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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 117.1 20 = 2. Prerequisites =
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Dilisi S 117.1 22 To complete this tutorial, you need to have the following:
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Dilisi S 121.1 24 * ThingsBoard cloud account
Dilisi S 155.1 25 * MQTT Broker (public or private) such as,
26 ** **[[HiveMQ Cloud>>https://www.hivemq.com]] - You can create a free account to try it or subscribe for a paid account. - We use HiveMQ Cloud as the MQTT broker to build example in this tutorial.**
27 ** [[emqx>>https://www.emqx.com/zh/mqtt/public-mqtt5-broker]] - The public MQTT server is only used for MOTT learning and testing, and should not be used in the production environment.
28 ** [[lns1.thingseye.io>>http://lns1.thingseye.io/]] - This is Dragino's MQTT broker, which requires a CA certificate to use.
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Dilisi S 121.1 30 == 2.1 ThingsBoard Cloud ==
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Dilisi S 125.1 33 Go to [[https:~~/~~/thingsboard.io/>>https://thingsboard.io/]]
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Dilisi S 125.1 35 Click on the **Try it now**.
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38 [[image:thingsboard-1.png]]
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41 Select either the **North America** or **Europe** region. Here, we use the Europe region.
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43 [[image:thingsboard-2.png]]
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Dilisi S 129.1 46 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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Dilisi S 129.1 48 Click on the **Sign up** button.
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Dilisi S 125.1 50 [[image:thingsboard-3.png||height="651" width="500"]]
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Dilisi S 129.1 53 You will be navigated to the following page.
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55 [[image:thingsboard-5.png||height="109" width="500"]]
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58 simultaneously, you will receive an email to confirm your email address. Click on the **Activate Your Account** button.
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61 [[image:thingsboard-4.png||height="249" width="500"]]
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64 Now losing to the account using your credentials:
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67 [[image:thingsboard-6.png||height="244" width="500"]]
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Dilisi S 121.1 70 == 2.2 HiveMQ Cloud ==
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Dilisi S 155.1 72 === 2.2.1 HiveMQ Cloud ===
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Dilisi S 117.1 75 Go to [[https:~~/~~/www.hivemq.com>>https://www.hivemq.com]]
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77 Click on the **Start Free** button.
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79 [[image:hivwmq-1.png]]
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82 Click on the **Sign Up FREE Now** button in the **HIVEMQ CLOUD** section.
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84 [[image:hivemq-2.png]]
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87 Click on the **Sign Up** button.
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89 You can sign up with HiveMQ using your **GitHub**, **Google**, or **LinkedIn** account.
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91 If not, provide your **email address** and a **password** to create an account by clicking on the **Sign Up** button.
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94 [[image:hivemq-3.png]]
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97 You will receive an email to verify your email address. Click on the **Confirm my account** button.
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100 [[image:hivemq-4.jpg||height="889" width="400"]]
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103 You will be redirected to a page asking you to complete your profile. Once done, click the **Continue** button.
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106 [[image:hivemq-5.png||height="655" width="700"]]
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109 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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112 [[image:hivemq-6.png]]
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115 You will be navigated to the **Your Clusters** page. Click on the **Manage Cluster** button.
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117 [[image:hivemq-7.png]]
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120 In your cluster page, you can find some useful parameters you need to create a MQTT connection.
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122 **URL**: This is the host name. Click on the copy button to copy it.
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124 **Port**: 8883
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Dilisi S 121.1 127 Click on the **Getting Started** tab to setup the username and the password as the connection credentials.
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130 [[image:hivemq-8.png]]
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Dilisi S 121.1 133 In the '**Create Connection Credentials**' section, provide a **username** and **password**, then click the **Add** button.
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Dilisi S 121.1 136 [[image:hivemq-9.png]]
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140 If everything is successful, you will see the following message.
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143 [[image:hivemq-10.png||height="206" width="500"]]
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146 You will need these MQTT connection parameters when configuring the MQTT integration in the '**Add Integration**' section.
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Dilisi S 155.1 149 === 2.2.2 emqx ===
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152 The [[emqx>>https://www.emqx.com/zh/mqtt/public-mqtt5-broker]] public MQTT server is only used for MOTT learning and testing, and should not be used in the production environment.
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155 [[image:emqx.png||height="420" width="500"]]
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158 === 2.2.3 Ins1.thingseye.io ===
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160 [[lns1.thingseye.io>>http://lns1.thingseye.io/]] is the Dragino's MQTT broker, which requires a CA certificate file, Certificate file, and the Private key file to use.
