MQTT in LabVIEW
I’ve been experimenting lately with MQTT in LabVIEW. MQTT is an open standard for message-based communications using a publisher/subscriber paradigm. It’s commonly used in the Internet of Things (IoT) world.
I’m working on updating an old LabVIEW application that makes heavy use of DataSocket, an NI-proprietary data communications mechanism. DataSocket has been deprecated, so my customer was interested in updating the communications scheme.
My friend Jörg Hampel of Hampel Software Engineering recommended I look into François Normandin’s LabVIEW Open Source MQTT client and broker. I started by watching François’ YouTube video, which gives a good introduction:
In parallel, I downloaded and installed the software with VIPM so I could follow along with the video. (Just search for MQTT in VIPM.)
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