Receive only one reading via MQTT, then nothing

Hardware
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I have set up my Wifi Micro Gateway MQTT on my network and connected to my MQTT broker (and am getting a solid green light).

Then, on my 3-wire RTD transmitter (PR55-44), I flipped the switch to ON, saw the red LED flash twice, and I got a reading on the MQTT broker (see snapshot from Node-RED using the MQTT in node).

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And that’s when the party ends. No more red LED on the temperature transmitter, and no more readings coming across the MQTT broker.

Is there something that I need to change to get the readings to continuously flow via MQTT?

EDIT: It transmits a reading every 10 minutes, which is not acceptable in my application. I searched the forum for “every 10 minutes” and followed the instructions for how to change the delay from 10 minutes to 1 minute. After several attempts, I got the settings to stick. It is now transmitting every 1 second, which is ideal for me. Any idea how long before I have to change the 4 AA batteries? I plan to run this 24 hrs/day.

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Hi, cannot really help you since i use a power supply. But according to another brand, they can last up to a year according to security settings, mode, reporting interval, battery temperature and more variables. I have a question for you though. How do i set up the MQTT topic on which the device publishes its data? i have the “contact closure push notification” sensor, Green light is lit, MQTT broker running and working good, but i just don’t know the name of the topic to read info.
Thanks for your time.

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Try putting the topic as # to see what comes through.

In my case, the topic turned out to be gateway/10:97:BD:08:5C:90/sensor/00:13:A2:00:42:0C:58:22