Libraries Issue (CA-294)

[srk517]

Hello I have been trying for days to use this repository. There are many libraries that are included in code but are not in package itself. Even if I comment those libraries there are some unknown variables that are not declared, because that basic library is missing. I don not understand what to do now. Please if you make a repository especially for esp-idf AWS it has to work. We have business to run and this is causing delay! Libraries like #inlcude core_mqtt_state.h is not in package , core_mqtt.h is not in package. Please help!!

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@srk517
I completely understand your situation, i also was in this phase. IMHO this repo is rather a proof of concept and i would not use it production as it is not meeting that standard of quality. To make it worse even the "production-ready" reference example is also not quite ready for production.

I find both these repos suffer from design issues (like each demo task has its own event handler functions but with the same names, etc.). When trying to run all 3 examples the same time, integrated into a project that was stable before, my ESP always hangs within 1-2 hours without giving me any useful info for debugging.

So IMHO you have to study&dissect both repos and then implement your own version for production. Wish this was not the case though.

[srk517]

Thanks for reply. This is my first time integrating esp-idf with aws. I am working with idf mqtt ssl_mutual_auth example now it is far more better than this aws repo. I think i should keep on exploring the example part instead of this because it has wasted so much of my time on esp_aws_iot repo. Hopefully that would work otherwise i need to shift to Arduino IDE.

[SolidStateLEDLighting]

The library is working for me -- but I took the time to completely rewrite all the examples into my own implementation. This is a very long and time-consuming process. The results that I have are good for the library calls.

One key point is -- that you need to make sure your project is very component based because the library will drop into your project as a component.

The next most important thing is probably to realize that MQTT_ProcessLoop() must be written into your program flow and circulated through at all times --- when you have something to do and when you are just at idle.

Use state modeling techniques to move from one activity to another.

See the attached snapshot. I included the aws libraries without the example code -- then I wrote my own IOT component to call those libraries.

You will also notice that wifi and sntp has been componentized. All my components run their own tasks and then use the FreeRTOS mechanisms to pass data around as needed.

[srk517]

Hello Keith , Thank you for replying. I have fortunately completed my task but used SSL Mutual Auth example. I did not follow this repository or any form of aws ready made. But I would love to learn more. Thanks!