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Hands-On MQTT Programming with Python

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Product type Book
Published in May 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789138542
Pages 228 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Gaston C. Hillar Gaston C. Hillar
Profile icon Gaston C. Hillar

Table of Contents (9) Chapters

Preface 1. Installing an MQTT 3.1.1 Mosquitto Server 2. Using Command-Line and GUI Tools to Learn How MQTT Works 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 last will and testament with Python

Now, we will check what happens if the MQTT client that represents our vehicle remote control application disconnects unexpectedly from the MQTT server with the code we have written so far. Pay attention to all the steps because we will manually interrupt the execution of the vehicle remote control program to understand a specific problem that we will solve by taking advantage of the last will and testament feature.

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.py

Go to the device and window on which you executed the previous Python script, named vehicle_mqtt_remote_control.py. After you...

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