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6 = 1. Introduction =
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9 In this chapter, we set up a CoAP/ MQTT server by using Open Source MQTT Broker : [[EMQX.IO>>url:https://www.emqx.io/]]. And show how to communicate it with CoAP and MQTT.
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13 Below is the network structure. The end device use CoAP to connect our Emqx server via NB-IoT network. EMQ X broker will further process the data for the actually application.
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16 [[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/2/25/CoAP_1.png/600px-CoAP_1.png||height="219" width="600"]]
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18 Network structure
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20 = 2. Install CoAP server =
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22 Set up example in Ubuntu 18.04
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26 sudo apt-get update
27 sudo apt-get upgrade
28 wget [[https:~~/~~/www.emqx.io/downloads/broker/v3.2.7/emqx-ubuntu18.04-v3.2.7_amd64.deb>>url:https://www.emqx.io/downloads/broker/v3.2.7/emqx-ubuntu18.04-v3.2.7_amd64.deb]]  #download the installation package.
29 sudo dpkg –i emqx-ubuntu18.04-v3.2.4_amd64.deb  #install EMQX
30 emqx start            # Start EMQX service
31 emqx_ctl status   #check if EMQX is running
32 ./bin/emqx_ctl plugins load emqx_coap # Run COAP service
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36 (% style="color:red" %)**Notice: CoAP default port use 5683, if you install EMQX in a cloud server, make sure you open the UDP port 5683. So can receive the packets from NB-IoT.**
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39 = 3. Test CoAP Server =
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41 == 3.1 Install Copper in Chrome ==
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44 ~1. Download Copper4Cr from [[https:~~/~~/github.com/mkovatsc/Copper4Cr>>url:https://github.com/mkovatsc/Copper4Cr]] and unpack it.
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48 2. Run install.bat in the directory.
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51 [[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/4/47/CoAP_Test_1.png/600px-CoAP_Test_1.png||height="191" width="600"]]
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53 Run install.bat
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56 3. Load the unpacked CoAP APP in Google Chrome:
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58 [[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/8/8b/CoAP_Test_2.png/600px-CoAP_Test_2.png||height="114" width="600"]]
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60 Install Copper APP
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62 [[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/7/70/CoAP_Test_3.png/687px-CoAP_Test_3.png||alt="File:CoAP Test 3.png"]]
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64 Install APP Successful
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67 4. Load the unpacked CoAP extension in Google Chrome:
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69 [[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/6/65/CoAP_Test_4.png/600px-CoAP_Test_4.png||height="154" width="600"]]
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71 Install Copper Extension
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73 [[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/9/99/CoAP_Test_5.png/600px-CoAP_Test_5.png||height="183" width="600"]]
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75 Install Extension Successful
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78 5. Replace the appID in file extension\endpoint\ClientPortChrome.js to Copper (Cu4Cr) Application ID
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80 [[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/7/7e/CoAP_Test_6.png/600px-CoAP_Test_6.png||height="301" width="600"]]
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82 Replace ID
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85 6. Open the Copper extension. If you see below message, means install successfully.
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87 [[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/b/b1/CoAP_Test_7.png/600px-CoAP_Test_7.png||height="323" width="600"]]
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89 Install Finished
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92 == 3.2 Test CoAP connection ==
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95 Use Chrome Copper externsion to connect to the CoAP server. Input coap:~/~/COAP_SERVER_IP/mqtt/topic0?c=t1 to connect to the MQTT topic0 in CoAP server. Replace COAP_SERVER_IP with your COAP Server IP address, and refer [[here>>url:https://github.com/emqx/emqx-coap]] for the CoAP detail in EMQX. When connection ok, you can see below window.
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98 [[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/0/0c/CoAP_Test_8.png/600px-CoAP_Test_8.png||height="323" width="600"]]
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100 Connect to CoAP server
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102 == 3.3 Test CoAP Uplink ==
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105 Try to use MQTT.fx to subscribe a the topic (topic0) in the server. And use CoAP to send a message to this topic, we can see the message arrive the topic0 and shown in MQTT.fx.
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108 [[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/b/b0/CoAP_Test_9.png/600px-CoAP_Test_9.png||height="429" width="600"]]
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110 Use MQTT.fx to subscribe the topic
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113 [[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/3/39/CoAP_Test_10.png/600px-CoAP_Test_10.png||height="323" width="600"]]
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115 Use CoAP Exension to send a update to CoAP server
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118 [[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/f/fe/CoAP_Test_11.png/600px-CoAP_Test_11.png||height="386" width="600"]]
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120 MQTT.fx get the update of this topic on CoAP server
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122 == 3.4 Test CoAP Downlink ==
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125 Try to use MQTT.fx to publish a message to the topic (topic0) in the server. CoAP extension will see this incomming message.
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