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162 If customers need to use this MQTT connection with ThingsBoard, they need to contact the TE team to obtain three license files.
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164 [[image:ins1.png||height="310" width="500"]]
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Dilisi S 176.1 167 (% class="wikigeneratedid" %)
168 = 3. Creating Devices =
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Dilisi S 176.1 171 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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174 In the left navigation, click Entities -> Devices.
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176 Click the **Add Device** button (the button with the **+** sign), and from the dropdown menu, click **Add new device**.
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178 In the **Add new device** dialog box, enter the device name in the **Name** text box. For example, we will use **Device A**.
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180 Click the **Add** button.
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182 Skip the **connectivity testing** by clicking the **Close** button.
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184 The device is created and listed on the **Devices** page. Note that its initial state is **Inactive** because it has not received any data yet.
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187 = 4. Data Converters =
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Dilisi S 93.1 190 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 176.1 193 == 4.1 Uplink ==
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Dilisi S 93.1 196 In the left navigation, click **Integrations center**, and then click **Data converters**.
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Dilisi S 93.1 199 [[image:data-converters-list-empty.png]]
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Dilisi S 93.1 202 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 93.1 206 [[image:create-new-converter-menu.png||height="259" width="500"]]
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Dilisi S 36.1 209 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 157.1 211 Click on the **JavaScript** button.
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Dilisi S 157.1 213 Delete the default decoder function in the code editor. Now copy and paste the following decoder function written in **JavaScript** in to the **code editor**. This decoder function is compatible for both NB and CB series devices.
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Dilisi S 175.1 215 {{info}}
216 Please note that the value assigned to the IMEI field in the payload will be used by ThingsBoard to create a device on the platform with the same name.
217 {{/info}}
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Dilisi S 11.1 219 {{code language="JavaScript"}}
Dilisi S 157.1 220 //Version: 0.1
Dilisi S 11.1 221 // decode payload to string
222 var payloadStr = decodeToString(payload);
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224 // decode payload to JSON
Dilisi S 157.1 225 var objdata = {};
226 var obj1 = {};
227 var data = decodeToJson(payload);
228 var deviceName = data.IMEI;
229 delete data.IMEI;
230 var modelname = "Dragino " + data.Model;
231 //var mod = data.mod
232 delete data.Model;
233 //delete data.mod
234 var timestamp = new Date().getTime();
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Dilisi S 157.1 236 for (var key in data) {
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238 if (Number(key)) {
239 obj1[key] = data[key];
240 obj1[key][obj1[key].length - 1] = Number(new Date(
241 obj1[key][obj1[key].length - 1]));
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243 }
244 //Alec submitted25/02/25
245 //turn old key into new
246 else if (key === "Reading") {
247 objdata["reading"] = data[key];
248 } else if (key === "work mode") {
249 objdata["work_mode"] = data[key];
250 } else if (key === "hum") {
251 objdata["humidity"] = data[key];
252 }else if (key === "hum2") {
253 objdata["humidity2"] = data[key];
254 } else if (key === "hum3") {
255 objdata["humidity3"] = data[key];
256 } else if (key === "tem") {
257 objdata["temperature"] = data[key];
258 } else if (key === "tem2") {
259 objdata["temperature2"] = data[key];
260 } else if (key === "tem3") {
261 objdata["temperature3"] = data[key];
262 } else if (key === "DS18B20_Temp") {
263 objdata["temperature_pro"] = data[key];
264 } else if (key === "ds18b20_temperature") {
265 objdata["temperature_pro"] = data[key];
266 } else if (key === "DS18B20_temperature_pro") {
267 objdata["temperature_pro"] = data[key];
268 } else if (key === "tdc send flag") {
269 objdata["tdc_send_flag"] = data[key];
270 } else if (key === "trigger mode") {
271 objdata["trigger_mode"] = data[key];
272 } else if (key === "soil dielectric constant") {
273 objdata["soil_dielectric_constant"] = data[key];
274 } else if (key === "door open num") {
275 objdata["door_open_num"] = data[key];
276 } else if (key === "door duration") {
277 objdata["door_duration"] = data[key];
278 } else if (key === "count time") {
279 objdata["count_time"] = data[key];
280 } else if (key === "last open time2") {
281 objdata["last_open_time2"] = data[key];
282 } else if (key === "last open time3") {
283 objdata["last_open_time3"] = data[key];
284 }
285 //Alec submitted25/02/25
286 else {
287 objdata[key] = data[key]
288 }
289 }
290 var listdata = [{
291 "ts": timestamp,
292 "values": objdata
293 }]
294 for (var key1 in obj1) {
295 if (modelname == "Dragino RS485-NB") {
296 listdata.push({
297 "ts": obj1[key1][obj1[key1].length - 1],
298 "values": {
299 "Payload": obj1[key1][0],
300 }
301 })
302 } else {
303 listdata.push({
304 "ts": obj1[key1][obj1[key1].length - 1],
305 "values": {
306 "values": obj1[key1]
307 },
308 })
309 }
310 }
Dilisi S 11.1 311 var result = {
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Dilisi S 11.1 313 deviceName: deviceName,
Dilisi S 157.1 314 deviceType: modelname,
Dilisi S 11.1 315 attributes: {
Dilisi S 157.1 316 model: modelname,
317 //customerName: "NB-CB",
318 //groupName: "NB-CB",
319 //integrationName: metadata['integrationName']
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Dilisi S 11.1 321 },
Dilisi S 157.1 322 telemetry: listdata
323 }
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Dilisi S 157.1 325 function decodeToString(payload) {
326 return String.fromCharCode.apply(String, payload);
327 }
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Dilisi S 157.1 329 function decodeToJson(payload) {
330 // covert payload to string.
