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Configuration of UART so the board can send data to an external device

Hi,

I'm totally new to programming nRF DK's.

What am I using?

  • Segger Embbedded Studio for ARM (Nordic Edition)
  • Toolchain: nRF Connect SDK v1.4.99-dev1
  • The "mqtt-simple" example

The goal is to receive data via mqtt and send it by using UART to a external device. The mqtt-simple example has been tested, it works. But I can't figure out how to send even a hard coded string via UART to my PC (Putty and a FT23R USB UART)

I hoped adding these two lines to the main.c would do the trick, but they don't.

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2018 Nordic Semiconductor ASA
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-BSD-5-Clause-Nordic
 */

#include <zephyr.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <drivers/uart.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <random/rand32.h>
#include <net/mqtt.h>
#include <net/socket.h>
#include <modem/lte_lc.h>
#include <logging/log.h>
#if defined(CONFIG_MODEM_KEY_MGMT)
#include <modem/modem_key_mgmt.h>
#endif
#if defined(CONFIG_LWM2M_CARRIER)
#include <lwm2m_carrier.h>
#endif
#include <dk_buttons_and_leds.h>

#include "certificates.h"

LOG_MODULE_REGISTER(mqtt_simple, CONFIG_MQTT_SIMPLE_LOG_LEVEL);

/* Buffers for MQTT client. */
static uint8_t rx_buffer[CONFIG_MQTT_MESSAGE_BUFFER_SIZE];
static uint8_t tx_buffer[CONFIG_MQTT_MESSAGE_BUFFER_SIZE];
static uint8_t payload_buf[CONFIG_MQTT_PAYLOAD_BUFFER_SIZE];

/* The mqtt client struct */
static struct mqtt_client client;

/* MQTT Broker details. */
static struct sockaddr_storage broker;

/* File descriptor */
static struct pollfd fds;

#if defined(CONFIG_MQTT_LIB_TLS)
static int certificates_provision(void)
{
	int err = 0;

	LOG_INF("Provisioning certificates");

#if defined(CONFIG_BSD_LIBRARY) && defined(CONFIG_MODEM_KEY_MGMT)

	err = modem_key_mgmt_write(CONFIG_MQTT_TLS_SEC_TAG,
				   MODEM_KEY_MGMT_CRED_TYPE_CA_CHAIN,
				   CA_CERTIFICATE,
				   strlen(CA_CERTIFICATE));
	if (err) {
		LOG_ERR("Failed to provision CA certificate: %d", err);
		return err;
	}

#elif defined(CONFIG_BOARD_QEMU_X86) && defined(CONFIG_NET_SOCKETS_SOCKOPT_TLS)

	err = tls_credential_add(CONFIG_MQTT_TLS_SEC_TAG,
				 TLS_CREDENTIAL_CA_CERTIFICATE,
				 CA_CERTIFICATE,
				 sizeof(CA_CERTIFICATE));
	if (err) {
		LOG_ERR("Failed to register CA certificate: %d", err);
		return err;
	}

#endif

	return err;
}
#endif /* defined(CONFIG_MQTT_LIB_TLS) */

#if defined(CONFIG_BSD_LIBRARY)

/**@brief Recoverable BSD library error. */
void bsd_recoverable_error_handler(uint32_t err)
{
	LOG_ERR("bsdlib recoverable error: %u", (unsigned int)err);
}

