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15 15  
16 16  = Add New Device =
17 17  
18 -First, we will add a device to simulate data using MQTT. This device does not represent a real physical device but serves as a common virtual device for all Dragino NB/CB devices.
19 -
20 20  In the left navigation, click **Entities** and then click **Devices**.
21 21  
22 22  
23 -[[image:device-list-empty.png]]
21 +[[image:ThingsBoard-Device.png]]
24 24  
25 25  
26 26  On the **Devices **page, click on the ‘**+**’ button, and then click on the **Add new device **from the dropdown menu.
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29 29  [[image:ThingsBoard-add-new-device.png||height="279" width="500"]]
30 30  
31 31  
32 -The **Add new device** window appears. Name the device, for example '**Virtual NB/CB device**'.
33 33  
34 -Click on the **Next: Credentials** button.
35 -
36 -
37 -[[image:new-device-device-details.png||height="529" width="500"]]
38 -
39 -
40 -Click the **Access token** button if it is not selected by default.
41 -
42 -Copy the **Access token** to a text editor, as you will need it in the section **'Sending data from an MQTT client'**.
43 -
44 -Click on the **Add** button.
45 -
46 -[[image:new-device-access-token.png||height="528" width="500"]]
47 -
48 -
49 -Click on the **MQTT** button.
50 -
51 -Then, select the operating system you are going to use with the **Mosquitto MQTT Broker**. This example shows sending a command from a computer running **MacOS**. First, install the necessary client tools on your computer.
52 -
53 -Copy the MQTT pub command in the '**Execute the following command**' section.
54 -
55 -{{code language="none"}}
56 -mosquitto_pub -d -q 1 -h mqtt.eu.thingsboard.cloud -p 1883 -t v1/devices/me/telemetry -u "24vk3w9h7sqdld1me5eh" -m "{temperature:25}"
57 -{{/code}}
58 -
59 -Note that the **State** is still shown as **'Inactive'** in the **Latest telemetry** section.
60 -
61 -[[image:new-device-check-connectivity.png||height="522" width="500"]]
62 -
63 -
64 -On the terminal, enter the command you copied. This command sends the MQTT payload **{temperature:25}** as telemetry data from a virtual device named **'me'**. Of course, you can replace **'me'** with a device name or use the wildcard character **'+'** to match any device name.
65 -
66 -
67 -[[image:mqtt-command-1.png||height="228" width="700"]]
68 -
69 -
70 -If the command is successful, you can see the telemetry data you sent under the **Latest telemetry** section.
71 -
72 -
73 -[[image:new-device-telemetry-test.png||height="520" width="500"]]
74 -
75 -
76 -Send the same command again, only changing the **temperature** value, to see how the **Latest telemetry** section updates its data.
77 -
78 -Once you are done experimenting with this, close the window by clicking the **Close** button.
79 -
80 -
81 -[[image:mqtt-command-2.png||height="227" width="700"]]
82 -
83 -
84 84  = Data Converters =
85 85  
86 86  In **ThingsBoard**, **Data Converters** are components used to transform incoming or outgoing data between different formats, typically to convert raw telemetry data from devices into a structured format that ThingsBoard can understand, or vice versa.
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303 303  On the **Integrations** page, click on the '**+**' button.
304 304  
305 305  
306 -[[image:data-converter-list-page.png]]
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307 307  
308 308  
309 309  The **Add integration** window appears.
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313 313  
314 314  **Basic settings:**
315 315  
316 -* **Integration type**: MQTT
317 -* **Name**: MQTT integration NB/CB
263 +* **Integration type**: UDP
264 +* **Name**: UDP Integration NB/CB
318 318  
319 319  Click **Next** button.
320 320  
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322 322  [[image:add-integration-basic-settings.png||height="511" width="500"]]
323 323  
324 324  
325 -
326 326  **Uplink data converter:**
327 327  
328 328  * Click on the **Select existing** button.
329 -* **Uplink data converter**: Select **MQTT Uplink Converter NB/CB **from the dropdown list.
275 +* **Uplink data converter**: Select **UDP Uplink Converter NB/CB **from the dropdown list.
330 330  
331 331  Click **Next** button.
332 332  
333 333  
334 -[[image:add-integration-uplink-data-converter.png||width="500"]]
280 +[[image:add-integration-uplink-data-converter.png||height="511" width="500"]]
335 335  
336 336  
337 -
338 338  **Downlink data converter:**
339 339  
340 340  * Click on the **Select existing** button.
341 -* **Downlink data converter**: Select **MQTT Downlink Converter NB/CB **from the dropdown list.
286 +* **Downlink data converter**: Select **UDP Downlink Converter NB/CB **from the dropdown list.
342 342  
343 343  Click **Next** button.
344 344  
345 345  
346 -[[image:add-integration-downlink-data-converter.png||height="510" width="500"]]
291 +[[image:add-integration-downlink-data-converter.png||height="512" width="500"]]
347 347  
348 348  
349 -
350 350  **Connection:**
351 351  
352 -* **Host**: mqtt.eu.thingsboard.cloud (This is the host name you copied from the device - See section xxxxx for more information)
353 -* **Port**: 1883 (This is the port number you copied from the device - See section xxxxx for more information)
354 -* **Credentials**: Basic
355 -* **Username**: Access token (This is the access token you copied from the device)
356 -* **Password** - Leave it as blank
357 -* **Topic** - v1/devices/+/telemetry (sightly modify the topic 'v1/devices/me/telemetry' you copied from the device to enable receiving data from any 'device name')
358 -* **QoS** - 0-At most once
296 +* **Port**: 11582
297 +* **Size of the buffer for inbound socket (in KB)**: 64
298 +* **Cache Size**: 10000000
299 +* **Cache time to live in minutes**: 1440
359 359  
360 -Click on the **Check connection** button to verify the MQTT connection using the provided parameters.
301 +Copy the two keys, **Integration key** and **Integration secret** into a text editor, as you will need them in the section ‘xxxxx’.
361 361  
362 -
363 -[[image:add-integration-connection.png||width="500"]]
364 -
365 -
366 -If the connection is successful, you will see the **Connected** message.
367 -
368 368  Click on the **Add** button.
369 369  
370 370  
371 -[[image:add-connection-success.png||height="511" width="500"]]
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372 372  
373 373  
374 374  You should see that the newly added integration is listed on the **Integrations** page.
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375 375  
376 376  Since we haven't received data from a device yet, the integration **Status** is shown as **Pending.**
377 377  
313 +[[image:Integrations-list.png]]
378 378  
379 379  
380 -[[image:integrations-list-added-pending.png]]
381 -
382 -
383 383  = Verifying the receipt of data from the device =
384 384  
385 385  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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