331 var str = decodeToString(payload);
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333 // parse string to JSON
334 var data = JSON.parse(str);
335 return data;
336 }
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Dilisi S 11.1 338 return result;
339 {{/code}}
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Dilisi S 21.1 342 Click on the **Add** button.
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Dilisi S 157.1 345 [[image:mqtt-uplink.png||width="500"]]
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349 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 105.1 352 [[image:data-converter-list-showing-uplink-dc.png]]
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Dilisi S 176.1 355 = 5. Add Integration =
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Dilisi S 21.1 358 In the left navigation, click **Integrations center**, and then click **Integrations**.
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361 [[image:integrations-list-empty.png]]
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Dilisi S 21.1 364 On the **Integrations** page, click on the '**+**' button.
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Dilisi S 21.1 367 The **Add integration** window appears.
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Dilisi S 24.1 369 In the **Add integration** window, configure the following settings:
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Dilisi S 11.1 372 **Basic settings:**
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Dilisi S 49.1 374 * **Integration type**: MQTT
375 * **Name**: MQTT integration NB/CB
Dilisi S 105.1 376 * **Enable integration**: YES
377 * **Allows create devices or assets**: YES
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379 Click **Next** button.
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Dilisi S 16.1 382 [[image:add-integration-basic-settings.png||height="511" width="500"]]
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Dilisi S 16.1 385 **Uplink data converter:**
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Dilisi S 21.1 387 * Click on the **Select existing** button.
Dilisi S 49.1 388 * **Uplink data converter**: Select **MQTT Uplink Converter NB/CB **from the dropdown list.
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390 Click **Next** button.
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Dilisi S 105.1 393 [[image:add-integration-uplink-data-converter.png||height="511" width="500"]]
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Dilisi S 16.1 396 **Downlink data converter:**
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Dilisi S 172.1 398 Dragino NB/CB devices don't require a downlink data converter to decode their payloads, so you can skip this step.
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Dilisi S 172.1 400 * Click on the **Skip **button in the Downlink data converter section.
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Dilisi S 172.1 402 Click **Skip** button.
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Dilisi S 172.1 405 [[image:integration-dl-skip.png||height="511" width="500"]]
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Dilisi S 16.1 409 **Connection:**
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Dilisi S 157.1 411 * **Host**: Cluster URL (Eg. 011731f7xxxxxxxxxxxfbbedfc63f4.s1.eu.hivemq.cloud)
Dilisi S 93.1 412 * **Port**: 8883
Dilisi S 49.1 413 * **Credentials**: Basic
Dilisi S 93.1 414 * **Enable SSL**: YES
415 * **Username**: Username (from your HiveMQ Cloud Cluster with your credentials)
416 * **Password:** Password (from your HiveMQ Cloud Cluster with your credentials)
Dilisi S 175.1 417 * **Topic: v1/devices/me/telemetry** (The topic can be anything; you can even use just the device name. For example, you can use your device name here, such as S31B-NB.)
Dilisi S 93.1 418 * **QoS:** 0-At most once
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Dilisi S 105.1 421 [[image:add-integration-connection.png||height="511" width="500"]]
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424 Click on the **Advanced settings** button.
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Dilisi S 151.1 426 * **Clean session:** YES
427 * **Retained**: YES
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Dilisi S 105.1 429 [[image:add-integration-connection-advanced-settings.png||height="510" width="500"]]
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Dilisi S 49.1 432 Click on the **Check connection** button to verify the MQTT connection using the provided parameters.
