Setup

1. Set up an Azure VM, following these instructions: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/quick-create-portal

2. Set up an Azure IoT Hub/Device, following these instructions: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-hub/quickstart-send-telemetry-python

   • note down the device connection string, which looks like HostName={YourIoTHubName}.azure-devices.net;DeviceId=MyPythonDevice;SharedAccessKey={YourSharedAccessKey}, as you will need it later

3. Use ssh to connect to the Azure VM (in the same way as step 1 above, in the section "Connect to virtual machine")

4. Run git clone https://github.com/abr/azure-test

5. Run cd azure-test

6. Run bash setup.sh

7. Begin monitoring for events in your Azure IoT hub (following the same steps as in step 2 above, in the section "Read the telemetry from your hub")

8. Run python nengo_test.py "<connection string>", where <connection string> is the string you noted down in step 2 above

You will see output that looks like:

Ground truth: 7
Detected digit: 7
Ground truth: 2
Detected digit: 2
...

In the Azure IoT hub you will see messages received that look like

{
    "event": {
        "origin": "nengo-device",
        "payload": "Detected digit: 7"
    }
}
{
    "event": {
        "origin": "nengo-device",
        "payload": "Detected digit: 2"
    }
}
...