# Connect and interact with AWS Cloud.
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In this section, you use the MQTT client in the AWS IoT console to monitor the communication between your evaluation kit and the AWS Cloud. 

1. Navigate to the [AWS IoT console](https://console.aws.amazon.com//iot/home).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Test** and then **MQTT Test Client**.

1. In **Subscribe to a topic**, enter **\$1**, and then choose **Subscribe**. 

## Connect
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n this section, you learn how to connect to AWS Cloud. This is a two step process.

**To establish a secure connection**

1. Open the terminal application on your host machine and enter the command: 

   ```
   AT+CONNECT
   ```

1. After a short time, you will receive the message:

   ```
   OK 1 CONNECTED
   ```

   Congratulations\$1 You are now successfully connected to your AWS Cloud account.

## Send data to AWS Cloud
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 In this section, you learn how to send a message to AWS Cloud. This is a three step process. 

**To send a "Hello World\$1" message**

1. Open the terminal application on your host machine and enter the command:

   ```
   AT+CONF Topic1=data
   ```

   You should receive the response from the module:

   ```
   OK
   ```

1. In the terminal application, enter the command: 

   ```
   AT+SEND1 Hello World!
   ```

   After a short time, you should receive the message `OK`.

1. In the AWS IoT console MQTT test client you will see `Hello World!` message with the topic `data`.

## Receive data and commands from AWS Cloud
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 In this section, you learn how to receive data and commands from AWS Cloud. This is a four step process. 

**To receive messages and data**

1. Open the terminal application on your host machine and enter the command:

   ```
   AT+CONF Topic1=MyTopic
   ```

   You should receive the response from the module:

   ```
   OK
   ```

1. In the terminal, enter the command:

   ```
   AT+SUBSCRIBE1
   ```

1. In the AWS IoT console MQTT Test Client, choose **Publish to a topic**, and enter **MyTopic** in the topic name field. Keep the default message ("Hello from AWS IoT console") in the message field, then choose **Publish**.

1. In the terminal application, enter the command: 

   ```
   AT+GET1
   ```

   You should receive the message:

   ```
   OK Hello from AWS IoT console
   ```