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Dilisi S 105.1 435 [[image:check-connection.png||height="83" width="300"]]
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Dilisi S 117.1 438 If the connection is successful, you will see the **Connected** message. If not, check your connection parameters again.
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441 [[image:connection-success.png||height="511" width="500"]]
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Dilisi S 16.1 444 Click on the **Add** button.
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Dilisi S 59.1 446 You should see that the newly added integration is listed on the **Integrations** page.
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Dilisi S 59.1 448 Since we haven't received data from a device yet, the integration **Status** is shown as **Pending.**
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Dilisi S 117.1 451 [[image:new-integration-pending.png]]
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Dilisi S 176.1 454 = 6. Verifying the receipt of data from virtual devices =
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Dilisi S 176.1 457 == 6.1 How does it work? ==
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Dilisi S 130.1 460 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.
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Dilisi S 159.1 462 The Mosquitto client publishes messages (payloads) on the topic **v1/devices/me/telemetry**. Of course, you can use any topic for testing.
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Dilisi S 159.1 464 (% id="cke_bm_37386S" style="display:none" %) (%%)The MQTT payload format is as follows, which is common for all **~-~-NB** and **~-~-CB** series devices. The **IMEI** field is mandatory and is used to provision a new device with the name assigned to it in ThingsBoard.
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Dilisi S 64.1 466 {{code language="none"}}
Dilisi S 159.1 467 {"IMEI": "S31B-NB", "temperature": 27, ......}
Dilisi S 64.1 468 {{/code}}
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Dilisi S 159.1 470 Once ThingsBoard receives this message, it automatically creates (provisions) the device mentioned in the **IMEI**, for example, S31B-NB.
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Dilisi S 130.1 473 == 5.2 Sending messages ==
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Dilisi S 161.1 476 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.
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478 {{code language="none"}}
Dilisi S 161.1 479 mosquitto_pub -d -q 1 -h 011731f7928xxxxx.s1.eu.hivemq.cloud -p 8883 -t "v1/devices/me/telemetry" -u "xxxxx" -P "xxxxx" -m '{"IMEI": "S31B-NB", "temperature": 27}'
Dilisi S 130.1 480 {{/code}}
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Dilisi S 141.1 482 If the integration was performed without errors, the status of the integration changes to 'Active' after the first telemetry transmission.
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485 [[image:integration-active.png]]
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488 Also, a new device named **S31B-NB** will appear under **//Entities -> Devices -> All//**. This means the first MQTT message triggers ThingsBoard to provision a device named **S31B-NB**.
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Dilisi S 161.1 491 [[image:new-device.png]]
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Dilisi S 176.1 494 == 6.3 Viewing messages ==
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Dilisi S 167.1 497 Go back to the **Integrations** page.
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Dilisi S 167.1 499 Click on the **MQTT integration NB/CB** in the **Integrations** page to see its details.
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Dilisi S 167.1 501 Click on the **Edit** button (//**pen icon**//).
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Dilisi S 167.1 503 Click on the **Disabled** button in the upper-right corner.
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Dilisi S 167.1 505 Turn on the **All messages (15 min)** option. This will enable displaying all messages in the **Events** tab. This setting will expire in 15 minutes, and you will need to repeat the same steps if you want to view the messages in the Events tab later.
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Dilisi S 167.1 507 Click on the **Apply** button.
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Dilisi S 167.1 509 Then click on the **Apply changes** (//**tick icon**//) button.
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512 [[image:Screenshot 2025-03-18 at 09.23.10.png]]
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515 Now go to the **Events** tab.
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517 Select the Event type as **Debug** from the dropdown list.
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Dilisi S 169.1 519 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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522 [[image:Screenshot 2025-03-16 at 18.38.59.png]]
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525 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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Dilisi S 164.1 528 [[image:Screenshot 2025-03-16 at 18.39.12.png]]
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Dilisi S 164.1 531 Now, you have successfully tested your integration with a simulated uplink payload and verified that it is received by ThingsBoard, and the device is provisioned.
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Dilisi S 176.1 534 = 7. Creating a Dashboard =
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Dilisi S 145.1 536 ThingsBoard **Dashboards** provide a powerful way to visualize and monitor real-time and historical data from connected devices. They allow users to create interactive, customizable panels displaying telemetry data, device status, and other key metrics. With a variety of widgets, including charts, maps, and tables, dashboards help users gain insights, track trends, and manage IoT deployments efficiently.
