Azure IoT Toolkit

Toolkit makes Azure IoT Development easier. For more awesome Azure IoT projects and resources, please visit https://aka.ms/azure.iot

Features

[x] Send messages to Azure IoT Hub (device-to-cloud message)

[x] Monitor device-to-cloud messages

[x] Send messages to Azure Event Hub

[x] Monitor Event Hub messages

[ ] Send messages from Azure IoT Hub to device (cloud-to-device message)

[x] Device management (List, Create, Delete)

[x] Discover devices connected via Ethernet, USB serial and WiFi

[x] Deploy and run in remote machine

[ ] Debug in remote machines

[ ] And more...

Commands

Command	Keyboard Shortcuts	Menu Contexts
Send message to IoT Hub	Ctrl+Alt+F9	editor/context
Start monitoring IoT Hub message	Ctrl+Alt+F10	editor/context
Stop monitoring IoT Hub message	Ctrl+Alt+F11	editor/context
Send message to Event Hub	None	editor/context
Start monitoring Event Hub message	None	editor/context
Stop monitoring Event Hub message	None	editor/context
List device	Ctrl+Alt+F1	editor/context
Create device	Ctrl+Alt+F2	editor/context
Delete device	Ctrl+Alt+F3	editor/context
Discover connected device	Ctrl+Alt+F6	editor/context
Deploy to remote machine	Ctrl+Alt+F4	None
Run in remote machine	Ctrl+Alt+F5	None

Usages

• Send messages to Azure IoT Hub

  

• Monitor device-to-cloud messages

  

• Send/monitor messages for Azure Event Hub

  

• Device management (List, Create, Delete)

  

• Deploy and run in remote machine

  

Config	description
azure-iot-toolkit.localFolder	The folder of current machine to deploy
azure-iot-toolkit.remoteFolder	The folder of remote machine to deploy
azure-iot-toolkit.host	The hostname or IP address of remote machine
azure-iot-toolkit.username	The username of remote machine
azure-iot-toolkit.password	The password of remote machine
azure-iot-toolkit.command	The command to run in remote machine

• Discover Ethernet, USB serial, WiFi devices

  1. Install Node.js or install device-discovery-cli:

  $ npm install --global device-discovery-cli
  

  2. Discover devices in VS Code:

  

Configuration

To set the Device Connection String which is used to send device-to-cloud message:

{
    "azure-iot-toolkit.deviceConnectionString": "HostName=<my-hub>.azure-devices.net;DeviceId=<known-device-id>;SharedAccessKey=<known-device-key>"
}

To set the IoT Hub Connection String to monitor device-to-cloud message:

{
    "azure-iot-toolkit.iotHubConnectionString": "HostName=<my-hub>.azure-devices.net;SharedAccessKeyName=<my-policy>;SharedAccessKey=<my-policy-key>"
}

To set the IoT Hub Consumer Group (default is "$Default"):

{
    "azure-iot-toolkit.iotHubConsumerGroup": "$Default"
}

To set the Event Hub Connection String:

{
    "azure-iot-toolkit.eventHubConnectionString": "{Event Hubs connection string}"
}

To set the Event Hub Path:

{
    "azure-iot-toolkit.eventHubPath": "{Event Hub path/name}"
}

To set the Event Hub Consumer Group (default is "$Default"):

{
    "azure-iot-toolkit.eventHubConsumerGroup": "$Default"
}

To set whether to show verbose info when monitoring messages (default is true):

{
    "azure-iot-toolkit.showVerboseMessage": true
}

Telemetry data

By default, anonymous telemetry data collection is turned on to understand user behavior to improve this extension. To disable it, update the settings.json as below:

{
    "azure-iot-toolkit.enableAppInsights": false
}

Change Log

See Change Log here

Issues

Submit the issues if you find any bug or have any suggestion.

Contribution

Fork the repo and submit pull requests.