Using this application user can able to test CoAP, MQTT & HTTP Protocol with your ThingsBoard Instance. ThingsBoard supports following protocols for device connectivity:

1. CoAP
2. MQTT
3. HTTP

MQTT :MQTT is a lightweight publish-subscribe messaging protocol which probably makes it the most suitable for various IoT devices. You can find more information about MQTT here.

CoAP: CoAP is a light-weight IoT protocol for constrained devices. CoAP protocol is UDP based, but similar to HTTP it uses request-response model. CoAP observes option allows to subscribe to resources and receive notifications on resource change. ThingsBoard server nodes act as a CoAP Server that supports both regular and observe requests.

HTTP:HTTP is a general-purpose network protocol that can be used in IoT applications.

Json File Format: By default, ThingsBoard supports key-value content in JSON. Key is always a string, while value can be either string, boolean, double or long. example:

{"key1":"value1", "key2":"value2"}

1. URL Field : Enter your Platform instance URL
2. Access Token Field : Enter your Device Access Token
3. Protocol Selector : Select the Protocol type , CoAP / HTTP / MQTT
4. Data Type : Select Data Type, Client Attributes/Telemetry Data
5. Upload Button : Upload the Test data in JSON Format
6. Send Button : Button send the Message to the your Platform Instance
7. Log Window : Displays the log level message from the application to the user
8. Progress Bar : Indicates the progress level.
9. Cancel Button : Cancel the operation and resets the user entry fields.

1. Install these packages:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

sudo apt-get install qt5-default

sudo apt-get install python3-pyqt5

sudo apt install pyqt5-dev-tools

sudo apt install python3-pip

sudo apt-get install python3-setuptools

pip3 install wheel

pip3 install paho-mqtt

sudo npm install coap-cli -g

2. Clone this project

git clone https://github.com/shiyazt/ThingsBoard-Platform-Protocol-Tester.git

3. In src folder Run the Python script

python3 ProtocolTester.pyc

#Tested and Worked on Ubuntu 18.04, Linuxmint 19.1 & Ubuntu 16.04

Shiyaz T, [email protected]

© 2019 Shiyaz T

Licenced under the GPL-3.0 Licence