TAP100 Data to Server

The information in this page is updated in accordance with firmware version TAP100_R_00.07.11.3.

Summary

The Data to Server feature provides you with the possibility to set up data senders that collect data from various sources and periodically send it to remote servers.

Data Senders

A Data Sender is an instance that gathers and periodically sends collected data to a specified server. The Data Senders list is empty by default so, in order to begin configuration you must add a new collection first. To add a new collection, click the 'Add' button.

After this you should be redirected to the newly added data configuration page.

Data configuration

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Refer to the table below for descriptions on data configuration fields.

Note: these tables have coloring schemes to indicate which fields can be seen with different configuration.

Field	Value	Description
Name	string; default: input1	Name of data input.
Type	Base | Lua script | MNF info | Wifi scanner* |  ; default: Base	Data input type.
Format type	Json | Custom | Lua script; default: Json	Arranges the format of the sent JSON segment.
Values	list; default: All values included	Select values based on the data input type. If no values are selected, all values will be included.
Format string	string; default: none	Specifies custom format string.
Empty value	string; default: N/A	A string which will be placed if any value cannot be received.
Delimeter	string (Maximum length of value is 1 bytes); default: N/A	Specifies delimiters for multiple data segments.
Lua format example script	-(interactive button)	Download the Lua script.
Lua format script	-(interactive button)	Upload the Lua script.
Segment count	integer [1..64]; default: 1	Max segment count in one JSON string sent to server.
Send as object	off | on; default: off	When turned on, sends JSON segment as object and not as an array element. Object syntax --> {input1:{}...} JSON Array of Objects syntax --> {input1:[{},{}...]}
Lua data example script	-(interactive button)	Download Lua data example script.
Lua script	-(interactive button)	Upload Lua data script.
Data filtering	All | Name | MAC address | Signal strength; default: All	If Data type: Wifi scanner. Choose which data this sender will send to server.

* This is additional software that can be installed from the System → Package Manager page.

Collection configuration

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Field	Value	Description
Enabled	off | on; default: on	Enables data to server collection instance.
Timer	Period | Scheduler | None; default: Period	Strategy for collecting/sending data to destination.
Period	integer; default: 60	Interval in seconds for collecting/sending data to destination.
Day time	string; default: none	Day time when action should be executed. Use '*' to indicate every hour or minute, (e.g., 12:15, *:15, 12:*, or *:*).
Interval type	Weekdays | Month days; default: Weekdays	Allows selecting between week and month days for instance intervals.
Weekdays	list; default: Every day is selected	Weekdays, when data should be sent/collected. If nothing is selected, every day of the week will be included.
Month day	list; default: Every day is selected	Month days, when data should be sent/collected. If nothing is selected, every day of the month will be included.
Month day: Force last day	off | on; default: off	Forces intervals to accept last day of month as valid option if selected day doesn't exist in ongoing month.
Retry	off | on; default: off	In case of a failed attempt, retry to send the same data to destination later.
Retry count	Default: 10	Retry to send the same data N times
Timeout	Default: 1	Timeout in second between retry attempts
Format type	JSON | custom | Lua script; default: JSON	Data collection objects formatting.
Format string	Default: Instance name	Specifies custom format string
Empty value	Default: N/A	A string which will be placed if any value cannot be received
Lua format example script	-(interactive button)	Download the Lua script.
Lua format script	-(interactive button)	Upload the Lua script.

Server configuration

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Field	Value	Description
Type	HTTP ; default: HTTP	Interval in seconds for collecting/sending data to destination.
Server address	Default: empty	Hostname or IP address of the broker to connect to.
HTTP headers	Default: empty	Allows to add custom headers to the HTTP requests.
Enable secure connection	off | on; default: off	Enables the use of TLS certificates.
Certificate files from device	off | on; default: off	Specify where the certificates will be used from.
Certificate authority file	.ca file; default: none	Certificate authority is an entity that issues digital certificates. A digital certificate certifies the ownership of a public key by the named subject of the certificate.
Client Certificate	.crt file; default: none	Certificate file is a type of digital certificate that is used by client systems to make authenticated requests to a remote server. If client certificate is not needed, leave both client certificate and client key fields empty.
Client Private Keyfile	.key file; default: none	File containing private key for this client. This file needs to be not encrypted.