Devices

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Basics

Device Id:

Device Name:

Display Name:

Primary Field:

The value of this field is used when showing an overview of the device.

Summary Format:

When showing a device summary this can be used to format the value. Use {fieldname:formatting} e.g. {temperature:0.##}.

Description:

Not Reporting After:

If no status or measurements are posted by the device in this time-frame it is flagged as Not Reporting.

Tags:

Security

Share Measurements:

Allow the device details and measurements to be viewable by anybody.

API Access:

Set the access level the device has to the API. Bot based devices (i.e. Particle devices) don't need access.

Locked:

If the device access control is locked. i.e. too many incorrect passwords attempts.

Approved:

If the device is approved for access to this account.

Password:

Helpers:

Status

Status:

Stopped Reporting At:

Latest Measurement:

Time:

Fields

Fields are created automatically from device measurements.

	Channel	Name	Label	Unit	Visible	Plot	Set State	Date Added	Tags

Location

Map:

Set Location:

Latitude:

Longitude:

Location Tolerance:

Meters

Tolerance of GPS. Changes in location less than this are ignored.

MQTT Settings

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Username:

Use this as the device username when connecting the device via the Tinamous MQTT Broker on port 1883 and 8883.

State Variables

Name	Value

Particle Settings

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Device Id:

State:

Enabled:

Collect variables from this device.

Check Interval:

HH:MM:SS

Format as HH:MM:SS How often to check for changes to the device. Should be 5+ minutes for normal operation.

Measurements:

Treat published events with numeric data as measurements.

Status Posts:

Treat published events with non-numeric data as status posts.

Particle Notifications

Online Status Post:

Post a status message when the device comes on-line. Use '{UserName}' to insert the device username.

Online Status Post:

Post a status message when the device goes off-line. Use '{UserName}' to insert the device username.

Particle Variables

Variables from Particle device automatically map to the device fields. New variables added on the Particle device will create a new field automatically. Removal of fields on the device will not remove it from Tinamous (i.e. measurement history will be preserved).

Collect	Name	Type	Value	Time taken to read/ms

Sigfox Settings

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Name:

Downlink Data:

Hex string to send to device.Must be 8 Bytes (16 characters) or Empty ONLY. Sent on the next BIDIR downlink request. Cleared on Ack, not cleared if no Ack callback received

Data Set At:

Admin

Measurements Purge:

Delete Device:

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Devices

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Device

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Primary Field Value

Stopped Reported On

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Options

Label	Value	Tags	Trend: 31 Days	Trend: 24 Hours	Activity: 24 Hours

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If this field should be include on the default device chart, and which Y Axis.

Using y = mX + c. e.g. Use 10 to increase measured value by 10x, or 0.1 to decrease by 10x

Using y = mX + c. e.g. Use 5 to add an offset of 5 to the value.

Set the same named devices state variable with the value of this field.

Basics
Notifications
Variables
Functions

Device Id:
State:
Enabled:
Check Interval: (HH:MM:SS)
Should be above 1 minute for normal operation. Less than 1 minute for debugging only.
Measurements: Treat numeric Particle.Publish() as measurements.
Status Posts: Treat non-numeric Particle.Publish() as status post.
Help: Read more about Particle.io device integration;

Notification of device coming on-line

Post Status:
Message:

Notification of device going off-line

Post Status:
Message:

Collect	Name	Type	Value	Time taken to read/ms

Name	Parameters	Response
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