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UsingMQTTtoconnectArduinototheInternetofThings
SubmittedbyChrisLarsononFri,10/18/201318:20

RecentlyIattendedtheAT&THackathonforMachinetoMachineandInternetofThings.PatrickandIdidn'tcomeupwithacompellingapplication.Instead,wespentthetime
creatingatutorialonhowtoconnectanArduinowithanEthernetorGSMshieldtotheInternetofThingsthrough2lemetry'sMQTT(http://www.2lemetry.com/)service.Hereis
thetutorialasitwaswritten.

MQTT&ArduinoTutorial
ChrisLarson,PatrickEster
AT&TFoundryHackathon
1415September,2013
ThefollowingisasetofdirectionsusedtosuccessfullyconnectanArduinoUnowithEthernetshieldandtheArduinoLeonardowiththe3Gshieldtothe2lemetryMQTTweb
service.Thistutorialwillcreateaskeletonapplicationthatcanpublishandsubscribetomessages.Youwillneedtodownloadtherequisitelibraries,createanMQTTaccount,
inserttheappropriateMQTTinformationintoyourArduinosketch,setyourMQTTbroker,andfinallysubscribetotheMQTTmessages.

Hardware
ArduinoUNOorArduinoLeonardo,EthernetShield,3G/GPRSShield

Software
ArduinoIDEv.1.0.5

Libraries
PubsubfromKnollear
tlemetry
timerlibraryv.1.2

InstallationoflibrariesonArduino
ForusewithanArduinoUnoandtheEthernetshield,youwillneedthePubSubClientlibrary(https://github.com/knolleary/pubsubclient
(https://github.com/knolleary/pubsubclient)).ThePubsublibraryfromKnollearyisnestedinthePubSubClientfolder.BesuretocopyPubSubClientfromwithinthe
PubSubClientfoldertothelibraryfolderinArduino.RestartArduinotoinitiatethenewlibraries.

ForusewithanArduinoLeonardoandthe3Gshield,youwillneedthetlemetrylibrary(https://github.com/attM2Mfoundry/hackathon09142013/tree/master/Library/tlemetry
(https://github.com/attM2Mfoundry/hackathon09142013/tree/master/Library/tlemetry))andthetimerlibrary(https://github.com/JChristensen/Timer
(https://github.com/JChristensen/Timer))ifyoudontalreadyhaveit.RestartArduinotoinitiatethenewlibraries.

CreateMQTTAccount
GotoMQTT(app.m2m.io/signup(http://app.m2m.io/signup)).Enteryourname,email,andapassword.Clickregister.Youmustverifyyournewaccountwiththeprovided
emailaddress.Onceverified,youmaylogin.Yourusernameisyouremail.Makenoteofthedomainstring,youwillneedthislater.Inordertoprotectyourpassword,usean
MD5generator(http://www.adamek.biz/md5generator.php(http://www.adamek.biz/md5generator.php))tohashyourpassword.Copythehashedpassword.Youwillpaste
thisintoyournewsketch.

AdruinoSketchArduinoUnoandEthernetShield
Createanewsketch.Copythecodefromthem2mioClient.ino(https://gist.github.com/m2mIOgister/4288732(https://gist.github.com/m2mIOgister/4288732))andpasteinto
thenewArduinosketch.Lookforthesectionofcodebelow:

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ThesketchneedstoreflectyouraccountinformationfromMQTT.Besuretokeepthequotationmarks,butremovethegreaterandlessthansigns.Replace
M2MIO_USERNAMEwithyouremailusedtocreatetheMQTTaccount.PastethehashedpasswordintotheM2MIO_PASSWORDfield.GobacktotheMQTTaccountsite,
andcopyyourdomain.PasteitintotheM2MIO_USERNAMEfield.M2MIO_DEVICE_IDshouldbeauniqueidentifierofyourchoosing(e.g.Arduino1).Verifythatyour
MQTT_SERVERisattq.m2m.io.Verifyyoursketch,andthenuploadtotheArduino.

AdruinoSketchArduinoLeonardoand3GShield
Createanewsketch.Openfile=>examples=>tlemetry=>ATTSensorLoop.Lookforthesectionofcodebelow:

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ThesketchneedstoreflectyouraccountinformationfromMQTT.Besuretokeepthequotationmarks,butremovethegreaterandlessthansigns.Replace
M2MIO_USERNAMEwithyouremailusedtocreatetheMQTTaccount.PastethehashedpasswordintotheM2MIO_PASSWORDfield.GobacktotheMQTTaccountsite,
andcopyyourdomain.PasteitintotheM2MIO_USERNAMEfield.M2MIO_DEVICE_IDshouldbeauniqueidentifierofyourchoosing(e.g.Arduino1).Verifythatyour
MQTT_SERVERisattq.m2m.io.Verifyyoursketch,andthenuploadtotheArduino.

MQTTOnlineClient
Gotomqtt.io.ClickontheOptionstab.Enteryourusernameandpassword(usetheunhashedversionofyourpassword).