#endif /* defined(CONFIG_BSD_LIBRARY) */

#if defined(CONFIG_LWM2M_CARRIER)
K_SEM_DEFINE(carrier_registered, 0, 1);
int lwm2m_carrier_event_handler(const lwm2m_carrier_event_t *event)
{
	switch (event->type) {
	case LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_BSDLIB_INIT:
		LOG_INF("LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_BSDLIB_INIT");
		break;
	case LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_CONNECTING:
		LOG_INF("LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_CONNECTING");
		break;
	case LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_CONNECTED:
		LOG_INF("LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_CONNECTED");
		break;
	case LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_DISCONNECTING:
		LOG_INF("LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_DISCONNECTING");
		break;
	case LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_DISCONNECTED:
		LOG_INF("LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_DISCONNECTED");
		break;
	case LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_BOOTSTRAPPED:
		LOG_INF("LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_BOOTSTRAPPED");
		break;
	case LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_REGISTERED:
		LOG_INF("LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_REGISTERED");
		k_sem_give(&carrier_registered);
		break;
	case LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_DEFERRED:
		LOG_INF("LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_DEFERRED");
		break;
	case LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_FOTA_START:
		LOG_INF("LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_FOTA_START");
		break;
	case LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_REBOOT:
		LOG_INF("LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_REBOOT");
		break;
	case LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_LTE_READY:
		LOG_INF("LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_LTE_READY");
		break;
	case LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_ERROR:
		LOG_ERR("LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT_ERROR: code %d, value %d",
			((lwm2m_carrier_event_error_t *)event->data)->code,
			((lwm2m_carrier_event_error_t *)event->data)->value);
		break;
	default:
		LOG_WRN("Unhandled LWM2M_CARRIER_EVENT: %d", event->type);
		break;
	}

	return 0;
}
#endif /* defined(CONFIG_LWM2M_CARRIER) */

/**@brief Function to print strings without null-termination
 */
static void data_print(uint8_t *prefix, uint8_t *data, size_t len)
{
	char buf[len + 1];

	memcpy(buf, data, len);
	buf[len] = 0;
	LOG_INF("%s%s", log_strdup(prefix), log_strdup(buf));
}

/**@brief Function to publish data on the configured topic
 */
static int data_publish(struct mqtt_client *c, enum mqtt_qos qos,
	uint8_t *data, size_t len)
{
	struct mqtt_publish_param param;

	param.message.topic.qos = qos;
	param.message.topic.topic.utf8 = CONFIG_MQTT_PUB_TOPIC;
	param.message.topic.topic.size = strlen(CONFIG_MQTT_PUB_TOPIC);
	param.message.payload.data = data;
	param.message.payload.len = len;
	param.message_id = sys_rand32_get();
	param.dup_flag = 0;
	param.retain_flag = 0;

	data_print("Publishing: ", data, len);
	LOG_INF("to topic: %s len: %u",
		CONFIG_MQTT_PUB_TOPIC,
		(unsigned int)strlen(CONFIG_MQTT_PUB_TOPIC));

	return mqtt_publish(c, &param);
}

/**@brief Function to subscribe to the configured topic
 */
static int subscribe(void)
{
	struct mqtt_topic subscribe_topic = {
		.topic = {
			.utf8 = CONFIG_MQTT_SUB_TOPIC,
			.size = strlen(CONFIG_MQTT_SUB_TOPIC)
		},
		.qos = MQTT_QOS_1_AT_LEAST_ONCE
	};

	const struct mqtt_subscription_list subscription_list = {
		.list = &subscribe_topic,
		.list_count = 1,
		.message_id = 1234
	};

	LOG_INF("Subscribing to: %s len %u", CONFIG_MQTT_SUB_TOPIC,
		(unsigned int)strlen(CONFIG_MQTT_SUB_TOPIC));

	return mqtt_subscribe(&client, &subscription_list);
}

/**@brief Function to read the published payload.
 */
static int publish_get_payload(struct mqtt_client *c, size_t length)
{
	if (length > sizeof(payload_buf)) {
		return -EMSGSIZE;
	}

	return mqtt_readall_publish_payload(c, payload_buf, length);
}

/**@brief MQTT client event handler
 */
void mqtt_evt_handler(struct mqtt_client *const c,
		      const struct mqtt_evt *evt)
{
	int err;

	switch (evt->type) {
	case MQTT_EVT_CONNACK:
		if (evt->result != 0) {
			LOG_ERR("MQTT connect failed: %d", evt->result);
			break;
		}

