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2 2  
3 3  {{toc/}}
4 4  
5 -{{warning}}
6 -Draft Document
7 -{{/warning}}
8 8  
9 9  = Introduction =
10 10  
11 11  This document guides you on integrating Dragino -NB and -CB series devices with ThingsBoard. For this guide, we use ThingsBoard Cloud, which is one of the ThingsBoard versions that allows you to try it for free.
12 12  
13 -For example, the following devices fall into the -NB and -CB series:
14 -
15 -(% style="width:556px" %)
16 -|(% style="width:261px" %)**NB Series**|(% style="width:293px" %)**CB Series**
17 -|(% style="width:261px" %)S31B-NB|(% style="width:293px" %)S31-CB
18 -|(% style="width:261px" %) |(% style="width:293px" %)
19 -
20 -
21 -
22 -= Add New Device =
23 -
24 -In the left navigation, click **Entities** and then click **Devices**.
25 -
26 -
27 -[[image:ThingsBoard-Device.png]]
28 -
29 -
30 -On the ‘**Devices**’ page, click on the ‘**+**’ button, and then click on the ‘**Add new device**’ from the dropdown menu.
31 -
32 -
33 -[[image:ThingsBoard-add-new-device.png||height="279" width="500"]]
34 -
35 -
36 -
37 -= Data Converters =
38 -
39 -
40 -== Uplink ==
41 -
42 -In the left navigation, click ‘Integrations center’, and then click ‘Data converters’.
43 -
44 -
45 -[[image:ThingsBoard-Data-Converters.png]]
46 -
47 -
48 -On the ‘Data converters’ page, click on the ‘+’ button, and then click on the ‘Create new converter’ from the dropdown menu.
49 -
50 -
51 -[[image:ThingsBoard-new-data-converter.png||height="282" width="500"]]
52 -
53 -
54 -The ‘Add data converter’ window will appear. Name it ‘**UDP Uplink Converter NB/CB**’ and select the Type as ‘Uplink’.
55 -
56 -Click on the ‘JavaScript’ button. Now copy and paste the following script to the ‘Decoder function’ section:
57 -
58 -{{code language="JavaScript"}}
59 -//Version: 0.1
60 -// decode payload to string
61 -var payloadStr = decodeToString(payload);
62 -
63 -// decode payload to JSON
64 -var objdata = {};
65 -var obj1 = {};
66 -var data = decodeToJson(payload);
67 -var deviceName = data.IMEI;
68 -delete data.IMEI;
69 -var modelname = "Dragino " + data.Model;
70 -//var mod = data.mod
71 -delete data.Model;
72 -//delete data.mod
73 -var timestamp = new Date().getTime();
74 -
75 -for (var key in data) {
76 -
77 - if (Number(key)) {
78 - obj1[key] = data[key];
79 - obj1[key][obj1[key].length - 1] = Number(new Date(
80 - obj1[key][obj1[key].length - 1]));
81 -
82 - }
83 -//Alec submitted25/02/25
84 -//turn old key into new
85 - else if (key === "Reading") {
86 - objdata["reading"] = data[key];
87 - } else if (key === "work mode") {
88 - objdata["work_mode"] = data[key];
89 - } else if (key === "hum") {
90 - objdata["humidity"] = data[key];
91 - }else if (key === "hum2") {
92 - objdata["humidity2"] = data[key];
93 - } else if (key === "hum3") {
94 - objdata["humidity3"] = data[key];
95 - } else if (key === "tem") {
96 - objdata["temperature"] = data[key];
97 - } else if (key === "tem2") {
98 - objdata["temperature2"] = data[key];
99 - } else if (key === "tem3") {
100 - objdata["temperature3"] = data[key];
101 - } else if (key === "DS18B20_Temp") {
102 - objdata["temperature_pro"] = data[key];
103 - } else if (key === "ds18b20_temperature") {
104 - objdata["temperature_pro"] = data[key];
105 - } else if (key === "DS18B20_temperature_pro") {
106 - objdata["temperature_pro"] = data[key];
107 - } else if (key === "tdc send flag") {
108 - objdata["tdc_send_flag"] = data[key];
109 - } else if (key === "trigger mode") {
110 - objdata["trigger_mode"] = data[key];
111 - } else if (key === "soil dielectric constant") {
112 - objdata["soil_dielectric_constant"] = data[key];
113 - } else if (key === "door open num") {
114 - objdata["door_open_num"] = data[key];
115 - } else if (key === "door duration") {
116 - objdata["door_duration"] = data[key];
117 - } else if (key === "count time") {
118 - objdata["count_time"] = data[key];
119 - } else if (key === "last open time2") {
120 - objdata["last_open_time2"] = data[key];
121 - } else if (key === "last open time3") {
122 - objdata["last_open_time3"] = data[key];
123 - }
124 -//Alec submitted25/02/25
125 - else {
126 - objdata[key] = data[key]
127 - }
128 -}
129 -var listdata = [{
130 - "ts": timestamp,
131 - "values": objdata
132 -}]
133 -for (var key1 in obj1) {
134 - if (modelname == "Dragino RS485-NB") {
135 - listdata.push({
136 - "ts": obj1[key1][obj1[key1].length - 1],
137 - "values": {
138 - "Payload": obj1[key1][0],
139 - }
140 - })
141 - } else {
142 - listdata.push({
143 - "ts": obj1[key1][obj1[key1].length - 1],
144 - "values": {
145 - "values": obj1[key1]
146 - },
147 - })
148 - }
149 -}
150 -var result = {
151 -
152 - deviceName: deviceName,
153 - deviceType: modelname,
154 - attributes: {
155 - model: modelname,
156 - //customerName: "NB-CB",
157 - //groupName: "NB-CB",
158 - //integrationName: metadata['integrationName']
159 -
160 - },
161 - telemetry: listdata
162 -}
163 -
164 -function decodeToString(payload) {
165 - return String.fromCharCode.apply(String, payload);
166 -}
167 -
168 -function decodeToJson(payload) {
169 - // covert payload to string.
