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1.1	1	Table of Contents:
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16.1	5	{{warning}}
	6	Draft Document
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64.2	12	= 1. Introduction =
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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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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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117.1	20	= 2. Prerequisites =
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117.1	22	To complete this tutorial, you need to have the following:
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121.1	24	* ThingsBoard cloud account
117.1	25	* HiveMQ Cloud account
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121.1	27	== 2.1 ThingsBoard Cloud ==
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125.1	30	Go to [[https:~~/~~/thingsboard.io/>>https://thingsboard.io/]]
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125.1	32	Click on the Try it now.
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	35	[[image:thingsboard-1.png]]
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	38	Select either the North America or Europe region. Here, we use the Europe region.
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	40	[[image:thingsboard-2.png]]
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	43	You can sign up with your Google, GitHub, Facebook, or Apple account. If not you can create an account with providing your name, email address and a password.
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	45	[[image:thingsboard-3.png\|\|height="651" width="500"]]
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121.1	48	== 2.2 HiveMQ Cloud ==
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117.1	51	Go to [[https:~~/~~/www.hivemq.com>>https://www.hivemq.com]]
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	53	Click on the Start Free button.
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	55	[[image:hivwmq-1.png]]
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	58	Click on the Sign Up FREE Now button in the HIVEMQ CLOUD section.
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	60	[[image:hivemq-2.png]]
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	63	Click on the Sign Up button.
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	65	You can sign up with HiveMQ using your GitHub, Google, or LinkedIn account.
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	67	If not, provide your email address and a password to create an account by clicking on the Sign Up button.
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	70	[[image:hivemq-3.png]]
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	73	You will receive an email to verify your email address. Click on the Confirm my account button.
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	76	[[image:hivemq-4.jpg\|\|height="889" width="400"]]
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	79	You will be redirected to a page asking you to complete your profile. Once done, click the Continue button.
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	82	[[image:hivemq-5.png\|\|height="655" width="700"]]
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	85	Select the CloudMQ Cloud plan you need. For testing purposes, select the Serverless FREE plan by clicking on the Create Serverless Cluster button.
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	88	[[image:hivemq-6.png]]
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	91	You will be navigated to the Your Clusters page. Click on the Manage Cluster button.
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	93	[[image:hivemq-7.png]]
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	96	In your cluster page, you can find some useful parameters you need to create a MQTT connection.
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	98	URL: This is the host name. Click on the copy button to copy it.
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	100	Port: 8883
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121.1	103	Click on the Getting Started tab to setup the username and the password as the connection credentials.
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	106	[[image:hivemq-8.png]]
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121.1	109	In the 'Create Connection Credentials' section, provide a username and password, then click the Add button.
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121.1	112	[[image:hivemq-9.png]]
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	116	If everything is successful, you will see the following message.
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	119	[[image:hivemq-10.png\|\|height="206" width="500"]]
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	122	You will need these MQTT connection parameters when configuring the MQTT integration in the 'Add Integration' section.
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	124
	125	= 3. Data Converters =
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93.1	128	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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121.1	131	== 3.1 Uplink ==
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93.1	134	In the left navigation, click Integrations center, and then click Data converters.
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93.1	138	[[image:data-converters-list-empty.png]]
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93.1	141	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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93.1	145	[[image:create-new-converter-menu.png\|\|height="259" width="500"]]
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36.1	148	The Add data converter window will appear. Name it ‘MQTT Uplink Converter NB/CB’ and select the Type as Uplink.
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93.1	150	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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	152	{{code language="JavaScript"}}
93.1	153	/ Decoder /
	154
11.1	155	// decode payload to string
	156	var payloadStr = decodeToString(payload);
93.1	157	var data = JSON.parse(payloadStr);
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93.1	159	var deviceName = metadata.topic.split("/")[3];
11.1	160	// decode payload to JSON
93.1	161	var deviceType = 'sensor';
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93.1	163	// Result object with device attributes/telemetry data
11.1	164	var result = {
	165	deviceName: deviceName,
93.1	166	deviceType: deviceType,
11.1	167	attributes: {
93.1	168	integrationName: metadata['integrationName'],
11.1	169	},
93.1	170	telemetry: {
	171	temperature: data.temperature,
	172	humidity: data.humidity,
	173	}
	174	};
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93.1	176	/ Helper functions 'decodeToString' and 'decodeToJson' are already built-in /
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	178	return result;
	179	{{/code}}
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21.1	182	Click on the Add button.
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93.1	186	[[image:add-uplink-data-converter.png\|\|height="529" width="500"]]
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	189	You should see that the newly added MQTT Uplink converter NB/CB is listed on the Data Converters page.
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105.1	191	[[image:data-converter-list-showing-uplink-dc.png]]
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64.2	195	== 3.2 Downlink ==
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21.1	198	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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105.1	201	[[image:create-new-converter-menu.png\|\|width="500"]]
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36.1	205	The Add data converter window will appear. Name it ‘MQTT Downlink Converter NB/CB’ and select the Type as Downlink.