		LOG_INF("MQTT client connected");
		subscribe();
		break;

	case MQTT_EVT_DISCONNECT:
		LOG_INF("MQTT client disconnected: %d", evt->result);
		break;

	case MQTT_EVT_PUBLISH: {
		const struct mqtt_publish_param *p = &evt->param.publish;

		LOG_INF("MQTT PUBLISH result=%d len=%d",
			evt->result, p->message.payload.len);
		err = publish_get_payload(c, p->message.payload.len);

		if (p->message.topic.qos == MQTT_QOS_1_AT_LEAST_ONCE) {
			const struct mqtt_puback_param ack = {
				.message_id = p->message_id
			};

			/* Send acknowledgment. */
			mqtt_publish_qos1_ack(&client, &ack);
		}

		if (err >= 0) {
			data_print("Received: ", payload_buf,
				p->message.payload.len);
			/* Echo back received data */
			data_publish(&client, MQTT_QOS_1_AT_LEAST_ONCE,
				payload_buf, p->message.payload.len);
		} else {
			LOG_ERR("publish_get_payload failed: %d", err);
			LOG_INF("Disconnecting MQTT client...");

			err = mqtt_disconnect(c);
			if (err) {
				LOG_ERR("Could not disconnect: %d", err);
			}
		}
	} break;

	case MQTT_EVT_PUBACK:
		if (evt->result != 0) {
			LOG_ERR("MQTT PUBACK error: %d", evt->result);
			break;
		}

		LOG_INF("PUBACK packet id: %u", evt->param.puback.message_id);
		break;

	case MQTT_EVT_SUBACK:
		if (evt->result != 0) {
			LOG_ERR("MQTT SUBACK error: %d", evt->result);
			break;
		}

		LOG_INF("SUBACK packet id: %u", evt->param.suback.message_id);
		break;

	case MQTT_EVT_PINGRESP:
		if (evt->result != 0) {
			LOG_ERR("MQTT PINGRESP error: %d", evt->result);
		}
		break;

	default:
		LOG_INF("Unhandled MQTT event type: %d", evt->type);
		break;
	}
}

/**@brief Resolves the configured hostname and
 * initializes the MQTT broker structure
 */
static int broker_init(void)
{
	int err;
	struct addrinfo *result;
	struct addrinfo *addr;
	struct addrinfo hints = {
		.ai_family = AF_INET,
		.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM
	};

	err = getaddrinfo(CONFIG_MQTT_BROKER_HOSTNAME, NULL, &hints, &result);
	if (err) {
		LOG_ERR("getaddrinfo failed: %d", err);
		return -ECHILD;
	}

	addr = result;

	/* Look for address of the broker. */
	while (addr != NULL) {
		/* IPv4 Address. */
		if (addr->ai_addrlen == sizeof(struct sockaddr_in)) {
			struct sockaddr_in *broker4 =
				((struct sockaddr_in *)&broker);
			char ipv4_addr[NET_IPV4_ADDR_LEN];

			broker4->sin_addr.s_addr =
				((struct sockaddr_in *)addr->ai_addr)
				->sin_addr.s_addr;
			broker4->sin_family = AF_INET;
			broker4->sin_port = htons(CONFIG_MQTT_BROKER_PORT);

			inet_ntop(AF_INET, &broker4->sin_addr.s_addr,
				  ipv4_addr, sizeof(ipv4_addr));
			LOG_INF("IPv4 Address found %s", log_strdup(ipv4_addr));

			break;
		} else {
			LOG_ERR("ai_addrlen = %u should be %u or %u",
				(unsigned int)addr->ai_addrlen,
				(unsigned int)sizeof(struct sockaddr_in),
				(unsigned int)sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6));
		}

		addr = addr->ai_next;
	}

	/* Free the address. */
	freeaddrinfo(result);

	return err;
}

/**@brief Initialize the MQTT client structure
 */
static int client_init(struct mqtt_client *client)
{
	int err;

	mqtt_client_init(client);

	err = broker_init();
	if (err) {
		LOG_ERR("Failed to initialize broker connection");
		return err;
	}

