Integrating your product with the CA C API

Cirrent provides an API to easily integrate the CA with your device code. We provide a C library that you can link into your application that interfaces to the CA process. On Linux we also provide a command-line interface so you can call the API from a script file. 

There is no requirement for you to use this API. The CA has been designed to execute independently. This API is provided in case you wish to have some visibility or control over the Wi-Fi connection process (e.g. get called whenever the CA connects to a ZipKey or private network).

CA C API

The complete CA C API is described here.

Example API integrations

Showing the connection status on the device lights

If you want to show the user the connection status, you can register a connection-status handler that will be called when the connection status changes (Disconnected, Connected to ZipKey network, Connected to Private network).  When your callback is called, you can update the light settings on the device.

Factory reset

There are two levels of factory reset supported by the CA. If you call wcmc_revert, it reverts the CA to its last known good configuration, preserving the private network (if any), and preserving the cloud history.  If you call wcmc_reset_device, it deletes any private networks, and deletes any Cirrent cloud history about this device, as if the device had just been purchased.

Reporting if a user took an action on the device

For some products, as an added security check, the mobile app may want the user to confirm they have physical control over the device before they can move it to their private network. The user starts trying to onboard their device, and the app displays a message to the user requiring them to take an action (e.g. press a button on the device). The app then waits for confirmation that the button was pressed on the correct device before allowing the user to proceed with on boarding the device. To implement this, you call the wcmc_set_user_action method when the user takes the action (e.g. presses a button). The CA will report this to the Cirrent cloud. The mobile app can poll the Cirrent cloud to get status updates for that device. When it sees that the action was taken, the app proceeds.