Setup
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 the 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 LINC CONNECT MQTT on the 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. LINC CONNECT device type gives you various topics like report, control, config, metadata, alarm & miscellaneous which follow a naming convention as deviceTypeId/deviceId/<report/control/metaData/config/alarm/miscellaneous>.
Device Controls: In this section, a user can define device control messages that can be sent to the device via the control topic and the device can perform some action based on the received message.
Device Topology: In this section, a user can define the topology being used in the devices.
Show Credentials: Credentials to connect on MQTT for publishing/subscribing to the data topics.
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 with that device type.
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