Chip Device Controller is a general library to control devices and manage commissioner functionality, it has Python, Java (for Android) and ObjC (for iOS) bindings for building tests and CHIP mobile applications. This document will focus on its python binding interface on Linux and mac os.
Note: The CHIP can be built on Linux (amd64 / aarch64) and macOS
- Clone Project CHIP repo.
git clone https://github.com/project-chip/connectedhomeip.git
- Build the CHIP python package
Follow BUILDING.md to setup CHIP on your platform.
Genrally, once build dependencies are satisfied you can build the python
target.
Use scripts/build_python.sh or run something equivalent to:
gn gen out/python_lib
ninja -C out/python_lib python- Install Chip Device Controller
Note: Python device controller is not versioned, so you need to uninstall the old device controller before install the new one.
It is recommended to setup a separate clean virtual environment The
scripts/build_python.shscript sets up a python environment and installs the WHL file.
virtualenv out/python_env --clear
source out/python_env/bin/activate
pip install out/python_lib/controller/python/chip*.whlThe WHL file installation will:
- Install the 'chip' module
- create a
ENV/bin/chip-device-ctrlscript that provides an interactive shell for the chip library
If we would like to setup virtual BLE central and peripheral in the same machine, then Bluez setup
cd third_party/bluez/repo
./bootstrap
third_party/bluez/repo/configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --enable-experimental --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system --with-systemduserunitdir=/usr/lib/systemd --enable-deprecated --enable-testing --enable-tools
make
Note: You also need to install several packages on RPi if you want to build bluez
sudo apt-get install libtool m4 automake autotools-dev libudev-dev libical-dev libreadline-dev
Run bluetoothd:
sudo third_party/bluez/repo/src/bluetoothd --experimental --debug &
Bring up two virtual ble interface:
sudo third_party/bluez/repo/emulator/btvirt -L -l2
You can find the virtual interface by hciconfig command:
$ hciconfig
hci2: Type: Primary Bus: Virtual
BD Address: 00:AA:01:01:00:24 ACL MTU: 192:1 SCO MTU: 0:0
UP RUNNING
RX bytes:0 acl:95 sco:0 events:205 errors:0
TX bytes:2691 acl:95 sco:0 commands:98 errors:0
hci1: Type: Primary Bus: Virtual
BD Address: 00:AA:01:00:00:23 ACL MTU: 192:1 SCO MTU: 0:0
UP RUNNING
RX bytes:0 acl:95 sco:0 events:208 errors:0
TX bytes:3488 acl:95 sco:0 commands:110 errors:0
Then you can choose the adapter to use in command line arguments of the device controller:
For example, add --bluetooth-adapter=hci2 to use the virtual interface hci2
listed above.
chip-device-ctrl --bluetooth-adapter=hci2
- Run CHIP Device Controller
Running as root via
sudoto ensure permissions to interface with the bluetooth adapter.
sudo chip-device-ctrl
or select the bluetooth interface by command line arguments.
sudo chip-device-ctrl --bluetooth-adapter=hci2
- Scan BLE devices
chip-device-ctrl > ble-scan
2021-01-19 02:27:23,653 ChipBLEMgr INFO scanning started
2021-01-19 02:27:25,144 ChipBLEMgr INFO Name = CHIP-1383
2021-01-19 02:27:25,144 ChipBLEMgr INFO ID = ae0125dc-e621-3e05-9166-70ca7ea07985
2021-01-19 02:27:25,146 ChipBLEMgr INFO RSSI = -32
2021-01-19 02:27:25,147 ChipBLEMgr INFO Address = DC:A6:32:A5:4C:56
2021-01-19 02:27:25,151 ChipBLEMgr INFO Pairing State = 0
2021-01-19 02:27:25,151 ChipBLEMgr INFO Discriminator = 1383
2021-01-19 02:27:25,152 ChipBLEMgr INFO Vendor Id = 9050
2021-01-19 02:27:25,152 ChipBLEMgr INFO Product Id = 65279
2021-01-19 02:27:25,155 ChipBLEMgr INFO Adv UUID = 0000fff6-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb
2021-01-19 02:27:25,156 ChipBLEMgr INFO Adv Data = 0067055a23fffe
2021-01-19 02:27:27,257 ChipBLEMgr INFO
2021-01-19 02:27:34,213 ChipBLEMgr INFO scanning stopped
Connect to BLE device
- Set wifi credential
Note: This command will be deprerated after the network provisioning cluster is ready.
