[Solved] Artika Smartshade MQTT Connection Issue After Flashing—RES: 0(ERR_OK) Status

Hey everyone... I'm having a bit of trouble with my newly flashed Artika Smartshade light. I've done a bunch of searching on here, but I don't see anything that is covering exactly what I'm seeing. I have been following This Guide from Error Gap and I'm trying to get the MQTT to connect. Isn't working.

What I see on the main page of the light is

MQTT State: disconnected RES: 0(ERR_OK)
MQTT ErrMsg:
MQTT: Stats: CONN: 4 PUB: 0 RECV: 0 ERR: 0

I'm pretty sure that my Home Assistant and Mosquitto broker are all running correctly as the other devices that connect to it are working well. Anyone have any ideas or another post that I missed in my searching?

Thx!
AI: Can you share which firmware you flashed onto the Artika Smartshade and the exact method or tool you used?
I flashed OpenBK7231N_QiO_1.18.227.bin using the BK7231Flasher that is linked in the article.
AI: What MQTT settings did you enter on the device (like broker address, port, username/password, and whether you're using TLS)?
Host: 192.168.4.97
Port: 1883
Client Topic: Garage_RGB_1
Group Topic: Grg_RGB
User: homeassistant
PW: *********** (Got the right one from Home Assistant)

I've tried to add more meaningful feedback about MQTT status in this build: https://github.com/divadiow/OpenBK7231T_App/tree/mqttfeedback

eg, wrong HA password in 1.18.261:


with PR build:


might not help, but worth a go?
OTA in attached

>>21842848 Thanks. I got it solved. I wasn't logging in, even though the username/pw were correct. I added a new login and things are good. You're great!

Created a new login.