PixieBoardIoTCoreExample

This example shows how you can send your GPS Location to the IoT Core Service on Google. This example was done to show case PixieBoards capabilities.

How to clone and install

$ sudo git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/pixierepo/PixieBoardIoTCoreExample.git

After you have downloaded the repo you should install the python dependencies with:

$ sudo pip install -r requirements.txt

Requirements

Before you start you should already have the PixieBoards modem enabled. You can do that by typing:

$ sudo enablePixieModem

Wait around 30 seconds and then check with this command:

$ mmcli -L
output: Found 1 modems:
	/org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0 [QUALCOMM INCORPORATED] QUECTEL Mobile Broadband Module

If so you can start using the PixieBoardGPSLocation class.

If you are not familiar with the information above I recommend you take a look at our Medium page that has a Getting Started Guide and a Enable PixieBoards Modem guide.

You should have base-devel, python, pip and socat installed:

$ sudo pacman -S base-devel python, python-pip socat

How to use the MQTTExample

Assuming you have already generated the registry on the Google Cloud Console and the private and public keys here is an example on how to execute the file:

$ sudo python MQTTExample.py --registry_id=<registry_id> --cloud_region=<cloud-region> --project_id=<project_id> --device_id=<device_id> --algorithm=RS256 --private_key_file=<private_key.pem> --num_messages 10

If you are not familiar with the above take a look at this guide that show to set up the cloud enviornment: PixieBoard + Google's IoT Core