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+import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
+import time
+import numpy as np
+
+
+
+
+
+receivedMessages = []
+
+
+def on_connect(self, userdata, flags, rc):
+    # print("Connected with result code " + str(rc))
+    pass
+
+
+def initialise_clients(cname):
+    # callback assignment
+    initialise_client = mqtt.Client(cname, True)  # don't use clean session
+    return initialise_client
+
+
+# publish a message
+def publish(topics, message, waitForAck=False):
+    mid = client.publish(topics, message, 2)[1]
+    print(f"just published {message} to topic")
+    if waitForAck:
+        while mid not in receivedMessages:
+            print("wait for ack")
+            time.sleep(0.25)
+        receivedMessages.remove(mid)
+
+
+def on_publish(self, userdata, mid):
+    print("ack")
+    receivedMessages.append(mid)
+
+
+host = "192.168.50.180"
+port = 1883
+
+topic = "mqtt/pub"
+
+client = initialise_clients("client1")
+
+client.on_connect = on_connect
+
+client.connect(host, port, 60)
+
+client.on_publish = on_publish
+
+client.loop_start()
+#
+publish(topic, "Connect", True)
+count = 0
+while True:
+    randTemp = np.random.uniform(25.0, 35.0)
+    publish(topic, randTemp)
+    time.sleep(2)
+    print(count)
+    count += 1