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Dilisi S 1.1 1 **Table of Contents:**
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Xiaoling 64.2 12 = 1. Introduction =
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Dilisi S 21.1 15 This document guides you on integrating Dragino **-NB** and **-CB** series devices data with ThingsBoard. For this guide, we use ThingsBoard Cloud, which is one of the ThingsBoard versions that allows you to try it for free.
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Dilisi S 21.1 17 The **NB series** devices end with the suffix **-NB**, and the **CB series** devices end with the suffix **-CB**. For example, **S31B-NB** is an **NB device**, and **S31-CB** is a **CB device**.
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Dilisi S 93.1 23 = 2. Data Converters =
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Dilisi S 93.1 26 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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Dilisi S 93.1 29 == 2.1 Uplink ==
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Dilisi S 93.1 32 In the left navigation, click **Integrations center**, and then click **Data converters**.
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Dilisi S 93.1 36 [[image:data-converters-list-empty.png]]
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Dilisi S 93.1 39 On the **Data converters** page, click on the ‘**+**’ button, and then click on the **Create new converter** from the dropdown menu.
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Dilisi S 93.1 43 [[image:create-new-converter-menu.png||height="259" width="500"]]
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Dilisi S 36.1 46 The **Add data converter** window will appear. Name it ‘**MQTT Uplink Converter NB/CB**’ and select the Type as **Uplink**.
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Dilisi S 93.1 48 Click on the **TBEL** button if not selected it by default. Delete the existing decoder function in the code editor. Now copy and paste the following decoder function written in **TBEL (ThingsBoard Expression Language)** in to the **code editor**. This decoder function is compatible for both NB and CB series devices.
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50 {{code language="JavaScript"}}
Dilisi S 93.1 51 /** Decoder **/
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Dilisi S 11.1 53 // decode payload to string
54 var payloadStr = decodeToString(payload);
Dilisi S 93.1 55 var data = JSON.parse(payloadStr);
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Dilisi S 93.1 57 var deviceName = metadata.topic.split("/")[3];
Dilisi S 11.1 58 // decode payload to JSON
Dilisi S 93.1 59 var deviceType = 'sensor';
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Dilisi S 93.1 61 // Result object with device attributes/telemetry data
Dilisi S 11.1 62 var result = {
63 deviceName: deviceName,
Dilisi S 93.1 64 deviceType: deviceType,
Dilisi S 11.1 65 attributes: {
Dilisi S 93.1 66 integrationName: metadata['integrationName'],
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Dilisi S 93.1 68 telemetry: {
69 temperature: data.temperature,
70 humidity: data.humidity,
71 }
72 };
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Dilisi S 93.1 74 /** Helper functions 'decodeToString' and 'decodeToJson' are already built-in **/
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76 return result;
77 {{/code}}
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Dilisi S 21.1 80 Click on the **Add** button.
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Dilisi S 93.1 84 [[image:add-uplink-data-converter.png||height="529" width="500"]]
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87 You should see that the newly added **MQTT Uplink converter **NB/CB is listed on the **Data Converters** page.
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Dilisi S 94.1 91 [[image:create-new-converter-menu.png||width="500"]]
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Xiaoling 64.2 93 == 3.2 Downlink ==
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Dilisi S 21.1 96 On the **Data converters** page, click on the ‘**+**’ button, and then click on the **Create new converter** from the dropdown menu.
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98 [[image:ThingsBoard-new-data-converter.png||height="282" width="500"]]
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Dilisi S 36.1 101 The **Add data converter** window will appear. Name it ‘**MQTT Downlink Converter NB/CB**’ and select the Type as **Downlink**.
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Dilisi S 93.1 103 Click on the **TBEL** button if not selected it by default. Now copy and paste the following encoder function written in **TBEL (ThingsBoard Expression Language)** in to the **code editor**. This encoder function is compatible for both NB and CB series devices.
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106 {{code language="JavaScript"}}
Dilisi S 93.1 107 // Encode downlink data from incoming Rule Engine message
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Dilisi S 93.1 109 // msg - JSON message payload downlink message json
110 // msgType - type of message, for ex. 'ATTRIBUTES_UPDATED', 'POST_TELEMETRY_REQUEST', etc.
