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Hands-On MQTT Programming with Python

You're reading from   Hands-On MQTT Programming with Python Work with the lightweight IoT protocol in Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789138542
Length 228 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gaston C. Hillar Gaston C. Hillar
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Preface 1. Installing an MQTT 3.1.1 Mosquitto Server 2. Using Command-Line and GUI Tools to Learn How MQTT Works FREE CHAPTER 3. Securing an MQTT 3.1.1 Mosquitto Server 4. Writing Code to Control a Vehicle with Python and MQTT Messages 5. Testing and Improving Our Vehicle Control Solution in Python 6. Monitoring a Surfing Competition with Cloud-Based Real-Time MQTT Providers and Python 7. Solutions 8. Other Books You May Enjoy

Defining the topics and commands

We will use the following topic name to publish the commands for a vehicle: vehicles/vehiclename/commands, where vehiclename must be replaced with a unique name assigned to a vehicle. For example, if we assign vehiclepi01 as the name for a vehicle that is powered by a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ board, we will have to publish commands to the vehicles/vehiclepi01/commands topic. The Python code that runs on this board will subscribe to this topic to receive messages with commands and react to them.

We will use the following topic name to make the vehicles publish details about the successfully executed commands: vehicles/vehiclename/executedcommands, where vehiclename must be replaced with a unique name assigned to a vehicle. For example, if we assign vehiclebeagle03 as the name for a vehicle that is powered by a BeagleBone Black board, the client that...

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