# Matter nRF Connect All Clusters Example Application
The nRF All Clusters Example Application implements various ZCL clusters
populated on three endpoints. You can use this example as a reference for
creating your own application.
The example is based on
[Matter](https://github.com/project-chip/connectedhomeip) and Nordic
Semiconductor's nRF Connect SDK, and was created to facilitate testing and
certification of a Matter device communicating over a low-power 802.15.4 Thread
network, or Wi-Fi network.
The example behaves as a Matter accessory, that is a device that can be paired
into an existing Matter network and can be controlled by this network. In the
case of Thread, this device works as a Thread Sleepy End Device. Support for
both Thread and Wi-Fi is mutually exclusive and depends on the hardware
platform, so only one protocol can be supported for a specific device.
- [Overview](#overview)
- [Bluetooth LE advertising](#bluetooth-le-advertising)
- [Bluetooth LE rendezvous](#bluetooth-le-rendezvous)
- [Requirements](#requirements)
- [Supported devices](#supported-devices)
- [IPv6 network support](#ipv6-network-support)
- [Device UI](#device-ui)
- [Setting up the environment](#setting-up-the-environment)
- [Using Docker container for setup](#using-docker-container-for-setup)
- [Using native shell for setup](#using-native-shell-for-setup)
- [Building](#building)
- [Removing build artifacts](#removing-build-artifacts)
- [Building with release configuration](#building-with-release-configuration)
- [Building with Device Firmware Upgrade support](#building-with-device-firmware-upgrade-support)
- [Configuring the example](#configuring-the-example)
- [Example build types](#example-build-types)
- [Flashing and debugging](#flashing-and-debugging)
- [Flashing on the development kits](#flashing-on-the-development-kits)
- [Flashing on the nRF52840 Dongle](#flashing-on-the-nrf52840-dongle)
- [Testing the example](#testing-the-example)
- [Testing using Linux CHIPTool](#testing-using-linux-chiptool)
- [Testing using Android CHIPTool](#testing-using-android-chiptool)
## Overview
This example is running on the nRF Connect platform, which is based on Nordic
Semiconductor's
[nRF Connect SDK](https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/latest/nrf/index.html)
and [Zephyr RTOS](https://zephyrproject.org/). Visit Matter's
[nRF Connect platform overview](../../../guides/nrfconnect_platform_overview.md)
to read more about the platform structure and dependencies.
By default, the Matter accessory device has IPv6 networking disabled. You must
pair it with the Matter controller over Bluetooth® LE to get the configuration
from the controller to use the device within a Thread or Wi-Fi network. You have
to make the device discoverable manually (for security reasons). See
[Bluetooth LE advertising](#bluetooth-le-advertising) to learn how to do this.
The controller must get the commissioning information from the Matter accessory
device and provision the device into the network.
You can test this application remotely over the Thread or the Wi-Fi protocol,
which in either case requires more devices, including a Matter controller that
you can configure either on a PC or a mobile device.
### Bluetooth LE advertising
In this example, to commission the device onto a Matter network, it must be
discoverable over Bluetooth LE. For security reasons, you must start Bluetooth
LE advertising manually after powering up the device by pressing:
- On nRF52840 DK, nRF5340 DK, and nRF21540 DK: **Button 4**.
- On nRF7002 DK: **Button 2**.
### Bluetooth LE rendezvous
In this example, the commissioning procedure is done over Bluetooth LE between a
Matter device and the Matter controller, where the controller has the
commissioner role.
To start the rendezvous, the controller must get the commissioning information
from the Matter device. The data payload is encoded within a QR code, printed to
the UART console, and shared using an NFC tag. The emulation of the NFC tag
starts automatically when Bluetooth LE advertising is started and stays enabled
until Bluetooth LE advertising timeout expires.
#### Thread or Wi-Fi provisioning
Last part of the rendezvous procedure, the provisioning operation involves
sending the Thread or Wi-Fi network credentials from the Matter controller to
the Matter device. As a result, the device joins the Thread or Wi-Fi network and
can communicate with other devices in the network.
