CHIP RPC CONSOLE#

This python application provides a console for interacting with rpc-enabled chip devices.

The console uses the pigweed pw_console, but with customizations to work better with CHIP, including containing all rpc proto files required for CHIP.

Building#

If this is the first time using the checkout the environment must first be bootstrapped to install all dependencies.

$ source <project_root>/scripts/bootstrap.sh

If bootstrap has previously been run, then simply activate.

$ source <project_root>/scripts/activate.sh

The python console is built and installed in the venv using gn:

$ cd <project_root>/examples/common/pigweed/rpc_console
$ gn gen out/debug
$ ninja -C out/debug

After building the output directory also contains a folder (chip_rpc_console_wheels), with all the wheels required for the tool. These can be used to install the console without needing the sdk. Simply install all the wheels in the folder:

$ cd <project_root>/examples/common/pigweed/rpc_console/out/debug
$ pip install chip_rpc_console_wheels/*.whl

Running#

To start the console provide the path to the device, for example:

$ chip-console --device /dev/ttyUSB0

Note that chip-console is an entry point for chip_rpc.console and could also be run with python -m chip_rpc.console.

An example RPC command:

rpcs.chip.rpc.Device.GetDeviceInfo()