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Last modified by Dilisi S on 2025/04/23 19:23
From version 195.1
edited by Dilisi S
on 2025/03/28 00:38
Change comment: Mar 17 edits - part 3
To version 192.1
edited by Dilisi S
on 2025/03/27 23:20
Change comment: Uploaded new attachment "debug-enabled.png", version {1}

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164 164  [[image:ins1.png||height="310" width="500"]]
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167 -= 3. Creating Devices (Optional) =
167 += 3. Creating Devices =
168 168  
169 -{{info}}
170 -**The following procedure is optional. If you haven't created any device in ThingsBoard first, ThingsBoard will automatically create a device for you based on the integration settings (the device name defined in the uplink decoder) just after it receives the first uplink from your device.Type your information message here.**
171 -{{/info}}
172 172  
173 173  First, you need to create devices in ThingsBoard to represent your physical devices. For example, you can name it **Device A**, and the second device could be **Device B** or any name you prefer. The device name should be unique within the **Devices** space.
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175 175  
176 -In the left navigation, click **Entities -> Devices**.
173 +In the left navigation, click Entities -> Devices.
177 177  
178 178  Click the **Add Device** button (the button with the **+** sign), and from the dropdown menu, click **Add new device**.
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367 367  * **Topic: device/a** (The topic can be anything; you can even use just the device name.)
368 368  * **QoS:** 0-At most once
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370 370  [[image:add-integartion-connection.png||height="505" width="500"]]
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397 397  Since we haven't received data from a device yet, the integration **Status** is shown as **Pending.**
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400 -[[image:integration-added.png]]
399 +[[image:new-integration-pending.png]]
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404 404  = 6. Verifying the receipt of data from virtual devices =
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423 423  == 5.2 Sending messages ==
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425 425  
426 -On your computer's terminal, issue the following MQTT command which simulates the device '**Device A'**. The message payload contains the fields IMEI, temperature, humidity, and pressure, which hold the values 350693903995577, 30, 80, and 1005 respectively. This payload is also (technically) known as telemetry.
424 +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 S31B-NB and 27, respectively. This payload is also (technically) known as telemetry.
427 427  
428 428  {{code language="none"}}
429 429  mosquitto_pub -d -q 1 -h 011731f7928xxxxx.s1.eu.hivemq.cloud -p 8883 -u "xxxxx" -P "xxxxx" -t "device/a" -m '{"IMEI":"350693903995577", "temperature":30, "humidity":80, "pressure":1005}'
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435 435  [[image:integration-active.png]]
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437 +
438 438  == 6.3 Viewing messages ==
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453 453  Then click on the **Apply changes** (//**tick icon**//) button.
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456 -[[image:debug-enabled.png||height="301" width="700"]]
456 +[[image:Screenshot 2025-03-18 at 09.23.10.png]]
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460 -
461 461  Now go to the **Events** tab.
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463 -Select the **Event type** as **Debug** from the dropdown list.
461 +Select the Event type as **Debug** from the dropdown list.
464 464  
465 -Publish another message (of course, you can repeat the previous message by pressing the UP arrow on your keyboard and then press Enter key) to your MQTT broker from your terminal, for example:
463 +Now you can see all the Uplink messages you are simulating through the MQTT broker. The status should be **OK **if there is no errors in your integration.
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467 -{{code language="none"}}
468 -mosquitto_pub -d -q 1 -h 011731f7928xxxxx.s1.eu.hivemq.cloud -p 8883 -u "xxxxx" -P "xxxxx" -t "device/a" -m '{"IMEI":"350693903995577", "temperature":30, "humidity":80, "pressure":1005}'
469 -{{/code}}
470 470  
471 -Now you can see that uplink message in the **Events** tab (Click the **refresh** button if you didn't see any messages in the Events tab). The status should be **OK **if there is no errors in your integration.
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474 474  [[image:Screenshot 2025-03-26 at 19.49.31.png]]
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470 +
478 478  Then click on the **three dots (...)** in the **Message** column. You can see the uplink message's **payload** in the **Message** window.
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598 598  {{/info}}
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600 600  [[image:image-4.png]]
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