Configuring Fields: Devices

Configuring Fields: Devices

This document provides a detailed overview of the various fields you will encounter when creating a device instance in the Zoho IOT application.
 

Field Name

Description

Model

The specific model on which the device creation is based.

Learn more about
device models.

Product

Represents the device product for the device you are adding.

Learn more about device products.

Name

A label to identify your device.

Description

A brief description of the device.

Device Type

Choose the type of device—gateway, peripheral, or smart sensor.

Learn more about device types.

Device Connectivity

The protocol used for device communication with the Zoho IOT application.

Device Application


The system software running on your hardware.


Custom Application: System software developed using any SDK of your choice.

Edge Agent: System software developed and provided by Zoho IOT.

Manufacture Defined: System software developed and provided by the device's manufacturer.

 

Authentication Type

The method used for device communication authentication.

Learn more about authentication types.

Data Interval

The frequency at which the device sends data.

Edge Key

A unique key to identify the instance at the device level incoming message/command payloads.

DevEUI

A 64-bit unique identifier assigned by the manufacturer or owner of the device.

LoRaWAN Datastream

The connector for the LoRa Network Server (LNS) in which the device is managed.

Connected Asset

The asset added in the Zoho IOT application to which the sensor/device is attached to.

Connected Gateway

The device added in the Zoho IOT application, which represents the gateway the peripheral device is connected to in the real world.


Based on the type of device, the fields for adding a device instance vary. An example for each device type and how the field is configured is given below.

Gateway type 

Example: Configuring a Raspberry Pi 4 to serve as a gateway device that communicates with the Zoho IoT application using the MQTT protocol.



  • Model: "Home Gateway" - the device is based on the model called Home Gateway.
  • Name: "My RPi" - Name used to identify the device in the application.
  • Description: "A Raspberry Pi used as a gateway device in a home automation set up" - The description provides added information about the device.
  • Type: "Gateway" - The raspberry pi device acts as a gateway that gathers information from various sensors and sends it to the Zoho IOT application.
  • Device Connectivity: "MQTT" - The raspberry pi will communicate with the Zoho IOT application using the MQTT protocol.
  • Device Application: "Custom Application," the system software that runs on the Raspberry Pi, is a custom application developed by a user.
  • Authentication Type: "Security Token with TLS" - The authentication type used for device communication.
  • Data interval: "5", The rasberry pi will send information to the Zoho IOT application every 5 minutes.
  • Edge Key: "myrpi_livingroom", this edge key allows the device My RPi to use only the data under the payload with the id myrpi_living room.

Here is an example of the payload,

Smart Sensor type

Example: Setting up an AM308 Milesight, a LoRaWAN-based sensor, connected to TheThingsNetwork.



  • Model: "IAQ", the device instance is based on the model called IAQ.
  • Name: "AM308 R1" - Tag identifying the device in the application.
  • Description: "A sensor to measure the room climate in the dining room". - Additional information about the device.
  • Type: "Smart Sensor", -The device collects and directly communicates data to the Zoho IOT application.
  • Device Connectivity: "LoRaWAN via LoRaWAN Datastream" - Information regarding the LoRa device is communicated to the Zoho IOT application using a datastream.
  • DevUI: "24Exxxxxxxx06122" - Sixteen digit ID provided with in the device information of the milesight device.



  • LoRa Datastream: "TTN - Room Monitoring" - Datastream in the Zoho IOT application that connects to TheThingsNetwork LoRa Network Server.
  • Data interval: "10" - data about the device will be fetched every 10 minutes by the Zoho IOT application.

Peripheral Sensor type

Example: Adding a CONZERV EM6400 energy meter to the Zoho IoT application, which communicates with its gateway device via the Modbus RTU Protocol.



  • Model: "Energy Meter" - the device is based on the model called Energy Meter.
  • Name: "Energy Meter Living room" - Name used to identify the device.
  • Description: "Energy Meter that measure the electricity values of the living room" - Information of what the energy meter does.
  • Type: "Peripheral Sensor" - The energy meter needs to connect to a gateway device to send information to the Zoho IOT application.
  • Device Connectivity: "Peripheral Communication via Gateway" - The peripheral can only communicate to the Gateway Device.
  • Peripheral Protocol: "Modubus RTU" - the protocol with which the energy meter communicates with the Raspberry Pi (Gateway device of the energy meter).
  • Connected Gateway: My RPi, the device representation of the Raspberry Pi gateway device in the Zoho IOT application.
  • Data Interval: "5", Data about the he peripheral device is sent to the application every 5 minutes. 
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