ESP8266 VE.Direct serial problems

[Deva_Rishi]

@Deva_Rishi

if (client.connect("ESP8266Client", mqttUser, mqttPassword )) {
 
      Serial.println("connected");  
 
    } else {
 
      Serial.print("failed with state ");
      Serial.print(client.state());
      delay(2000);
      }
    client.publish("BMV/Welcome", "Welcome from Victron");

You see, connected or not, you still publish()