## Requirements
The application requires a specific revision of the nRF Connect SDK to work
correctly. See [Setting up the environment](#setting-up-the-environment) for
more information.
### Supported devices
The example supports building and running on the following devices:
| Hardware platform | Build target | Platform image |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [nRF52840 DK](https://www.nordicsemi.com/Software-and-Tools/Development-Kits/nRF52840-DK) | `nrf52840dk_nrf52840` | nRF52840 DK
nRF5340 DK
nRF52840 Dongle
nRF7002DK
### IPv6 network support
The development kits for this sample offer the following IPv6 network support
for Matter:
- Matter over Thread is supported for `nrf52840dk_nrf52840` and
`nrf5340dk_nrf5340_cpuapp`.
- Matter over Wi-Fi is supported for `nrf7002dk_nrf5340_cpuapp`.
## Device UI
This section lists the User Interface elements that you can use to control and
monitor the state of the device. These correspond to PCB components on the
platform image.
> **Note**:
>
> The following Device UI elements are missing on the nRF52840 Dongle: **Button
> 2**, **Button 3**, **Button 4**, **SEGGER J-Link USB port**, and **NFC port
> with antenna attached**. You can collect logs from the nRF52840 Dongle using
> the **nRF USB port** instead of the **SEGGER J-Link USB port**.
> Functionalities associated with the remaining missing elements are
> inaccessible.
**LED 1** shows the overall state of the device and its connectivity. The
following states are possible:
- _Short Flash On (50 ms on/950 ms off)_ — The device is in the
unprovisioned (unpaired) state and is waiting for a commissioning
application to connect.
- _Rapid Even Flashing (100 ms on/100 ms off)_ — The device is in the
unprovisioned state and a commissioning application is connected through
Bluetooth LE.
- _Short Flash Off (950ms on/50ms off)_ — The device is fully
provisioned, but does not yet have full connectivity for Thread or Wi-Fi
network.
- _Solid On_ — The device is fully provisioned.
**Button 1** can be used for the following purposes:
- _Pressed for less than 3 s_ — Initiates the OTA software update
process. This feature is disabled by default, but can be enabled by
following the
[Building with Device Firmware Upgrade support](#building-with-device-firmware-upgrade-support)
instructions.
- _Pressed for more than 3 s_ — initiates the factory reset of the
device. Releasing the button within the 3-second window cancels the factory
reset procedure.
**Button 2**:
- On nRF52840 DK, nRF5340 DK, and nRF21540 DK: Not available.
- On nRF7002 DK:
- If pressed for more than three seconds, it starts the NFC tag emulation,
enables Bluetooth LE advertising for the predefined period of time (15
minutes by default), and makes the device discoverable over Bluetooth
LE.
**Button 4**:
- On nRF52840 DK, nRF5340 DK, and nRF21540 DK: Starts the NFC tag emulation,
enables Bluetooth LE advertising for the predefined period of time (15
minutes by default), and makes the device discoverable over Bluetooth LE.
This button is used during the commissioning procedure.
- On nRF7002 DK: Not available.
**SEGGER J-Link USB port** can be used to get logs from the device or
communicate with it using the
[command line interface](../../../guides/nrfconnect_examples_cli.md).
## Setting up the environment
Before building the example, check out the Matter repository and sync submodules
using the following command:
$ git submodule update --init
The example requires a specific revision of the nRF Connect SDK. You can either
install it along with the related tools directly on your system or use a Docker
image that has the tools pre-installed.
If you are a macOS user, you won't be able to use the Docker container to flash
the application onto a Nordic development kit due to
[certain limitations of Docker for macOS](https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-mac/faqs/#can-i-pass-through-a-usb-device-to-a-container).
Use the [native shell](#using-native-shell-for-setup) for building instead.
