bot-Not-Sending-Messages-On-Event

[hwguyturnsw]

Using ESP32-WROOM-32 Module (WEMOS-LOLIN-32 and custom board) with Arduino IDE. Bot will not send messages to me.

Versions:
Arduino IDE: 1.8.19
ESP32 Board Package: 2.0.5
ArduinoJSON: 6.19.4
Universal-Telegram-Bot: 1.3.0

I created the bot, started it, and checked the ChatID and API Token about a hundred times just to make sure.

Using bot.sendMessage(CHAT_ID, "Bot started up", ""); to send messages.

Could not get the messages from bot. Can anyone help? I tried downgrading versions of the libraries to see if that would help and I lost track on what I had done. Updated all libraries back to latest and still nothing.

It's probably something I've done (or haven't) that's screwed up. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
ejc