No Pybytes manual connection method works reliably

[zzfjean]

G01, 1.20.1.r1, Pybytes 1.6.0

I cannot use the autostart feature for pybytes for a number of reasons:

• Only supports single wifi ssid - where I need multiple
• Cannot set devices to STA_AP mode without dropping pybytes connection
• lte.attach hangs of there are no towers in range, stopping the whole application

I want to be able to handle my own connection using the Pybytes libraries however not having any success:

using connect_lte() or connect_wifi()

• Apart from the fact that these functions re-establishes the connection after I already created one, there is a bigger issue that it breaks the Pymakr remote REPL console, most likely due to some clash with the existing connnection I've created?
  using

from _pybytes_connection import PybytesConnection
p = PybytesConnection(pybytes_config,None)
p.start_mqtt('lte')

tells me that I've created a successful MQTT connection but no data comes through using pybytes.send_signal(1,1)

What I need......

A reliable way using the pybytes libraries to establish a MQTT connection with Pybytes with me handling the internet connection.

[gijsio]

For anyone still looking for this, the correct way has been added to the docs (https://docs.pycom.io/pybytes/api/)
Use the following:

from _pybytes import Pybytes
from _pybytes_config import PybytesConfig
conf = PybytesConfig().read_config()
pybytes = Pybytes(conf)

pybytes.start()

Note that you do need a pybytes configuration file on the device.