbusPath":"/Mode",
    "callbackIdentifier":"setModeOfInverter_275",
    "value":4,
    "oldValue":2
}
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Hi @anvarbek ,

I’m not sure how you got to the /remote-controls endpoint, but it’s an internal endpoint that’s used for logging purposes only.

Doing the actual changes goes over MQTT.

With kind regards,

Jarco

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Thank you! Thought so, as it wasnt doing anything. Any instructions i can connect and use webmqtt instance dashboard seems to be making a call to?

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Figured out using this article Complete Setup Guide: ESS & MultiPlus Control via MQTT & Home Assistant - VictronEnergy . when subscribing to topics we should mention N/<vrm-portalid>/# as topic (using top level N/# doesnt work anymore)