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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

Working with retained last will messages

Now, we will check what happens when the MQTT client that controls the vehicle disconnects unexpectedly from the MQTT server and our vehicle remote control application disconnects unexpectedly, too. Pay attention to all the steps because we will manually interrupt the execution of both programs to understand a specific problem that we will solve by taking advantage of the last will and testament feature combined with the retained flag value.

You will have to be quick to run the next steps. Hence, make sure you read all the steps and then execute them.

Execute the following line to start the vehicle remote control example on any computer or device that you want to use as the MQTT client and uses Linux or macOS:

    python3 vehicle_mqtt_remote_control.py
  

In Windows, you must execute the following line:

    python vehicle_mqtt_remote_control...
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