### Using Docker container for setup
To use the Docker container for setup, complete the following steps:
1. If you do not have the nRF Connect SDK installed yet, create a directory for
it by running the following command:
$ mkdir ~/nrfconnect
2. Download the latest version of the nRF Connect SDK Docker image by running
the following command:
$ docker pull nordicsemi/nrfconnect-chip
3. Start Docker with the downloaded image by running the following command,
customized to your needs as described below:
$ docker run --rm -it -e RUNAS=$(id -u) -v ~/nrfconnect:/var/ncs -v ~/connectedhomeip:/var/chip \
-v /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb --device-cgroup-rule "c 189:* rmw" nordicsemi/nrfconnect-chip
In this command:
- _~/nrfconnect_ can be replaced with an absolute path to the nRF Connect
SDK source directory.
- _~/connectedhomeip_ must be replaced with an absolute path to the CHIP
source directory.
- _-v /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb --device-cgroup-rule "c 189:_ rmw"\*
parameters can be omitted if you are not planning to flash the example
onto hardware. These parameters give the container access to USB devices
connected to your computer such as the nRF52840 DK.
- _--rm_ can be omitted if you do not want the container to be
auto-removed when you exit the container shell session.
- _-e RUNAS=\$(id -u)_ is needed to start the container session as the
current user instead of root.
4. Update the nRF Connect SDK to the most recent supported revision, by running
the following command:
$ cd /var/chip
$ python3 scripts/setup/nrfconnect/update_ncs.py --update
Now you can proceed with the [Building](#building) instruction.
### Using native shell for setup
To use the native shell for setup, complete the following steps:
1. Download and install the following additional software:
- [nRF Command Line Tools](https://www.nordicsemi.com/Software-and-Tools/Development-Tools/nRF-Command-Line-Tools)
- [GN meta-build system](https://gn.googlesource.com/gn/)
2. If you do not have the nRF Connect SDK installed, follow the
[guide](https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/latest/nrf/gs_assistant.html#)
in the nRF Connect SDK documentation to install the latest stable nRF
Connect SDK version. Since command-line tools will be used for building the
example, installing SEGGER Embedded Studio is not required.
If you have the SDK already installed, continue to the next step and update
the nRF Connect SDK after initializing environment variables.
3. Initialize environment variables referred to by the CHIP and the nRF Connect
SDK build scripts. Replace _nrfconnect-dir_ with the path to your nRF
Connect SDK installation directory, and _toolchain-dir_ with the path to GNU
Arm Embedded Toolchain.
$ source nrfconnect-dir/zephyr/zephyr-env.sh
$ export ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT=gnuarmemb
$ export GNUARMEMB_TOOLCHAIN_PATH=toolchain-dir
4. Update the nRF Connect SDK to the most recent supported revision by running
the following command (replace _matter-dir_ with the path to Matter
repository directory):
$ cd matter-dir
$ python3 scripts/setup/nrfconnect/update_ncs.py --update
Now you can proceed with the [Building](#building) instruction.
## Building
Complete the following steps, regardless of the method used for setting up the
environment:
1. Navigate to the example's directory:
$ cd examples/all-clusters-app/nrfconnect
2. Run the following command to build the example, with _build-target_ replaced
with the build target name of the Nordic Semiconductor's kit you own, for
example `nrf52840dk_nrf52840`:
$ west build -b build-target
You only need to specify the build target on the first build. See
[Requirements](#requirements) for the build target names of compatible kits.
The output `zephyr.hex` file will be available in the `build/zephyr/` directory.
### Removing build artifacts
If you're planning to build the example for a different kit or make changes to
the configuration, remove all build artifacts before building. To do so, use the
following command:
$ rm -r build
### Building with release configuration
To build the example with release configuration that disables the diagnostic
features like logs and command-line interface, run the following command:
$ west build -b build-target -- -DCONF_FILE=prj_release.conf
Remember to replace _build-target_ with the build target name of the Nordic
Semiconductor's kit you own.
### Building with Device Firmware Upgrade support
Support for DFU using Matter OTA is disabled by default.
To build the example with configuration that supports DFU, run the following
command with _build-target_ replaced with the build target name of the Nordic
Semiconductor kit you are using (for example `nrf52840dk_nrf52840`):
$ west build -b build-target -- -DCONF_FILE=prj_dfu.conf
> **Note**:
>
> There are two types of Device Firmware Upgrade modes: single-image DFU and
> multi-image DFU. Single-image mode supports upgrading only one firmware image,
> the application image, and should be used for single-core nRF52840 DK devices.
