Thread CLI update

[kalpino]

Hello,

I developed a project based on thread CLI example. Everything works fine but I would like to add more commands to the CLI interface, maintaining the existing Thread commands that are initialized by the otCliUartInit function (so that commissioning can be achieved).

I tried to add the CLI interface provided by the SDK, using CDC ACM as transport (I do not want UART or RTT transport). Unfortunately I found out I cannot simply add this interface to the Thread CLI since the APP_USBD_CONFIG_EVENT_QUEUE_ENABLE define is already enabled for the Thread CLI to work. Problem is this defined is fundamental for the CLI interface provided by the SDK.

I wonder if there is a simple solution to solve this problem. Otherwise I will have to add the Thread commands I need to the CLI interface.

Thanks.

[Edvin]

Hello,

If you want to add or change any CLI commands, I believe you would need to build the CLI library, which originates from the OpenThread repo on github:

https://github.com/openthread/openthread

since this is not part of the SDK. The SDK contains some pre built libraries that are built from this repo. For details on how to build, please see the description on how to build the same version that is used in the SDK, for compatibility:

https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/sdk_tz_v4.0.0/thread_ot_libraries_building.html

The tag that is used to build the openthread version in the SDK is given in the file:

SDK\external\openthread\project\readme.txt

Please also see:

https://github.com/openthread/openthread/blob/master/examples/platforms/nrf528xx/nrf52840/README.md