chip-device-ctrl > set-pairing-wifi-credential TestAP TestPassword
- Connect to device using setup pin code
chip-device-ctrl > connect -ble 1383 12345678
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Configure Thread border router. For example, follow Setup OpenThread Border Router on Raspberry Pi / ubuntu instruction to configure OpenThread Border Router on a Linux workstation.
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Run CHIP Device Controller
sudo chip-device-ctrl
- Set Thread credentials
set-pairing-thread-credential <channel> <pan id[HEX]> <master_key>
- BLE Connect to the device
connect -ble <discriminator> <setup pin code> [<nodeid>]
- Run CHIP Device Controller
chip-device-ctrl
Note: SUDO is not required when use IP to connect device.
- Connect to device using setup pin code
chip-device-ctrl > connect -ip <Device IP Address> 12345678
[L] = Linux only / [D] = Deprecated / [W] = WIP / [T] =
For testing
Print the commissioning information encoded in the Manual Pairing Code.
chip-device-ctrl > setup-payload parse-manual 35767807533
Version: 0
VendorID: 0
ProductID: 0
RequiresCustomFlow: 0
RendezvousInformation: 0
Discriminator: 3840
SetUpPINCode: 12345678
Print the commissioning information encoded in the QR Code payload.
chip-device-ctrl > setup-payload parse-qr "VP:vendorpayload%CH:H34.GHY00 0C9SS0"
Version: 0
VendorID: 9050
ProductID: 20043
RequiresCustomFlow: 0
RendezvousInformation: 2 [BLE]
Discriminator: 3840
SetUpPINCode: 12345678
Print the available Bluetooth adapters on device. Takes no arguments.
chip-device-ctrl > ble-adapter-print
2021-03-04 16:09:40,930 ChipBLEMgr INFO AdapterName: hci0 AdapterAddress: 00:AA:01:00:00:23
Select the Bluetooth adapter for device controller, takes adapter MAC address as
argument. This command only affects ble-scan command.
chip-device-ctrl > ble-adapter-select DC:A6:32:9E:2E:A7
(no output)
Start a ble-scan action for searching valid CHIP devices over BLE [for at most timeout seconds], stop when device matching the identifier or timeout.
chip-device-ctrl > ble-scan
2021-01-19 02:27:23,653 ChipBLEMgr INFO scanning started
2021-01-19 02:27:25,144 ChipBLEMgr INFO Name = CHIP-1383
2021-01-19 02:27:25,144 ChipBLEMgr INFO ID = ae0125dc-e621-3e05-9166-70ca7ea07985
2021-01-19 02:27:25,146 ChipBLEMgr INFO RSSI = -32
2021-01-19 02:27:25,147 ChipBLEMgr INFO Address = DC:A6:32:A5:4C:56
2021-01-19 02:27:25,151 ChipBLEMgr INFO Pairing State = 0
2021-01-19 02:27:25,151 ChipBLEMgr INFO Discriminator = 1383
2021-01-19 02:27:25,152 ChipBLEMgr INFO Vendor Id = 9050
2021-01-19 02:27:25,152 ChipBLEMgr INFO Product Id = 65279
2021-01-19 02:27:25,155 ChipBLEMgr INFO Adv UUID = 0000fff6-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb
2021-01-19 02:27:25,156 ChipBLEMgr INFO Adv Data = 0067055a23fffe
2021-01-19 02:27:27,257 ChipBLEMgr INFO
2021-01-19 02:27:34,213 ChipBLEMgr INFO scanning stopped
Do key exchange and establish a secure session between controller and device using IP transport.