	/* MQTT client configuration */
	client->broker = &broker;
	client->evt_cb = mqtt_evt_handler;
	client->client_id.utf8 = (uint8_t *)CONFIG_MQTT_CLIENT_ID;
	client->client_id.size = strlen(CONFIG_MQTT_CLIENT_ID);
	client->password = NULL;
	client->user_name = NULL;
	client->protocol_version = MQTT_VERSION_3_1_1;

	/* MQTT buffers configuration */
	client->rx_buf = rx_buffer;
	client->rx_buf_size = sizeof(rx_buffer);
	client->tx_buf = tx_buffer;
	client->tx_buf_size = sizeof(tx_buffer);

	/* MQTT transport configuration */
#if defined(CONFIG_MQTT_LIB_TLS)
	struct mqtt_sec_config *tls_cfg = &(client->transport).tls.config;
	static sec_tag_t sec_tag_list[] = { CONFIG_MQTT_TLS_SEC_TAG };

	LOG_INF("TLS enabled");
	client->transport.type = MQTT_TRANSPORT_SECURE;

	tls_cfg->peer_verify = CONFIG_MQTT_TLS_PEER_VERIFY;
	tls_cfg->cipher_count = 0;
	tls_cfg->cipher_list = NULL;
	tls_cfg->sec_tag_count = ARRAY_SIZE(sec_tag_list);
	tls_cfg->sec_tag_list = sec_tag_list;
	tls_cfg->hostname = CONFIG_MQTT_BROKER_HOSTNAME;

#if defined(CONFIG_BSD_LIBRARY)
	tls_cfg->session_cache = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MQTT_TLS_SESSION_CACHING) ?
					    TLS_SESSION_CACHE_ENABLED :
					    TLS_SESSION_CACHE_DISABLED;
#else
	/* TLS session caching is not supported by the Zephyr network stack */
	tls_cfg->session_cache = TLS_SESSION_CACHE_DISABLED;

#endif

#else
	client->transport.type = MQTT_TRANSPORT_NON_SECURE;
#endif

	return err;
}

/**@brief Initialize the file descriptor structure used by poll.
 */
static int fds_init(struct mqtt_client *c)
{
	if (c->transport.type == MQTT_TRANSPORT_NON_SECURE) {
		fds.fd = c->transport.tcp.sock;
	} else {
#if defined(CONFIG_MQTT_LIB_TLS)
		fds.fd = c->transport.tls.sock;
#else
		return -ENOTSUP;
#endif
	}

	fds.events = POLLIN;

	return 0;
}

static void button_handler(uint32_t button_states, uint32_t has_changed)
{
	if (has_changed & button_states &
	    BIT(CONFIG_BUTTON_EVENT_BTN_NUM - 1)) {
		int ret;

		ret = data_publish(&client,
				   MQTT_QOS_1_AT_LEAST_ONCE,
				   CONFIG_BUTTON_EVENT_PUBLISH_MSG,
				   sizeof(CONFIG_BUTTON_EVENT_PUBLISH_MSG)-1);
		if (ret) {
			LOG_ERR("Publish failed: %d", ret);
		}
	}
}

/**@brief Configures modem to provide LTE link. Blocks until link is
 * successfully established.
 */
static int modem_configure(void)
{
#if defined(CONFIG_LTE_LINK_CONTROL)
	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LTE_AUTO_INIT_AND_CONNECT)) {
		/* Do nothing, modem is already turned on
		 * and connected.
		 */
	} else {
#if defined(CONFIG_LWM2M_CARRIER)
		/* Wait for the LWM2M_CARRIER to configure the modem and
		 * start the connection.
		 */
		LOG_INF("Waitng for carrier registration...");
		k_sem_take(&carrier_registered, K_FOREVER);
		LOG_INF("Registered!");
#else /* defined(CONFIG_LWM2M_CARRIER) */
		int err;

