A Quick Introduction to the Erbium (Er) REST Engine =================================================== Compile the Example ------------------- ./run.sh OSD-Merkur Board ---------------------- write the images to the OSD-Merkur Board: ./flash.sh EXAMPLE FILES ------------- er-example-server.c: A RESTful server example showing how to use the REST layer to develop server-side applications (at the moment only CoAP is implemented for the REST Engine). er-example-client.c: A CoAP client that polls the /actuators/toggle resource every 10 seconds and cycles through 4 resources on button press (target address is hard-coded). er-plugtest-server.c: The server used for draft compliance testing at ETSI IoT CoAP Plugtest in Paris, France, March 2012 (configured for minimal-net). PRELIMINARIES ------------- - Make sure rpl-border-router has the same stack and fits into mote memory: You can disable RDC in border-router project-conf.h (not really required as BR keeps radio turned on). #undef NETSTACK_CONF_RDC #define NETSTACK_CONF_RDC nullrdc_driver - For convenience, define the Cooja addresses in /etc/hosts aaaa::0212:7401:0001:0101 cooja1 aaaa::0212:7402:0002:0202 cooja2 ... - Get the Copper (Cu) CoAP user-agent from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/copper-270430/ - Optional: Save your target as default target $ make TARGET=sky savetarget COOJA HOWTO ----------- Server only: 1) $ make TARGET=cooja server-only.csc 2) Open new terminal 3) $ make connect-router-cooja 4) Start Copper and discover resources at coap://cooja2:5683/ - Choose "Click button on Sky 2" from the context menu of mote 2 (server) after requesting /test/separate - Do the same when observing /test/event With client: 1) $ make TARGET=cooja server-client.csc 2) Open new terminal 3) $ make connect-router-cooja 4) Wait until red LED toggles on mote 2 (server) 5) Choose "Click button on Sky 3" from the context menu of mote 3 (client) and watch serial output DETAILS ------- Erbium currently implements draft 08 (name "er-coap-07" stems from last technical draft changes). Central features are commented in er-example-server.c. In general, apps/er-coap-07 supports: * All draft 08 header options * CON Retransmissions (note COAP_MAX_OPEN_TRANSACTIONS) * Blockwise Transfers (note REST_MAX_CHUNK_SIZE, see er-plugtest-server.c for Block1 uploads) * Separate Responses (no rest_set_pre_handler() required anymore, note coap_separate_accept(), _reject(), and _resume()) * Resource Discovery * Observing Resources (see EVENT_ and PRERIODIC_RESOURCE, note COAP_MAX_OBSERVERS) REST IMPLEMENTATIONS -------------------- The Makefile uses WITH_COAP to configure different implementations for the Erbium (Er) REST Engine. * WITH_COAP=7 uses Erbium CoAP 08 apps/er-coap-07/. The default port for coap-07/-08 is 5683. * WITH_COAP=3 uses Erbium CoAP 03 apps/er-coap-03/. The default port for coap-03 is 61616. er-coap-03 produces some warnings, as it not fully maintained anymore. * WITH_COAP=0 is a stub to link an Erbium HTTP engine that uses the same resource abstraction (REST.x() functions and RESOURCE macros. TODOs ----- * Observe client * Multiple If-Match ETags * (Message deduplication)