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288 288  **Basic settings:**
289 289  
290 290  * **Integration type**: MQTT
291 -* **Name**: MQTT integration - Device A
291 +* **Name**: MQTT integration
292 292  * **Enable integration**: YES
293 293  * **Allow create devices or assets**: YES
294 294  
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295 295  Click **Next** button.
296 296  
297 297  
298 -[[image:add-integration-basic-settings.png||height="504" width="500"]]
299 299  
299 +[[image:add-integration-part-1.png||height="483" width="500"]]
300 300  
301 301  
302 -
303 303  **Uplink data converter:**
304 304  
305 305  * Click on the **Select existing** button.
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308 308  Click **Next** button.
309 309  
310 310  
311 -[[image:add-integration-ul-data-converter.png||height="505" width="500"]]
312 312  
311 +[[image:add-integration-part-2.png||height="484" width="500"]]
313 313  
314 314  
315 315  **Downlink data converter:**
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327 327  
328 328  **Connection:**
329 329  
330 -* **Host**: Host URL (Eg. **//011731f7xxxxxxxxxxxfbbedfc63f4.s1.eu.hivemq.cloud//**)
331 -* **Port**: 8883
329 +* **Host**: Host URL (Eg, **//011731f7xxxxxxxxxxxfbbedfc63f4.s1.eu.hivemq.cloud//**)
330 +* **Port**: 8883 (the port number may differ based on your MQTT broker)
332 332  * **Credentials type**: Basic
333 333  * **Username**: Username (from your HiveMQ Cloud Cluster with your credentials)
334 334  * **Password:** Password (from your HiveMQ Cloud Cluster with your credentials)
335 335  * **Enable SSL**: YES
336 -* **Topic: device/a** (The topic can be anything; you can even use just the device name.)
335 +* **Topic**: # (the # symbol indicates that it filters all topics).
337 337  * **QoS:** 0-At most once
338 338  
339 -[[image:add-integartion-connection.png||height="505" width="500"]]
340 340  
339 +[[image:add-integration-4.png||height="484" width="500"]]
341 341  
341 +
342 342  Click on the **Advanced settings** button.
343 343  
344 344  * **Clean session:** YES
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366 366  Since we haven't received data from a device yet, the integration **Status** is shown as **Pending.**
367 367  
368 368  
369 -[[image:integration-added.png]]
370 370  
370 +[[image:integrations-pending.png]]
371 371  
372 372  
373 373  = 5. Verifying the receipt of data from virtual devices =
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378 378  
379 379  We use the Mosquitto MQTT client to simulate MQTT messages, acting as a virtual device. First, install the Mosquitto client on your computer from [[this link>>url:https://mosquitto.org/download/]]. The Mosquitto client publishes messages to the MQTT broker (HiveMQ) on a specified MQTT topic. ThingsBoard subscribes to these messages using the same topic.
380 380  
381 -The Mosquitto client publishes messages (payloads) on the topic **/device/a**. Of course, you can use any topic for testing.
381 +The Mosquitto client publishes messages (payloads) to a topic - for example, # or device/ts01-nb. You can, of course, use any topic you prefer.
382 382  
383 -(% id="cke_bm_37386S" style="display:none" %) (%%)The MQTT payload format is as follows:
384 384  
384 +(% id="cke_bm_37386S" style="display:none" %) (%%)The MQTT payload format is as follows. The **IMEI **and **Model **are mandatory fields. For other fields, you can use any number of key-value pairs.
385 +
385 385  {{code language="none"}}
386 -{"IMEI": "350693903995577", "temperature":25, "humidity":80, "pressure":1005}
387 +{"IMEI":"350693903995577", "Model":"TS01-NB", "temperature":30, "humidity":80, "pressure":1005}
387 387  {{/code}}
388 388  
389 -Once ThingsBoard receives this message, it forwards this payload to the matching device through the integration.
390 390  
391 -
392 392  == 5.2 Sending messages ==
393 393  
394 394  
395 -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.
394 +On your computer's terminal, issue the following MQTT command, which simulates the device named '**350693903995577'**. The message payload contains the fields IMEI, Model, temperature, humidity, and pressure, which hold the values 350693903995577,  TS01-NB, 30, 80, and 1005 respectively. This payload is also (technically) known as telemetry.
396 396  
397 397  {{code language="none"}}
398 -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}'
397 +mosquitto_pub -d -q 1 -h 011731f7928xxxxx.s1.eu.hivemq.cloud -p 8883 -u "xxxxx" -P "xxxxx" -t "device/350693903995577" -m '{"IMEI":"350693903995577", "Model":"TS01-NB", "temperature":30, "humidity":80, "pressure":1005}'
399 399  {{/code}}
400 400  
401 -If the integration was performed without errors, the status of the integration changes to 'Active' after the first telemetry transmission.
400 +If the integration was performed without errors, a new device named **350693903995577 **is created in the **Devices **section.
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403 403  
404 -[[image:integration-active.png]]
403 +[[image:new-device-1.png]]
405 405  
406 406  
406 +The status of the integration also changes to '**Active**' after the first telemetry transmission.
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413 +**When ThingsBoard receives this message for the first time, it will automatically create a new device named '350693903995577' in the Devices section. The device name is based on the IMEI number. For subsequent messages with the same IMEI, no duplicate devices will be created. Each new IMEI number will result in a unique entry in the Devices section, representing a physical device.**
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415 +
407 407  == 5.3 Viewing messages ==
408 408  
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