111 // metadata - list of key-value pairs with additional data about the message
112 // integrationMetadata - list of key-value pairs with additional data defined in Integration executing this converter
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114 /** Encoder **/
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116 var data = {};
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118 // Process data from incoming message and metadata
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120 data.tempFreq = msg.temperatureUploadFrequency;
121 data.humFreq = msg.humidityUploadFrequency;
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123 data.devSerialNumber = metadata['ss_serialNumber'];
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Dilisi S 11.1 125 // Result object with encoded downlink payload
126 var result = {
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Dilisi S 11.1 128 // downlink data content type: JSON, TEXT or BINARY (base64 format)
Dilisi S 93.1 129 contentType: "JSON",
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131 // downlink data
Dilisi S 93.1 132 data: JSON.stringify(data),
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134 // Optional metadata object presented in key/value format
Dilisi S 93.1 135 metadata: {
136 topic: metadata['deviceType']+'/'+metadata['deviceName']+'/upload'
137 }
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139 };
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141 return result;
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145 Click on the **Add** button.
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Dilisi S 93.1 149 [[image:add-downlink-data-converter.png||height="529" width="500"]]
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Dilisi S 93.1 152 You should see that the newly added **MQTT Downlink** Converter NB/CB is listed on the **Data Converters** page.
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Dilisi S 93.1 156 [[image:data-converters-list.png]]
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158 = 3. Add Integration =
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Dilisi S 21.1 161 In the left navigation, click **Integrations center**, and then click **Integrations**.
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Dilisi S 21.1 163 On the **Integrations** page, click on the '**+**' button.
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Dilisi S 49.1 165 [[image:data-converter-list-page.png]]
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Dilisi S 21.1 168 The **Add integration** window appears.
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Dilisi S 24.1 170 In the **Add integration** window, configure the following settings:
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Dilisi S 11.1 173 **Basic settings:**
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Dilisi S 49.1 175 * **Integration type**: MQTT
176 * **Name**: MQTT integration NB/CB
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178 Click **Next** button.
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Dilisi S 16.1 180 [[image:add-integration-basic-settings.png||height="511" width="500"]]
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Dilisi S 16.1 183 **Uplink data converter:**
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Dilisi S 21.1 185 * Click on the **Select existing** button.
Dilisi S 49.1 186 * **Uplink data converter**: Select **MQTT Uplink Converter NB/CB **from the dropdown list.
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188 Click **Next** button.
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Dilisi S 49.1 190 [[image:add-integration-uplink-data-converter.png||width="500"]]
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193 **Downlink data converter:**
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Dilisi S 21.1 195 * Click on the **Select existing** button.
Dilisi S 49.1 196 * **Downlink data converter**: Select **MQTT Downlink Converter NB/CB **from the dropdown list.
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198 Click **Next** button.
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Dilisi S 49.1 200 [[image:add-integration-downlink-data-converter.png||height="510" width="500"]]
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203 **Connection:**
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Dilisi S 93.1 205 * **Host**: Cluster URL (Eg. 011731f7928541588a6cdfbbedfc63f4.s1.eu.hivemq.cloud)
206 * **Port**: 8883
Dilisi S 49.1 207 * **Credentials**: Basic
Dilisi S 93.1 208 * **Enable SSL**: YES
209 * **Username**: Username (from your HiveMQ Cloud Cluster with your credentials)
210 * **Password:** Password (from your HiveMQ Cloud Cluster with your credentials)
211 * **Topic:** tb/mqtt-integration-tutorial/sensors/+/telemetry (the + replaces any 'device name' and creates devices in the Entities -> Devices)
212 * **QoS:** 0-At most once
213 * **Clean session:** NO
214 * **Retained**: NO
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Dilisi S 49.1 216 Click on the **Check connection** button to verify the MQTT connection using the provided parameters.
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Dilisi S 49.1 218 [[image:add-integration-connection.png||width="500"]]
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221 If the connection is successful, you will see the **Connected** message.
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Dilisi S 16.1 223 Click on the **Add** button.
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Dilisi S 49.1 225 [[image:add-connection-success.png||height="511" width="500"]]
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Dilisi S 59.1 228 You should see that the newly added integration is listed on the **Integrations** page.
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Dilisi S 59.1 230 Since we haven't received data from a device yet, the integration **Status** is shown as **Pending.**
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Xiaoling 64.2 232 [[image:integrations-list-added-pending.png]]
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Xiaoling 64.2 235 = 5. Verifying the receipt of data from the device =
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Dilisi S 64.1 238 On the terminal, issue the following MQTT command which simulates the device S31B-NB.
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240 {{code language="none"}}
241 mosquitto_pub -d -q 1 -h mqtt.eu.thingsboard.cloud -p 1883 -t v1/devices/S31B-NB/telemetry -u "24vk3w9h7sqdld1me5eh" -m "{temperature:20}"
242 {{/code}}
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244 If the integration was performed without errors, after the transmission of the first telemetry, a new device with the name “S31B-NB” 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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