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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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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

Subscribing to topics with a command-line tool

A drone is an IoT device that interacts with many sensors and actuators, including digital electronic speed controllers linked to engines, propellers, and servomotors. A drone is also known as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), but we will definitely refer to it as a drone. Let's imagine that we have to monitor many drones. Specifically, we have to display their altitude and the speed for each of their servomotors. Not all of the drones have the same number of engines, propellers, and servomotors. We have to monitor the following types of drone:

Name Number of propellers
Quadcopter 4
Hexacopter 6
Octocopter 8

Each drone will publish its altitude every 2 seconds to the following topic: sensors/dronename/altitude, where dronename must be replaced by the name assigned to each drone. For example, the drone named octocopter01...

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Hands-On MQTT Programming with Python
Published in: May 2018
Publisher: Packt
ISBN-13: 9781789138542
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