Device List
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This is a pre-created dashboard for device types listing. On this page user can create/configure new device types.
To create a new device type, click on Device Management > Setup > Add New and you will see a screen as in below image. Fill up the device type details - name, reporting frequency, asset type (fixed/movable), is it a gateway/hub or a stand alone device, enable/disable raw data collection in form of files in the system for later analytics purposes, description, device image and enable third party connectors if required and finally click on Save button.
Once you create the device type then you will see a screen like in below image. Also you can now see various actions are available for your device type -
Device Generation : Let you create/generate Client/Device Ids that can be used in actual devices when connecting to Flex83 MQTT on topic to report data, so that system can identify uniquely each device.
Show Topics : This section gives information about the various topics that can be used in your devices to report to and to collect data from, depending on the requirements. Flex83 device type gives you various topics like report, control, config, metadata, alarm & miscellaneous which follow a naming convention as //<report/control/metaData/config/alarm/miscellaneous>.
Device Controls : In this section, a user can define device control messages that can be sent to device via control topic and device can perform some action based on received message.
Device Topology : In this section, a user can define the topology being used in the devices.
Edit : This section enables a user to edit and update the information related to a device type.
Delete : A user can delete a device type using this action and it will also delete all the data associated to that device type.
If you click on any device then it will navigate you to the device details page. On device details page you will see the detailed information about the device along with various tabs.
Overview
Insights
Monitoring
Control
History & Alarms
Device Details > Overview
In Overview tab you will see 5 sections - Device Profile, Device Details, Live Feed, Device Controls & Device Topology.
1.1 Device Details > Overview > Device Profile
This section contains the device profile details such as device type, location, group, tag, reporting interval and last reported time.
If you click on Debug button in upper right corner then it will navigate you to the debug page where you can click on debug button and see the actual data coming from the device.
