Device, Asset, and Datapoints 

Device	Gateway Device
Asset	Engine
	Fuel Tank
Datapoints	Engine RPM
	Engine Temperature
	Fuel Level

 

Create an Application

1. Go to the Zoho IOT Application's Home page.

2. If you are not signed in, click the Sign In button and continue.

     Else, if you are signed in, the portal page will be displayed.  

3. Click Create Application.

4. Provide a name for the application.

 

Name	DG Monitoring

Note: Name provided is for illustration purpose only; users are free to provide any name of their choice.

5. Click Create Application. A new application will now be created.

6. Click Get Started.

             

Create a Device

1. Access the End Application. (By default, you will land in the End Application, which is given below; or else, click End Application in the top-right corner of the screen.)

2. Select Devices > Devices in the left pane.

3. Click Add Device.

3. Select Add Using Product Gallery (Devices) and click Proceed.

4. Select Raspberry Pi 4 and the Device Addition Wizard will appear.

5. Click Import & Proceed.

6. Click the toggle to Create New Model.

7. Provide the following information.

Name provided is for illustration purpose only; users are free to provide any name of their choice.

A device model acts as a container that holds the configuration based on which similar devices can be created. It's highly useful while scaling your application. Refer to this guide about Models and Instances document for more details.

8. Click Proceed, then click View Device in the device registered pop-up. You will be redirected to the device's information page.

9. Click Skip in the Device Onboarding pop-up.        

Note: Onboarding will be done at a later stage in the tutorial.

Create an Asset

1. Select Assets in the left pane.

2. Click Add Asset.

3. Click the toggle to Create New Model.

4. Provide the following information. 

Model Name	Diesel Generator
Name	My DG01
Connected Gateway	My RPi Device

Note: Name provided is for illustration purpose only; users are free to provide any name of their choice.

The Connected Gateway (device) selected is the device created in the previous step; please select the name you have provided while adding the device.

5. Click Add, and a new asset will now be added to the application. You will be redirected to the Asset's information page.

Create Datapoints

1. Click Assets.

2. Click the My DG01 Asset. This will open the Asset's information page.

3. Click Actions > Datapoint Configuration.

4. Click Add Datapoint.

5. Select Add Datapoint Group and click Proceed.

6. Select Add Datapoint.

7. Provide the following values in the appropriate fields: 

Datapoint Name	Engine Temperature
Data Type	Numeric
Decimal Places	2
Datapoint Kind	Motor Temperature
Units	Celsius
Computation	OFF
Parsing Key	temp_c
PII Data	OFF
Datapoint Status	ON

Note: The Parsing key may differ and is based on the payload sent by the application. Provide the key corresponding to the monitored temperature as sent in the payload.

8. Click Add.

9. Click Add in the Datapoint Addition Alert pop up. A new datapoint will now be added to the asset.

Repeat the same steps given above with the listed information to create two more datapoint templates Engine Temperature and Fuel Level.

Datapoint: Engine RPM

Datapoint Name	Engine RPM
Data Type	Numeric
Decimal Places	2
Datapoint Kind	RPM
Units	rpm
Computation	OFF
Parsing Key	eng_rpm
PII Data	OFF
Datapoint Status	ON

 

Datapoint: Fuel Level

Datapoint Name	Fuel Level
Data Type	Numeric
Decimal Places	2
Datapoint Kind	Level
Units	litres
Computation	OFF
Parsing Key	ft_level
PII Data	OFF
Datapoint Status	ON

On completing the steps, you must be able to see the datapoints Engine Temperature, Engine RPM and Fuel Level in the list.