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93.1	207	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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	210	{{code language="JavaScript"}}
93.1	211	// Encode downlink data from incoming Rule Engine message
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93.1	213	// msg - JSON message payload downlink message json
	214	// msgType - type of message, for ex. 'ATTRIBUTES_UPDATED', 'POST_TELEMETRY_REQUEST', etc.
	215	// metadata - list of key-value pairs with additional data about the message
	216	// integrationMetadata - list of key-value pairs with additional data defined in Integration executing this converter
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	218	/ Encoder /
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	220	var data = {};
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	222	// Process data from incoming message and metadata
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	224	data.tempFreq = msg.temperatureUploadFrequency;
	225	data.humFreq = msg.humidityUploadFrequency;
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	227	data.devSerialNumber = metadata['ss_serialNumber'];
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11.1	229	// Result object with encoded downlink payload
	230	var result = {
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11.1	232	// downlink data content type: JSON, TEXT or BINARY (base64 format)
93.1	233	contentType: "JSON",
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	235	// downlink data
93.1	236	data: JSON.stringify(data),
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	238	// Optional metadata object presented in key/value format
93.1	239	metadata: {
	240	topic: metadata['deviceType']+'/'+metadata['deviceName']+'/upload'
	241	}
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	243	};
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	245	return result;
	246	{{/code}}
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	249	Click on the Add button.
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93.1	253	[[image:add-downlink-data-converter.png\|\|height="529" width="500"]]
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93.1	256	You should see that the newly added MQTT Downlink Converter NB/CB is listed on the Data Converters page.
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93.1	259	[[image:data-converters-list.png]]
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121.1	263	= 4. Add Integration =
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21.1	266	In the left navigation, click Integrations center, and then click Integrations.
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	269	[[image:integrations-list-empty.png]]
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21.1	272	On the Integrations page, click on the '+' button.
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21.1	275	The Add integration window appears.
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24.1	277	In the Add integration window, configure the following settings:
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11.1	280	Basic settings:
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49.1	282	* Integration type: MQTT
	283	* Name: MQTT integration NB/CB
105.1	284	* Enable integration: YES
	285	* Allows create devices or assets: YES
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	287	Click Next button.
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16.1	291	[[image:add-integration-basic-settings.png\|\|height="511" width="500"]]
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16.1	294	Uplink data converter:
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21.1	296	* Click on the Select existing button.
49.1	297	* Uplink data converter: Select MQTT Uplink Converter NB/CB from the dropdown list.
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	299	Click Next button.
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105.1	303	[[image:add-integration-uplink-data-converter.png\|\|height="511" width="500"]]
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16.1	306	Downlink data converter:
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21.1	308	* Click on the Select existing button.
49.1	309	* Downlink data converter: Select MQTT Downlink Converter NB/CB from the dropdown list.
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	311	Click Next button.
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105.1	315	[[image:add-integration-downlink-data-converter.png\|\|height="511" width="500"]]
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16.1	318	Connection:
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93.1	320	* Host: Cluster URL (Eg. 011731f7928541588a6cdfbbedfc63f4.s1.eu.hivemq.cloud)
	321	* Port: 8883
49.1	322	* Credentials: Basic
93.1	323	* Enable SSL: YES
	324	* Username: Username (from your HiveMQ Cloud Cluster with your credentials)
	325	* Password: Password (from your HiveMQ Cloud Cluster with your credentials)
	326	* Topic: tb/mqtt-integration-tutorial/sensors/+/telemetry (the + replaces any 'device name' and creates devices in the Entities -> Devices)
	327	* QoS: 0-At most once
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	329	[[image:add-integration-connection.png\|\|height="511" width="500"]]
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	332	Click on the Advanced settings button.
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93.1	334	* Clean session: NO
	335	* Retained: NO
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105.1	337	[[image:add-integration-connection-advanced-settings.png\|\|height="510" width="500"]]
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49.1	340	Click on the Check connection button to verify the MQTT connection using the provided parameters.
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105.1	343	[[image:check-connection.png\|\|height="83" width="300"]]
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117.1	346	If the connection is successful, you will see the Connected message. If not, check your connection parameters again.
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	349	[[image:connection-success.png\|\|height="511" width="500"]]
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16.1	352	Click on the Add button.
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59.1	354	You should see that the newly added integration is listed on the Integrations page.
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59.1	356	Since we haven't received data from a device yet, the integration Status is shown as Pending.
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117.1	360	[[image:new-integration-pending.png]]
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64.2	363	= 5. Verifying the receipt of data from the device =
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64.1	366	On the terminal, issue the following MQTT command which simulates the device S31B-NB.
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	368	{{code language="none"}}
	369	mosquitto_pub -d -q 1 -h mqtt.eu.thingsboard.cloud -p 1883 -t v1/devices/S31B-NB/telemetry -u "24vk3w9h7sqdld1me5eh" -m "{temperature:20}"
	370	{{/code}}
	371
	372	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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