CHIP controller

There are currently 4 implementations of the CHIP device controller with varying support for certain CHIP features.

Implementations

iOS

The iOS chip-tool is located in ../darwin/CHIPTool.

Android

The Android chip-tool is located in ../../examples/android/CHIPTool.

POSIX CLI

The POSIX CLI chip-tool is located in ../../examples/chip-tool.

Darwin CLI

The POSIX CLI chip-tool is located in ../../examples/darwin-framework-tool.

Python

The Python CHIP Controller library is located in ../controller/python/.

Feature Overview

Onboarding	iOS	Android	CLI	Python
Setup code	y?	n	y	y
QR code	y	y	n	n
NFC	y	y	n	n

Provisioning	iOS	Android	CLI	Python
Soft-AP	y	n	y	y
WiFi-BLE	y?	y	y	y
Thread-BLE	n(*0)	y(*1)	n	y(*1)

Commands/Clusters	iOS	Android	CLI	Python
Echo Client	y?	y	y	y
On/Off Client	y	y	y	y
LevelControl Client	?	y	y	y
Identify Client	?	n(*2)	y	y
Scene Client	n?	n(*2)	y	y
Group Client	n?	n(*2)	y	y
Binding Client	n?	n(*2)	y	y

Attributes/Clusters	iOS	Android	CLI	Python
Read	n	n(*2)	y	y
Write	n	n(*2)	y	n

	iOS	Android	CLI	Python
Multiple Devices	y	n	?	y

Notes:

(*0) project-chip#4829

(*1) Only static commissioning, not MeshCoP.

(*2) Locally a patch exists, could be upstreamed.