		LOG_INF("LTE Link Connecting...");
		err = lte_lc_init_and_connect();
		if (err) {
			LOG_INF("Failed to establish LTE connection: %d", err);
			return err;
		}
		LOG_INF("LTE Link Connected!");
#endif /* defined(CONFIG_LWM2M_CARRIER) */
	}
#endif /* defined(CONFIG_LTE_LINK_CONTROL) */

	/* Turn off power saving modes for a more responsive demo */
	LOG_INF("Disabling PSM and eDRX");
	lte_lc_psm_req(false);
	lte_lc_edrx_req(false);

	return 0;
}

void main(void)
{
	int err;
	uint32_t connect_attempt = 0;

	LOG_INF("The MQTT simple sample started");


        /* Configuring printer UART */
        const struct device *printer_uart = device_get_binding("UART_2");
        int uart_tx(printer_uart, "Printer\r\n", 9, SYS_FOREVER_MS);

#if defined(CONFIG_MQTT_LIB_TLS)
	err = certificates_provision();
	if (err != 0) {
		LOG_ERR("Failed to provision certificates");
		return;
	}
#endif /* defined(CONFIG_MQTT_LIB_TLS) */

	do {
		err = modem_configure();
		if (err) {
			LOG_INF("Retrying in %d seconds",
				CONFIG_LTE_CONNECT_RETRY_DELAY_S);
			k_sleep(K_SECONDS(CONFIG_LTE_CONNECT_RETRY_DELAY_S));
		}
	} while (err);

	err = client_init(&client);
	if (err != 0) {
		LOG_ERR("client_init: %d", err);
		return;
	}

	dk_buttons_init(button_handler);

do_connect:
	if (connect_attempt++ > 0) {
		LOG_INF("Reconnecting in %d seconds...",
			CONFIG_MQTT_RECONNECT_DELAY_S);
		k_sleep(K_SECONDS(CONFIG_MQTT_RECONNECT_DELAY_S));
	}
	err = mqtt_connect(&client);
	if (err != 0) {
		LOG_ERR("mqtt_connect %d", err);
		goto do_connect;
	}

	err = fds_init(&client);
	if (err != 0) {
		LOG_ERR("fds_init: %d", err);
		return;
	}

	while (1) {
		err = poll(&fds, 1, mqtt_keepalive_time_left(&client));
		if (err < 0) {
			LOG_ERR("poll: %d", errno);
			break;
		}

		err = mqtt_live(&client);
		if ((err != 0) && (err != -EAGAIN)) {
			LOG_ERR("ERROR: mqtt_live: %d", err);
			break;
		}

		if ((fds.revents & POLLIN) == POLLIN) {
			err = mqtt_input(&client);
			if (err != 0) {
				LOG_ERR("mqtt_input: %d", err);
				break;
			}
		}

		if ((fds.revents & POLLERR) == POLLERR) {
			LOG_ERR("POLLERR");
			break;
		}

		if ((fds.revents & POLLNVAL) == POLLNVAL) {
			LOG_ERR("POLLNVAL");
			break;
		}
	}

	LOG_INF("Disconnecting MQTT client...");

	err = mqtt_disconnect(&client);
	if (err) {
		LOG_ERR("Could not disconnect MQTT client: %d", err);
	}
	goto do_connect;
}

const struct device *printer_uart = device_get_binding("UART_2");
int uart_tx(printer_uart, "Printer\r\n", 9, SYS_FOREVER_MS);

Can someone guide my step by step on how to configure UART en send data?

Thanks in advance!
Kind Regards,
Lowie Lameire

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