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22 22  To complete this tutorial, you need to have the following:
23 23  
24 24  * ThingsBoard cloud account
25 -* HiveMQ Cloud account
25 +* MQTT Broker (public or private) such as,
26 +** **[[HiveMQ Cloud>>https://www.hivemq.com]] - You can create a free account to try it or subscribe for a paid account. - We use HiveMQ Cloud as the MQTT broker to build example in this tutorial.**
27 +** [[emqx>>https://www.emqx.com/zh/mqtt/public-mqtt5-broker]] - The public MQTT server is only used for MOTT learning and testing, and should not be used in the production environment.
28 +** [[lns1.thingseye.io>>http://lns1.thingseye.io/]] - This is Dragino's MQTT broker, which requires a CA certificate to use.
26 26  
27 27  == 2.1 ThingsBoard Cloud ==
28 28  
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64 64  [[image:thingsboard-6.png||height="244" width="500"]]
65 65  
66 66  
70 +(% class="wikigeneratedid" %)
67 67  == 2.2 HiveMQ Cloud ==
68 68  
73 +=== 2.2.1 HiveMQ Cloud ===
69 69  
75 +
70 70  Go to [[https:~~/~~/www.hivemq.com>>https://www.hivemq.com]]
71 71  
72 72  Click on the **Start Free** button.
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141 141  You will need these MQTT connection parameters when configuring the MQTT integration in the '**Add Integration**' section.
142 142  
143 143  
150 +=== 2.2.2 emqx ===
151 +
152 +
153 +The [[emqx>>https://www.emqx.com/zh/mqtt/public-mqtt5-broker]] public MQTT server is only used for MOTT learning and testing, and should not be used in the production environment.
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156 +[[image:emqx.png||height="420" width="500"]]
157 +
158 +
159 +=== 2.2.3 Ins1.thingseye.io ===
160 +
161 +[[lns1.thingseye.io>>http://lns1.thingseye.io/]] is the Dragino's MQTT broker, which requires a CA certificate file, Certificate file, and the Private key file to use.
162 +
163 +If customers need to use this MQTT connection with ThingsBoard, they need to contact the TE team to obtain three license files.
164 +
165 +[[image:ins1.png||height="310" width="500"]]
166 +
167 +
144 144  = 3. Data Converters =
145 145  
146 146  
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350 350  
351 351  Click on the **Advanced settings** button.
352 352  
353 -* **Clean session:** NO
354 -* **Retained**: NO
377 +* **Clean session:** YES
378 +* **Retained**: YES
355 355  
356 356  [[image:add-integration-connection-advanced-settings.png||height="510" width="500"]]
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416 416  On the terminal, issue the following MQTT command which simulates the device S31B-NB. The message payload contains the fields temperature and humidity, which hold the values 10.4 and 85, respectively. This payload is also (technically) known as telemetry.
417 417  
418 418  {{code language="none"}}
419 -mosquitto_pub -d -q 1 -h 011731f7928541588a6cdfbbedfc63f4.s1.eu.hivemq.cloud -p 8883 -t "tb/mqtt-integration-tutorial/sensors/S31B-NB/telemetry" -u "pradeeka" -P "Kalpani123@" -m '{"temperature":10.4, "humidity":85}'
443 +mosquitto_pub -d -q 1 -h 011731f7928xxxxx.s1.eu.hivemq.cloud -p 8883 -t "tb/mqtt-integration-tutorial/sensors/S31B-NB/telemetry" -u "xxxxx" -P "xxxxx" -m '{"temperature":10.4, "humidity":85}'
420 420  {{/code}}
421 421  
422 422  If the integration was performed without errors, the status of the integration changes to 'Active' after the first telemetry transmission.
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503 503  
504 504  Configure the **Time series chart** widget as follows:
505 505  
506 -* Datasource - select S31B-NB device you provisioned.
507 -* Series:
530 +* **Datasource** - select S31B-NB device you provisioned.
531 +* **Series**:
508 508  ** **temperature** - you can see this key by default.
509 -** **humidity** - Click **Add series** button to add the **humidity** and then type **%** as its unit.
533 +** **humidity** - Click **Add series** button. Then add the **humidity** for the key and then type **%** as its unit.
510 510  * Click on the **Add** button.
511 511  
512 512  [[image:timeseries-1.png||height="491" width="700"]]
513 513  
514 514  
515 -= 7. Configure NB-IoT Sensor =
539 +The time-series chart will appear in edit mode. Resize it by clicking and dragging the lower-right corner.
516 516  
541 +Click the **Save** button to add the widget to the dashboard.
517 517  
518 -Now, let's experiment with sending data to ThingsBoard using a real NB-IoT device. For example, we will use the **S31B-NB**.
519 519  
520 -First, configure the NB-IoT device with the necessary MQTT settings using AT commands. Below is a list of AT commands you can use.
544 +[[image:timeseries-3.png||height="347" width="700"]]
521 521  
522 522  
523 -**AT Commands**
547 +Now send the following MQTT messages from the terminal to simulate the data.
524 524  
525 -* **AT+PRO=3,3  **~/~/ Use MQTT to connect to ThingsBoard. Payload Type set to 3.
526 526  
527 -* **AT+SUBTOPIC=<device name>**  Eg.
550 +{{code language="none"}}
551 +mosquitto_pub -d -q 1 -h 011731f7928xxxxx.s1.eu.hivemq.cloud -p 8883 -t "tb/mqtt-integration-tutorial/sensors/S31B-NB/telemetry" -u "xxxxx" -P "xxxxx" -m '{"temperature":20, "humidity":70}'
528 528  
529 -* **AT+PUBTOPIC=<device name>**
553 +mosquitto_pub -d -q 1 -h 011731f7928xxxxx.s1.eu.hivemq.cloud -p 8883 -t "tb/mqtt-integration-tutorial/sensors/S31B-NB/telemetry" -u "xxxxx" -P "xxxxx" -m '{"temperature":22, "humidity":71}'
530 530  
531 -* **AT+CLIENT=<device name> or User Defined**
555 +mosquitto_pub -d -q 1 -h 011731f7928xxxxx.s1.eu.hivemq.cloud -p 8883 -t "tb/mqtt-integration-tutorial/sensors/S31B-NB/telemetry" -u "xxxxx" -P "xxxxx" -m '{"temperature":18, "humidity":79}'
532 532  
533 -* **AT+UNAME=<device name> or User Defined**
557 +{{/code}}
534 534  
535 -* **AT+PWD=<device name> or User Defined**
559 +The chart will update with the values in realtime, as shown in the below image.
536 536  
537 -Test Uplink by click the button for 1 second
538 538  
562 +[[image:timeseries-4.png||height="316" width="700"]]
539 539  
564 +
565 += 7. Configure NB-IoT Sensor =
566 +
567 +
568 +Now, let's experiment with sending data to ThingsBoard using a real NB-IoT device. For example, we will use the **S31B-NB**.
569 +
570 +First, configure the NB-IoT device with the necessary MQTT settings using AT commands. Below is a list of AT commands you can use.
571 +
572 +
573 +**AT Commands**
574 +
575 +* **AT+PRO=3,3    **~/~/ Use MQTT to connect to ThingsBoard. Payload Type set to 3.
576 +* **AT+SUBTOPIC=<MQTT topic>**
577 +* **AT+PUBTOPIC=<MQTT topic>**
578 +* **AT+CLIENT=null**
579 +* **AT+UNAME=<MQTT Username>**
580 +* **AT+PWD=<MQTT Password>**
581 +* **AT+SERVADDR=<Broker address, Port>**
582 +
583 +Test your uplink by pressing the ACT button for 1 second.
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