Interactive Brokers "Broker" function issue

[cwse]

Hi there!

I am trying to connect to IB TWS and retrieve positions and balances.

However, the IB script just returns "0.0" for both Value and Cash, which is incorrect. My script:

import backtrader as bt

cerebro = bt.Cerebro()
ibstore = bt.stores.IBStore(port=7496, clientId=123,timeout=180,reconnect=3)
cerebro.broker = ibstore.getbroker()  # or cerebro.setbroker(...)

print(cerebro.broker.getvalue())
print(cerebro.broker.getcash())

What am I missing? How can I fix this to display the correct values and cash positions, instead of "0.0"?

Thank you!
CWSE

[backtrader]

cerebro is not running, which means there is no communication with the broker. Anything other than 0.0 would be a surprise.