170 - var str = decodeToString(payload);
171 -
172 - // parse string to JSON
173 - var data = JSON.parse(str);
174 - return data;
175 -}
176 -
177 -return result;
178 -
179 -{{/code}}
180 -
181 -Click on the ‘Add’ button.
182 -
183 -
184 -[[image:ThingsBoard-add-data-converter-uplink.png||width="500"]]
185 -
186 -
187 -The uplink data converter is added to ThingsBoard and appears on the ‘Data Converters’ page
188 -
189 -
190 -== Downlink ==
191 -
192 -On the ‘Data converters’ page, click on the ‘+’ button, and then click on the ‘Create new converter’ from the dropdown menu.
193 -
194 -
195 -[[image:ThingsBoard-new-data-converter.png||height="282" width="500"]]
196 -
197 -
198 -The ‘**Add data converter**’ window will appear. Name it ‘**UDP Downlink Converter NB/CB**’ and select the Type as ‘**Downlink**’.
199 -
200 -Click on the ‘**JavaScript**’ button. Now copy and paste the following script to the ‘**Encoder function**’ section:
201 -
202 -
203 -{{code language="JavaScript"}}
204 -function hexToBase64(hexString) {
205 - // 将16进制字符串两个字符转换为一个字节
206 - var bytes = hexString.match(/.{2}/g);
207 - // 对每个字节进行解析,并转换为对应的字符
208 - var binaryString = bytes.map(function(byte) {
209 - return String.fromCharCode(parseInt(byte, 16));
210 - }).join('');
211 211  
212 - // 使用btoa进行base64编码
213 - return btoa(binaryString);
214 -}
215 -
216 -// Result object with encoded downlink payload
217 -var result = {
218 - // downlink data content type: JSON, TEXT or BINARY (base64 format)
219 - contentType: "BINARY",
220 -
221 - // downlink data
222 - data:hexToBase64(metadata.shared_value)
223 -
224 - // Optional metadata object presented in key/value format
225 - //metadata: {}
226 -
227 -};
228 -
229 -return result;
230 -{{/code}}
231 -
232 -
233 -Click on the **Add** button.
234 -
235 -
236 -[[image:ThingsBoard-add-data-converter-downlink.png||height="532" width="500"]]
237 -
238 -
239 -= Add Integration =
240 -
241 -In the left navigation, click ‘Integrations center’, and then click ‘Integrations’.
242 -
243 -On the ‘Integrations’ page, click on the “+” button.
244 -
245 -
246 -[[image:ThingsBoard-add-integration.png]]
247 -
248 -
249 -The ‘Add integration’ window appears.
250 -
251 -In the Add Integration window, configure the following settings:
252 -
253 -**Basic settings:**
254 -
255 -* **Integration type**: UDP
256 -* **Name**: UDP Integration NB/CB
257 -
258 -Click **Next** button.
259 -
260 -
261 -[[image:add-integration-basic-settings.png||height="511" width="500"]]
262 -
263 -
264 -**Uplink data converter:**
265 -
266 -* Click on the ‘**Select existing**’ button.
267 -* Uplink data converter: Select ‘**UDP Uplink Converter NB/CB**’ from the dropdown list.
268 -
269 -Click **Next** button.
270 -
271 -
272 -[[image:add-integration-uplink-data-converter.png||height="511" width="500"]]
273 -
274 -
275 -**Downlink data converter:**
276 -
277 -* Click on the ‘**Select existing**’ button.
278 -* Downlink data converter: Select ‘**UDP Downlink Converter NB/CB**’ from the dropdown list.
279 -
280 -Click **Next** button.
281 -
282 -
283 -[[image:add-integration-downlink-data-converter.png||height="512" width="500"]]
284 -
285 -
286 -**Connection:**
287 -
288 -**Port**: 11582
289 -
290 -**Size of the buffer for inbound socket (in KB)**: 64
291 -
292 -**Cache Size**: 10000000
293 -
294 -**Cache time to live in minutes**: 1440
295 -
296 -
297 -Copy the two keys, **Integration key** and **Integration secret** into a text editor, as you will need them in the section ‘xxxxx’.
298 -
299 -Click on the **Add** button.
300 -
301 -
302 -[[image:add-integration-connection.png||height="511" width="500"]]
303 -
304 -
305 -
306 -= Verifying the receipt of data from the device =
307 -
308 -Connect **S31B-NB** to transfer information. If the integration was performed without errors, after the transmission of the first telemetry, a new device with the name “xxxxx” will appear in the Devices → All. Also, you can verify the input and output data, respectively, before and after conversion in Data converters → UDP Uplink Converter NB/CB → Events.
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