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()