The node id will be used by controller to distinguish multiple devices. This does not match the spec and will be removed later. The nodeid will not be persisted by controller / device.
If no nodeid given, a random node id will be used.
Do key exchange and establish a secure session between controller and device using BLE transport.
The node id will be used by controller to distinguish multiple devices. This does not match the spec and will be removed later. The nodeid will not be persisted by controller / device.
If no nodeid given, a random node id will be used.
Set WiFi credential for deprecated network provisioning precedure.
Sending ZCL commands.
List available clusters.
chip-device-ctrl > zcl ?
dict_keys(['BarrierControl', 'Basic', 'ColorControl', 'DoorLock', 'Groups', 'IasZone', 'Identify', 'LevelControl', 'NetworkProvisioning', 'OnOff', 'Scenes', 'TemperatureMeasurement'])
List available commands in cluster.
chip-device-ctrl > zcl ? LevelControl
Move
moveMode: int, rate: int, optionMask: int, optionOverride: int
MoveToLevel
level: int, transitionTime: int, optionMask: int, optionOverride: int
MoveToLevelWithOnOff
level: int, transitionTime: int
MoveWithOnOff
moveMode: int, rate: int
Step
stepMode: int, stepSize: int, transitionTime: int, optionMask: int, optionOverride: int
StepWithOnOff
stepMode: int, stepSize: int, transitionTime: int
Stop
optionMask: int, optionOverride: int
StopWithOnOff
<no arguments>
Send a ZCL command to EndpointId on device (NodeId).
Example:
chip-device-ctrl > zcl LevelControl MoveWithOnOff 12344321 1 0 moveMode=1 rate=2
Format of arguments
For any integer and char string (null terminated) types, just use key=value,
for example: rate=2, string=123, string_2="123 456"
For byte string type, use key=encoding:value, currectly, we support str and
hex encoding, the str encoding will encode a NULL terminated string. For
example, networkId=hex:0123456789abcdef (for
[0x01, 0x23, 0x45, 0x67, 0x89, 0xab, 0xcd, 0xef]), ssid=str:Test (for
['T', 'e', 's', 't', 0x00]).
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Assuming your WiFi ssid is
TESTSSID, and your WiFi password isP455W4RD. -
Assuming your Thread network has the following operational dataset:
0e 08 0000000000010000 00 03 000014 35 06 0004001fffe0 02 08 577c1f5384d9e909 07 08 fdca4e253816ae9d 05 10 bb53ac7bf2133f0f686759ad9969255c 03 0f 4f70656e5468726561642d31343937 01 02 1497 04 10 420111ea791a892d28e3160f20eea396 0c 03 0000ff -
Assuming your device is on the same network, with IP address 192.168.0.1
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The setup pincode is 12345678
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You set the temporary node id to 4546
chip-device-ctrl > connect -ip 192.168.0.1 12345678 4546
Skip this part if your device does not support WiFi.
chip-device-ctrl > zcl NetworkCommissioning AddWiFiNetwork 4546 1 0 ssid=str:TESTSSID credentials=str:P455W4RD breadcrumb=0 timeoutMs=1000 chip-device-ctrl > zcl NetworkCommissioning EnableNetwork 4546 1 0 networkID=str:TESTSSID breadcrumb=0 timeoutMs=1000
Skip this part if your device does not support Thread.
chip-device-ctrl > zcl NetworkCommissioning AddThreadNetwork 4546 1 0 operationalDataset=hex:0e080000000000010000000300001435060004001fffe00208577c1f5384d9e9090708fdca4e253816ae9d0510bb53ac7bf2133f0f686759ad9969255c030f4f70656e5468726561642d31343937010214970410420111ea791a892d28e3160f20eea3960c030000ff breadcrumb=0 timeoutMs=1000 chip-device-ctrl > zcl NetworkCommissioning EnableNetwork 4546 1 0 networkId=hex:0123456789abcdef breadcrumb=0 timeoutMs=1000