Test communications (device syncs disabled)

Make sure that your computer and the AWS IoT Greengrass core device are connected to the internet using the same network.

1. On the AWS IoT Greengrass core device, run the following command to find its IP address.

   hostname -I

2. On your computer, run the following command using the IP address of the core. You can use Ctrl + C to stop the ping command.

   ping IP-address

   Output similar to the following indicates successful communication between the computer and the AWS IoT Greengrass core device (0% packet loss):

   

   Note

   If you're unable to ping an EC2 instance that's running AWS IoT Greengrass, make sure that the inbound security group rules for the instance allow ICMP traffic for Echo request messages. For more information, see Adding rules to a security group in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

   On Windows host computers, in the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security app, you might also need to enable an inbound rule that allows inbound echo requests (for example, File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv4-In)), or create one.

Get your AWS IoT endpoint.

1. From the AWS IoT console navigation pane, choose Settings.

2. Under Device data endpoint, make a note of the value of Endpoint. You use this value to replace the AWS_IOT_ENDPOINT placeholder in the commands in the following steps.

   Note

   Make sure that your endpoints correspond to your certificate type.

On your computer (not the AWS IoT Greengrass core device), open two command-line (terminal or command prompt) windows. One window represents the GG_Switch client device and the other represents the GG_TrafficLight client device.

1. From the GG_Switch client device window, run the following commands.

   • Replace path-to-certs-folder with the path to the folder that contains the certificates, keys, and Python files.

   • Replace AWS_IOT_ENDPOINT with your endpoint.

   • Replace the two switchCertId instances with the certificate ID in the file name for your GG_Switch client device.

   cd path-to-certs-folder
   python lightController.py --endpoint AWS_IOT_ENDPOINT --rootCA AmazonRootCA1.pem --cert switchCertId-certificate.pem.crt --key switchCertId-private.pem.key --thingName GG_TrafficLight --clientId GG_Switch

2. From the GG_TrafficLight client device window, run the following commands.

   • Replace path-to-certs-folder with the path to the folder that contains the certificates, keys, and Python files.

   • Replace AWS_IOT_ENDPOINT with your endpoint.

   • Replace the two lightCertId instances with the certificate ID in the file name for your GG_TrafficLight client device.

   cd path-to-certs-folder
   python trafficLight.py --endpoint AWS_IOT_ENDPOINT --rootCA AmazonRootCA1.pem --cert lightCertId-certificate.pem.crt --key lightCertId-private.pem.key --thingName GG_TrafficLight --clientId GG_TrafficLight

   Every 20 seconds, the switch updates the shadow state to G, Y, and R, and the light displays its new state, as shown next.

   GG_Switch output:

   

   GG_TrafficLight output:

   

When executed for the first time, each client device script runs the AWS IoT Greengrass discovery service to connect to the AWS IoT Greengrass core (through the internet). After a client device has discovered and successfully connected to the AWS IoT Greengrass core, future operations can be executed locally.

In the AWS IoT console, choose your AWS IoT Greengrass group, choose the Client devices tab, and then choose GG_TrafficLight to open the client device's AWS IoT thing details page.

Choose the Device Shadows tab. After the GG_Switch changes states, there should not be any updates to this shadow. That's because the GG_TrafficLight is set to Disable shadow sync with cloud.

Press Ctrl + C in the GG_Switch (lightController.py) client device window. You should see that the GG_TrafficLight (trafficLight.py) window stops receiving state change messages.

Keep these windows open so you can run the commands in the next section.