2 Current Implementation

The most common implementation of this protocol is the reference implementation present in the chip-tool in the connectedhomeip project at: https://github.com/project-chip/connectedhomeip. This repository contains:

• An implementation of the Matter server
• A definition of the messaging interface
• All the required networking utils for broadcasting and listening for broadcast events, including:
  • A mDNS server
  • A DNS resolver
• Tools for enabling bluetooth provisioning
• A definition of every possible endpoint cluster type
• An example for every endpoint cluster
• An example of a Controller / Administrator application

There are only two things that are importatant for a simple demo: an Administrator and an Endpoint. As such, the focus will be on the chip-tool and lock-app examples. Starting with chip-tool, this example application has a Command Line Interface (CLI) that acts as an Administrator capable of linking to endpoints and issuing commands or fetching status based on the clusters enabled by that endpoint. The lock-app is an example of an endpoint that would normally be controlling an electronic latch. This application registers a handful of commands like:

• Lock
• Unlock
• Unbolt
• GetUser
• SetUser
• GetDoorState
• SetDoorState
• SetCredential
• GetCredential

Where each of these commands are registered with chiptool and have accompanying log and state change messages that are broadcast when called.