ThenclickontheConnecttab.Thebrokerclientwillbeattq.m2m.io.Theclientidentifiercanbeanyuniqueidentifierofyourchoice.Clickconnect.Lookunderthe
SubscribetoTopicshead.Thetopicwillbeyourdomainfollowedby/#.Thenclicksubscribe.IfyoudonotseeanydatastreamingfromtheArduino,youmayusethe
TopicSubscriptionstoechotest.UnderPublishMessages,enteryourdomainandtypeamessageinthetextboxbelow.Clickpublish.Youshouldseetheoutputintheblue
fieldintheSubscribetoTopicssection.

UsingtheAPIs
2lemetryoffersaccesstotheMQTTmessagesthroughasetofHTTPAPIs.Visit(http://www.2lemetry.com/api)http://www.2lemetry.com/api(http://www.2lemetry.com/api)to
seealistofallthepossibleoperations.

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Ifyouhavedatainyourm2m.ioaccountyoucanenteryourm2m.iocredentialsintheexplorebar.Thenselectanendpointthatyouwanttoquery.Clickon/thingsthenclick
GETtoseethequeryoptionsfortheGET/things

AlltheAPIendpointscanbeexploredfromtheAPIDocumentationpage(http://www.2lemetry.com/api)http://www.2lemetry.com/api(http://www.2lemetry.com/api)

TheAPIscanbeusedinanHTML5applicationbyusingtheGET/POST/DELETEmethodsandbasicauthentication.HereisthefiddleforanexampleAngularjsandjQuery
app(http://jsfiddle.net/8fME7/)http://jsfiddle.net/8fME7/(http://jsfiddle.net/8fME7/)TheimportantthingistoaddthebasicauthenticationheaderandtoallowCORS.

angular.module('myApp').controller('myCtrl',function($scope,$http){
$http.defaults.useXDomain=true;
delete$http.defaults.headers.common['XRequestedWith'];
$scope.sendPost=function(){
$http.defaults.headers.common['Authorization']='BasicdGVhbTE5QGF0dC5jb206dGVhbTE5cGFzcw=='
$http.post('https://api.m2m.io/2/account/domain/ba4430edaf3b7aceb5df88f28de70c09/stuff/Arduino_Light/thing/device01/publish?topic=ba4430edaf3b7aceb5df88f28de70c09%2FArduino_Light%2Fdevice01%2Fcmd&payload=%7B%22key%22%3A%22'+$scope.key+'%22%2C%22val%22%3A%22'+$scope.val+'%22%7D')
.success(function(data,status){
$scope.response=data;
});
};
});
ChrisLarsonisasoftwareengineerpassionateabouttheinternetofthings.Heiscurrentlyresearchingbetterwaysforhumanstointeractwithcloudconnecteddevices.
DuringthedayheworksatNationalInstrumentsandinhissparetimeenjoysbloggingaboutthewebandembeddedhardware(http://chrislarson.me).Youcanconnectwith
ChrisonLinkedIn(http://www.linkedin.com/pub/chrislarson/9/592/69a)

PatrickEsteristhelowerschoolcomputerteacherfortheDallasInternationalSchool(http://www.dallasinternationalschool.org/).HeisalsocurrentlyworkingtowardsaMAin
EmergingMediaandCommunicationfromtheUniversityofTexas,Dallas.

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ronakjain3yearsago
HowcaniuseArduinounotoimplementMQTTviaagsmmodule?idonthavealeonardooreithernetshield
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BongjunHur2yearsago
Wowverysimpleandgoodprojectforstarter.
so,Ifyoudon'tmind(I'mtoolate??)),IwouldliketointroduceonWIZnetmuseumforeveryone.
WIZnetproducetheW5100onEthernetshield.Hopefully,youwillallowthis.
andonemorethingtosay,IhavemadeanewW5500Ethernetshield(http://wizwiki.net/wiki/dok......ield:start).
ifyouhaveinterest,thenIcouldsendfreesamplewhenitreleases.justsendyouraddresstomyemail(bongbong@wiznet.co.kr).Ithink,itisgoodforyour
futureexperiment:).Thanks.~
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vikneshwarthandeswaranayearago
iamnewtoarduinoiamtryingtoestablishcommunicatemyarduinoandthemqttserverrunninginmylocallinuxmachine.buticantsucceed,mymqttserveris
workingfinetestedpubandsubcommandsbutarduinocantpublishorsubtomqttbroakerplzhelpme
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wacko_jacko3yearsago
goodarticle
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EzequielFrana3yearsago
Nicearticle,thankyouforsharingyourtimeandyourknowledge
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JamesMills4yearsago
DothelibrariesmentionedhereworkwithotherMQTTbrokers?e.g:mosquitto?Oraretheyspecifictothem2m.ioservice?I'dbeinterestingindoingsomething
likethiswithTinyDuino(s)byTinyCircuitsbutagainstalocalbrokerrunningmosquitto.
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ChrisLarson Mod >JamesMills 4yearsago

Yeah,theMQTTlibraryfromhttps://github.com/knollear...willworkwithanyMQTTserver.
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JamesMills>ChrisLarson4yearsago
ThanksChris!Itbecameimmediatelyobviousaftermorereadingandstudyingofthecode:)NotthatI'veeverprogrammedupanArdunobefore!
Lookslikethatmightbemynextupcomingproject(s)though!
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