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Dilisi S 145.1 539 This section guides you on how to create a dashboard to display temperature and humidity data from the device on a time-series chart. You may also use other widgets in ThingsBoard to display data according to your requirements.
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Dilisi S 169.1 542 First simulate a few messages using MQTT. This time, we have added the 'humidity' field to the payload. Eg:
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Dilisi S 170.1 544 {{code language="none"}}mosquitto_pub -d -q 1 -h 011731f7928xxxxx.s1.eu.hivemq.cloud -p 8883 -t "v1/devices/me/telemetry" -u "xxxxx" -P "xxxxx" -m '{"IMEI": "S31B-NB", "temperature": 22, "humidity":80}'{{/code}}
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Dilisi S 145.1 547 In **ThingsBoard**, from the left navigation menu, click **Dashboards**. Then, click the **+** button and select **Create new dashboard** from the dropdown menu.
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Dilisi S 141.1 550 [[image:dashboard-1.png]]
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553 In the **Title** text box, enter **NB/CB Test Dashboard** as the title of the dashboard.
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555 Click on the **Add** button.
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558 [[image:dashboard-2.png||height="526" width="500"]]
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564 [[image:dashboard-3.png]]
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Dilisi S 145.1 567 In the **Select widgets bundle** window, click **Charts**.
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Dilisi S 145.1 570 [[image:dashboard-4.png||height="537" width="700"]]
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577 [[image:dashboard-5.png||height="525" width="700"]]
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580 Configure the **Time series chart** widget as follows:
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Dilisi S 149.1 582 * **Datasource** - select S31B-NB device you provisioned.
583 * **Series**:
Dilisi S 145.1 584 ** **temperature** - you can see this key by default.
Dilisi S 149.1 585 ** **humidity** - Click **Add series** button. Then add the **humidity** for the key and then type **%** as its unit.
Dilisi S 145.1 586 * Click on the **Add** button.
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Dilisi S 149.1 591 The time-series chart will appear in edit mode. Resize it by clicking and dragging the lower-right corner.
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Dilisi S 169.1 603 mosquitto_pub -d -q 1 -h 011731f7928xxxxx.s1.eu.hivemq.cloud -p 8883 -t "v1/devices/me/telemetry" -u "xxxxx" -P "xxxxx" -m '{"IMEI": "S31B-NB", "temperature": 22, "humidity":70}'
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Dilisi S 169.1 605 mosquitto_pub -d -q 1 -h 011731f7928xxxxx.s1.eu.hivemq.cloud -p 8883 -t "v1/devices/me/telemetry" -u "xxxxx" -P "xxxxx" -m '{"IMEI": "S31B-NB", "temperature": 27, "humidity":72}'
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Dilisi S 169.1 607 mosquitto_pub -d -q 1 -h 011731f7928xxxxx.s1.eu.hivemq.cloud -p 8883 -t "v1/devices/me/telemetry" -u "xxxxx" -P "xxxxx" -m '{"IMEI": "S31B-NB", "temperature": 19, "humidity":80}'
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609 {{/code}}
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611 The chart will update with the values in realtime, as shown in the below image.
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Dilisi S 176.1 617 = 8. Configure NB-IoT Sensor =
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Dilisi S 172.1 620 Now, let's experiment with sending data to ThingsBoard using a real NB-IoT device. For example, we will use the **TS01-NB**.
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622 First, configure the NB-IoT device with the necessary MQTT settings using AT commands. Below is a list of AT commands you can use.
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Dilisi S 149.1 627 * **AT+PRO=3,3    **~/~/ Use MQTT to connect to ThingsBoard. Payload Type set to 3.
Dilisi S 175.1 628 * **AT+SUBTOPIC=<MQTT subscribe topic> Eg: TS01-NB**
Dilisi S 169.1 629 * **AT+PUBTOPIC=<MQTT publish topic> Eg: TS01-NB**
Dilisi S 150.1 630 * **AT+CLIENT=null**
631 * **AT+UNAME=<MQTT Username>**
632 * **AT+PWD=<MQTT Password>**
Dilisi S 152.1 633 * **AT+SERVADDR=<Broker address, Port>**
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Dilisi S 150.1 635 Test your uplink by pressing the ACT button for 1 second.
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Dilisi S 169.1 639 The following image shows the uplink payload of a real Dragino device. The publish topic is **TS01-NB**, and the device name is **861275077962896**, which is represented by the **IMEI**.
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Dilisi S 172.1 641 {{info}}
642 The ThingsBoard uses the device's IMEI number included in the payload to create a device in the Devices section.
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