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Azure IoT Development Cookbook

You're reading from  Azure IoT Development Cookbook

Product type Book
Published in Aug 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787283008
Pages 254 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Yatish Patil Yatish Patil
Profile icon Yatish Patil

Table of Contents (10) Chapters

Preface 1. Getting Started with the Azure IoT Platform 2. Introducing Device Management 3. IoT Hub Messaging and Commands 4. Azure IoT Communication Protocols 5. Azure IoT Hub Security and Best Practices 6. IoT Suite and Pre-Configured Solutions 7. Azure IoT Analytics 8. Using Real Devices to Connect and Implement Azure IoT Hub 9. Managing the Azure IoT Hub

Device direct methods

Azure IoT Hub provides fully managed bidirectional communication between the IoT solution on the backend and the IoT devices in the fields. We will be considering detailed message communication in Chapter 3, IoT Hub Messaging and Commands.

When there is a need for an immediate communication result, a direct method best suits these scenarios. Let's take an example of a home automation system. One needs to control the AC temperature or turn the faucet showers on/off. It uses the HTTP protocol for method invocation.

How to do it...

The following steps will be taken to perform a direct method with an IoT device connected with IoT Hub:

  1. Invoke this method from the application:
public async Task<CloudToDeviceMethodResult...
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