> Multi-image mode allows to upgrade more firmware images and is suitable for
> upgrading the application core and network core firmware in two-core nRF5340
> DK devices.
>
> Currently the multi-image mode is not available for the Matter OTA DFU.
#### Changing bootloader configuration
To change the default MCUboot configuration, edit the `prj.conf` file located in
the `child_image/mcuboot` directory.
#### Changing flash memory settings
In the default configuration, the MCUboot uses the
[Partition Manager](https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/latest/nrf/scripts/partition_manager/partition_manager.html#partition-manager)
to configure flash partitions used for the bootloader application image slot
purposes. You can change these settings by defining
[static partitions](https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/latest/nrf/scripts/partition_manager/partition_manager.html#ug-pm-static).
This example uses this option to define using an external flash.
To modify the flash settings of your board (that is, your _build-target_, for
example `nrf52840dk_nrf52840`), edit the `pm_static_dfu.yml` file located in the
`configuration/build-target/` directory.
## Configuring the example
The Zephyr ecosystem is based on Kconfig files and the settings can be modified
using the menuconfig utility.
To open the menuconfig utility, run the following command from the example
directory:
$ west build -b build-target -t menuconfig
Remember to replace _build-target_ with the build target name of the Nordic
Semiconductor's kit you own.
Changes done with menuconfig will be lost if the `build` directory is deleted.
To make them persistent, save the configuration options in the `prj.conf` file.
### Example build types
The example uses different configuration files depending on the supported
features. Configuration files are provided for different build types and they
are located in the application root directory.
The `prj.conf` file represents a debug build type. Other build types are covered
by dedicated files with the build type added as a suffix to the prj part, as per
the following list. For example, the release build type file name is
`prj_release.conf`. If a board has other configuration files, for example
associated with partition layout or child image configuration, these follow the
same pattern.
Before you start testing the application, you can select one of the build types
supported by the sample. This sample supports the following build types,
depending on the selected board:
- debug -- Debug version of the application - can be used to enable additional
features for verifying the application behavior, such as logs or
command-line shell.
- release -- Release version of the application - can be used to enable only
the necessary application functionalities to optimize its performance. It
has Device Firmware Upgrade feature enabled. It can be used only for the
nRF52840 DK and nRF5340 DK, as only those platforms support the DFU.
- dfu -- Debug version of the application with Device Firmware Upgrade feature
support. It can be used only for the nRF52840 DK and nRF5340 DK, as only
those platforms support the DFU.
For more information, see the
[Configuring nRF Connect SDK examples](../../../guides/nrfconnect_examples_configuration.md)
page.
## Flashing and debugging
The flashing and debugging procedure is different for the development kits and
the nRF52840 Dongle.
### Flashing on the development kits
To flash the application to the device, use the west tool and run the following
command from the example directory:
$ west flash --erase
If you have multiple development kits connected, west will prompt you to pick
the correct one.
To debug the application on target, run the following command from the example
directory:
$ west debug
### Flashing on the nRF52840 Dongle
Visit
[Programming and Debugging nRF52840 Dongle](https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/arm/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840/doc/index.html#programming-and-debugging)
to read more about flashing on the nRF52840 Dongle.
## Testing the example
Check the [CLI tutorial](../../../guides/nrfconnect_examples_cli.md) to
learn how to use command-line interface of the application.
### Testing using Linux CHIPTool
Read the [CHIP Tool user guide](../../../guides/chip_tool_guide.md) to see
how to use [CHIP Tool for Linux or mac OS](../../chip-tool/README.md) to
commission and control the application within a Matter-enabled Thread network.
### Testing using Android CHIPTool
Read the
[Android commissioning guide](../../../guides/nrfconnect_android_commissioning.md)
to see how to use [CHIPTool](https://github.com/project-chip/connectedhomeip/blob/master/examples/android/CHIPTool/README.md) for
Android smartphones to commission and control the application within a
Matter-enabled Thread network.