Getting started with the IDT-FreeRTOS UI - FreeRTOS
Configure Amazon credentialsOpen the IDT-FreeRTOS UICreate a new configurationModify an existing configurationRun qualification tests
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Getting started with the IDT-FreeRTOS UI

This section shows you how to use the IDT-FreeRTOS UI to create or modify your configuration, and then shows you how to run tests.

Configure Amazon credentials

You must configure credentials for the Amazon user that you created in Create and configure an Amazon account. You can specify your credentials in one of two ways:

  • In a credentials file

  • As environment variables

IDT uses the same credentials file as the Amazon CLI. For more information, see Configuration and credential files.

The location of the credentials file varies, depending on the operating system you're using:

  • macOS, Linux: ~/.aws/credentials

  • Windows: C:\Users\UserName\.aws\credentials

Add your Amazon credentials to the credentials file in the following format:

[default]
aws_access_key_id = <your_access_key_id>
aws_secret_access_key = <your_secret_access_key>
Note

If you don't use the default Amazon profile, be sure to specify the profile name in the IDT-FreeRTOS UI. For more information about profiles, see Named profiles.

Environment variables are variables maintained by the operating system and used by system commands. They're not saved if you close the SSH session. The IDT-FreeRTOS UI uses the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY environment variables to store your Amazon credentials.

To set these variables on Linux, macOS, or Unix, use export:

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<your_access_key_id>
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<your_secret_access_key>

To set these variables on Windows, use set:

set AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<your_access_key_id>
set AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<your_secret_access_key>

Open the IDT-FreeRTOS UI

To open the IDT-FreeRTOS UI

  1. Download a supported IDT-FreeRTOS version and extract the downloaded archive into a location on your file system where you have read and write permissions.

  2. Run the following command to navigate to the IDT-FreeRTOS installation directory:

    cd devicetester-extract-location/bin

  3. Run the following command to open the IDT-FreeRTOS UI:

    Linux
    .devicetestergui_linux_x86-64.exe
    Windows
    ./devicetestergui_win_x64-64
    macOS
    ./devicetestergui_mac_x86-64
    Note

    On Mac, to allow your system to run the UI, go to System Preferences -> Security & Privacy. When you run the tests, you may need to do this three more times.

    The IDT-FreeRTOS UI opens in your default browser. For information about supported browsers, see Use a supported web browser.

Create a new configuration

If you're a first-time user, then you must create a new configuration to set up the JSON configuration files that IDT-FreeRTOS requires to run tests. You can then run tests or modify the configuration that was created.

For examples of the config.json, device.json, and userdata.json files, see Preparing to test your microcontroller board for the first time. For an example of the resource.json file that is used only for running Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) tests, see Running Bluetooth Low Energy tests.

To create a new configuration

  1. In the IDT-FreeRTOS UI, open the navigation menu, and then choose Create new configuration.

    Important

    You must configure your Amazon credentials before you open the UI. If you haven't configured your credentials, close the IDT-FreeRTOS UI browser window, follow the steps in Configure Amazon credentials, and then reopen the IDT-FreeRTOS UI.

  2. Follow the configuration wizard to enter the IDT configuration settings that are used to run qualification tests. The wizard configures the following settings in JSON configuration files that are located in the devicetester-extract-location/config directory.

    • Amazon settings—The Amazon Web Services account information that IDT-FreeRTOS uses to create Amazon resources during test runs. These settings are configured in the config.json file.

    • FreeRTOS repository—The absolute path to the FreeRTOS repository and ported code, and the type of qualification you want to perform. These settings are configured in the userdata.json file.

      You must port FreeRTOS for your device before you can run qualification tests. For more information, see the FreeRTOS Porting Guide

    • Build and flash—The build and flash commands for your hardware that allow IDT to build and flash tests on to your board automatically. These settings are configured in the userdata.json file.

    • Devices—The device pool settings for the devices to be tested. These settings are configured in id and sku fields, and the devices block for the device pool in the device.json file.

    • Networking—The settings to test network communication support for your devices. These settings are configured in the features block of the device.json file, and in the clientWifiConfig and testWifiConfig blocks in the userdata.json file.

    • Echo server—The echo server configuration settings for secure socket tests. These settings are configured in the userdata.json file.

      For more information about echo server configuration, see https://docs.amazonaws.cn/freertos/latest/portingguide/afr-echo-server.html.

    • CMake—(Optional) The settings to run CMake build functionality tests. This configuration is required only if you're using CMake as your build system. These settings are configured in the userdata.json file.

    • BLE—The settings to run Bluetooth Low Energy functionality tests. These settings are configured in the features block of the device.json file and in the resource.json file.

    • OTA—The settings to run OTA functionality tests. These settings are configured in the features block of the device.json file and in the userdata.json file.

  3. On the Review page, verify your configuration information.

After you finish reviewing your configuration, to run your qualification tests, choose Run tests.

Modify an existing configuration

If you have already set up configuration files for IDT, then you can use the IDT-FreeRTOS UI to modify your existing configuration. Make sure that your existing configuration files are available in the devicetester-extract-location/config directory.

To modify a new configuration

  1. In the IDT-FreeRTOS UI, open the navigation menu, and then choose Edit existing configuration.

    The configuration dashboard displays information about your existing configuration settings. If a configuration is incorrect or unavailable, the status for that configuration is Error validating configuration.

  2. To modify an existing configuration setting, complete the following steps:

    1. Choose the name of a configuration setting to open its settings page.

    2. Modify the settings, and then choose Save to regenerate the corresponding configuration file.

After you finish modifying your configuration, verify that all of your configuration settings pass validation. If the status for each configuration setting is Valid, you can run your qualification tests using this configuration.

Run qualification tests

After you have created a configuration for IDT-FreeRTOS, you can run your qualification tests.

To run qualification tests

  1. Validate your configuration.

  2. In the navigation menu, choose Run tests.

  3. To start the test run, choose Start tests.

IDT-FreeRTOS runs the qualification tests, and displays the test run summary and any errors in the Test runner console. After the test run is complete, you can view the test results and logs from the following locations:

  • Test results are located in the devicetester-extract-location/results/execution-id directory.

  • Test logs are located in the devicetester-extract-location/results/execution-id/logs directory.

For more information about test results and logs, see Understanding results and logs.