Device Simulator

This is a guide to get started with the python CLI Device Simulator.

You need to have a mqtt broker set up. The device simulator will connect to it.

Clone StormPythonDeviceSimulator.
Open a commandline terminal and navigate to the folder of the cloned project. Run
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```

In the projects folder, create a secrets.py and insert the details of your mqtt broker.

BROKER_ADDRESS = "your_broker_address"
BROKER_PORT = your_broker_port
USERNAME = "your_username"
PASSWORD = "your_password"

Edit devices.json. This is where you define your devices. Example:

[
  {
   "name": "Temperature Sensor",
   "base_topic": "sensor/temperature",
   "unit": "°C",
   "datatype": "float",
   "min_value": 18,
   "max_value": 30,
   "publish_interval": 0.5,
   "parameters": {
      "setpoint": {
         "datatype": "float",
         "min": 0,
         "max": 100
      },
      "enabled": {
         "datatype": "bool"
      }
   }
  }
]

You can add as many devices as you want, just separate each {...} with a comma. Look at the default devices.json in the project folder for reference.

In commandline run
```
python device_simulator.py
```
It should look something like the picture below. The connection result 0 means success. It is a standard MQTT result code.: